Processing of color signals in the monkey visual cortex

• Project/Area Number: 19300113
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Neuroscience in general
• Research Institution: National Institute for Physiological Sciences
• Principal Investigator: KOMATSU Hidehiko National Institute for Physiological Sciences, 生体情報研究系, 教授 (00153669)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): GODA Naokazu 生理学研究所, 生体情報研究系, 助教 (30373195)
• Project Period (FY): 2007 – 2009
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2009)
• Budget Amount: ¥18,980,000 (Direct Cost: ¥14,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥4,380,000); Fiscal Year 2009: ¥5,200,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,200,000); Fiscal Year 2008: ¥5,850,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,350,000); Fiscal Year 2007: ¥7,930,000 (Direct Cost: ¥6,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,830,000)
• Keywords: 視覚 / 知覚 / 大脳 / 色覚 / ニューロン / マカクザル / 弁別 / 下側頭皮質

Research Abstract

To investigate how color information is represented in the visual cortex and how it is transformed across different areas, we developed new color stimulus set, and examined quantitatively the color selectivity of neurons in the visual cortex of the monkey. We found that the dependence of the color selectivity on the luminance contrast differs across different cortical areas. Mapping neural responses densely on the chromaticity diagram is very useful to characterize the sharp color selectivity of higher cortical visual areas.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Color selectivity of neurons in the posterior inferior temporal cortex of the macaque monkey (2010)
  • Author(s): Yasuda M, Banno T, Komatsu H
  • Journal Title: Cerebral Cortex 20 Pages: 1630-1646
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Cortico-geniculate feedback linking the visual fields surrounding the blind spot in the cat (2010)
  • Author(s): Yokoi I, Komatsu H
  • Journal Title: Experimental Brain Research 202 Pages: 247-251
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Distribution of colour-selective activity in the monkey inferior temporal cortex revealed by functional magnetic resonance imaging. (2009)
  • Author(s): Harada, T., Goda, N., Ogawa, T., Ito, M., Toyoda, H., Sadato, N., Komatsu, H.
  • Journal Title: Eur. J. Neurosci. 30 Pages: 1960-1970
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] selectivity of neurons in the posterior inferior temporal cortex of the macaque monkey. (2009)
  • Author(s): Yasuda, M., Banno, T., Komatsu, H. Color
  • Journal Title: Cerebral Cortex
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Relationship between neural responses and visual grouping in the monkey parietal cortex. (2009)
  • Author(s): Yokoi, I., Komatsu, H
  • Journal Title: J. Neurosci. 29 Pages: 13210-13221
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Relating neuronal firing patterns to functional differentiation of cerebral cortex. (2009)
  • Author(s): Shinomoto, S., Kim, H., Shimokawa, T., Matsuno, N., Funahashi, S., Shima, K., Fujita, I., Tamura, H., Doi, T., Kawano, K., Inaba, N., Fukushima, K., Kurkin, S., Kurata, K., Taira, M., Tsutsui, K., Komatsu, H., Ogawa, T., Koida, K., Tanji, J., Toyama, K.
  • Journal Title: PLoS Computational Biol 5 Pages: 1-10
  • NAID: 120003780186
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Color information processing in higher brain areas. In "Lecture Notes in Computer Science 5646: Computational Color Imaging" (2009)
  • Author(s): Komatsu, H., Goda, N., Tremeau A, Schettini R, Tominaga S.
  • Journal Title: Springer, Berlin Pages: 1-11
• [Journal Article] Condition-dependent and condition-independent target selection in the macaque posterior parietal cortex. (2009)
  • Author(s): Ogawa, T., Komatsu, H.
