Investigation on Magnetoreception in Human
| Project/Area Number |
26640006
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Research Field |
Neurophysiology / General neuroscience
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| Research Institution | Chukyo University (2016)
The University of Tokyo (2014-2015) |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
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| Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 2016)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥3,900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥900,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥2,080,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥480,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,820,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥420,000)
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| Keywords | 認知科学 / 感覚知覚 / 磁気 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
We focus on the magnetic sensor, human cryptochrome 2 protein (hCRY), which are expressed in the human retina, and apply a cognitive-psychological approach, that is, the adaptation to the synchronization of the sound and the magnetic stimulation, to investigate if human can subjectively perceive and report the presence or absence of the magnetic stimulus. The results of the various experiments showed that no strong evidence was obtained to support the magnetic perception ability in any of the experiments; and at least, human are not able to subjectively perceive the stimulus of the magnetic presentation method used in this study.
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