Shaping of object representations by cognitive and emotional factors (B11)

• Subject Area: General, Cognitive and Mathematical Psychology
• Term: from 2015 to 2022
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 122679504

We will test the hypothesis that generalisation of stimulus representations is a basic neural mechanism underlying two fundamental cognitive functions: spatial navigation and categorisation learning. Using 3T and 7T fMRI, we will investigate (1) if grid cell-like representations in entorhinal cortex enable path integration by providing a generalised metric of spatial distances, and (2) whether categorisation learning can be explained by generalisation of exemplar representations from each category.

• DFG Programme: Collaborative Research Centres
• Subproject of: SFB 874: Integration and Representation of Sensory Processes
• Applicant Institution: Ruhr-Universität Bochum
• Project Head: Professor Dr. Nikolai Axmacher, since 12/2017