Impact of action on crossmodal Integration II

• Applicant: Dr. Waldemar Kirsch
• Subject Area: General, Cognitive and Mathematical Psychology
• Term: since 2018
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 401106994

The results of our previous research indicated that the impact of action on visual perception observed under diverse context conditions is closely related to basic principles of multisensory integration. This approach basically suggests that the impact of an action on perception is mediated by body-related consequences of that action which inform, like other senses, about environmental characteristics. This idea provided new insights into the debate regarding influences of motor actions on perceptual processes. However, several issues are still not well understood. The present project aims to overcome these limitations by introducing and testing a working model that allows derivation of qualitative as well as of quantitative predictions with respect to not only known but also new phenomena. The planned studies focus on four basic issues, namely on (I) the relation between causal inference and sensory coupling (II) the critical level of processing in sensory integration (III) the role of spatial attention and (IV) the generality of previous observations. The project will contribute to a deeper understanding of perceptual-motor interactions.

• DFG Programme: Research Grants