Predictive error perception in complex natural environments (B06)

• Subject Area: General, Cognitive and Mathematical Psychology
• Term: since 2018
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 222641018

Project B06 combines electrophysiological methods with behavioral experiments to investigate how the cardinal mechanisms prediction and valuation interact to promote adaptation and learning of natural, complex movements. We plan to study predictive perception in the natural unfolding of expertise in elite basketball athletes. In contrast, we will elucidate the disadvantages of compromised action monitoring for motor learning in individuals with schizophrenia. We will further examine whether and how predictive error perception can be used to maximize perceptual information gain, minimize feedback delays in motor learning, and promote goal-directed object interaction.

• DFG Programme: CRC/Transregios
• Subproject of: TRR 135: Cardinal mechanisms of perception: Prediction, Valuation, Categorization
• Applicant Institution: Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen
• Co-Applicant Institution: Philipps-Universität Marburg
• Project Heads: Professor Dr. Mathias Hegele; Dr. Lisa Maurer; Professor Dr. Hermann Müller