Information about how we perceive and interact with the outside world is represented by electrical activity within the nervous system,
where the language of communication is often referred to as the neural code .
This course provides an overview of the underlying biological processes that give rise to neural activity, the code by which information is represented and transformed in sensory and motor systems, the relationship between anatomical structure and function, and the efficiency of coding.
The course is organized into different sections based on themes, with formal lectures on relevant
topics, as well as case studies to emphasize the relevance to more global aspects of brain function,
to present the current level of understanding in the field, and
to identify areas of research that need to be pursued.
Prerequisites: calculus, physics, some linear algebra, rudimentary neuroscience, signal processing, probability and statistics, time/frequency
domain analysis, linear systems