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CL NeuroCure II: Professur Verhaltenspsychologie der Tiere

Krahe, Rüdiger, Prof. Dr. (Behavioral Physiology)

Duration of Project: 03/2016 - 10/2017

Sensory systems provide a wealth of information about the environment and the body to the animal. From this wealth of information, the brain extracts information that is relevant for making behavioural decisions, e.g., in the context of foraging or c ...

Einstein Profil Professur Social Intelligence

Abdel Rahman, Rasha, Prof. Dr. (Head of Department / Secretary)

Duration of Project: 10/2020 - 09/2025

Social intelligence, the ability to build relationships and navigate our social environment, is a fundamental part of intelligent behavior. With the interaction between humans on the one hand and Artificial Intelligence (AI) and robotic systems on th ...

EXGAVINE: Bewegungsspiele in der Virtuellen Realität als Therapieform neurologischer Erkrankungen

Stein, Christian, Dr. (Cluster of Excellence 'Matters of Activity')

Duration of Project: 10/2018 - 09/2021

Bernstein Conference 2016: Registration Fees

Brecht, Michael, Prof. Dr. (Animal Physiology/Systems Neurobiology and Neural Computation)

Duration of Project: 09/2016 - 12/2021

International conference on Computational Neuroscience; account for registration fees.

BrainPlay – The Self-Teaching Brain

Brecht, Michael, Prof. Dr. (Animal Physiology/Systems Neurobiology and Neural Computation)

Duration of Project: 08/2019 - 07/2025

The BrainPlay grant will approach the foundation of the human intellect, the mystery of biological learning, by using new theoretical concepts to navigate a new cognitive and behavioral paradigm. Specifically our analysis of brain function will shift ...

Cellular Neuroscience: School of Cognition

Brecht, Michael, Prof. Dr. (Animal Physiology/Systems Neurobiology and Neural Computation)

Duration of Project: 01/2019 - 12/2021

Im Projekt werden die neurobiologischen Grundlagen der Kognition untersucht. Dazu werden fortgeschrittene elektrophysiologische, optische und anatomische Techniken eingesetzt, Eine besondere Betonung liegt in der Ausbildung von Doktorand*innen der Ma ...

Cluster of Excellence 2049: NeuroCure

SZF-1, Leitung Servicezentrum Forschung, (Research Service Centre)

Duration of Project: 01/2019 - 12/2025

Neurological and psychiatric disorders pose a massive burden to society, and our understanding of the underlying molecular and pathophysiological mechanisms is limited. In addition, translation of knowledge into clinical advances has proven difficult ...

Cognitive Neuroscience of Aging and Memory

Abdel Rahman, Rasha, Prof. Dr. (Head of Department / Secretary)

Duration of Project: 10/2019 - 09/2024

Developing the neurosciences is one of the most important strategic goals at both Humboldt-University and Charité. The mission of Charité of preventing or curing disease and maintaining health by generating and translating research data into medical ...

Collective Adaptation and Learning in Fish Schools EXC 2002 SCoI P 11

Romanczuk, Pawel, Dr. (Junior Research Groups)

Duration of Project: 06/2019 - 08/2022

The main objective is to understand the benefits of grouping for collective cognition in fish schools, in particular the specific role of group size and group diversity for collective dynamical adaptation and learning. A specific focus of the project ...

Collective Information Processing – From Individual Sensory Inputs to Swarming and Collective Decision Making

Romanczuk, Pawel, Dr. (Junior Research Groups)

Duration of Project: 11/2020 - 10/2021

The main objective of the project is the development and analysis of new individual based mathematical models of collective motion, which explicitly take the sensory perception into account, as the proximate mechanism of social interactions. This app ...

Collective Information Processing – From Individual Sensory Inputs to Swarming and Collective Decision Making

Romanczuk, Pawel, Dr. (Junior Research Groups)

Duration of Project: 06/2016 - 04/2021

The main objective of the project is the development and analysis of new individual based mathematical models of collective motion, which explicitly take the sensory perception into account, as the proximate mechanism of social interactions. This app ...

