Core-Vision Processes

描述（由申请人提供）：马萨诸塞州理工学院脑与认知科学系的三个核心模块需要五年的更新支持：仪器核心、电子核心和MR成像核心。我们目前有12名NEI支持的研究人员进行视觉，视觉系统和眼神经系统的研究，共有21个赠款和两个NEI的奖学金。他们的研究包括：（1）视觉和眼神经系统的神经生理学研究，（2）视觉和眼神经系统的解剖学研究，（3）视觉和视觉功能的发育研究，（4）非人灵长类动物视觉功能的心理物理学研究，（5）正常人和患者群体视觉功能的心理物理学研究，（6）视觉和眼球运动的计算分析，（7）影像学研究，阐明不同脑区在视觉加工中的作用。我们的是一个高生产力， 快速发展的部门，长期专注于视觉和眼睛相关的研究。该补助金专门支持的三个核心模块是这种生产力不可或缺的共享基础设施。每个核心都能够构建新的设备和研究方法，这些设备和方法是现成的，促进了核心教师和其他机构的NEI研究人员之间的互动。此外，核心允许快速维修设备（通常防止重大停机时间），并在设计和制造限制方面培训学生和博士后研究员。我们有管理这些核心的方式，最大限度地发挥其价值，更新其资源和培训其人员的研究需求发生了变化的跟踪记录。NEI的持续支持对这些核心的运作和发展至关重要，而这些核心又对我们的研究至关重要。依赖于这些核心的广泛研究的集体价值代表了NEI投资的良好回报。

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.