SOUNDSOURCE_RAT_AC

Sound Localization by Neuronal Populations in the Rat Auditory Cortex

 Coordinatore FUNDACAO D. ANNA SOMMER CHAMPALIMAUD E DR. CARLOS MONTEZ CHAMPALIMAUD 

 Organization address address: AVENIDA BRASILIA
city: LISBOA
postcode: 1400 038

contact info
Titolo: Dr.
Nome: Tania
Cognome: Vinagre
Email: send email
Telefono: +351 210 480 114

 Nazionalità Coordinatore Portugal [PT]
 Totale costo 100˙000 €
 EC contributo 100˙000 €
 Programma FP7-PEOPLE
Specific programme "People" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013)
 Code Call FP7-PEOPLE-2012-CIG
 Funding Scheme MC-CIG
 Anno di inizio 2013
 Periodo (anno-mese-giorno) 2013-05-01   -   2017-04-30

 Partecipanti

# participant  country  role  EC contrib. [€] 
1    FUNDACAO D. ANNA SOMMER CHAMPALIMAUD E DR. CARLOS MONTEZ CHAMPALIMAUD

 Organization address address: AVENIDA BRASILIA
city: LISBOA
postcode: 1400 038

contact info
Titolo: Dr.
Nome: Tania
Cognome: Vinagre
Email: send email
Telefono: +351 210 480 114

PT (LISBOA) coordinator 100˙000.00

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populations    neurons    midline    perform    sensory    trial    cortex    sound    choices    relative    auditory    location    discrimination    behavioral    representations   

 Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)

'How does the accuracy of sensory representations constrain the ability of the organism to perform perceptual discriminations? In this project, we will address this issue by characterizing the activity of populations of neurons in the rat auditory cortex while they perform a two-alternative forced-choice discrimination task for detecting sound location relative to the midline. We will first establish how location and spectral features of sound are represented by cortical populations under anesthesia, and subsequently during performance of the sound localization task. Due to the design of our discrimination task, analysis of the patterns of co-variability in the recorded sensory responses will allow us to elucidate whether the auditory cortex is primarily concerned with maximizing information about auditory stimuli, or whether it constructs representations which are useful for the animal in the context of its current behavioral goals. We will also investigate whether population activity and behavioral choices are correlated in a trial-by-trial basis. By understanding how the activity of multiple neurons has to be combined in order to best predict behavioral choices we expect to learn about the computations that the auditory cortex is performing in order to classify the location of sounds relative to the midline.'

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