2012 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Representation and transformation of surface material information in the human and monkey visual systems
| Project/Area Number |
22500248
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Cognitive science
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| Research Institution | National Institute for Physiological Sciences |
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Principal Investigator |
GODA Naokazu 生理学研究所, 生体情報研究系, 助教 (30373195)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2010 – 2012
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| Keywords | 視覚 / 形 / 色 / テクスチャ / fMRI / 下側頭皮質 |
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| Research Abstract |
We can easily recognize materials of which an object is made (wood, metal, fabric etc.) at a glance. We investigated what neural mechanisms in human and monkey brains underlie the material perception by using functional magnetic resonance imaging. Our results provided the first evidences that the ventral higher order visual areas in humans and monkeys represent visuotactile material properties such as hardness and roughness. We suggest that these areas play important roles on material perception.
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Research Products
(20 results)
