Value-based modulation of perception and action in real-world settings across the adult lifespan (B05)

• Subject Area: Developmental and Educational Psychology
• Term: since 2014
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 222641018

Aging offers a unique window to adaptive processes in perception and action that unfold across the lifespan. The efficiency of valuation has been shown to substantially rely on available resources for monitoring and controlling sensory and sensorimotor signals. This project is dedicated to behavior in complex realistic settings, since those specifically require goal-directed weighing of information. We will elucidate the role of valuation in adaptive mechanisms during ageing and shed light onto general mechanisms of optimizing behavior given limited control resources.

• 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. Jutta Billino; Professor Dr. Wolfgang Einhäuser-Treyer, since 1/2022; Professor Dr. Karl Reiner Gegenfurtner, Ph.D., until 12/2017