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Perception and predictive action laboratory for functional magnetic resonance imaging (PAPA-FMR)

Reference	BB/C51113X/1
Principal Investigator / Supervisor	Professor Alan Wing
Co-Investigators / Co-Supervisors	Professor Glyn Humphreys, Professor Rowland Miall, Professor Peter Praamstra
Institution	University of Birmingham
Department	School of Psychology
Funding type	Research
Value (£)	159,840
Status	Completed
Type	Research Grant
Start date	09/03/2005
End date	08/03/2006
Duration	12 months

Abstract

This proposal is for equipment to measure both upper and lower limb motion and eye movements during functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) of brain activation, along with equipment for using an interventionist technique, repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS), to study brain mechanisms underlying perception attention and action. The proposed facilities will allow the applicants to measure brain regions responsible for on-line planning and execution of action and to change activity in contributing brain regions using rTMS in order to study interactions within the cortical networks linking perception and action. The proposed equipment will build on opportunities provided by a new state-of-the-art 3T research fMRI facility at The University of Birmingham and will contribute to six new projects: timing of sequential movement; integration of touch and vision in reach and grasp; vision, action and spatial attention; temporal attention; eye movements and reach and grasp actions; sensory modulation from motor prediction. Commercial partners will benefit from the opportunity to develop new techniques for determining brain mechanisms underlying perception, attention and action.

Summary

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Committee	Closed Committee - Animal Sciences (AS)
Research Topics	X – not assigned to a current Research Topic
Research Priority	X – Research Priority information not available
Research Initiative	Research Equipment Initiative 2004 (RE4) [2004]
Funding Scheme	X – not Funded via a specific Funding Scheme

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