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Investigation of decision-making factors in the brain through machine learning

Research Project

Project/Area Number 21K19781
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Research (Exploratory)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Review Section Medium-sized Section 61:Human informatics and related fields
Research InstitutionThe University of Tokyo

Principal Investigator

Funamizu Akihiro  東京大学, 定量生命科学研究所, 講師 (20724397)

Project Period (FY) 2021-07-09 – 2024-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2023)
Budget Amount *help
¥6,500,000 (Direct Cost: ¥5,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,500,000)
Fiscal Year 2023: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
Fiscal Year 2022: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
Fiscal Year 2021: ¥3,380,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥780,000)
Keywords身体運動 / 深層学習 / マウス / 機械学習 / 強化学習 / 行動実験 / 神経活動計測
Outline of Research at the Start

ロボットが行動を学習する理論として強化学習がある.中脳ドーパミン細胞による強化学習の実装が発見されて以来,脳の意思決定研究は,神経細胞と強化学習の関係を調べてきた.しかし,強化学習は,動物の行動選択を100%説明できるわけではない.本研究は,脳の意思決定モデルの再構築に向けて,深層学習で,マウスの行動選択を予測する.情報学的手法と,マウスの神経活動計測を組み合わせて,脳の意思決定の新因子同定を目指す.

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study used a machine learning and large-scale measurement of physical body movements of mice, and investigated whether the body movement predicted the future action selection of mice. During a tone frequency discrimination task with head-fixed mice, we measured the physical body movements with four or five video cameras. We used DeepLabCut to extract the XY trajectories of 30 or 40 major body parts of mice from the movie data.
We used a machine-learning tool and predicted the left- or right-spout choice during the task from the trajectories of physical movements of mice. We found that the body movement predicted the action selection of mice at least 2.5 seconds before the choice. Our next step predicts the action selection of mice from the neural activity recorded with electrophysiology or two-photon microscopy. We are going to identify the neural activity that predict choices faster than the physical movements to identify the neural basis of decision making.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究は,脳の意思決定の神経基盤解明に向けて,マウスで,身体運動の大規模計測と解析を実施した.その結果,マウスの身体運動から,2.5秒後の行動選択を予測できた.今後の神経活動解析は必要だが,本研究は,2.5秒前の身体や脳の状態が,行動選択に影響することを示唆する.意思決定とは,脳の高次機能であり,その不具合は,高次機能障害につながる.また,意思決定の不調は,精神疾患とも関連が深いと考える.さらに,脳の意思決定機構の解明は,感覚情報処理や行動選択を伴う将来の脳型人工知能の開発につながる.本研究の成果は,医学・工学・情報学の発展に寄与する.

Report

(4 results)
  • 2023 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2022 Research-status Report
  • 2021 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (8 results)

All 2023 2022 2021 Other

All Journal Article (1 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 1 results,  Open Access: 1 results) Presentation (6 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 1 results,  Invited: 5 results) Remarks (1 results)

  • [Journal Article] Stable sound decoding despite modulated sound representation in the auditory cortex2023

    • Author(s)
      Akihiro Funamizu, Fred Marbach, Anthony M Zador
    • Journal Title

      bioRxiv

      Volume: none

    • DOI

      10.1101/2023.01.31.526457

    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] AI driven approach to understand the mouse neural circuit of decision making2023

    • Author(s)
      Akihiro Funamizu
    • Organizer
      NTU x UTokyo Joint Conference
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] AIによる脳の意思決定機構の検証2023

    • Author(s)
      Akihiro Funamizu
    • Organizer
      第2回Pyilosophy
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] 機械学習で紐解く脳の意思決定機構2023

    • Author(s)
      Akihiro Funamizu
    • Organizer
      次世代薬理学セミナー
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Theory-based behavioral task for understanding neural substrate of perceptual decision making.2022

    • Author(s)
      Funamizu A
    • Organizer
      Neuro2022 (Japanese Neuroscience Meeting)
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 知覚意思決定における大脳新皮質の情報表現と発信2022

    • Author(s)
      船水章大
    • Organizer
      これからの神経回路研究会
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] 大脳新皮質における感覚情報と事前知識の統合2021

    • Author(s)
      船水章大
    • Organizer
      応用物理学会 トータルバイオミメティクス研究グループ
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Remarks] 研究者の主催する研究室のホームページ

    • URL

      https://www.iqb.u-tokyo.ac.jp/lab/funamizu/

    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report 2022 Research-status Report 2021 Research-status Report

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Published: 2021-07-13   Modified: 2025-01-30  

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