This course provides students advance knowledge about important research topics and contemporary techniques in Sensory Neuroscience. The course will use a combined lecture and seminar format. Readings will be a mixture of primary source papers and review articles. Students will be expected to read assigned papers, make oral presentations and participate classroom discussion.

本課程希望讓學生對當代重要的感覺神經科學(包括觸覺、視覺及聽覺)的問題及研究方法有一個進階的認識。本課程將以期刊論文為上課的主要內容 (著重在近期發表的靈長類動物及人類視覺知覺的研究)，希望透過演講、學生口頭報告、上課討論等方式，培養學生未來從事感覺神經科學研究的能力。