Neural Mechanisms of Vision

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Estimate of eye evolution is ~500,000 years from simple photoreceptors to an imaging eye after ~176 incremental steps, retinal output is ~1.5 million optic fibers, and photoreceptors compress a 12 orders of magnitude light range into ~40 mV of membrane dynamic range by acting as single-photon detectors (rod single-photon → ~1 mV). Horizontal-cell gap-junction diffusion implements center–surround decorrelation, retinal sampling yields a scale‑invariant lattice (≈four ganglion cells across a legible letter) and the eye moves ~3–5 times per second to build high‑resolution percepts.

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1. 0:00Introduction to vision
2. 1:45Evolution of the eye
3. 9:39Retinal function and design
4. 29:31Bipolar and ganglion cells
5. 37:52Retinal sampling and fovea
6. 45:04Eye movements and dynamics
7. 59:06Cortex and feedback loops
8. 1:11:52Sparse coding and mysteries