Objective In daily life we easily move around in the world, avoiding certain objects while aiming for others. Our brain has to build a spatial representation of our surroundings from the basic perceptual input from our perceptual senses like vision, touch and audition. The scientific goal of the proposal is to disentangle the exact course of the development of this external reference frame, and the influence of vision, audition and haptics thereupon, by using a multidisciplinary approach. Children (prospective approach) and sensory deprived individuals (retrospective approach) will be studied by the use of several behavioural measurement techniques as well as non-invasive brain imaging techniques (EEG).Training objectives include learning new measurement techniques, working with sensory deprived participants and ethical issues concerning studying children and special populations. The research proposal will clearly train the applicant is these objectives and will reinforce professional maturity.Research into the fundamentals of spatial representations is humans is utterly important for several reasons. Knowledge on how space is represented in the human brain will be of important use for the development of aids for sensory deprived individuals and devices like surgery robots and sensory implants. Moreover, the project will lead to better understanding of fundamental brain processes.The proposed project is part of a more general fundamental research topic, the representation of the body in space. This is an area, which has recently developed much more strongly in European research environments than in the US or other countries throughout the world. Therefore, it is an area where Europe leads, and where this proposal will contribute to consolidating and extending research achievements. Fields of science medical and health sciencesclinical medicinesurgerymedical and health scienceshealth sciencesinfectious diseasesRNA virusesHIVmedical and health sciencesmedical biotechnologyimplants Programme(s) FP7-PEOPLE - Specific programme "People" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013) Topic(s) FP7-PEOPLE-2013-IEF - Marie-Curie Action: "Intra-European fellowships for career development" Call for proposal FP7-PEOPLE-2013-IEF See other projects for this call Funding Scheme MC-IEF - Intra-European Fellowships (IEF) Coordinator UNIVERSITAET HAMBURG EU contribution € 216 952,80 Address MITTELWEG 177 20148 HAMBURG Germany See on map Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Chenbo Guo (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data
