The spatio-temporal dynamic of reward- and attention-related selection in human visual cortex (A01)

• Subject Area: Human Cognitive and Systems Neuroscience
• Term: from 2008 to 2019
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 36555331

This project focuses on reward- and attention-related determinants of sensory selection in human visual cortex using multimodal imaging methods (MEG/EEG). Extending previous research on explicit biasing processes, we will ask whether implicit biasing of feature selectivity dissociates between reward and attention. We will also investigate the often neglected temporal aspect of sensory biasing by comparing reward and attention regarding their power to alter the temporal priority of object-based feature processing in visual cortex.

• DFG Programme: Collaborative Research Centres
• Subproject of: SFB 779: Neurobiology of Motivated Behaviour
• Applicant Institution: Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg
• Project Heads: Professor Dr. Jens-Max Hopf; Professor Dr. Mircea Ariel Schoenfeld