- The student is familiar with the main problems in the field of visual and auditory perception
- The student is familiar with nonlinear systems analysis of the Volterra and Wiener series approach
- The student is familair with 3D geometrical principles underlying the kinematics of motor control
- The student can apply deterministic optimal control (feedforward and feedback) without and with noise.
- The student has the mathematical skills to develop advanced models to explain recent experimental data in a unified conceptual frame work
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The first eight weeks of the course deal with sensorimotor processing (eye movements, eye-head coordination, 3D motor control of the oculomotor system, nonlinear systems analysis (Wiener theory), cochlear mechanics and visual receptive fields. This material is described in a syllabus (Brightspace).
In the second halve of this course we will present the general principles of state estimation in the brain, and optimal control.
These principles are illustrated by discussing the functional characteristics of the visual system and motor system in man.
In the second part we follow the book of Shadmehr and Mussa-Ivaldi (Chapters 5, 9, 11 and 12)
Instructional Modes
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Master level physics (elective course, 6 ec of the master specialisation Neurophysics)
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Bachelor courses: Neurophysics 1 and 2, Psychofysics 1
Master course: Neurobiophysics
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Home exercises 40%
Written essay 15%
Computer exercises 30%
Presentation 15%
There is no central written exam.
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| Please contact prof. dr. A.J. van Opstal at j.vanopstal@donders.ru.nl if you plan to do this course. |
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