The study of the cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying positive and negative cognitive bias

Research Project

Project/Area Number	22K19478
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Research (Exploratory)
Allocation Type	Multi-year Fund
Review Section	Medium-sized Section 51:Brain sciences and related fields
Research Institution	University of Tsukuba
Principal Investigator	張王其筑波大学, 人間系, 助教 (20525604)
Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha)	山田一夫筑波大学, 人間系, 教授 (30282312) 小川園子筑波大学, 人間系, 特命教授 (50396610) 吉田崇将帝京大学, 医学部, 助教 (50525904)
Project Period (FY)	2022-06-30 – 2025-03-31
Project Status	Granted (Fiscal Year 2022)
Budget Amount *help	¥6,370,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,470,000) Fiscal Year 2024: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000) Fiscal Year 2023: ¥1,950,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥450,000) Fiscal Year 2022: ¥3,120,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥720,000)
Keywords	cognitive bias / neural circuit / single cell analysis
Outline of Research at the Start	Current project will use state-of-the-art behavioral analysis, single cell analysis, microendoscopy calcium imaging and optogenetics methods to investigate the cellular and neural circuit mechanisms underlying the positive and negative cognitive bias.