Research Focus Areas
In the Sensorimotor Research Group, we investigate the neural processes of goal-directed behavior. We study the foundations of movement planning and decision-making in different brain areas of the primate cortex. Our focus is on the interaction between brain regions in the frontal and parietal lobes during rule-based actions. Our basic neuroscientific research is closely linked to the development of modern neuroprosthetics and neurotechnological methods. At the same time, we aim to continuously improve experimental conditions for primates in neuroscience.
The complexity of human behavior and cognition has developed from our need to interact, cooperate, and communicate in social groups, with similar evolutionary processes affecting non-human primates. The main goal of the SFB1528 Cognition of Interaction is to understand how fundamental cognitive functions such as perception, attention, action planning, and decision-making influence social interactions on both behavioral and neural levels.
The Sensorimotor Research Group is part of the Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience (BCCN) in Göttingen.