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Imprinting and the neural representation of a complex stimulus in memory

Reference	S10094
Principal Investigator / Supervisor	Professor Sir Gabriel Horn
Co-Investigators / Co-Supervisors	Professor Malcolm Brown
Institution	University of Cambridge
Department	Zoology
Funding type	Research
Value (£)	239,696
Status	Completed
Type	Research Grant
Start date	01/11/1998
End date	01/05/2002
Duration	42 months

Abstract

The young domestic chick learns the characteristics of both the visual features and the call of its mother. Each component of this complex, compound stimulus elicits a similar following response, suggesting that the neural representations of the two components are combined. The main objective of the proposed experiments is to determine how this cross-modal binding occurs. The objective will be achieved by analysing the activity of neurons recorded in behaving chicks before, during and after training using compound stimulus. Neuronal activity will be recorded simultaneously within the two regions of the medial hyperstriatum ventrale which are involved in auditory and visual imprinting.

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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	X - not in an Initiative
Funding Scheme	X – not Funded via a specific Funding Scheme

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