Predictive processing of other’s actions (A05)

• Subject Area: Experimental and Theoretical Network Neuroscience ; Statistical Physics, Nonlinear Dynamics, Complex Systems, Soft and Fluid Matter, Biological Physics
• Term: since 2022
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 454648639

This project investigates how different levels of momentary predictability in the actions of one individual influence the flow of information in the cortex of another, interacting individual. Both, predictability of actions at the behavioural level as well as the flow of information at the neural level will be quantified using rigorous information theoretic measures that allow for a direct correlation between them. The presence of a significant correlation indicates the presence of predictive processing in the observing individual. The sign of the correlation is indicative of specific processing strategies. We expect a conserved strategy across species and experimental settings.

• DFG Programme: Collaborative Research Centres
• Subproject of: SFB 1528: Cognition of Interaction
• Applicant Institution: Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
• Project Head: Professor Dr. Michael Wibral