BRAIN and NERVE－神経研究の進歩67巻6号

2015年06月発行

特集 脳と「質感」

視覚—物体の質感認知

著者： 山根ゆか子¹² 田村弘¹²

所属機関： ¹大阪大学大学院生命機能研究科認知脳科学研究室 ²脳情報通信融合研究センター（CiNet）

ページ範囲：P.669 - P.678

文献概要

動物，花，木などの自然物，漆器，ガラス，コインなどの人工物，いずれも，その表面には固有の色，テクスチャ，光沢感などからなる視覚的質感が備わっている。近年の研究により，このような質感情報認知のための脳内機構が明らかになってきた。本稿では，物体の視覚的認識と深く関わる霊長類腹側視覚経路において，物体表面の色やテクスチャなどの質感情報がどのように処理され，神経活動に符号化されているのかについて紹介する。

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