# Effects of abnormal early experience on IT circuitry

> **NIH NIH R01** · HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL · 2024 · $615,600

## Abstract

Project Summary
The goal of the proposed research is to probe object-recognition circuitry in inferotemporal cortex by specific
manipulations of early visual experience. In adult humans and monkeys discrete regions of the temporal lobe
are specialized for processing particular object categories, such as faces, text, bodies, or places. These domains
underlie complex object recognition. Visual experience of these categories is both necessary and sufficient to
produce domains, and the goal is to explore how specific abnormal early visual experience changes neuronal
selectivity.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10700410
- **Project number:** 4R01NS123778-02
- **Recipient organization:** HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL
- **Principal Investigator:** MARGARET S LIVINGSTONE
- **Activity code:** R01 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2024
- **Award amount:** $615,600
- **Award type:** 4N
- **Project period:** 2021-09-22 → 2026-08-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10700410

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10700410, Effects of abnormal early experience on IT circuitry (4R01NS123778-02). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10700410. Licensed CC0.

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