INTER-LS 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 36: Dyslexia, Parietal Lobe, Visual Cortex

• School: UW-Madison
• Department: Interdisciplinary Courses
• Course: INTER-LS 101
• Professor: Bikash Pattnaik

Document Summary

Biology of vision - lecture 36 - dyslexia (12/5/16) Npr ed podcast on dyslexia posted on 11/28/16 - listened to it in class. Vision is not only about bottom up information. Top down information essential for proper understanding and processing. Example of top down information being necessary is dyslexia -- we can see the letters but to understand it, our brain has process that the letters are there and that they are recognizable. Trouble connecting sounds of words to the written word. Less part of region is working for dyslexics in visual and parietal lobe. Help dyslexics through comprehensive linking of sound and written word. Even adults with dyslexia can change brain to become better readers. Dyslexia and the brain on youtube, posted by channel called understood. Retina visualizes using the shapes (line, half circles) The photoreceptors see it goes to ganglion cells through lgn into visual cortex. Post capturing neurotransmitter changes membrane potential of the postsynaptic neuron.