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Visual Neuroscience

Psyc 117-401
Instructor: 
Nicole Rust
Time: 
TR 4:30-6:00
Room Number: 
ANNS 110
Course Description: 

An introduction to the scientific study of vision, with an emphasis on the biological substrate and its relation to behavior.  Topics will typically include physiological  optics, transduction of light, visual thresholds, color vision, anatomy and physiology of the visual pathways, and the cognitive neuroscience of vision.

Prerequisite: 
Psyc 001, Psyc/BIBB 109, COGS 101, or VLST 101
Cross-Listings: 
BIBB 217