Role of idling brain in creating mental shortcuts
| Project/Area Number |
22K15200
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Review Section |
Basic Section 46010:Neuroscience-general-related
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| Research Institution | University of Toyama |
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Principal Investigator |
アブドゥ カリーム 富山大学, 学術研究部医学系, 助教 (00833609)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2022-04-01 – 2023-03-31
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| Project Status |
Discontinued (Fiscal Year 2022)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥4,420,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,020,000)
Fiscal Year 2023: ¥2,210,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥510,000)
Fiscal Year 2022: ¥2,210,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥510,000)
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| Keywords | Cognitive Shortcut / shortcut / creativity |
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| Outline of Research at the Start |
We will address the mechanism underlying mental shortcuts using ‘Sequence-induced shortcut’ behaviour paradigm, in which mice learn different tones sequences with different reward location. Tone sequences are different, but they share a common hidden rule which represents a shortcut for the correct reward location.
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| Outline of Annual Research Achievements |
I successfully developed behavior paradigm to test cognitive shortcut in mice. Mice were trained to choose between right and left lick port depending on different sequences of tones of different frequencies. Mice were trained to listen to the full sequence to be able to take the reward, however, there is a hidden rule that if discovered, mice could take a shortcut and choose early.
Also, I have tested the brain region responsible for such cognitive shortcut and I found that prelimbic cortex is crucial for this process.
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