Von Helmholtz's missing reference signals: Do they reflect an adapting action of the cerebellum on the cerebral cortex
Projektnummer
0050508
Zusammenfassung
The perception of visual events is the consequence of an inferential process in which the signals conveyed by the eyes are compared with our expectations. This allows the brain to filter out the unexpected and therefore particularly relevant aspects from the stream of incoming information while discarding the expected ones lacking specific information. One important class of visual expectations are those which reflect the visual consequences of eye movements whose access to awareness is prevented by the inferential process. The goal of this project is to identify the brain structures a...
Projektinformationen
Status:
Beendet
Startdatum:
01.10.2005
Enddatum:
31.08.2009
Fördersumme:
527.800 €
Profilbereich:
Beendete Förderinitiativen
Förderinitiative:
Dynamik und Adaptivität neuronaler Systeme - Integrative Ansätze zur Analyse kognitiver Prozesse