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| [head of group:] | |
| Prof.Dr.med. Andreas K. Engel | |
| Professor of Neurophysiology, Head of Department, Professor of Physiology, Adjunct Professor of Psychology. |
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| Dr.rer.nat. Gerhard Engler Postdoc, |
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| Dr.rer.nat. Ulrich Fickel Postdoc, |
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| Dr.rer.nat. Gernot Supp Postdoc, |
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| B.Gen.Eng. Moritz Göldner Doctoral candidate, |
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| Dr.med. Dipl.Bioinf. Jens Kleesiek Doctoral candidate, |
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| Cand.Biomed.Eng. Johannes Möller Doctoral candidate. |
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| Doris Lange Technician |
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| associate scientists: | |
| Christian Moll Senior scientist |
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| Constantin von Nicolai Doctoral candidate |
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| Benjamin Grieb Doctoral candidate |
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| [Neural dynamics in human sensori-motor, cognitive and memory systems:] | |
| Measurements in humans are performed to test the physiological relevance of neural oscillations and temporal binding mechanisms. Current projects use thetechniques of EEG, MEG and fMRI, focussing on the relation between synchronization phenomena and perceptual, attentional and memory processes.In particular, we investigate the role of temporal binding mechanisms for crossmodal interactions in the human brain. Furthermore, the relation between neuralsynchrony and conscious awareness is explored. | |
| [Temporal dynamics of assemblies in the visual system:] | |
| Measurements are performed to study the dynamics of central processing in the visual system. In particular temporal aspects of neural signals such as oscillatory activity and synchrony in different frequency bands, and the phase-coupling of neural signals are studied under visual stimulation. | |
| [Cellular mechanisms of multisensory interactions:] | |
| Here we address the relevance of correlated neural activity for cross-modal integration by multi-site microelectrode recordings. Under acute and chronic-implanted conditions we study how the modulation of synchrony between populations of neurons in different sensory regions is possibly involved in multisensory integration. | |
| [Robotics applications of the dynamic binding model:] | |
| As part of several cooperations supported by the EU, we are involved in projectsimplementing robot systems that combine visual and auditory informationprocessing to achieve orienting behaviour, object recognition, navigation, and memory formation. The projects combine a synthetic biorobotics approach with neurophysiological experiments in animals and humans, and computationalmodeling that allows to identify relevant information processing principles. | |
| [Interdisciplinary philosophical work:] | |
| As a complement to the physiological aspects of our research, we are interested inthe conceptual and philosophical implications of neurobiological results and in thefundamental discussion of the contributions that empirical neuroscience can maketo theories of perception, cognition and action. Currently, a major focus of our workis to trace implications of the temporal binding theory for uncovering the neuralcorrelates of consciousness. | |
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