Sensory processing, perception and communication in simple nervous systems.

简单神经系统中的感觉处理、感知和交流。

• 批准号: 238882-2013
• 负责人: Mason, Andrew
• 金额: $ 2.91万
• 依托单位: University of Toronto
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Discovery Grants Program - Individual
• 财政年份: 2014
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2014-01-01 至 2015-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=547122
• 关键词: Sensory; processing; perception; communication; simple

Animals have evolved to detect and respond appropriately to information from their environment. Information is gathered by sensory organs and processed by the nervous system to result in behavioural decisions. Discerning how animals process multiple sensory inputs under natural, noisy conditions is essential to our understanding of how this process works across species, and to the development of biomimetic technologies. I focus on neural mechanisms of information processing in sensory-guided behaviour in insects and spiders. These relatively simple models have yielded important insight into basic principals underlying sensory systems.

动物已经进化到能够检测并对来自环境的信息做出适当的反应。信息由感觉器官收集，并由神经系统处理，从而产生行为决定。辨别动物如何在自然的、嘈杂的条件下处理多种感官输入，对于我们理解这一过程如何在物种间发挥作用以及仿生技术的发展至关重要。我专注于在昆虫和蜘蛛的感觉引导行为的信息处理的神经机制。这些相对简单的模型已经对感觉系统的基本原理产生了重要的见解。