The role of mental models and sense of agency in learning crossmodal communicative acts (C09*)

• Subject Area: General, Cognitive and Mathematical Psychology ; Human Cognitive and Systems Neuroscience
• Term: since 2020
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 261402652

The Project investigates Theory of Mind (ToM) and Sense of Agency (SoA) during novel communication using a sender-receiver-game that requires the sender to generate novel movement patterns (the message) as a means of communicating his/her goal position to the receiver. Using behavioural measures, eye-tracking, computational modelling, and neuronal data (MRI and MEG recordings), we will analyse the capabilities of generating mental models of the other player and use them to predict behaviour. These findings will be used to develop an artificial agent with ToM and SoA capacities that can successfully interact with humans in the sender-receiver context.

• DFG Programme: CRC/Transregios
• Subproject of: TRR 169: Crossmodal Learning: Adaptivity, Prediction and Interaction
• International Connection: China
• Applicant Institution: Universität Hamburg
• Project Heads: Professorin Dr. Xiaolan Fu; Dr. Jan Gläscher