Project C1. Aging and the effect of predictivity and utility on perception

• Applicants: Professorin Dr. Kathrin Finke; Privatdozent Dr. Christian Sorg
• Subject Area: Human Cognitive and Systems Neuroscience ; General, Cognitive and Mathematical Psychology
• Term: from 2015 to 2023
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 263727500

Visual functions are known to be particularly prone to normal aging processes and also to beginning Alzheimer-type neurodegeneration. In healthy observers, certain components of visuo-attentional functioning, including perceptual processing speed and top-down control, are influenced by preparation and expectancy effects. The aim of the proposed project is to examine how normal and pathological aging modulate such active perception effects on processing speed and top-down control of attention. Furthermore, we plan to assess how resting state brain network connectivity changes mediate these age effects.

• DFG Programme: Research Units
• Subproject of: FOR 2293: Active Perception