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Grantee: Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA
Project Lead: Isabel Gauthier, Ph.D.Co-PIs: James Tanaka, Tim Curran, Mike Tarr, Merlene Behrmann, Daniel Bub, Robert Schultz, David Sheinberg, Garrison Cottrell, and Thomas Palmeri
Grant Title: Expertise in Object Perception
Program Area: Bridging Brain, Mind & Behavior
Grant Type: Collaborative Activity Award
Year Awarded: 2000
Project Summary:
This collaborative network plans an inter-disciplinary collaboration spanning different levels of analysis. The researchers will compare normal subjects, individuals with visual agnosia or autism, and non-human primates, as well as computational models to explore mechanism in object recognition, categorization, and the nature of perceptual expertise. The establishment of a collaborative network will provide a catalyst for research on perceptual expertise and the neural plasticity of visual systems.