NIH R01 · 2024
CRCNS: Heterogeneous effects of cognition on perception: unique leverage on circuit mechanisms
PROJECT SUMMARY (See instructions): Varying cognitive processes like attention can be a powerful tool for investigating the function and flexibility of cortical circuits. Attention has dramatic effects on behavior, and deficits in selective attention are a hallmark of neuropsychiatric disorders ranging from attention deficit hyperactivity disorder to autism to Alzheimer’s disease. Knowing which of the concomitant changes in the brain are responsible for those shifts in behavior can reveal what is important about circuit function in the first place. One of the most notable aspects of how any cognitive process affects cortical circuits is its heterogeneity: attention has vastly different…
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