麻省理工学院“开放式课程网页” | 脑与认知科学 | 9.036 2003春季课程：视觉系统

这是一个视觉系统的广泛课程，是为了对未来的研究者进行视觉科学的基础训练而设计的，而且为科学工作者提供了一个利用视觉系统作为研究模型的坚实基础。阅读部分涉及到视觉的所有方面，从组成到视觉引导的眼球运动。学生演讲部分是为了学生以严谨的方式向同龄人介绍主要的期刊文章作准备的。本课程，即麻省理工大学提供的所有视觉课程的基础，是由视觉研究领域的世界级顶尖人物之一Peter Schiller教授讲授的。
This comprehensive course on the visual system is designed to ground future researchers in the field of visual science, and to provide scientists with an excellent basis for using the visual system as a model in research. The readings touch on all aspects of vision, from organization through visually guided eye movements. The student presentations are designed to prepare students for presenting primary journal articles in a critical fashion to their peers. This course, the cornerstone of all the vision courses offered at MIT, is taught by Prof. Peter Schiller, one of the world leaders in the field of vision research.

在本课程中，会研究解剖学，神经生理学，影像学和行为学方面的内容，以更好地理解在灵长类动物的视觉系统中信息是如何被加工的。前五次课提供视觉系统的功能和结构组织的总述，包括一个该领域基础知识的重要测验。然后重点将转移至在视觉系统中的视觉画面的众多因素是如何加工的。我们将学习颜色视觉、适应、眼球运动在视觉分析中的作用、运动知觉、深度知觉和图样知觉。
In this seminar anatomical, neurophysiological, imaging and behavioral research will be examined in an attempt to gain a better understanding of how information is processed in the primate visual system. The first five sessions provide an overview of the functional and structural organization of the visual system with a critical examination of some of the basic issues in the field. Thereafter the emphasis will shift to the question of how various aspects of the visual scene are processed in the visual system. We will study color vision, adaptation, the role of eye movements in carrying out visual analysis, motion perception, depth perception and pattern perception.