VS212B

Reading and other resources

• Rodieck, "First steps in seeing"
• WEBVISION (online resource)

Syllabus

Week 1 (Olshausen)

• Nov. 2 - The problem of vision; comparative vision; rods and cones.
  • Lecture slides
  • Reading:
    • Land & Fernald paper on Evolution of Eyes,
    • Rodieck: Chapters 3 & 8, plus "Interlude on plotting light intensity" (pp. 151-154)
• Nov. 4 - Photoreceptors; lateral inhibition
  • Lecture slides

Week 2 (Olshausen)

• Nov. 9

Week 3 (Olshausen)

• Nov. 16
• Nov. 18

Week 4 (Silver)

• Nov. 23

Week 5 (Silver)

• Nov. 30
• Dec. 2

Week 6 (Silver)

• Dec. 7