What we investigate
The relationship between neuronal activity and our subjective experience, e.g. between the brain and mind, is one of the oldest and most important topics in cognitive and brain research. We investigate how subjective experience arises from sensory input and how it is represented in the brain. Our research focuses mainly on the visual modality, as the visual system is our primary source of information about the material world and vision is the best developed and most understood of all the senses.
Methods
Visual illusions are an excellent tool to investigate subjective aspects of perception, as they produce impressions that cannot be explained by sensory input alone. We combine visual illusions with a variety of methods from cognitive neuroscience, including fMRI (incl. high-resolution fMRI), MRI-based quantitative morphometry, EEG, brain stimulation, eye tracking and behavioral tests.
