Decisions in Motion

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titleDecisions in Motion
start_date2019/11/18
schedule15h15
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summaryLiving in a dynamic world, we are continuously in motion, avoiding obstacles, selecting and acting upon objects of interest. How do we perform such complex tasks? Experiments under simplified laboratory conditions, with the body immobilized, indicate that our behavioral repertoire is controlled by dynamic sensory and motor feedback modulated by context and shaped by past experience. But will the observed principles and mechanisms also apply to more complex real-life conditions? Outside the laboratory, in the real world, multiple sensory and motor systems must be used in synergy in order to decide and act upon many possible and unpredictable events, in many alternative ways and in a dynamic setting. Making the best decision is a complex process.  In my talk, I will outline the modeling, behavioral and physiological approaches we took to understand how healthy participants and patients enable the flexible control of perception and action in the real world.
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