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Action & Cognition (Visual System)

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Beschreibung

In this description I try to give you a good estimate of the level of the course, what you will learn, and what it is good for. Please read it up to the end.

In one sense the course "Action & Cognition Visual System" is an advanced course. We take a deep dive into the hierarchical structure of the visual system, look at the details of concepts like receptive fields, dorsal/ventral pathway, what methods like EEG and fMRI really measure, the intricate effects of attention, object recognition and more. In case you have heard sensory physiology or courses like fundamentals of neuroscience, that's super good, but the material of this course typically goes well beyond that level. Be prepared to work hard over the whole term in order to gain a deep understanding on how the brain works.

In another sense, this course is a basic course. It provides you with the tools to join other courses like "Action & Cognition Higher cognitive functions", "Action & Cognition Motor system", and all the Action & Cognition seminars. Joining these courses without attending "Action & Cognition Visual system" before is discouraged. Further, in case you ponder the idea to work on your BSc or MSc thesis in my group, a Quest/internship, lab rotation, yes, I'll expect you to master the material of the course "Action & Cognition Visual system" and might take the freedom to check. That is, going in the direction of computational/cognitive neuroscience, this course is a very good start.

The course covers Cortical areas & V1, Beyond receptive fields, V2 & Pathways, Neurophysiological methods, Dynamics, Overt attention, Covert attention, Color & synaesthesia, Neglect & imagery, V4, Object recognition & IT. You will learn to answer questions like "What are the differences and commonalities of “binding by synchronisation” and the “communication through coherence” hypotheses?", "Give a description and interpretation of the timing of responses and attentional effects in areas V1, V2 and V4. ", and "How do category selective neurons in prefrontal cortex respond to gradual morphing suitably chosen stimuli. ". Further, I love why questions, they help to understand.

Weitere Angaben

Ort: 93/E31
Zeiten: Mo. 18:00 - 20:00 (wöchentlich)
Erster Termin: Montag, 28.10.2024 18:00 - 20:00, Ort: 93/E31
Veranstaltungsart: Vorlesung (Offizielle Lehrveranstaltungen)

Studienbereiche

  • Cognitive Science > Bachelor-Programm
  • Cognitive Science > Master-Programm

Past and Forthcoming Events

Publications

  • Asymptotics of a time-bounded cylinder model, with N. Aschenbruck and S. Bussmann, Probability in the Engineering and Informational Sciences, https://doi.org/10.1017/S0269964822000420
  • The method of cumulants for the normal approximation, with S. Jansen and K. Schubert, Probability Surveys 2022, Vol. 19, 185-270, https://doi.org/10.1214/22-PS7
  • Sedentary Random Waypoint, with C. Betken, arXiv:2009.02941
  • The Impact of Bit Errors on Intra-Session Network Coding with Heterogeneous Packet Lengths, with B. Schütz, N. Aschenbruck, S. Bussmann and M. Juhnke-Kubitzke, Proc. of the 45th IEEE LCN Symposium on Emerging Topics in Networking LCN, virtually hosted in Sydney, Australia, Nov. 16–19, 2020.
  • Stationarity for the Small World in Motion Mobility Model, with Nils Aschenbruck, Christian Heiden und Matthias Schwamborn, MSWIM '19: Proceedings of the 22nd International ACM Conference on Modeling, Analysis and Simulation of Wireless and Mobile Systems, Nov 25-29, 2019, https://doi.org/10.1145/3345768.3355935
  • Crossing Numbers and Stress of Random Graphs, with Markus Chimani and Matthias Reitzner, In Proceedings 26th International Symposium, GD 2018, Barcelona, Spain, 255--268, 2018 available here and for an extended journal version here: https://arxiv.org/abs/1808.07558
  • Fluctuations in a general preferential attachment model via Stein's method, with Carina Betken and Marcel Ortgiese, Random Structures & algorithms, vol.55, no.4, 2019 available here
  • Connection times in large ad-hoc mobile networks, Bernoulli, vol.22, no.4, 2143--2176, 2016 available here
    with Gabriel Faraud, Wolfgang König
  • The random disc thrower problem, Proceedings of the 90th European Study Group Mathematics with Industry, 59-78, 2013  available here with T. van der Aalst, D. Denteneer, M. Hong Duong, R. J. Kang, M. Keane, J. Kool, I. Kryven, T. Meyfroyt, T. Müller, G. Regts, J. Tomczyk
  • Edge fluctuations of eigenvalues of Wigner matrices, High Dimensional Probability VI: the Banff volume, Progress in Probability, vol.66, 261-275, Springer, Basel, 2013 available here
    with Peter Eichelsbacher
  • Moderate deviations for the determinant of Wigner matrices, Dedicated to Friedrich Götze on the occasion of his sixtieth birthday, Limit Theorems in Probability, Statistics and Number Theory, Springer Proceedings in Mathematics & Statistics, vol.42, 253-275, 2013, available here
    with Peter Eichelsbacher
  • Moderate deviations for the eigenvalue counting function of Wigner matrices, ALEA, Lat. Am. J. Probab. Math. Stat. 10 (1), 27-44, 2013, available here
    with Peter Eichelsbacher
  • Moderate deviations via cumulants, Journal of Theor. Probability, 2012, available here
    with Peter Eichelsbacher
  • Moments of recurrence times for Markov chains, Electronic Comm. Probab., 16(28), 296-303, 2011, available here
    with Frank Aurzada, Marcel Ortgiese, Michael Scheutzow
  • Moderate deviations in a random graph and for the spectrum of Bernoulli random matrices, Electronic Journal of Probability, Vol. 14, Paper no. 92, 2636-2656, 2009, available here
    with Peter Eichelsbacher
  • Perpendicular transport of charged particles in slab turbulence: recovery of diffusion for realistic wave-spectra?, Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics, 35, 025202, 2008
    with Andreas Shalchi
  • Velocity correlation functions of charged test particles, Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics, 34, 859, 2007
    with Andreas Shalchi