Breaking the Wall of Sensory Overload : How Primate Neuroscience Reveals the Mechanisms of Our Perception / Falling Walls Foundation.

We know that attention disorders such AD/HD, or attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, affect more than four percent of the population and are connected to other neuropsychiatric disorders. However, the neural circuits and computations underlying attention remain poorly understood. Stefan Treue,...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Films on Demand.
Corporate Authors: Falling Walls Foundation
Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm)
Infobase
Language:English
Published: New York, N.Y. : Infobase, [2013], ©2012.
Series:Films on Demand.
Subjects:
Brain > Physiology.
Neurosciences.
Perception.
Primates.
Senses and sensation.
Educational films.
Internet videos.
Genre:
Educational films.
Internet videos.
Online Access:
Connect to online resource - MSU authorized users (Films On Demand @ Infobase)
Physical Description:1 online resource (16 min.) : sound, color
Variant Title:
How Primate Neuroscience Reveals the Mechanisms of Our Perception
Sensory Overload
Format: Electronic Video
Contents:
  • Importance of the Sensory System (2:58)
  • Visual System (2:07)
  • Lab Experiment (2:14)
  • Encoding Visual Information at the Neuron Level (1:34)
  • Selective Perception and Attention (2:55)
  • Interaction of Neural Activity and Attention (2:18)
  • The Attentional System (1:04)
  • Credits: Breaking the Wall of Sensory Overload: How Primate Neuroscience Reveals the Mechanisms of Our Perception (0:00)