Core-Vision Processes

描述（由申请人提供）：麻省理工学院脑与认知科学系的三个核心模块：仪器核心、电子核心和磁共振成像核心，需要五年的续期支持。我们目前有12位NEI支持的研究者，他们从事视觉、视觉系统和动眼肌系统的研究，总共有21项来自NEI的资助和2项奖学金。他们的研究包括：(1)视觉和眼动系统的神经生理学研究；(2)视觉和眼动系统的解剖学研究；(3)视觉和眼动功能的发育研究；(4)非人类灵长类动物视觉功能的心理物理研究；(5)正常人和患者视觉功能的心理物理研究；(6)视觉和眼动的计算分析；(7)影像学研究，阐明不同脑区在视觉加工中的作用。我们是一个高产的，

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Five years of renewed support are requested for three Core modules in the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology: an Instrument Core, an Electronics Core, and an MR Imaging Core. We presently have twelve NEI-supported investigators who carry out research on vision, the visual system and the oculomotor system, with a total of 21 grants and two fellowships from NEI. Their research includes: (1) neurophysiological studies of the visual and oculomotor systems, (2) anatomical studies of the visual and oculomotor systems, (3) developmental studies of the vision and visuomotor function, (4) psychophysical studies of visual functions in non-human primates, (5) psychophysical studies of visual functions in normal human and patient populations, (6) computational analyses of vision and eye movement, and (7) imaging studies to elucidate the roles of various brain sub-regions in visual processing. Ours is a highly-productive, rapidly growing department with a longstanding focus on vision and eye-related research. The three Core Modules supported exclusively by this grant are the indispensable shared infrastructure of that productivity. Each Core has enabled the construction of novel devices and research methods that are not available off-the-shelf, facilitating interactions among the Core faculty as well as NEI investigators at other institutions. In addition, the Cores allow for rapid repair of equipment (often preventing significant down-time) and for training of students and postdoctoral fellows in design and fabrication constraints. We have a track-record of administering these Cores in ways that maximize their value, updating their resources and the training of their personnel as research demands have changed. NEI's continued support is essential to the operation and evolution of these Cores, which in turn are essential to our research. The collective value of the wide range of studies that depend upon these Cores represent an excellent return on NEI's investment.