BCSC 280: Schedule
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Lightning Quizzes marked with ‘Q'
Date
Topic
New Methods
08/31
Class overview & fMRI primer
fMRI
09/05
Categorization
psychophysics, EEG
09/07
Neuroscience of vision: retinotopy, category selectivity
linear regression, GLM
population receptive fields
09/11
Impressions #1 due
09/12
Seminar #1 – The Basic Level: Rosch et al. (1976)
09/14
Object perception: invariance, MVPA (Q)
MVPA, RSA, SVM
09/18
Moderator write-up for seminar #1 due
09/19
Object perception: encoding & decoding models (Q)
ridge regression, PCA
09/20
Impressions #2 due
09/21
Seminar #2 – fMRI: Swisher et al. (2010), Jacques et al.
(2016)
ECoG
09/26
Object perception: neural networks & other models (Q)
vision models & networks
09/27
Moderator write-up for seminar #2 due
09/28
Scene perception: categories, features, geometry (Q)
MEG
10/02
Impressions #3 due
10/03
Seminar #3 – Category Selectivity: Mur et al. (2012),
Konkle & Caramazza (2013)
10/05
Face perception: configural processing, prosopagnosia
(Q)
DTI
10/09
Moderator write-up for seminar #3 due
10/10
Attention: top-down modulation, tuning (Q)
functional connectivity
10/11
Impressions #4 due
10/12
Seminar #4 – Alignment and Connectivity: Haxby et al.
(2011), Baldassano et al. (2013)
10/17
Fall Break – No Class
10/18
Moderator write-up for seminar #4 due
10/19
Memory & Events: encoding, reinstatement,
segmentation (Q)
memory models, HMM
10/23
Impressions #5 due
10/24
Seminar #5 – Visual Attention and Production: Fan et al.
(2020), Keller et al. (2022)
10/26
Language (Q)
language models & networks
10/30
Moderator write-up for seminar #5 due
10/31
Halloween topics: dreams, illusions, psychotropics
pharmacological
interventions
11/01
Impressions #6 due
11/02
Seminar #6 – Event Schemas: Baldassano et al. (2018),
Masis-Obando et al. (2022)
11/07
Narratives: comprehension, coupling (Q)
ISC, ISFC
11/08
Moderator write-up for seminar #6 due
11/09
Narratives: context, interpretations (Q)
11/14
Guest Lecture: TBD (Cătălin at Psychonomics)
11/16
Guest Lecture: TBD (Cătălin at Psychonomics)
11/20
Impressions #7 due
11/21
Seminar #7 – Neural Network Models of Brain Activity:
Pereira et al. (2018), Rajalingham et al. (2018)
11/23
Thanksgiving Break – No Class
11/28
Neurofeedback: emotion, perception (Q)
neurofeedback
11/29
Moderator write-up for seminar #7 due
11/30
Neurofeedback: attention, learning (Q)
12/04
Impressions #8 due
12/05
Seminar #8 – Neurofeedback: Ramot et al. (2017), Oblak
et al. (2021)
12/07
Targeted neural inactivation and neural stimulation
TMS, tDCS
12/11
Moderator write-up for seminar #8 due
12/12
Student topics & course wrap-up
12/20
Final paper due