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The F02B study section reviews fellowship applications in sensory, motor, and cognitive neuroscience research aimed at furthering our understanding of how the nervous system is organized and functions at an integrative, systems level. The emphasis is on understanding normal sensory, motor or sensorimotor function, dysfunction, development, maturation and aging, recovery from injury, and perceptual and sensory perturbations. This study section also reviews fellowship applications on the integration of multisensory information, mechanisms underlying neural coding of complex stimuli and attention and effects on information processing in the nervous system. Examples of specific areas covered are listed below:
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Attention
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Motor function
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Pain
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Sensorimotor function
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Somatosensory function
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Central visual processes
Shared Interests
With F01 (Brain Disorders and Related Neuroscience): If fellowship applications emphasize studying the systems with reference to a neurological disorder, they may be more appropriate for F01. If fellowship applications emphasize studying neural systems without reference to disease, they may be more appropriate for F02B. With respect to the visual system, F01 may be more appropriate for fellowship applications dealing with anterior eye diseases; F02B may be more appropriate for fellowship applications dealing with visual processing and related portions of the brain, eye, and oculomotor system.
With F02A (Behavioral Neuroscience): Fellowship applications concerned with functions of the limbic system may be assigned to F02A; fellowship applications concerned with sensory, motor, and cognitive functions may be assigned to F02B.
With F03A (Biochemical and Molecular Neuroscience) and F03B (Biophysical and Biochemical Sciences): Fellowship applications addressing the topics listed above using molecular, cellular, or developmental neuroscience approaches may be appropriate for F03 study sections; fellowship applications addressing the topics listed above using cellular and systems neuroscience approaches may be appropriate for F02B.
With F05 (Cell Biology and Development): Fellowship applications dealing with the biology and diseases of the posterior eye may be assigned to F05; applications dealing with visual processing and related portions of the brain, eye, and extraocular muscle system may be assigned to F02B.
With F12A (Cognition, Language and Perception): Fellowship applications that involve human or non-human studies of language and cognition/perception may be assigned to F12A. Fellowship applications that involve human or non-human research on cognition, communication or the motor processes underlying sound production and gesture may be assigned to F02B.
With F12B (Psychopathology, Developmental Disabilities, Stress and Aging): Fellowship applications that emphasize behavioral mechanisms related to psychopathology, developmental disabilities or disorders of aging may be assigned to F12B. Fellowship applications that emphasize underlying neural systems in these areas without specific reference to disease may be more appropriate for F02B.
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