Intention-based and sensory-based predictions – ISP

Human action serves the purpose to accommodate to environmental demands (stimulus-driven action) and to achieve
effects in the environment (intention-based action). While stimulus-driven action is researched to a large extent, intentionbased
action is not, although it is of outmost importance in every-day life (as we gain control over the environmental
stimuli via the control of our actions only). Research on this type of action-effect cycle has developed a theoretical
perspective that puts a particular emphasis on predictive brain processes. By being able to predict the effects of our
actions on the environment, we know which action to choose for a desired effect. The present project aims at investigating
the impact of intentional action on action effect predictions, studies its modulation by attention, and compares this sort of
intentional-action-based predictions to sensory-based predictions.