| 研究実績の概要 |
In this study, I seeks for a comprehensive computational model by which the haptic information is processed into categorical value. It has been known that the Iateral occipital complex (LOC) of the brain is engaged in both vision and haptic processing. However, different from the vision, the haptics information is usually a group of fragments provided sequentially. Hence, they must be integrated at some areas. I hypothesize that the intraparietal sulcus (IPS) plays as the middle region between primary somatosensory area (S1) and the LOC, reconstructs the visual imagery from the fragments of haptic information. By that way, the ventral stream pathway which contributes to the human's object classification, can lately process it in the same manner as visual information. To observe such activity of IPS, I have developed a specific pneumatic haptic display that can be used to display the fragments of a digit sequentially inside the Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scanner. A similar experiment has been prepared for examining the ability of visions in reconstructing visual imagery from visual fragments. Finally, I am developing a deep learning model to demonstrate how the computation occurs hierarchically in the brain during these tasks.
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| 次年度使用額が生じた理由 |
At the mean time, the required amount for preparing MRI experiments was less than expected. However, in the next fiscal year, I need to use the incurring amount for hiring an technical supporter and recruiting about twenty participants for both visions and haptics experiments.
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