Date: Wednesday, 17.01.24 15:20-17:00 CET
Location: Building S1|15 Room 133
Abstract:
How do we make sense of the world around us? Everyday we encounter a large amount of sensory stimuli, some of which are generated by our own actions. In order to establish meaningful interactions with the external world, it is essential that we are able to understand the relation between our actions and the resulting sensory consequences. This action-feedback monitoring is an important process that aids in motor learning and distinguishing self-generated from externally generated stimuli.
In this talk, I will discuss the predictive mechanisms underlying this process in line with the currently dominant theory of the forward model, focusing on how these mechanisms are implemented in the human brain. I will provide an overview of our work on multisensory action feedback processing, self-other distinction, and the role of the efference copy. Furthermore, I will discuss challenges to the forward model and show preliminary data that attempt to address these challenges.
