Mechanisms and pathways leading to saccadic suppression in primate brain

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1028710

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Only the central few degrees of the visual field are viewed in high resolution. Consequently, the eyes must be pointed at targets of interest using saccadic eye movements. Each saccade generates potentially disturbing image motion but this is never perceived: saccadic suppression. This project aims to characterise the neural basis of saccadic suppression using modern techniques. As a result, a prime question in Neuroscience for over 100 years can now be answered.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2012

End Date: 01-01-2015

Funding Scheme: Project Grants

Funding Amount: $858,086.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Sensory Systems

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

eye movements | parietal cortex | perception | primate | sensorimotor cortex | visual attention | visual cortex

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