Predictive somatosensory processing during voluntary movements (A04)

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

Project A04 investigates how sensorimotor predictions regulate tactile sensitivity and alter movement kinematics. We will examine voluntary movements of increasing complexity that pose different demands on predictive and sensory feedback processing: from bimanual grasping, human-human and human-robot interactions, to whole-body movements. This will be complemented by examining predictive control in special cohorts (children, older adults, and schizophrenia patients) who may differ in their reliance on predictive signals.

• DFG Programme: CRC/Transregios
• Subproject of: TRR 135: Cardinal mechanisms of perception: Prediction, Valuation, Categorization
• Applicant Institution: Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen
• Project Heads: Professorin Dr. Katja Fiehler; Dr. Dimitrios Voudouris, Ph.D.