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The 38th Japan Neuroscience Congress Public Lecture "Masters of Neuroscience" http://www.neuroscience2015.jnss.org/... [Summary] Living organisms use their sensory organs such as eyes and ears to convert environmental information such as light and sound into electrical signals, which are then processed in the brain. However, if we think about it in a different way, we can say that we only sense a limited part of the environmental information that exists in nature. For example, humans cannot sense magnetism, ultraviolet light, or radioactivity. We do not feel inferior about not being able to sense them, nor do we even realize that we do not sense them. So, if information that we have not been able to sense before is sent to the brain, can the brain quickly understand and use that information? If it is possible, this fact means that the brain has a still dormant ability that is not usually exercised due to physical limitations. We will talk about such experimental data on the day. References: Norimoto, H., Ikegaya, Y. Visual cortical prosthesis with a geomagnetic compass restores spatial navigation in blind rats. Curr. Biol., 21:1091–1095, 2015. [Speaker profile] Born in Fujieda, Shizuoka Prefecture in 1970. Enrolled in the Faculty of Science I at the University of Tokyo in 1989. Completed doctoral studies at the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Tokyo in 1998. Assistant professor at the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Tokyo in 1998. Studied abroad at Columbia University from 2002 to 2005. Associate professor at the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Tokyo in 2007. Professor at the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Tokyo in 2014. Motto: The brain is there to enjoy this world. [Planning] Japan Neuroscience Society Neuroscience Education Committee (Tsuyoshi Miyagawa, Hiroaki Misono, Kenji Matsumoto, Taisuke Tomita, Ikuko Yao, Jun Toyoda, Hisashi Koshimizu) [Organizer] Japan Neuroscience Society [Co-organizer] Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology/Innovative Areas Research Comprehensive Brain Science Research Promotion Support Network [Funded] Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (Fund for Promoting Publication of Research Results) *This project was supported by JSPS Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research 15HP0034. [Sponsor] RIKEN Brain Science Institute, Neuroinformatics Platform Center, Cactus Communications, Atsuko Miyazaki (RIKEN, Ide Oto Institute) [Music] Konomi Isshiki *Information on the affiliations of performers and related parties is current as of the time of planning.