MINDTRAVEL · Travels of the Mind: Modes of brain functioning in complex dynamic environments

Subjective everyday experience entails a well-structured and continuous flow of sensory signals, actions, thoughts and emotions. How does the brain build such a coherent representation of space and time despite the vast amount and confusing nature of the input? Furthermore, what are the physiological constraints preventing simultaneous awareness of multiple spatial and temporal instances? Here I propose a novel approach (brain modes") to investigate these issues within life-like experimental settings. I will investigate how the brain selects and integrates relevant information using complex dynamic environments that includes space, time and multisensorial inputs. Combining model-free and model-driven analyses of functional imaging data I will examine: 1. How signals in different sensory modalities and same/different locations interact in complex environments