Sensation & Perception

(PSY 345 / NEU 325)
Spring 2015
Princeton University

Precept Readings

Week	Topic	Reading
1 (Feb 3)	introduction	Humans Can Discriminate More than 1 Trillion Olfactory Stimuli. C. Bushdid, M. O. Magnasco, L. B. Vosshall, and A. Keller. Science, 2014
2 (Feb 10)	psychophysics, early vision	Can Humans Really Discriminate 1 Trillion Odors?. M. Meister. arXiv:1411.0165 [q-bio.NC], 2014. (Nice blog summary here). Filling in Gaps in Perception: Part I V.S. Ramachandran. Current Directions in Psychological Science 1992.
3 (Feb 17)	visual processing	Retinal Prostheses: Current Clinical Results and Future Needs Weiland, Cho, & Humayun. Ophthalmology 2011. Specificity of monosynaptic connections from thalamus to visual cortex Reid & Alonso. Nature, 1995.
4 (Feb 24)	V1, object recognition	Predicting the Stream of Consciousness from Activity in Human Visual Cortex. Haynes & Rees. Current Biology 2005. Unsupervised natural experience rapidly alters invariant object representation in visual cortex. Li and DiCarlo, Science 2008.
5 (Mar 03)	color	Neural Locus of Color Afterimages. Zaidi, Ennis, Cao, & Lee, Current Biology 2012. Russian blues reveal effects of language on color discrimination. Winawer, Witthoft, Frank, Wu, Wade, & Boroditsky, PNAS 2006.
6 (Mar 10)	exam week	no reading
7 (Mar 24)	color & other senses	Does Food Color Influence Taste and Flavor Perception in Humans? Spence, Levitan, Shankar & Zampini, Chem Perception 3:68-84 (2010). Neurocognitive Mechanisms of Synesthesia. Hubbard & Ramachandran. Neuron 48(3): 509-520. (2005).
8 (Mar 31)	depth perception	Explaining the Moon Illusion. Kaufman & Kaufman, PNAS 1999. A neural representation of depth from motion parallax in macaque visual cortex. Nadler, Angelaki, & DeAngelis. Nature 2008
9 (Apr 7)	motion perception	Cortical microstimulation influences perceptual judgements of motion direction. Salzman, Britten, &Newsome. Nature, 1990. Seeing biological motion. Neri, Morrone & Burr, Nature, 1998.
10 (Apr 14)	exam week	no reading
11 (Apr 21)	audition	Optimal neural population coding of an auditory spatial cue. NS Harper & D McAlpine, Nature, 2004. Absolute pitch: perception, coding, and controversies. DJ Levitin & SE Rogers. Trends in cognitive sciences, 2005.
12 (Apr 28)	touch & olfaction	Central cancellation of self-produced tickle sensation. SJ Blakemore, DM Wolpert, CD Frith. Nature neuroscience, 1998. Loss of Olfactory Receptor Genes Coincides with the Acquisition of Full Trichromatic Vision in PrimatesN Gilad, Y.; Wiebe, V.; Przeworski, M.; Lancet, D. & Pääbo, S. PLoS Biol, 2004.

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