Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin - Lebenswissen­schaftliche Fakultät - Institut für Psychologie

Doctoral candidate since 10/2014 at the Humboldt-Universitat zu Berlin, Institut für Psychologie, Cognitive Psychology Group

Working title of thesis:

The Neural Basis of the Intentional Binding Effect

Description of research project:

The ability to act upon things in the environment, control our external surroundings and learn new associations is highly dependent on causal relations. Surprisingly, in the specific case of voluntary actions, it seems that the temporal perceptions of the actions and their sensory consequences shift towards one another. This phenomenon is termed the intentional binding effect (IBE). I propose to combine behavioral and electrophysiological methods in order to uncover the neural basis of this phenomenon. By manipulating the relation of cause and effect a better understanding of the underlying mechanisms (prediction and retrospective inference) can be achieved. Analysis of the ERP components of each mechanism will allow exploring their relative contribution to the shift in time perception.

Supervisors:               Prof. Dr. Elke van der Meer

                                 Prof. Dr. Niko Busch

                                 Prof. Dr. Michael Pauen

Funding source:          Berlin School of Mind and Brain Scholarship

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