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According to our matching algorithm, Toru Shimizu is the likely recipient of the following grants.
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| 1993 — 1995 |
Shimizu, Toru |
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Neural Substrates For Visual Recognition @ University of South Florida
The ability to visually recognize complex objects is dependent upon structures within the central nervous system which are responsible for perceiving the objects and for processing the information received. One important type of visual recognition which is critical for any species is the ability of individuals of that species to distinguish members of different species from those of their own species, or conspecifics; this type of discrimination is important to recognize potential predators as well as potential mates. In this award to Dr. Toru Shimizu, visual recognition will be studied in two avian species. Anatomical connections between various parts of the higher visual areas of the central nervous system will be studied using tracer techniques. Discrimination based on differentiating between members of the same or different species, and between the two genders will be studied with the use of video images. The importance of different regions of the higher visual areas of the brain will be determined by studying the effects of selective ablation on performance in the discrimination paradigm. This research contributes knowledge about how the brain recognizes complex visual objects and how this visual information is processed to obtain meaningful responses.
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| 2001 — 2005 |
Shimizu, Toru |
N/AActivity Code Description:
No activity code was retrieved: click on the grant title for more information |
Neural Analysis of Visual Discrimination @ University of South Florida
Birds have excellent visual acuity, color vision, pattern discrimination ability, and visual memory, all of which are almost equal to, or sometimes superior to, these same abilities of the highly visual primates. Although the overall pattern of brain organization is similar among all vertebrates, the neural substrates responsible for these visual abilities appear to be different between birds and primates. How is it possible that anatomically different brains solve similar biological problems of visual information processing? This project focuses on the tectofugal pathway in the pigeon brain, which is critical for many visual discrimination tasks. Anatomical, lesion, and molecular techniques will be used to study the organization and function of the pathway in mate recognition. In particular, a computer-animated pigeon-- "virtual pigeon"-- will be presented to male pigeons to investigate how a complex natural signal is processed in the tectofugal pathway. Comparative research data from the distinct systems of birds and primates will contribute to understanding the general and specific principles of the two neural systems. Such information in turn will be important to increase the understanding of the origin and evolution of these abilities in different species.
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