Collective Information Processing – From Individual Sensory Inputs to Swarming and Collective Decision Making II

Romanczuk, Pawel, Dr. (Junior Research Groups)

Duration of Project: 05/2019 - 08/2021

The main objective of the project is the development and analysis of new individual based mathematical models of collective motion, which explicitly take the sensory perception into account, as the proximate mechanism of social interactions. This app ...

ENCODS 2018, Science & Society Session “Methods of an Embodied Mind”

Brecht, Michael, Prof. Dr. (Animal Physiology/Systems Neurobiology and Neural Computation)

Duration of Project: 03/2018 - 09/2018

The project is part of the students’ conference ENCODS 2018 (Satellite of the FENS Froum 2018 in Berlin). Participants are encouraged to discover how their research impacts society.

Field Potentials in the Auditory System

Kempter, Richard, Prof. Dr. (Computational Neuroscience)

Duration of Project: 04/2016 - 06/2020

Feldpotentiale können nicht-invasiv auf der Oberfläche des Kopfes gemessen werden. Sie können zum Beispiel durch akustische Stimuli erzeugt werden. Dieses Auditorische Hirnstammpotential hat erhebliche klinische Relevanz, aber trotzdem ist unklar, wi ...

Insight: Neuroscientific Investigations of Knowledge Effects on Visual Perception and Awareness

Abdel Rahman, Rasha, Prof. Dr. rer. nat. (Neuralcognitive Psychology)

Duration of Project: 10/2017 - 12/2020

According to classic and current models visual perception can be viewed as encapsulated in the sense that it is not modulated by cognitive factors such as expectations or prior knowledge. Yet, evidence is cumulating that even verbally transmitted kno ...

Intrasurgical stimulation of the human cerebral cortex – from basic physiology to cognition

Brecht, Michael, Prof. Dr. (Animal Physiology/Systems Neurobiology and Neural Computation)

Duration of Project: 11/2017 - 12/2018

Under the supervision of Peter Vajkoczy the cortices of a large number of awake neurosurgical patients are surface stimulated in order to spare movement/speech relevant cortical tissues during surgical intervention. So far, the implications of such s ...

Language Production in Shared Task Settings

Kuhlen-Ruber, Anna Katharina, Ph.D. (Neuralcognitive Psychology)

Duration of Project: 08/2019 - 08/2022

Typically, people speak in the context of social interaction. Yet, surprisingly little is known about how the neuro-cognitive processes of language production are shaped by social interaction. Drawing upon a well-established effect in language produc ...

Language Production in Shared Task Settings

Abdel Rahman, Rasha, Prof. Dr. rer. nat. (Neuralcognitive Psychology)

Duration of Project: 04/2019 - 03/2022

Typically, people speak in the context of social interaction. Yet, surprisingly little is known about how the neuro-cognitive processes of language production are shaped by social interaction. Drawing upon a well-established effect in language produc ...

Max Planck School of Cognition

Dziobek-Ferber, Isabel, Prof. Dr. (Clinical Psychology of Social Interaction)

Duration of Project: 01/2019 - 04/2024

The doctoral program at the Max Planck School of Cognition offers exceedingly bright students a superior grasp of the different methods and approaches used in the rapidly evolving field of Cognition. We are driven by the passion to better understand ...

NW/3: The Architecture of Attentional Processes in Active Vision III

Rolfs, Martin, Prof. Dr. (General Psychology - Active Perception and Cognition)

Duration of Project: 10/2016 - 12/2018

Head and eye movements shape our perception of the visual world. With no apparent effort, they bring relevant events and objects into view and select relevant data from a rich visual environment. Swift movements of our eyes and heads (saccades), howe ...

PP 1665: Delineating and Testing a Microcircuit Model of Parahippocampal Phase Precession

Kempter, Richard, Prof. Dr. (Computational Neuroscience)

Duration of Project: 01/2017 - 12/2019

Presubicular Bursting and Visual Anchoring of the Head Direction Signal

Brecht, Michael, Prof. Dr. (Animal Physiology/Systems Neurobiology and Neural Computation)

Duration of Project: 04/2019 - 03/2022

Knowing where we are, where we have come from and where we are going is crucial to behavior. Our sense of orientation derives from combining multiple types of sensory information with our memory of known places, and it is closely linked to networks t ...

