Sensory cue integration in the fronto-parietal sensorimotor network (C05)

• Subject Area: Cognitive, Systems and Behavioural Neurobiology ; Human Cognitive and Systems Neuroscience
• Term: from 2011 to 2022
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 154113120

Action selection and movement preparation require cross-modal sensory integration, e.g. when adjusting the force required to reach a spatial target. We study such integration of visuospatial with somatosensory information in the frontoparietal sensorimotor network of rhesus monkeys. We ask if planned force of a movement modulates spatial motor goal encoding and ensure behavioural relevance of the force information using decision making tasks. Our project will help to understand visuo-somatosensory cue integration in guiding actions.

• DFG Programme: Collaborative Research Centres
• Subproject of: SFB 889: Cellular Mechanisms of Sensory Processing
• Applicant Institution: Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
• Project Head: Professor Dr. Alexander Gail