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9.017 Neural Mechanisms of Cognitive Computations
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Prereq: 18.06 or (9.011 and 9.014)
Units: 2-2-8
Lecture: MW11 (46-3015) Lab: F1-3 (46-3015)
Focuses on forebrain systems that are most closely associated with cognition (cortex, thalamus, and basal ganglia) as well as on describing neural circuits as parametric objects that are hierarchical in nature, and whose operations can have biophysical interpretations. Uses parametric behavior to discover circuit parameters and define circuit form in a cognitive context. Divided into five modules in the following order: sensory systems, motor systems, associative systems (memory and decision making), basal ganglia loops, and single neuron computations (dendritic integration, plasticity rules). Discusses biophysical mechanisms in the first half of the term and problem sets/student-led discussions in the second half.
M. Halassa
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