2009 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Neural mechanisms of non-verbal thinking
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17022037
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Priority Areas
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Review Section |
Biological Sciences
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| Research Institution | Tamagawa University |
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Principal Investigator |
SAKAGAMI Masamichi Tamagawa University, 脳科学研究所, 教授 (10225782)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
HIDA Eiki 玉川大学, 工学部, 教授 (60142006)
OKADA Hiroyuki 玉川大学, 工学部, 教授 (10349326)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2005 – 2009
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| Keywords | ニホンザル / 前頭前野 / 大脳基底核 / 推論 / 単一ニューロン / 尾状核 / カテゴリー / モデル |
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| Research Abstract |
To understand neural mechanisms of decision making, we recorded neuronal activity from the prefrontal cortex and basal ganglia of monkeys while animals performed an inference task. While neurons in the basal ganglia couldn't infer more than what monkeys had directly experienced, the prefrontal neurons could infer the relation of events without experience through connecting experienced associations internally. Furthermore, we found such dual neural processes in the human brain by means of fMRI experiments.
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Research Products
(65 results)
