ERC Grants awarded to CIMeC researchers

ERC Advanced Grant 2011
Predisposed mechanisms for social orienting: A comparative neuro-cognitive approach

Giorgio Vallortigara with the project Predisposed mechanisms for social orienting: A comparative neuro-cognitive approach"

ERC Starting Grant 2011
Brain-state dependent perception: finding the windows to consciousness

14 novembre 2011 - Nathan Weisz with the project "Brain-state dependent perception: finding the windows to consciousness"

Nathan Weisz received European Research Council (ERC) Starting Grant for his research project „Brain-state dependent perception: finding the windows to consciousness“. This implies maximum funding of € 1.5 million for his research of conscious perception. The young scientist’s assumption is that conscious and unconscious perception in the brain differs by activation pattern which antedates the actual stimulus.  The aim of the working group of Nathan Weisz is to identify the activation pattern and then to examine it in