Conf Proposal:Gordon Research Conf on Neuroethology 2005

会议提案：戈登神经行为学研究会议 2005

• 批准号: 6941005
• 负责人: Nicholas J Strausfeld
• 金额: $ 4.5万
• 依托单位: GORDON RESEARCH CONFERENCES
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2005
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2005-05-25 至 2006-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/6941005
• 关键词: meeting /conference /symposium; neuropsychology; travel

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Until recently, the study of neuroethology has focused on sensory mechanisms underlying specific adaptive behaviors and around issues of plasticity in brain and behavior. However, in the last 5 years conceptual breakthroughs and novel approaches have been developed with regard to important and interrelated areas of analysis. This conference will consider (1) research on how environmental cues shape adaptive control mechanisms and how complex signals affect the behavior of individuals and groups. These issues bear directly on (2) context-dependent choice, emergent properties of group behavior, and the evolution of behavioral phenotypes. New translational approaches include population genetics and modeling, in conjunction with more familiar neuroethological methods. Further, the realization that knowledge gained from analyzing circuitry and behavior is not invariably sufficient to test hypotheses has lead to (3) exciting advances in developing neuromorphic entities that allow rigorous tests of circuit capabilities in defined behavioral settings. These approaches have far reaching implications for robotics and neural prosthetics. (4) Insight into how the brain processes sensory data to provide adaptive behavior has achieved new impetus from genetic tools that target specific elements of neural circuitry to provide defined functional alterations that are behaviorally testable. This proposed 3rd Gordon Research Conference on Neuroethology will provide a timely discussion of these issues and about the development and future directions of the study of sensory perception, brain, and behavior. The conference is intended for the broad neuroethological community at all professional levels including advanced graduate and postdoctoral trainees.

描述（由申请人提供）：直到最近，神经行为学的研究一直集中在特定适应行为的感觉机制以及大脑和行为的可塑性问题上。然而，在过去五年中，在重要和相互关联的分析领域出现了概念突破和新方法。本次会议将考虑（1）研究环境线索如何塑造适应性控制机制，以及复杂信号如何影响个人和群体的行为。这些问题直接关系到（2）情境依赖性选择、群体行为的涌现特性和行为表型的进化。新的转化方法包括群体遗传学和建模，结合更熟悉的神经行为学方法。此外，认识到从分析电路和行为中获得的知识并不总是足以检验假设，这导致（3）在开发神经形态实体方面取得了令人兴奋的进展，这些实体允许在定义的行为环境中严格测试电路能力。这些方法对机器人和神经修复术具有深远的影响。(4)对大脑如何处理感觉数据以提供适应性行为的洞察已经从遗传工具中获得了新的动力，这些遗传工具针对神经回路的特定元素提供了定义的功能改变，这些功能改变是行为上可测试的。这个提议的第三届戈登神经行为学研究会议将及时讨论这些问题，并讨论感官知觉，大脑和行为研究的发展和未来方向。该会议是为广泛的神经行为学社区在所有专业水平，包括先进的研究生和博士后学员。