FBS Colloquia No.272Perceptual ang Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory

Perceptual ang cognitive representations in the human brain

Our everyday life is supported by perceptual and cognitive brain　functions that process complex and diverse information obtained from　sensory systems and generate purposive behaviors. Recent advances in　neural activity measurement and multivariate analysis techniques have　led to a quantitative understanding of the brain functions that　support such complex and diverse information processing. In　particular, by constructing predictive models that govern the　relationship between human experience and brain activity, we have　examined representations and functional structures of the brain and　built decoders of brain information related to diverse experiences,　including vision, semantics, emotion, and cognition. In this　colloquium, I will introduce some of our recent studies on　quantitative neurosciences and their prospects.