Predictive self-motion processing in primates: Neurophysiology, modeling and behavior (A02)

• Subject Area: Cognitive, Systems and Behavioural Neurobiology
• Term: since 2014
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 222641018

The perception and control of self-motion is a central task in everyday life. Despite its importance, the neural basis of the processing of self-motion information is far from being understood. Even more so, dynamical aspects of self-motion processing and its perturbation are barely considered and, hence, are at the core of this project. In our studies, we will combine behavioral and electro-physiological studies in humans with neurophysiological and EEG recordings in the animal model (rhesus macaque), flanked by deep learning and modeling. Overall, we expect from this combined approach a much better understanding of predictive aspects of self-motion processing in primates.

• DFG Programme: CRC/Transregios
• Subproject of: TRR 135: Cardinal mechanisms of perception: Prediction, Valuation, Categorization
• Applicant Institution: Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen
• Co-Applicant Institution: Philipps-Universität Marburg
• Project Head: Professor Dr. Frank Bremmer