BCSC 280: Schedule
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Lightning Quizzes marked with ‘Q'
Date
Topic
New Methods
08/26
Class overview (short class 3:25pm—3:55pm)
08/28
Concepts and categories
fMRI, psychophysics, EEG
09/02
Neuroscience of vision: retinotopic maps
linear regression, GLM population receptive fields
09/04
Neuroscience of vision: selectivity
09/08
Impressions #1 due
09/09
Seminar #1 – The basic level: Rosch et al. (1976)
09/11
Object perception: MVPA, decoding models (Q)
MVPA, RSA, SVM
09/15
Moderator write-up for seminar #1 due
09/16
Object perception: encoding models (Q)
ridge regression
09/17
Impressions #2 due
09/18
Seminar #2 – fMRI: Swisher et al. (2010), Jacques et al. (2016)
ECoG
09/23
Object perception: encoding models (cont’d) (Q)
PCA
09/24
Moderator write-up for seminar #2 due
09/25
Object perception: neural networks & other models (Q)
vision models & networks
09/29
Impressions #3 due
09/30
Seminar #3 – Category selectivity: Mur et al. (2012), Konkle & Caramazza (2013)
10/02
Scene & face perception (Q)
MEG, DTI
10/07
Attention: top-down modulation, tuning (Q)
10/08
Moderator write-up for seminar #3 due
10/09
Language & semantics (Q)
language models & networks
10/14
No class (Fall break)
10/15
Impressions #4 due
10/16
Seminar #4 – Alignment and connectivity: Haxby et al. (2011), Baldassano et al. (2013)
functional connectivity
10/20
Impressions #5 due
10/21
Seminar #5 – Visual attention and production: Fan et al. (2020), Keller et al. (2022)
10/22
Moderator write-up for seminar #4 due
10/23
Memory & event perception (Q)
memory models, HMM
10/28
Narratives & neural coupling (Q)
ISC, ISFC
10/30
Halloween topics: dreams, illusions, psychotropics
pharmacological
interventions
11/03
Impressions #6 due
11/04
Seminar #6 – Neural network models of brain activity: Pereira et al. (2018), Rajalingham et al. (2018)
11/06
Neurofeedback: emotion, perception, attention (Q)
neurofeedback
11/10
Moderator write-up for seminar #6 due
11/11
Neurofeedback: learning, interpretation (Q)
11/12
Impressions #7 due
11/13
Seminar #7 – Event schemas: Baldassano et al. (2018), Masis-Obando et al. (2022)
11/18
Guest lecture: TBD
11/18
Moderator write-up for seminar #7 due
11/18
Guest lecture: TBD
11/24
Impressions #8 due
11/25
Seminar #8 – Neurofeedback: Ramot et al. (2017), Oblak et al. (2021)
11/27
No class (Thanksgiving break)
12/02
Targeted neural (in)activation & neural stimulation (Q)
EBS, TMS
12/03
Moderator write-up for seminar #8 due
12/04
Course wrap-up
12/12
Final paper due