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9.13 | Spring 2019 | Undergraduate
The Human Brain
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Readings
WEEK ONE
Introduction
Kanwisher, N. “Functional specificity in the human brain: A window into the functional architecture of the mind.” PNAS 107, no. 25 (2010): 11163–70. DOI:
10.1073/pnas.1005062107
WEEK TWO
Note: Anyone who has not taken 9.00 or 9.01 or equivalent should review background on visual pathways from retina to cortex (see the syllabus page for
prerequisite information). This includes retina, photoreceptor, rods and cones, fovea, retinal ganglion cells, receptive field, LGN (lateral geniculate nucleus),
retinotopy (we’ll go over this in class), orientation selectivity, and ocular dominance columns.
Neuroanatomy
Marr, D. “General Introduction” and “Chapter 1: The Philosophy and Approach” in Vision: A Computational Investigation in the Human
Representation and Processing of Visual Information. W.H. Freeman and Company, 1982. ISBN: 0716715678.
Tootell, R.B.H., J.B. Reppas, et al. “Visual Motion Aftereffect in Human Cortical Area MT Revealed by Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging.” Nature
375 (1995): 139–41. DOI: 10.1038/375139a0
WEEK THREE
Cognitive Neuroscience Methods
Thorpe, S., D. Fize, and C. Marlot. “Speed of Processing in the Human Visual System.” Nature 381, no. 6582 (1996): 520–22. DOI: 10.1038/381520a0
Downing, P.E., Y. Jiang, et al. “A Cortical Area Selective for Visual Processing of the Human Body.” Science 293 (2001): 2470–73. DOI:
0.1126/science.1063414
WEEK FOUR
Visual Pathways and Multiple Voxel Pattern Analysis (MVPA)
Haxby, J.V., M.I. Gobbini, et al. “Distributed and Overlapping Representations of Faces and Objects in Ventral Temporal Cortex.” Science 293 (2001):
2425–30. DOI: 10.1126/science.1063736
Pitcher, D., L. Charles, et al. “Triple Dissociation of Faces, Bodies, and Objects in Extrastriate Cortex.” Current Bio. 19 (2009): 319–24. DOI:
10.1016/j.cub.2009.01.007
WEEK FIVE
Navigation
Bryan, P.B., J.B. Julian, and R.A. Epstein. “Rectilinear Edge Selectivity Is Insufficient to Explain the Category Selectivity of the Parahippocampal Place
Area.” Front. Hum. Neurosci. 10, no. 137 (2016): 1–12. DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2016.00137
Robin, J., M.X. Lowe, et al. “Selective Scene Perception Deficits in a Case of Topographical Disorientation.” Cortex 92 (2017): 70–80.
DOI: 10.1016/j.cortex.2017.03.014
Optional Reading
This optional background reading covers much of the material for this week:
Epstein, R.A., E.Z. Patai, et al. “The Cognitive Map in Humans: Spatial Navigation and Beyond.” Nature Neuroscience 20 (2017): 1504–13. DOI:
10.1038/nn.4656
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WEEK SIX
Development, Nature & Nurture
Sugita, Y. “Face Perception in Monkeys Reared with No Exposure to Faces.” PNAS 105, no. 1 (2008): 394–98. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0706079105
Ullman, S., D. Harari, and N. Dorfman. “From Simple Innate Biases to Complex Visual Concepts.” PNAS 109, no. 44 (2012): 18215–20.
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1207690109
WEEK SEVEN
No Readings
WEEK EIGHT
Number, Hearing, and Speech
Knops, A., B. Thirion, et al. “Recruitment of an Area Involved in Eye Movements During Mental Arithmetic.” Science 324, no. 5934 (2009): 1583–85. DOI:
10.1126/science.1171599
Tang, C., S. Hamilton, and E.F. Chang. “Intonational Speech Prosody Encoding in the Human Auditory Cortex.” Science 357, no. 6353 (2017): 797–801.
DOI: 10.1126/science.aam8577
Fisher, J., J.G. Mikhael, et al. “Functional Neuroanatomy of Intuitive Physical Inference.” PNAS 113, no. 34 (2016): E5072–E5081. DOI:
10.1073/pnas.1610344113
WEEK NINE
Music and Language
Lagrois, M., and I. Peretz. “The Co-occurrence of Pitch and Rhythm Disorders in Congenital Amusia.” Cortex 113 (2019): 229–38.
DOI: 10.1016/j.cortex.2018.11.036
Wurm, M.F., and A. Caramazza. “Distinct Roles of Temporal and Frontoparietal Cortex in Representing Actions across Vision and Language.” Nature
Communications 10, no. 289 (2019): 1-10. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-08084-y
WEEK TEN
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WEEK ELEVEN
No Readings
WEEK TWELVE
Theory of Mind and Brain Networks
Ullman, T.D., E. Spelke, et al. “Mind Games: Game Engines as an Architecture for Intuitive Physics.” Trends in Cognitive Sciences 21, no. 9 (2017): 649–
65. DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2017.05.012
Kubrich, J.R., K.J. Holyoak, et al. “Intuitive Physics: Current Research and Controversies.” Trends in Cognitive Sciences 21, no. 10 (2017): 749–59.
10.1016/j.tics.2017.06.002
WEEK THIRTEEN
No Readings
WEEK FOURTEEN
No Readings
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