Predictive Brain
Perception and decision-making are not automatic processes, but strongly shaped by internal brain states, which incorporate our goals, attention, expectations, and knowledge about the world.
The mechanisms by which these “top-down factors” affect perception, cognition, and behavior are still largely unknown. Where do the neuronal top-down signals come from? How do they change communication between sensory and decision-related brain regions? And how do these factors affect our perception and decision-making? These questions are the focus of investigation of our group. We use a combination of behavioural and neuroimaging methods (MEG, fMRI, TMS) in healthy volunteers to examine how percepts and decisions are shaped by what we expect (prediction) and deem relevant (attention).
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Name: | Floris de Lange |
Telephone: | 024-3610658 |
Email: | floris.delange@donders.ru.nl |
Fax: | 024-3610989 |
Visiting address: | Donders Centre for Cognitive Neuroimaging Kapittelweg 29 6525 EN Nijmegen The Netherlands |
Postal address: | Donders Centre for Cognitive Neuroimaging P.O. Box 9101 6500 HB Nijmegen The Netherlands |
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Research Theme 2:
Perception, Action and Decision-making
Research Group
Predictive Brain
Principal Investigator
Prof. Dr. F.P. de Lange
Group members
Postdoctoral Researchers
Dr. Eva Berlot
Dr. Matthias Ekman
Dr. Christoph Huber-Huber
Dr. Ashley Lewis
Dr. David Richter
Dr. Lea Maria Schmitt
Dr. Eelke Spaak
Dr. Yamil Vidal
Dr. Britta Westner
Dr. Ingmar de Vries
Dr. Mandy Bartsch
PhD's
Kevin van den Berg
Ella Bosch
Floortje Bouwkamp
Micha Heilbron
Ilayda Nazli
Maartje Koot
Research Assistant
Virag Fodor
MSc and BSc Students
Aarti Ramchandran
Inés Schönmann
*Open group photo (jpg, 146 kB)