Prof. Riccardo Barbieri

Argomenti del programma: PART 1 General structure and functional anatomy of neurosensory systems. The Neuron and Neural Pathways. Functional investigation methods. Introduction to modeling of neurosensory systems. Highlights on the auditory system. Sound and speech. The external and middle ear. Cochlea, basilar membrane and ciliate cells. The spiral ganglion and the VIII nerve. Brain stem nuclei, middle geniculate, and auditory cortex.

Argomenti del programma: Methods. - Introduction to Information Theory. - Highlight of the neuron and neural coding - Statistical modeling: Bayes' rule, State-Space Models, Point Process Models. - Blind source separation: Use of principal component analysis (PCA) and independent component analysis (ICA) for filtering. - Multivariate Causality and Higher Order Spectra. - Highlights on Statistical Learning and Data Mining.

Argomenti del programma: PART 1 General structure and functional anatomy of neurosensory systems. The Neuron and Neural Pathways. Functional investigation methods. Introduction to modeling of neurosensory systems. Highlights on the auditory system. Sound and speech. The external and middle ear. Cochlea, basilar membrane and ciliate cells. The spiral ganglion and the VIII nerve. Brain stem nuclei, middle geniculate, and auditory cortex.