Project description
Towards a better model of vision
Drawing on expectations and context to make sense of the patterns of light entering the eyes is fundamental to our visual experience. Yet vision is usually modelled as a feedforward hierarchy. The EU-funded FFvsFB-UHF-fMRI project aims to create a better model by resolving the roles and mechanisms of feedforward and feedback processing. Using ultra-high field functional magnetic resonance imaging to monitor the distinct cortical layers receiving feedforward or feedback input, researchers will investigate how the processing streams interact in humans. They will use population receptive field mapping to characterise layer-specific receptive fields in visual crowding and Mooney image disambiguation – psychophysical paradigms in which spatial context and prior object knowledge determine perception. The goal is to understand how higher-level cortical areas shape low-level visual processing.
Fields of science
- natural sciencesbiological sciencesneurobiologycognitive neuroscience
- natural sciencescomputer and information sciencesartificial intelligencecomputer vision
- engineering and technologymedical engineeringdiagnostic imagingmagnetic resonance imaging
- natural sciencesbiological sciencesneurobiologycomputational neuroscience
Programme(s)
- HORIZON.1.2 - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Main Programme
Funding Scheme
HORIZON-AG-UN - HORIZON Unit Grant
Coordinator
14195 Berlin
Germany
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Partners (1)
80539 Munchen
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