Core-Vision Processes

描述(由申请人提供)：麻省理工学院大脑和认知科学系的三个核心模块需要五年的续订支持：一个仪器核心、一个电子核心和一个磁共振成像核心。我们目前有12名由NEI资助的研究人员，他们开展视觉、视觉系统和动眼系统的研究，总共有21笔补助金和两笔来自NEI的奖学金。他们的研究包括：(1)视觉和眼球运动系统的神经生理学研究，(2)视觉和眼球运动系统的解剖学研究，(3)视觉和视觉运动功能的发育研究，(4)非人类灵长类动物视觉功能的心理物理研究，(5)正常人和患者群体视觉功能的心理物理研究，(6)视觉和眼动的计算分析，以及(7)阐明大脑不同亚区在视觉处理中的作用的成像研究。我们的是一个高生产力的， 该系发展迅速，长期专注于视力和眼部相关研究。由这笔赠款独家支持的三个核心模块是该生产力不可或缺的共享基础设施。每个核心中心都能够建造现成没有的新设备和研究方法，促进核心教职员工以及其他机构的NEI研究人员之间的互动。此外，这些核心还允许快速修复设备(通常可防止重大停机)，并对学生和博士后研究员进行设计和制造限制方面的培训。我们有以最大化其价值的方式管理这些核心的记录，随着研究需求的变化，更新其资源和培训其人员。NEI的持续支持对这些核心的运行和发展至关重要，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总体价值代表了NEI的投资的极好回报。

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.