[CompNeuro] Nov 21, 11am, seminar: Why you cannot tickle yourself

[Matej Hoffmann]

Dear colleagues,
let me invite you to the seminar on Thu 21.11.2024 11:00 at G205, 
Karlovo náměstí 13, Praha 2
Speaker: Konstantina Kilteni 
<https://www.kiltenilab.org/konstantinakilteni>, Donders Centre for 
Cognition, Radboud University
Title: Why you cannot tickle yourself: action prediction influences on 
somatosensory perception

Abstract
Self-generated touch feels less intense and less ticklish than the same 
touch applied externally. Motor control theories suggest that cerebellar 
internal models predict somatosensory reafference, attenuating or even 
canceling the perception of the actual touch. Despite this influential 
theoretical framework, little is known about the details of this 
predictive attenuation phenomenon. I will present a series of findings 
from psychophysical and neuroimaging experiments suggesting that 
somatosensory attenuation is a byproduct of the
brain's predictions and depends on a learned internal model linking 
specific actions to their somatosensory outcomes.

Konstantina is currently the PI of her ERC Grant "Ticklish Human".

For more information see:
http://cyber.felk.cvut.cz/seminars/?event=1684

Best regards,
Matěj Hoffmann

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Matej Hoffmann, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Cybernetics
Faculty of Electrical Engineering
Czech Technical University in Prague
Karlovo namesti 13
121 35 Praha 2, Czech Republic
+420 224 357 387
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