  • Journal Title: J. Neurophysiol 101 Pages: 721-736
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Relating neuronal firing patterns to functional differentiation of cerebral cortex (2009)
  • Author(s): Shinomoto S, Kim H, Shimokawa T, Matsuno N, Funahashi S, Shima K, Fujita I, Tamura H, Doi T, Kawano K, Inaba N, Fukushima K, Kurlin S, Kurata K, Taira M, Tsutsui K, Komatsu H, Ogawa T, Koida K, Tanji J, Toyama K
  • Journal Title: PLoS Computational Biology 5 Pages: 1-10
  • NAID: 120003780186
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Relationship between neural responses and visual grouping in the monkey parietal cortex (2009)
  • Author(s): Yokoi I, Komatsu H
  • Journal Title: J Neuroscience 29 Pages: 13210-13221
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Distribution of colour-selective activity in the monkey inferior temporal cortex revealed by functional magnetic resonance imaging (2009)
  • Author(s): Harada T, Goda N, Ogawa T, Ito M, Toyoda H, Sadato N, Komatsu H
  • Journal Title: European J Neuroscience 30 Pages: 1960-1970
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Condition-dependent and condition-independent target selection in the macaque posterior parietal cortex (2009)
  • Author(s): Ogawa T, Komatsu H
  • Journal Title: J Neurophysiology 101 Pages: 721-736
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] 脳の視覚情報処理 (2009)
  • Author(s): 小松英彦
  • Journal Title: 情報処理 50 Pages: 22-28
• [Journal Article] Relationship between color discrimination and neural responses in the inferior temporal cortex of the monkey. (2008)
  • Author(s): Matsumora, T., Koida, K., Komatsu, H
  • Journal Title: J. Neurophysiol 100 Pages: 3361-3374
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Relationship between color discrimination and neural responses in the inferior temporal cortex of the monkey (2008)
  • Author(s): Matsumora T, Koida K, Komatsu H
  • Journal Title: J Neurophysiology 100 Pages: 3361-3374
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Representation of hue and saturation of color in the visual cortex of the monkey (2008)
  • Author(s): Komatsu H.
  • Journal Title: Vision 20 Pages: 82-84
  • NAID: 130007634681
• [Journal Article] Neuronal bases of color categorization in monkey inferior temporal cortex (2008)
  • Author(s): Koida K., Komatsu H.
  • Journal Title: Vision 20 Pages: 85-88
  • NAID: 130007634685
• [Journal Article] 色覚系における色情報表現 (2008)
  • Author(s): 小松英彦
  • Journal Title: 生体の科学 59 Pages: 426-427
• [Journal Article] Effects of task demands on the responses of color-selective neurons in the inferior temporal cortex. (2007)
  • Author(s): Koida, K., Komatsu, H
  • Journal Title: Nature Neurosci 10 Pages: 108-116
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] The effects of feature attention on prestimulus cortical activity in thehuman visual system
  • Author(s): Shibata K, Yamagishi N, Goda N, Yoshioka T, Yamashita O, Sato M and Kawato M
  • Journal Title: Cerebral Cortex in press
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Presentation] 物体色のカテゴリー性について:金色を例として (2009)
  • Author(s): 岡澤剛起、鯉田孝和、小松英彦
  • Organizer: 日本色彩学会視覚情報基礎研究会2009年度第2回研究発表会
  • Place of Presentation: 東京
  • Year and Date: 2009-10-10
• [Presentation] マカクザルTEO野における色選択性細胞の非一様な分布 (2009)
  • Author(s): 坂野拓、小松英彦
  • Organizer: 第32回日本神経科学大会
  • Place of Presentation: 名古屋
  • Year and Date: 2009-09-18
• [Presentation] マカクザルTEO野における色選択性細胞の非一様な分布 (2009)
  • Author(s): 坂野拓、小松英彦
  • Organizer: 第32回日本神経科学大会
  • Place of Presentation: 名古屋・名古屋国際会議場
  • Year and Date: 2009-09-18
• [Presentation] Topography of color-selective activity in the monkey inferior temporal cortex. (2009)
  • Author(s): Harada T, Goda N, Hiramatsu C, Ito M, Toyoda H, Sadato N, Komatsu H
  • Organizer: 第32回日本神経科学大会
  • Place of Presentation: 名古屋
  • Year and Date: 2009-09-16
• [Presentation] Effects of electrical microstimulation of the inferior temporal cortex of the monkey in color perception. (2009)
  • Author(s): Koida K, Komatsu H
  • Organizer: 第32回日本神経科学大会
  • Place of Presentation: 名古屋
  • Year and Date: 2009-09-16
• [Presentation] サル頭頂間溝皮質の細胞クラス間での視覚グルーピング検出課題への寄与の差 (2009)
  • Author(s): 横井功、小松英彦
  • Organizer: 第32回日本神経科学大会
  • Place of Presentation: 名古屋
  • Year and Date: 2009-09-16
• [Presentation] Effects of electrical microstimulation of the inferior temporal cortex of the monkey in color perception (2009)
  • Author(s): 鯉田孝和, 小松英彦
  • Organizer: 第32回日本神経科学大会
  • Place of Presentation: 名古屋・名古屋国際会議場
  • Year and Date: 2009-09-16
