How can we recognise rules governing this world and apply them to achieve our behavioural goal? We are aiming to understand such complex cognitive functions a the level of simple neuronal circuits by conitnuing efforts to develop the most sophisticated technologies.
NEWS
RESEARCH
Project: Distinct circuits for using object memory in perceptual and cognitive decision making
Why can we easily notice a friend in a crowd and say ‘Hello’? Previous neurophysiological studies have revealed how visual inputs are analysed, memorised and recalled, but how the recalled memory is then used to improve perception and make cognitive decisions remains poorly understood. We are investigating brain-wide neuronal circuits signalling object memory for guiding cognitive and perceptual decision makings by developing cutting-edge opto-physiological approaches.
PUBLICATION
MEMBERS
Current Team
- Anirudh Gupta (master project student)
- Zheng Pan (PhD student)
- Dr Keita TAMURA (PI)
Alumni
- James Henley-Waters (undergraduate student)
- Juan Lopez San Roman (undergraduate project student)
- Biqi Chen (master project student)
- Jun Xun Ong (undergraduate student)
FUNDING
Active grants
- Medical Research Council - New Investigator Award
- The Royal Society - Research Grant
- Brain Science Foundation - Research Grant
- PDN - Research Grant
Completed grants
- Research Foundation for Opto-Science and Technology - Research Grant
- The Ichiro Kanehara Foundation - Research Grant
- PDN - Research Grant
The lab will support postdoc fellowship applications:
CONTACT
The Physiological Laboratory, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EG, United Kingdom
Dr Keita TAMURA (kt532@cam.ac.uk)