Brain imaging sheds light on neural processes

摘要

Emotion and perception have been mainly gauged using psychological criteria and tests, but now researchers at the Center for Information and Neural Networks (CiNet) can evaluate them more objectively by using images of the brain. CiNet conducts interdisciplinary research at the intersection between neuroscience and information science. One of the dozen research centres of the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT) in Japan, CiNet focuses on four areas: understanding and applying knowledge of how the brain determines the meaning of a message; building a low-energy information and communication network based on human brain function; developing brain-machine interfaces to provide better care and produce advanced communication technologies; and establishing technologies for measuring brain function.