• [Presentation] Topography of color-selective activity in the monkey inferior temporal cortex (2009)
  • Author(s): Harada T, Goda N, Hiramatsu C, Ito M, Toyoda H, Sadato N, Komatsu H
  • Organizer: 第32回日本神経科学大会
  • Place of Presentation: 名古屋・名古屋国際会議場
  • Year and Date: 2009-09-16
• [Presentation] Microstimulation of monkey inferior temporal cortex induces change in perceptual color judgement. (2009)
  • Author(s): Koida K, Komatsu H
  • Organizer: XXXVI th International Union of Physiological Sciences (IUPS)
  • Place of Presentation: 京都
  • Year and Date: 2009-07-27
• [Presentation] Microstimulation of monkey inferior temporal cortex induces change in perceptual color judgement (2009)
  • Author(s): 鯉田孝和, 小松英彦
  • Organizer: XXXVIth International Union of Physiological Sciences(IUPS)
  • Place of Presentation: 京都・国立京都国際会館
  • Year and Date: 2009-07-27
• [Presentation] Neural Representation of Visual Saliency in the Monkey Cerebral Cortex : an fMRI Study (2009)
  • Author(s): Goda N, Harada T, Tadashi Ogawa, Ito M, Toyoda H, Sadato N, Komatsu H
  • Organizer: XXXVI International Congress of Physiological Sciences(IUPS2009)
  • Place of Presentation: 京都・国立京都国際会館
  • Year and Date: 2009-07-27
• [Presentation] クリッピング錯視:色変化による見かけの明るさ向上錯視の発見 (2009)
  • Author(s): 鯉田孝和、岡澤剛起、小松英彦
  • Organizer: 日本視覚学会2009年夏季大会
  • Place of Presentation: 京都
  • Year and Date: 2009-07-21
• [Presentation] 金色のカテゴリカル知覚 (2009)
  • Author(s): 岡澤剛起、鯉田孝和、小松英彦
  • Organizer: 日本視覚学会2009年夏季大会
  • Place of Presentation: 京都
  • Year and Date: 2009-07-21
• [Presentation] 金色のカテゴリカル知覚 (2009)
  • Author(s): 岡澤剛起、鯉田孝和、小松英彦
  • Organizer: 日本視覚学会2009年夏季大会
  • Place of Presentation: 京都・京都工芸繊維大学
  • Year and Date: 2009-07-21
• [Presentation] Impact on perceptual color judgment by microstimulation of area TE (2008)
  • Author(s): Koida K, Komatsu H
  • Organizer: 37th Society for Neuroscience Meeting
  • Place of Presentation: Washington DC, U.S.A.
  • Year and Date: 2008-11-19
• [Presentation] Impact on perceptual color judgment by microstimulation of area TE. (2008)
  • Author(s): Koida K, Komatsu H
  • Organizer: 37th Society for Neuroscience Meeting
  • Place of Presentation: Washington DC, U.S.A.
  • Year and Date: 2008-11-16
• [Presentation] Neural representation of surface reflectance properties in the inferior temporal cortex of the monkey. (2008)
  • Author(s): Komatsu H, Nishio A
  • Organizer: Workshop on Perception of Material Properties in 3D Scenes
  • Place of Presentation: Philadelphia, U.S.A.
  • Year and Date: 2008-10-17
• [Presentation] サル下側頭皮質電気刺激による色知覚のバイアス (2008)
  • Author(s): 鯉田孝和, 小松英彦
  • Organizer: 第12回視覚科学フォーラム研究会
  • Place of Presentation: 豊中
  • Year and Date: 2008-08-29
• [Presentation] Neural processing of colour in higher cortical areas. (2008)
  • Author(s): Komatsu H
  • Organizer: 5th Asian-Pacific Conference on Vision
  • Place of Presentation: Brisbane, Australia
  • Year and Date: 2008-07-19
• [Presentation] Electrical microstimulation of the inferior temporal cortex affects colour judgment. (2008)
  • Author(s): Koida K, Matsumora T, Komatsu H
  • Organizer: 5th Asian-Pacific Conference on Vision
  • Place of Presentation: Brisbane, Australia
  • Year and Date: 2008-07-19
• [Presentation] Electrical microstimulation of the inferior tetsmporal cortex affects color judgment (2008)
  • Author(s): Koida K, Matsumora T, Komatsu H
  • Organizer: 5th Asian-Pacific Conference on Vision
  • Place of Presentation: Brisbane, Australia
  • Year and Date: 2008-07-19
• [Presentation] Neural processing of color in higher cortical areas (2008)
  • Author(s): Komatsu H
  • Organizer: 5th Asian-Pacific Conference on Vision
  • Place of Presentation: Brisbane, Australia
  • Year and Date: 2008-07-19
• [Presentation] サルTE野への電気刺激が色判断行動に及ぼす影響 (2008)
  • Author(s): 鯉田孝和, 松茂良岳広, 小松英彦
  • Organizer: 第31回日本神経科学大会
  • Place of Presentation: 東京
  • Year and Date: 2008-07-10
• [Presentation] Color processing in the higher visual areas of the monkey. (2008)
  • Author(s): Komatsu H
  • Organizer: 第31回日本神経科学大会
  • Place of Presentation: 東京
  • Year and Date: 2008-07-09
• [Presentation] Color processing in the higher visual areas of the monkey (2008)
  • Author(s): Komatsu H
  • Organizer: 第31回日本神経科学大会
  • Place of Presentation: 東京
  • Year and Date: 2008-07-09
• [Presentation] Influence of visual saliency on cortical activities a functional MRI studyin awake monkeys (2007)
  • Author(s): Goda N, Harada T, Ogawa T, Ito M, Toyoda H, Sadato N, Komatsu H
  • Organizer: 36th Society for Neuroscience Meeting
  • Place of Presentation: San Diego,U.S.A.
