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19.05.2022, 13:11

New paper on SIT with human subjects is now out

https://doi.org/10.3389/fnint.2022.892951 Our perception is based on active sensing, i.e., the relationship between self-motion and resulting changes to sensory inputs. Yet, traditional experimental paradigms...   mehr

28.03.2022, 13:02

Congratulations Dr. Babsi!!!

Very happy to announce that Barbara has successfully defended her thesis. Babsi was the first student ever to join the pecka lab (as a Bachelor student). During her PhD, she was able to obtain new interesting...   mehr

18.02.2022, 14:11

Congrats to Paula!

Paula finished her Master thesis. Congratualtions! We are very happy for you but also sad to see you leave the lab, as we really enjoyed working (and partying) with you... All the best on your future journey,...   mehr

30.06.2021, 16:07

Dianas study now published in Current Biology

Our paper entitled "Source identity shapes spatial preference in primary auditory cortex during active navigation" is now avaiable online at Current Biology: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2021.06.025 Using our...   mehr

09.04.2021, 17:01

Welcome Andrey!

delighted to announce that Dr Andrey Sobolev has joined the lab in April. he will work on establishing optogenetic manipulations in SIT   mehr

09.04.2021, 16:04

Congratulations Dr. Amaro!!!

Diana defended successfully her PhD and is Dr. Amaro from now on! Well deserved and very well done, Diana! She already has taken a post-doc position, and while we are very sad to see her leave our lab, we wish...   mehr

22.02.2021, 13:12

New study on identity-specific spatial coding out now on bioRXiv

We demonstrate that source identity shapes spatial preference in primary auditory cortex during active sensing: https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.01.05.425444 Great work by Diana, who also is about to finish her...   mehr

28.09.2020, 13:01

Methods paper on SIT published in Frontiers in Behav. Neuroscience

We are very pleased to announce the publication of our Methods paper titled: Sensory Island Task (SIT): A New Behavioral Paradigm to Study Sensory Perception and Neural Processing in Freely Moving...   mehr

09.07.2020, 11:56

New reviews / book chapters published

Michael has co-authored a couple of reviews as book chapters: Coding of spatial information: https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-809324-5.24243-0 Biological Aspects of Perceptual Space Formation:...   mehr

31.10.2019, 13:27

Oldenburg Symposium "Current approaches in experimental hearing research"

Michael was invited to present the recent/current work in the lab on a symposium at the Department of Neuroscience of the Universität Oldenburg entitled "Current approaches in experimental hearing research"....   mehr