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Greife nach dem Licht / Reach for the light Michael Berger
A rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta) performs a task in a training cage. The fur on its wrist is colored red to capture the movement with video cameras.

In the Cognitive Neuroscience Unit, headed by Prof. Dr. Stefan Treue, six groups are closely cooperating in their research:

  • Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory (Prof. Dr. Stefan Treue), with the Perception & Plasticity guest group (Prof. Dr. Caspar Schwiedrzik)
  • Sensorimotor Research Group (Prof. Dr. Alexander Gail), with the Embodied Cognition guest group (Dr. Neda Shahidi)
  • Decision and Awareness Group (Dr. Igor Kagan)
  • Cognitive Neurology Research Group (Prof. Dr. Melanie Wilke)

The publications of the Cognitive Neuroscience Unit