Applications of the population receptive field technique in the field of neural mechanisms of sensory perception.
- Author:
Jing YE
1
;
Fang FANG
2
;
Dong-Jun HE
3
Author Information
1. School of Pharmacy, Chengdu Medical College, Chengdu 610500, China.
2. School of Psychological and Cognitive Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China.
3. Sichuan Research Center of Applied Psychology, Chengdu Medical College, Chengdu 610500, China. hedongjun@cmc.edu.cn.
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- MeSH:
Brain;
physiology;
Brain Mapping;
Humans;
Neurons;
Perception
- From:
Acta Physiologica Sinica
2019;71(1):156-162
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
The population receptive field (pRF) of a voxel is the joint receptive field of the population of neurons within the voxel. Using a non-invasive pRF technique, researcher can estimate the pRF position and size parameters of each voxel in human brain. These pRF parameters provide an excellent research basis to study neural mechanisms of sensory perception. Although the pRF technique has developed very rapidly in recent years and been widely used in the field of neural mechanisms of sensory perception, related review article is still absent. Here, we provide an overview of the pRF technique. First, we briefly introduce research methods of this technique. Next, we focus on applications of this technique in the field of neural mechanisms of sensory perception. Then, we discuss advantages and limitations of the pRF technique in practical application. In the end, we give some suggestions on the future application direction of the pRF technique. The pRF technique has played an important role in the research of neural mechanism of sensory perception, and it would play a more important role in the future.
