Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0987989

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0987989

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Organization and Plasticity of Visual Processing in a Miniature Brain. To recognise objects a brain must have an internal representation of most likely object appearance. Two ways in which brains may posses this information include a hard wired template system, and/or the neuroplasticity to learn novel objects. Recent investigations on honeybee vision show that this animal can learn to recognise very difficult objects, although currently we do not know how the miniaturised bee brain manages these tasks. This project will reveal changes that occur in the processing of visual objects by the bee's brain with increasing experience, with potential applications including robotics or building interfaces between sensors and biological systems.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 05-01-2009

End Date: 01-07-2012

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $205,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Sensory Systems | Psychology | Sensory Processes, Perception And Performance | Computer Perception, Memory And Attention

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Air Force | Information services not elsewhere classified | Behavioural and cognitive sciences |

Other Keywords

Air Force | Behavioural and cognitive sciences | Computer Perception, Memory And Attention | Information services not elsewhere classified | Psychology | Sensory Processes, Perception And Performance | Sensory Systems

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