Wednesday, April 23, 2008

Outlines [Vision And Mind example]

This came to mind as I'm working on Topic Summary #3:

An outline is a good way to prep for doing the topic summary, but it's also a good way to think about the topic, in general.

So here goes:

-Vision And Mind-

* the physiology of the vision system

** details on structure of the eye
*** Rods & Cones

** details on the visual cortex and on V1 through V5
*** where it's located compared to the rest of the brain.

** "lateral inhibition", and how it accentuates the edges of an object

** eye movements
*** depends on the size of the object/scene to be visualized (the object/scene to be visualized is counted in degrees squared)
*** oculomotor system
*** saccades
*** various ways of tracing a moving object

** field-of-view vs. acuity conflict
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* the psychology of the vision system

** How can we visualize brain psychology?
by various medical-imaging techniques:
*** EEG
*** MRI vs. fMRI, differences

** How certain optical illusions work
*** really should be 'neural illusions'?
*** name a few big-name optical illusions & discuss them
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* relation to other senses
** brain lobe where inputs from other senses 'meet'
** use of visual system to compensate for other sight loss
** use of other sensory systems to compensate for vision loss

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