MESA

Mechanisms of social attention

Coordinatore	JULIUS-MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITAET WUERZBURG    more Spiacenti, non ci sono informazioni su questo coordinatore. Contattare Fabio per maggiori infomrazioni, grazie.
Nazionalità Coordinatore	Germany [DE]
Totale costo	1˙379˙710 €
EC contributo	1˙379˙710 €
Programma	FP7-IDEAS-ERC Specific programme: "Ideas" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013)
Code Call	ERC-2013-StG
Funding Scheme	ERC-SG
Anno di inizio	2014
Periodo (anno-mese-giorno)	2014-02-01   -   2019-01-31

 Partecipanti

#	participant	country	role	EC contrib. [€]
1	UNIVERSITAETSKLINIKUM HAMBURG-EPPENDORF  Organization address address: Martinistrasse 52 city: HAMBURG postcode: 20246 contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Heike Cognome: Path Email: send email Telefono: +49 40 7410 59899 Fax: +49 40 7410 59955	DE (HAMBURG)	beneficiary	379˙609.20
2	JULIUS-MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITAET WUERZBURG  Organization address address: SANDERRING 2 city: WUERZBURG postcode: 97070 contact info Nome: Christian Cognome: Gloggengiesser Email: send email Telefono: +49 931 31 82294 Fax: +49 931 31 87180	DE (WUERZBURG)	hostInstitution	1˙000˙100.80
3	JULIUS-MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITAET WUERZBURG  Organization address address: SANDERRING 2 city: WUERZBURG postcode: 97070 contact info Titolo: Dr. Nome: Matthias Cognome: Gamer Email: send email Telefono: +49 40 741057160 Fax: +49 40 741059955	DE (WUERZBURG)	hostInstitution	1˙000˙100.80

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 Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)

'A fundamental research question of several disciplines concerns the description, explanation and prediction of human behavior in social contexts. While significant research had been devoted to higher order social capabilities, much less is known about basic principles that are underlying these functions. This is especially true for social attention which is at the heart of every higher order social function but has neither been systematically examined in naturalistic environments before nor has it been linked to the extensive body of psychological and neuroscientific research on basic principles of attention. As a consequence, it is unknown whether the neural computation and the behavioral expression of social attention is similar or divergent to other forms of non-social attention. The current project will fill this gap by comprehensively characterizing the distinctive features of social attention on the behavioral and neural level using a multimodal approach involving eye tracking measures, neuropeptidergic manipulations, fMRI and EEG. I propose that social elements in complex environments are automatically selected and preferentially processed which is mediated by a specialized subcortico-cortical system that allows for tagging social cues in the visual field. These hypotheses will be tested in healthy volunteers and in clinical disorders with well-described impairments in social functioning. Finally, immersive virtual reality environments will be used that allow for examining active behavior and attentional allocation in complex social situations which approximate naturalistic field settings. By highlighting ecological validity, this project will provide unique insights into the mechanisms of social attention in healthy individuals and it will identify maladaptive attentional processes in individuals with impaired social functioning. Building on these data, the proposed research will provide a new framework for understanding human behavior in social situations.'