Investigation of cortical plasticity that underlies the transition between perceptual and semantic learning in the human brain (A08)

• Subject Area: Molecular Biology and Physiology of Neurons and Glial Cells
• Term: from 2014 to 2022
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 122679504

Practicing and learning are thought to both induce and result from neuroplasticity, which can occur at multiple levels of neural organization, ranging from synaptic plasticity to changes in complex neural circuitry. Modern brain imaging techniques are capable of detecting macro-changes in brain function, connectivity, and regional morphology. In the current project we use these techniques to investigate how cortical plasticity enables new levels of processing, specifically the transition from perceptual to lexico-semantic analysis.

• DFG Programme: Collaborative Research Centres
• Subproject of: SFB 874: Integration and Representation of Sensory Processes
• Applicant Institution: Ruhr-Universität Bochum
• Project Head: Professor Dr. Tobias Schmidt-Wilcke