2020 Neural Mechanisms of Acoustic Communication Gordon Research Conference and Seminar

2020年声学交流的神经机制戈登研究会议暨研讨会

基本信息

批准号：
9980608
负责人：
MICHAEL A LONG
金额：
$ 3.7万
依托单位：
GORDON RESEARCH CONFERENCES
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
财政年份：
2020
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2020-04-01 至 2022-09-30
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9980608
关键词：
Acoustics Address Affect American Animals Auditory Behavior Biological Models Brain Callithrix Child Care Clinic Code Collaborations Communication Communication Research Communication impairment Communities Country Courtship Development Disease Environment Equilibrium Event Fishes Fostering Functional disorder Gender Gryllidae Hour Human Individual Injury Laboratory Animals Language Learning Mission Neurophysiology - biologic function Organism Perception Process Production Rana Reproduction Research Research Personnel Scientist Signal Transduction Songbirds Speech Speech Disorders Stroke System Thinking Time Translations Underrepresented Minority United States National Institutes of Health Woman autism spectrum disorder career comparative experience genomic predictors insight lectures meetings neural circuit neuromechanism next generation novel novel therapeutic intervention posters programs relating to nervous system segregation social symposium unpublished works zebra finch

项目摘要

Project Summary/Abstract: Different species often feature distinct communication strategies for the production and perception of acoustic social signals, and a comparative approach to the study of the neural mechanisms underlying acoustic communication can lend insight into general mechanisms of neural function. A more complete understanding of these brain processes is critical for paving the way to novel treatments of the 46 million Americans experiencing a communication disorder, including deficits in speech production and language use resulting from conditions such as stroke-related neural deficits and autism. A major challenge in the study of acoustic communication is the segregation of information between human and nonhuman studies as well as the isolated communities that focus on individual model systems. The Gordon Research Conference on the Neural Mechanisms of Acoustic Communication (NMAC GRC) is a new scientific meeting created to bring together a highly interdisciplinary group of researchers to better understand how the brain encodes and produces acoustic signals. We will leverage the experimental access inherent in laboratory animals to study the cellular mechanisms for acoustic communication from a diversity of organisms, including humans. We anticipate that this conference will help to reveal new principles concerning vocal communication in the hopes of developing a deeper understanding of the disorders that affect these processes. Topics of this inaugural program include vocal development and learning, vocal interactions, auditory specializations, genomics, predictive coding, and cortical mechanisms of vocal production. The 2020 NMAC has three specific aims: 1) To advance acoustic communication research by offering an environment that encourages questions and discussion, challenges current thinking, identifies open questions, and provides opportunities for new collaborations; 2) to create a unique forum for interaction for researchers with different perspectives on acoustic communication; and 3) to promote diversity in acoustic communication research with respect to gender balance, career stage, and representation of underrepresented minorities. Successful completion of these aims will advance acoustic communication research by encouraging new ideas and collaborations, highlighting diversity in the field, and inspiring the next generation of scientists. This should accelerate the pace of discovery and translation to the clinic, consistent with the mission of NIH.

项目摘要/摘要：不同的物种通常具有不同的传播策略，以产生和感知声学社会信号和对神经机制的研究的比较方法沟通可以深入了解神经功能的一般机制。对这些大脑过程对于为4600万美国人经历的新颖治疗铺平道路至关重要沟通障碍，包括条件导致语音生产和语言使用缺陷例如与中风相关的神经缺陷和自闭症。声学研究研究的主要挑战是人类和非人类研究之间的信息隔离以及孤立的社区专注于单个模型系统。关于声学神经机制的戈登研究会议沟通（NMAC GRC）是一场新的科学会议，旨在融合一个高度跨学科的会议一组研究人员更好地了解大脑如何编码和产生声学信号。我们将利用实验动物固有的实验访问来研究声学的细胞机制包括人类在内的各种生物体的交流。我们预计这次会议将有助于揭示有关声音交流的新原则，以期深入了解影响这些过程的疾病。这个就职计划的主题包括人声发展和学习，声音相互作用，听觉专业，基因组学，预测编码和皮质机制人声产生。 2020年NMAC具有三个具体目标：1）通过提供一种来推进声学通信研究鼓励问题和讨论，挑战当前思维，确定开放问题的环境，并为新合作提供机会； 2）为研究人员创建一个独特的论坛关于声学交流的不同观点； 3）促进声学交流的多样性关于性别平衡，职业阶段和代表人数不足少数民族的研究。这些目标的成功完成将通过鼓励新想法来推动声学沟通研究和合作，强调该领域的多样性，并启发下一代科学家。这应该加速发现和转化为诊所的速度，与NIH的任务一致。