論文

査読有り
2016年6月

An Embodied Brain Model of the Human Foetus

SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
  • Yasunori Yamada
  • ,
  • Hoshinori Kanazawa
  • ,
  • Sho Iwasaki
  • ,
  • Yuki Tsukahara
  • ,
  • Osuke Iwata
  • ,
  • Shigehito Yamada
  • ,
  • Yasuo Kuniyoshi

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記述言語
英語
掲載種別
研究論文(学術雑誌)
DOI
10.1038/srep27893
出版者・発行元
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP

Cortical learning via sensorimotor experiences evoked by bodily movements begins as early as the foetal period. However, the learning mechanisms by which sensorimotor experiences guide cortical learning remain unknown owing to technical and ethical difficulties. To bridge this gap, we present an embodied brain model of a human foetus as a coupled brain-body-environment system by integrating anatomical/physiological data. Using this model, we show how intrauterine sensorimotor experiences related to bodily movements induce specific statistical regularities in somatosensory feedback that facilitate cortical learning of body representations and subsequent visual-somatosensory integration. We also show how extrauterine sensorimotor experiences affect these processes. Our embodied brain model can provide a novel computational approach to the mechanistic understanding of cortical learning based on sensorimotor experiences mediated by complex interactions between the body, environment and nervous system.

リンク情報
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/srep27893
Web of Science
https://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=JSTA_CEL&SrcApp=J_Gate_JST&DestLinkType=FullRecord&KeyUT=WOS:000384620100001&DestApp=WOS_CPL
ID情報
  • DOI : 10.1038/srep27893
  • ISSN : 2045-2322
  • Web of Science ID : WOS:000384620100001

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