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KAIST joins €9.68 million study of how the brain guides movement
KAIST professor Jang Kyung-in will co-lead a European research project selected for an ERC Synergy Grant.
The international team includes researchers from KAIST and will study the brain activity of monkeys moving freely.
The project aims to explain how sensory information leads to movement.
The research is planned to receive about €9.68 million over six years.
Around 5 billion won of the funding is allocated to KAIST.
KAIST says this is the first time a domestic university has taken part in this role for an ERC Synergy Grant.
KAIST is part of an international research team studying how sensory information guides movement.
The researchers will analyze brain activity in freely moving monkeys.
The project is called NeuroEthoPrim.
It will receive about €9.68 million over six years, with about 5 billion won allocated to KAIST.
KAIST mechanical engineering professor Jang Kyung-in is a joint principal investigator.
- Who
- An international research team that includes KAIST; Jang Kyung-in is a joint principal investigator.
- What
- The team will study how sensory information is translated into body movement by analyzing brain activity in freely moving monkeys.
- When
- The project will receive funding for six years; its start date is not stated.
- Where
- KAIST is involved; the research location is not stated.
- Why
- To clarify how sensory information leads to body movement.
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- Project name
- NeuroEthoPrim
- Total funding
- About €9.68 million
- Funding period
- Six years
- KAIST allocation
- About 5 billion won
- KAIST co-lead
- Jang Kyung-in, mechanical engineering professor