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NIHNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKER01

Effects of Abnormal Early Experience on IT Circuitry

Completed
Institution
HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL, MA
Principal investigator
Margaret S Livingstone
Funding
$616K
Duration
2021–2026
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Project Summary The goal of the proposed research is to probe object-recognition circuitry in inferotemporal cortex by specific manipulations of early visual experience. In adult humans and monkeys discrete regions of the temporal lobe are specialized for processing particular object categories, such as faces, text, bodies, or places. These domains underlie complex object recognition. Visual experience of these categories is both necessary and sufficient to produce domains, and the goal is to explore how specific abnormal early visual experience changes neuronal selectivity.

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R01NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKESpecial Emphasis Panel[ZRG1-IFCN-T(55)R]abnormaldomainsexperiencevisualobjectcategoriestemporal lobecircuitry

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