Discovery Early Career Researcher Award - Grant ID: DE140101505

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DE140101505

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Visual computation in the primate brain: circuits for motion processing. This project will investigate the neural mechanism that mediates motion detection, a fundamental visual function. Although computational theories have been developed to explain how neurons can detect moving objects and patterns, it has been very difficult to investigate how (or if) the models are implemented in the visual cortex. This project will examine controversial aspects of current theories. Using innovative methods, the project will characterise neurons connected in a motion detection circuit for the first time, as well as study how they function after a critical component in the circuit is shut off. The research will lead to a better understanding of how visual experience is created by the brain and will have implications in computer vision and bionics.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-02-2014

End Date: 10-09-2018

Funding Scheme: Discovery Early Career Researcher Award

Funding Amount: $395,220.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Sensory Systems | Neurosciences

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences |

Other Keywords

Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences | Neurosciences | Sensory Systems

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