2012 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Mechanism of Face Perception and Recognition in Monkeys
Project Area | Clarification of the mechanism of face recognition by interdisciplinary research |
Project/Area Number |
20119006
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Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Innovative Areas (Research in a proposed research area)
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Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
Review Section |
Complex systems
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Research Institution | University of Toyama |
Principal Investigator |
EIFUKU Satoshi 富山大学, 大学院・医学薬学研究部(医学), 准教授 (70262508)
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Project Period (FY) |
2008 – 2012
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Keywords | 霊長類 / ニューロン活動 / 顔認知 / 連合記憶 / 視覚探索 |
Research Abstract |
The following two studies were conducted during this project. (1) Neural basis of associative face memory: Neural activities in the anterior ventral inferior temporal cortex of monkeys were recorded during the performance of an asymmetrical paired-association task using faces. The results indicated the population of face neurons in this area represents both view-invariant identities of faces and non-facial pictures paired-associated with the identities. (2) Neural basis of visual search for face: Visual search to detect a face among non-faces were behaviorally analyzed. The results showed that efficient parallel search was observed only for faces of conspecifics. We also recorded neuronal activities in the thalamic pulvinar.
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