NPB 165 Neurobiology of Speech Perception
Dr. Miller teaches NPB 165 each fall quarter at UCD. This page shows the course description, registration information, and some cool demo's from the course.
Course Description:
Lecture --3 hours. Prerequisite: course 100 or 101 or consent of instructor. Interdisciplinary approach to speech perception with emphasis on functional neuroanatomy and behavior. Topics include auditory processing in time and space, intelligibility in noisy environments, visual speech, evolution of vocal communication, models of speech perception, development, and hearing impairment.--I.(I.)Miller
For more info, check out this flier.Also, see the NPB 165 Course Topics for a complete list of topics that may be discussed in lecture.
For Fall 2009, the course will meet TR from 1:40 to 3 pm.
The CRN is 33047.
Demos:
Xray Footage of Speech Production http://psyc.queensu.ca/~munhallk/05_why_did_ken.mov
McGurk Effect: Hearing Lips and Seeing Voices
http://www.faculty.ucr.edu/~rosenblu/VSMcGurk.html
Auditory Illusions
http://www.parmly.luc.edu/parmly/audio_demos.html
Brain Damage and Language Comprehension:
Wernicke's Aphasia
http://www.physiology.wisc.edu/yin/public/odell%20wernickes%20doc123%20250b.asf
Brain Damage and Language Production:
Broca's Aphasia
http://www.physiology.wisc.edu/yin/public/odell%20jack%20brocas.asf

Neuroimaging:


Left Brain vs. Right Brain
http://www.linguistics.ucla.edu/people/schuh/lx001/Dichotic/dichotic.html


