Projekt

In this project the perception of speech and non-speech facial movements is considered as a paradigm to compare multisensory integration (MSI) mechanisms in a highly overlearned and a "novel" domain and will be used to study the learning-induced plasticity of these mechanisms. The project combines three approaches: (1) a be- havioural approach based on data from normal subjects and from pa- tients with focal brain lesions, (2) an imaging approach based on fMRI activation studies and (3) a computational modelling approach based on a model incorporating dynamics at the neuronal and synaptic level. The behavioural and imaging approaches will use similar experimental paradigms, hence direct comparison of the results will be feasible. The level of detail achieved in the neural modelling approach allows both the fMRI-activation and the behavioural response to be simulated for comparison with real data.

• Priv.-Doz. Dr. Wolfram Ziegler

  Städtisches Klinikum München GmbH
  Krankenhaus München-Bogenhausen
  Abt. für Neuropsychologie
  EKN - Entwicklungsgruppe
  Klinische Neuropsychologie
  München
  

• Dr. Afra Wohlschläger

  Technische Universität München
  Klinikum rechts der Isar
  Neurologische Klinik und Poliklinik
  München
  

• Priv.-Doz. Dr. Henning Boecker

  Technische Universität München
  Klinikum rechts der Isar
  Nuklearmedizinische Klinik und Poliklinik
  München
  

• Prof. Dr. Josef P. Rauschecker

  Technische Universität München
  c/o Klinikum rechts der Isar
  Nuklearmedizinische Klinik und Poliklinik
  München
  

• Prof. Dr. Gustavo Deco

  Universitat Pompeu Fabra
  Theoretical and Computational Neuroscience Unit
  for Brain and Cognition
  Barcelona
  Spanien