Neural mechanisms underlying the formation of visual saliency in the macaque posteriot parietal cortex
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23500391
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Neuroscience in general
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| Research Institution | Kyoto University |
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Principal Investigator |
OGAWA Tadashi 京都大学, 医学(系)研究科(研究院), 准教授 (50311197)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2011-04-28 – 2015-03-31
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| Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 2014)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥5,070,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,170,000)
Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,820,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥420,000)
Fiscal Year 2012: ¥1,820,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥420,000)
Fiscal Year 2011: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
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| Keywords | 注意 / 眼球運動 / 視覚探索 / サル / サッカード / visual saliency / LIP野 / 視覚的顕著性 / saliency map / ニューロン活動 / 刺激特徴 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
The neuronal processes that underlie visual searches can be divided into two stages: target discrimination and saccade preparation/generation. This predicts that the length of time of the pre-discrimination stage varies according to the search difficulty across different stimulus conditions, whereas the length of the latter post-discrimination stage is stimulus-invariant. To address this hypothesis, we recorded single-neuron activity in the lateral intraparietal area (LIP) when monkeys performed a visual search task using different stimulus conditions. The results revealed that post-discrimination intervals varied across stimulus conditions. Further analysis revealed that the post-discrimination interval may vary with stimulus luminance. A computer simulation using an accumulation-to-threshold model suggested that the luminance-related difference in visual response strength at the discrimination time could be the cause of the different post-discrimination intervals.
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