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Biological Systems Physiology Lab
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A lab that explores the brain mechanisms linking vision to action through eye movements.
AboutAbout the lab
Unraveling how the brain works through eye movements.
The lab studies how the brain selects information that enters the eyes and converts it into the behavior of eye movements.
When looking at something, the brain unconsciously switches among multiple types of eye movements, including saccades, fast eye movements that shift gaze to a target all at once.
Mainly using monkeys, the lab examines neural circuits with physiological and anatomical methods, aiming to clarify the mechanisms in the brain that convert visual input into eye movement output.
Combining behavioral, cognitive, and neurophysiological methods in both humans and animals, the lab addresses how the brain links seeing and acting.
Key terms
- Saccade
- A fast eye movement that shifts gaze all at once when a target appears.
- Neural circuit
- A pathway formed by connected neurons in the brain that transmits and processes information.
- Top-down and bottom-up
- Top-down is control based on one's own intentions and goals; bottom-up is control triggered by a stimulus that is seen.
ResearchResearch themes
The lab investigates how the brain converts what is seen into eye movements, using the neural circuits of eye movements as a clue. By tracking small, precise eye movements, it aims to clarify how functions such as seeing, attending, and acting toward a goal arise.
*Illustrative imageNeural Circuits That Turn Vision into Action
The lab investigates, at the level of neural circuits, how the brain selects what to look at, prepares movements, and outputs them as fast, accurate motions. These circuits link perception, attention, and decision-making, and form the basis of behavior adapted to the situation.
*Illustrative imageTop-Down and Bottom-Up Control
By tracking fine eye movements, the lab investigates the circuits that separate top-down control from bottom-up control. It aims to clarify how perception, attention, and goal-directed behavior arise from distinct but interacting neural pathways.
MembersFaculty
The members of the lab consist of faculty members, researchers, residents, graduate and undergraduate students, and secretaries.As of 2026
- ProfessorMayu Takahashi
- LecturerChen Chih-Yang
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The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “Close-up photograph of the eye of a baby with reflection of the scene in the pupil” Basile Morin / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Neural Circuits That Turn Vision into Action: “Mouse and human visual systems” Priebe NJ and McGee AW / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
- Top-Down and Bottom-Up Control: “Iris Macro, Eye close-up ( )” Matt Ming from Beijing, China / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
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