Behavioral and neurocomputational modeling of the development of bottom-up attention in human infants and non-human primates

• Project/Area Number: 25K00298
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Review Section: Basic Section 51010:Basic brain sciences-related
• Research Institution: Kyoto University
• Principal Investigator: Veale Richard 京都大学, 医学研究科, 助教 (80828880)
• Project Period (FY): 2025-04-01 – 2028-03-31
• Project Status: Granted (Fiscal Year 2025)
• Budget Amount: ¥4,680,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,080,000); Fiscal Year 2027: ¥520,000 (Direct Cost: ¥400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥120,000); Fiscal Year 2026: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000); Fiscal Year 2025: ¥2,860,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥660,000)
• Keywords: Visual Attention / Neurocomputational Model / Superior Colliculus / Saliency Map / Oculomotor control

Outline of Research at the Start

The visual behavior of human infants (3-30 months) and common marmosets (6-24 months) is recorded while they view videos, every 3 months, and the changes in visual attention over age is analysed. We observe and model how the brain changes and is similar or different between ages and species.