Role of the superior colliculus in sensory processing

生物体关注和定向环境中的刺激的能力对于生存至关重要。在哺乳动物的大脑中，执行这一功能的主要大脑区域是上级丘。尽管它的重要性，很少有人知道的作用，上级丘在感官知觉。这个项目通过利用革命性的新记录技术来解决这个问题，以确定上级丘如何编码感官信息并最终驱动行为。这些成果将对研究感觉处理和感知决策的科学家们产生直接的好处，并将有助于澳大利亚保持在脑启发工程和基于神经科学的知识经济的前沿。

The ability of an organism to attend to, and orient towards, stimuli in the environment is critical for survival. In the mammalian brain, the principal brain region performing this function is the superior colliculus. Despite its importance, little is known about the role the superior colliculus plays in sensory perception. This project addresses this issue by leveraging revolutionary new recording techniques to determine how the superior colliculus codes sensory information and ultimately drives behaviour. The outcomes will be of immediate benefit to scientists studying sensory processing and perceptual decision making, and will help keep Australia at the forefront of brain-inspired engineering and the neuroscience-based knowledge economy.