  • Year and Date: 2007-11-06
• [Presentation] Relationships between the activities of color selective neurons in area TE of the monkey and color discrimination behavior (2007)
  • Author(s): Matsumora T, Koida K, Komatsu H
  • Organizer: 36th Society for Neuroscience Meeting
  • Place of Presentation: San Diego,U.S.A.
  • Year and Date: 2007-11-05
• [Presentation] Color-related subregions in the monkey inferior temporal cortex revealedby functional MRI (2007)
  • Author(s): Harada T, Goda N, Ogawa T, Ito M, Toyoda H, Sadato N, Komatsu H
  • Organizer: 36th Society for Neuroscience Meeting
  • Place of Presentation: San Diego,U.S.A.
  • Year and Date: 2007-11-05
• [Presentation] Color-related subregions in the monkey inferior temporal cortex revealed by functional MRI. (2007)
  • Author(s): Harada T, Goda N, Ogawa T, Ito M, Toyoda H, Sadato N, Komatsu H
  • Organizer: 36th Society for Neuroscience Meeting
  • Place of Presentation: San Diego, U.S.A.
  • Year and Date: 2007-11-04
• [Presentation] Relationships between the activities of color selective neurons in area TE of the monkey and color discrimination behavior. (2007)
  • Author(s): Matsumora T, Koida K, Komatsu H
  • Organizer: 36th Society for Neuroscience Meeting
  • Place of Presentation: San Diego, U.S.A.
  • Year and Date: 2007-11-04
• [Presentation] サルTE野ニューロン活動と色知覚の関係 (2007)
  • Author(s): 松茂良岳広, 鯉田孝和, 小松英彦
  • Organizer: 第30回日本神経科学大会
  • Place of Presentation: 横浜
  • Year and Date: 2007-09-11
• [Presentation] 注意にもとづく視覚グルーピングに選択的なサル頭頂間溝皮質ニューロン活動 (2007)
  • Author(s): 横井功, 小松英彦
  • Organizer: 第30回日本神経科学大会
  • Place of Presentation: 横浜
  • Year and Date: 2007-09-10
• [Presentation] サル下側頭皮質における色関連領野の機能的MRI計測 (2007)
  • Author(s): 原田卓弥, 郷田直一, 小川正, 伊藤南, 豊田浩士, 定藤規弘, 小松英彦
  • Organizer: 第30回日本神経科学大会
  • Place of Presentation: 横浜
  • Year and Date: 2007-09-10
• [Presentation] サル下側頭皮質の陰影方向選択性ニューロンの活動 (2007)
  • Author(s): 松英彦, 安田正治, 郷田直一, 坂野拓
  • Organizer: 第30回日本神経科学大会
  • Place of Presentation: 横浜
  • Year and Date: 2007-09-10
• [Presentation] 大脳皮質における色情報処理 (2007)
  • Author(s): 小松英彦
  • Organizer: 第14回日本光生物学協会年会
  • Place of Presentation: 奈良
  • Year and Date: 2007-07-30
• [Book] Lecture Notes in Computer Science 5646 : Computational Color Imaging (2009)
  • Author(s): Komatsu H, Goda N
  • Total Pages: 11
  • Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• [Book] Lecture Notes in Computer Science 5646 : Computational Color Imaging (2009)
  • Author(s): Goda N, Koida K, Komatsu H
  • Total Pages: 8
  • Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• [Book] Lightness perception and Filling-in.In"The Senses:A ComprehensiveReference, Vol2-Vision II"(ed by Albright TD, Masland R) (2008)
  • Author(s): Komatsu H
  • Publisher: Academic Press
• [Book] Springer-Verlag (2007)
  • Author(s): Ejima Y, Takahashi S, Yamamoto H, Goda N
  • Publisher: Visual perception of contextual effect and its neural correlates.In:Representation and Brain(Funahashi S,ed)