Essay
titles 2008
Pick
one title.
Essays should be 2000-2500 words in length and
in no case should exceed 3500 words. They should be word-processed if possible.
Clear diagrams are encouraged. Note that the topic chosen must be different
from the topic chosen for the seminar.
The date for handing in the essay can be found in the course timetable.
Please note at the top of your essay the
question and the lecturer from whose list it was taken.
Prof.
Mitch Glickstein
Pick one of the past examination questions on retinal or cortical anatomy. (Follow link on Web site to past papers.)
Prof. Glen Jeffery
How
does the adult organisation of the visual system reflect the developmental
mechanisms that sculpted it?
Prof.
Jim Bowmaker
Prof. Tom Salt
Prof.
Andrew Stockman.
Give
an example or examples of how psychophysical phenomena can be related to the
underlying physiology and anatomy.
Discuss
the commoner colour vision deficiencies, their
causes, and their relationships to normal colour
vision.
Visual
illusions can be fun, but they also provide us with insights about how our
visual system function. Discuss this statement giving several examples.
Dr.
Stewart Shipp
How similar in structure and
function is human and monkey visual cortex?
References
Prof. Alan
Johnston
What have brain imaging experiments told us about neural mechanisms of
motion processing?
Discuss the psychophysical tests done to assess the motion vision of
“motion blind” patients.