Pupiltraits (3rd Party H2020 UNIPI) (DSB.AD004.274)
Area tematica
Area progettuale
Neuroscienze (DSB.AD004)Struttura responsabile del progetto di ricerca
Responsabile di progetto
GUIDOMARCO CICCHINI
Telefono: 0506213185
E-mail: cicchini@in.cnr.it
Abstract
PUPILTRAITS will measure visual processing with both classic and new methods, including pupil responses, ultra-high field Magnetic Resonance of human visual cortex, and psychophysics. Based on solid pilot data, we predict that differences in behavioral and cortical properties co-vary with personality traits, providing new reliable biomarkers of the local context-independent perception associated with autistics traits, even in young children (using pupillometry). These tools will also reveal changes of perception within individuals: during a safe and simple physiological intervention (such as ketosis), to show that early visual processing can be altered by acting on metabolism, and that this consequently affects holistic/local perceptual styles.
Obiettivi
The aim of the project is to provide new knowledge on the relationship between metabolism, cortical processing and perception. This has the potential for a strong societal impact: it can change our understanding of pervasive developmental disorders, like Autistic Spectrum Disorders, characterized by a different way of processing incoming information; it can aid their diagnosis through objective evaluation of perceptual styles, and encourage innovative therapeutic approaches aimed at changing perception and behavior by acting on general physiology: how we eat and exercise
Data inizio attività
01/03/2019
Parole chiave
Biomarkers, Cortical vision
Ultimo aggiornamento: 16/04/2025