Perception: From Genes to Behaviour

理解基因如何影响行为本身就很困难，因为人类的大脑极其复杂。这个项目旨在通过研究视觉感知来绘制基因、大脑和行为之间的基本关系，其中大脑机制可以被描述为高保真。该项目希望利用创新的跨学科方法来整合精确的遗传、神经和心理物理测量，从而产生行为遗传学方面的新知识。这个项目的预期结果包括对我们的感性体验的更深入的理解，以及丰富的新实验范式。这应该会为未来试图解开复杂的基因-行为关系的研究提供重大好处。

Understanding how genes affect behaviour is inherently difficult because the human brain is extraordinarily complex. This project aims to map fundamental relationships between genes, brain, and behaviour by studying visual perception, where brain mechanisms can be characterised with high fidelity. The project expects to generate new knowledge in behavioural genetics using innovative, interdisciplinary approaches to integrate precise genetic, neural and psychophysical measurements. Expected outcomes of this project include a deeper understanding of our perceptual experience, and rich new experimental paradigms. This should provide significant benefits for future research attempting to disentangle complex gene–behaviour relationships.