Elucidation of a role of feedforward neural signal in conscious perception

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26700011
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (A)
• Allocation Type: Partial Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Cognitive science
• Research Institution: Kobe University
• Principal Investigator: NOGUCHI YASUKI 神戸大学, 人文学研究科, 准教授 (90546582)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 認知科学

Outline of Final Research Achievements

How does the human brain convert sensory inputs into conscious percepts? This is an unsolved and controversial issue in neuroscience, because some researchers argued that the conscious percepts emerge from collective neural activity over a broad region in the brain while others argued that they emerge from feedback signals from higher to lower brain regions. Here we focused on feedforward (rather than feedback) neural signals at a long latency (about 200-300 ms after a stimulus onset) and showed its critical role in conscious perception.

Free Research Field

認知神経科学