Spatial encoding in the fronto-parietal cortex of freely moving monkeys during social foraging (C05)

• Subject Area: Cognitive, Systems and Behavioural Neurobiology
• Term: since 2022
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 454648639

During social foraging individuals need to decide which food item to collect in view of others‘ decisions. We will investigate the spatial-cognitive processes and neural computations of action value in fronto-parietal cortices of rhesus monkeys when non-social (food location) and social (partner location) information have to be integrated during foraging. We will study (i) the spatial-cognitive encoding of the partner location and (ii) the encoding of action value associated with each food source. This study will help understanding how spatial-cognitive factors and action value are dynamically integrated in fronto-parietal decision circuits during dyadic interactions.

• DFG Programme: Collaborative Research Centres
• Subproject of: SFB 1528: Cognition of Interaction
• Applicant Institution: Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
• Project Head: Professor Dr. Alexander Gail