Cortical Layers: Examining the Role of Feedback in Human Visual Perception

Funding: 2021: $120,000
2022: $130,000
2023: $125,000
2021: $120,000
2022: $130,000
2023: $125,000

Project Member(s): Seymour, K.

Funding or Partner Organisation: Australian Research Council (ARC Discovery Projects)
Australian Research Council (ARC Discovery Projects)

Start year: 2022

Summary: This project aims to generate a detailed mechanistic understanding of the neural circuitry underlying human visual perception. Through an international collaboration with the world-renowned Max Planck Institute, Germany, the project will exploit powerful new tools to measure human brain activity in cortical layers to test major theoretical models of human vision. The anticipated results are expected to significantly advance our basic understanding of how the human visual system parses complex visual input into objects and visual scenes, which may inform the development of artificial vision systems. Keywords: human brain imaging, functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging, cognitive neuroscience, vision.

FOR Codes: Expanding knowledge in psychology, Human-computer interaction, Emerging defence technologies, Cognitive neuroscience, Sensory processes, perception and performance

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