Mast
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Completed research project
| Title / Titel | Top-down processes in sensorimotor integration | ||||||
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| Summary / Zusammenfassung | Traditionally, sensorimotor transformations have been investigated in disciplines like sensory physiology or behavioral neuroscience with no or only little consideration of knowledge from cognitive psychology. The project described here is a systematic approach to include cognitive concepts (also called top-down influences) in research on sensorimotor transformations. Specifically, the project is divided into five different research aims: 1) The relation between body rotations in imagery and sensory perception 2) Brain activation underlying imagined and perceived body rotation 3) Mental imagery abilities during caloric vestibular stimulation 4) The relation between body position in imagery and sensory perception 5) Brain activation underlying imagined and perceived visual motion (vection) The approach outlined above emphasizes the use of paradigms established in cognitive psychology for studying sensorimotor transformations. The research is conduced in the psychophysical lab and part of it with the use of brain imaging technology (fMRI). Weitere Informationen |
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| Publications / Publikationen | Mast, F., Kosslyn, S.M. & Berthoz, A. (1999). Visual mental imagery interferes with with allocentric orientation judgements. NeuroReport, 10, 3549-3553.Mast, F., Berthoz, A. & Kosslyn, S.M. (2001). Mental imagery of visual motion modifies the perception of roll vection stimulation. Perception, 30, 945-957.Mast, F., Ganis, G., Christie, S. & Kosslyn, S.M. (2003). Four types of visual mental imagery processing in upright and tilted observers. Cognitive Brain Research, 17, 238-247. | ||||||
| Keywords / Suchbegriffe | perception, cognition, motor control, sensorimotor integration, top-down, mental rotation, vestibular system, perspective transformation, spatial cognition | ||||||
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SNF (Personen- und Projektförderung) |
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| Duration of Project / Projektdauer | Oct 2002 to Sep 2006 |