Predictive perception: Multisensory consequences of one’s own actions (A03)

• Subject Area: General, Cognitive and Mathematical Psychology
• Term: since 2014
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 222641018

Project A03 combines psychophysics, EEG and fMRI to obtain a unified account of action related multisensory predictive mechanisms. We will study contextual influences and individual differences in the action-perception cycle, in particular whether mechanisms derived from a single hand movement transfer to (1) action sequences, (2) foot movements, and (3) natural contexts such as biking. Using EEG and combined EEG-fMRI, we will shed light on the (4) precise timing of predictive neural processing and (5) individual differences in schizotypal traits. Finally, we will test (6) whether self-monitoring impairments in schizophrenia are rooted in the generation of multisensory predictions. Our research bridges the gap between basic sciences and clinical investigations to reveal the mechanisms underlying action monitoring impairments in natural conditions.

• 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 Heads: Professor Dr. Tilo Kircher; Professor Benjamin Straube, Ph.D.