Enhancing perceptual performance by BMI

2011 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 21500321
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Neuroscience in general
• Research Institution: Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International
• Principal Investigator: CALLAN Daniel 株式会社国際電気通信基礎技術研究所, 脳情報通信総合研究所, 主任研究員 (70374113)
• Project Period (FY): 2009 – 2011
• Keywords: MEG / fMRI / behavioral performance / prediction / decoding / perception / perceptual-motor

Research Abstract

The goal of the research proposal was to determine neural processes that predict behavioral performance using non-invasive brain imaging(MEG and fMRI). The results of the combined MEG and fMRI analysis revealed significant activity in premotor cortex that predicted behavioral performance on a speech in noise identification task around 100 msec before stimulus onset. Experiments involved with piloting an airplane while undergoing brain scanning showed that the spontaneous brain activity proceeding each trial by 25 to 5 seconds predicted future glider landing performance. It is hypothesized that this activity reflects attentional preparation in selecting appropriate action plans in the subsequent trial that can be used to give feedback to the subject to modulate future performance.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Dynamic visuomotor transformation involved with remote flying of a plane utilizes the'Mirror Neuron' system (2012)
  • Author(s): Callan, D., Gamez, M., Cassel, D., Terzibas, C., Callan, A., Kawato, M., Sato, M.
  • Journal Title: PLoS ONE Volume: 7(4) Pages: e33783
• [Journal Article] Premotor cortex mediates perceptual performance (2010)
  • Author(s): Callan, D., Callan, A., Gamez, M., Sato, M., Kawato, M.
  • Journal Title: Neurolmage Volume: 51(2) Pages: 844-858
• [Presentation] Goal directed modulation of visual areas predicts direction of movement during a complex airplane piloting task (2011)
  • Author(s): Callan, D., Gamez, M., Cassel, D., Kawato, M., Sato, M.
  • Organizer: Neuroscience
  • Place of Presentation: Yokohama, Japan
  • Year and Date: 20110914-17
• [Presentation] Brain Imaging Airplane Piloting Performance (2011)
  • Author(s): Callan, D., Gamez, M., Cassel, D., Kawato, M., Sato, M.
  • Organizer: 8^<th> Annual World Congress of IBMISPS on Brain, Spinal Cord Mapping and Image Guided Therapy
  • Place of Presentation: San Francisco, USA
  • Year and Date: 2011-06-08
• [Presentation] The cerebellum and premotor cortex are differentially implicated in error-feedback and exemplar based training respectively on a temporal judgment task (2010)
  • Author(s): Callan, D., Schweighofer, N., Kawato, M., Sato, M.
  • Organizer: Society for Neuroscience 40^<th> Annual Meeting
  • Place of Presentation: San Diego, California, USA
  • Year and Date: 20101113-17
• [Presentation] Brain regions differentially involved with multisensory and visual only speech gesture information (2010)
  • Author(s): Callan, D.
  • Organizer: 9th International Conference on Auditory-Visual Speech Processing(AVSP2010)
  • Place of Presentation: Hakone, Japan
  • Year and Date: 20100930-1003
• [Presentation] Right premotor cortex mediates representational transform for remote over egocentric perceptual-motor control of simulated Red Bull air race (2010)
  • Author(s): Callan, D., Gamez, M, Kawato, M., Sato, M.
  • Organizer: Neuro
  • Place of Presentation: Kobe, Japan
  • Year and Date: 20100902-04
• [Presentation] Differential brain activity for egocentric and allocentric control of simulated Red Bull Air Race (2010)
  • Author(s): Callan, D., Gamez, M., Hayashi, R., Callan, A., Sato, M., Kawato, M.
  • Organizer: The Organization for Human Brain Mapping(HBM2010), 16th Annual Meeting
  • Place of Presentation: Barcelona, Spain
  • Year and Date: 2010-06-10
• [Presentation] Supervised error feedback learning and unsupervised exemplar learning of a temporal judgment task differentially activate cerebellum and parietal cortex (2009)
  • Author(s): Callan, D., Schweighofer, N., Sato, M., Kawato, M.
  • Organizer: Neuroscience
  • Place of Presentation: Nagoya, Japan
  • Year and Date: 20090916-18
• [Presentation] Brain regions involved with internal temporal duration judgment (2009)
  • Author(s): Callan, D., Schweighofer, N., Sato, M., Kawato, M.
  • Organizer: Human Brain Mapping(HBM2009), 15th Annual Meeting
  • Place of Presentation: San Francisco, USA
  • Year and Date: 20090618-23
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