PROCOPE 2020 "Brain Roads. Interactive Visualization of the Brain, involving Neurosurgery"

Schäffner, Wolfgang, Prof. Dr. (Cluster of Excellence 'Matters of Activity')

Duration of Project: 01/2020 - 12/2021

RTG 2386/1: Extrospection. External Access to Higher Cognitive Processes.

Pauen, Michael, Prof. Dr. (Philosophy of Spirit)

Duration of Project: 10/2018 - 03/2023

Higher cognitive processes like emotions, perception, belief formation or mind-reading are of essential importance in philosophy, psychology, neuroscience, and psychiatry. It is quite controversial, though, to what extent these processes and particul ...

Sex Hormonal Control of the Rat Somatosensory Cortex

Brecht, Michael, Prof. Dr. (Animal Physiology/Systems Neurobiology and Neural Computation)

Duration of Project: 01/2018 - 06/2021

The primary objective of this proposal is to determine the nature and extent to which sex hormones influence neuronal activity, development and behaviors mediated by the somatosensory cortex. The role of sex hormones in cortical information processin ...

SPACEBRAIN – Structure-Function Relationship in Rodent Presubiculum

Brecht, Michael, Prof. Dr. (Animal Physiology/Systems Neurobiology and Neural Computation)

Duration of Project: 01/2017 - 12/2018

How do we know where we are and where we are going? Our sense of orientation in an environment relies on cells and circuits in specialized brain areas, in particular the hippocampus and the parahippocampal region. Despite formidable recent insight in ...

SPP 1665: Cognitive Performance as result of coordinated neuronal activity within developing prefrontal-hippocampal circuits

Hegemann, Peter, Prof. Dr. (Experimental Biophysics)

Duration of Project: 10/2016 - 02/2019

The co-activation of prefrontal and hippocampal networks in oscillatory rhythms is critical for precise information flow in mnemonic and executive tasks, yet its role for cognitive ontogeny is still unknown. This knowledge gap is mainly due to the ab ...

SPP 1665: Delineating and Testing a Microcircuit Model of Parahippocampal Phase Precession

Brecht, Michael, Prof. Dr. (Animal Physiology/Systems Neurobiology and Neural Computation)

Duration of Project: 11/2016 - 12/2019

Structural, Neural and Mental Underpinnings of Rat Ticklishness

Brecht, Michael, Prof. Dr. (Animal Physiology/Systems Neurobiology and Neural Computation)

Duration of Project: 01/2018 - 12/2020

The primary objective of this proposal is to determine the structural, neural, and mental underpinnings of rat ticklishness. Tickling, a peculiar and amusing form of social touch, has been discussed by philosophers and scientists for more than two mi ...

The Roles of Grid and Place Cells and Phase Precession in Human Episodic Memory

Kempter, Richard, Prof. Dr. (Computational Neuroscience)

Duration of Project: 03/2018 - 06/2021

This research project uses direct human brain recordings to characterize the neuronal signals that represent aspects of individual episodic memories. A key question is understanding how the brain supports tasks such as “Where did I leave my keys this ...

Uncovering Pathophysiological Mechanisms of Psychosis Using the Oculomotor System

Rolfs, Martin, Prof. Dr. (General Psychology - Active Perception and Cognition)

Duration of Project: 09/2017 - 07/2021

Disturbances in a sense of self are a hallmark of schizophrenia. These disturbances can be characterized by a distorted sense of agency – the subjective sense that I cause the actions I produce. Agency distortions are manifest in many psychotic sympt ...

Winter School Ethics and Neuroscience 2018

Brecht, Michael, Prof. Dr. (Animal Physiology/Systems Neurobiology and Neural Computation)

Duration of Project: 02/2018 - 12/2024

The Winter School Ethics and Neuroscience 2018 is an one week event with around 120 participants. The program consists of lectures, discussions, self-studies and presentations as well as a keynote lecture.