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Dr
University of Western Ontario
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Schedule
Wednesday, June 17, 2020
2:00 AM America/New_York
Recording provided by the organiser.
Domain
NeuroscienceHost
Systems Neuroecology
Duration
70 minutes
The dominant view of perception right now is that information travels from the environment to the sensory system, then to the nervous systems which processes it to generate a percept and behaviour. Ongoing behaviour is thought to occur largely through simple iterations of this process. However, this linear view, where information flows only in one direction and the properties of the environment and the sensory system remain static and unaffected by behaviour, is slowly fading. Many of us are beginning to appreciate that perception is largely active, i.e. that information flows back and forth between the three systems modulating their respective properties. In other words, in the real world, the environment and sensorimotor loop is pretty much always closed. I study the loop; in particular I study how the reverse arm of the loop affects sound and vibration perception. I will present two examples of motor modulation of perception at two very different temporal and spatial scales. First, in crickets, I will present data on how high-speed molecular motor activity enhances hearing via the well-studied phenomenon of active amplification. Second, in spiders I will present data on how body posture, a slow macroscopic feature, which can barely be called ‘active’, can nonetheless modulate vibration perception. I hope these results will motivate a conversation about whether ‘active’ perception is an optional feature observed in some sensory systems, or something that is ultimately necessitated by both evolution and physics.
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