Temporal Fluctuations in Functional Networks of the Human Brain - Modeling brain transition between cognitive states

• Applicant: Dr. Philipp Hövel
• Subject Area: Human Cognitive and Systems Neuroscience ; Cognitive, Systems and Behavioural Neurobiology ; Statistical Physics, Nonlinear Dynamics, Complex Systems, Soft and Fluid Matter, Biological Physics
• Term: from 2016 to 2019
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 322687118

This project will combine multidisciplinary approaches to model brain adaptive functional interactions enabling cognitive functions. Leveraging interdisciplinary theoretical techniques, inspired by complex system theory and applied mathematics, and existing experimental data from noninvasive brain imaging, the aim of this project is to model reconfiguration properties of human brain networks in (i) rest and (ii) an attentionally demanding cognitive state. Results will enable a transformative scientific approach to understand the functionality of the human brain accompanying diverse cognitive processes, and will foster the development of viable analytical and modeling techniques leading to significant insight into dynamical mechanisms of cognitive function.

• DFG Programme: Research Grants