Lecture Topic Reports
 
 
During the term each Crown 85 student will be responsible for presenting a SHORT (~5-10 minute) report related to some aspect of the lecture material. This webpage will outline topics and starting references and will be augmented as the term progresses.
 
 
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the Neuron:
Information Integration and Signalling
~January 11th

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Structures of the Eye:
Anatomy and Functions
~January 14th

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Visual Disorders
~January 14th

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Why do animal eyes have pupils of different shapes?
Prof. Marty Banks, et al, UCB
NPR URL
NPR Podcast
Original Literature
~January 19th

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Comparison of the Properties
of Rods and Cones
~January 21th

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Pulfrich Pedulum
Class Demonstration
~January 25-27th

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Anatomy of the Central
Visual Pathways
~January 26-27th

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Pattern Specific Adaptation
~January 28th

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The Phenomenon of Blindsight
~February 2nd

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Craik-O'brien-Cornsweet
Illusion
~February 2nd

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Object Movement
vs Eye Movement
~February 2nd

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Common Fate
a Gestalt Principle
~February 4th

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Biological Motion
~February 4th

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Eye Movements
~February 4th

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Monocular Cues
to Depth
~February 4th

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Adaptice Optics
Cone Identification
~February 9th

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Additive and
Subtractive
Color Mixing
~February 9th

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Terms Related to
Defining and
Perceiving Color
~February 9th


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Types of
Color Blindness
~February 9th

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Heredity of
Color Blindness
~February 9th

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Benham's Disk
~February 9th

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Tetrachromatic Vision
in Brids
~February 9th

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Heredity of
Color Blindness
~February 9th

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Benham's Disk
~February 9th

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Poggendorf, Herring and
Zollner Illusions
~February 9th

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Muller-Lyer, Ponzo and
Ames Room Illusions
~February 9th

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Bistable Perception
~February 9th