Adrian Fischer

Senior Research Scientist at the Institute of Neuropsychology at the Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg

The central goal of our research is to investigate the human ability to flexibly adapt behavioral strategies to changing environments with regard to its neural implementation and modulation via neural transmitter systems. Specifically, using computational modeling of decision making paradigms, we seek to mathematically describe decision processes, allowing to characterize them on a trial-to-trial level. By combining these modelbased predictions with pharmacological interventions and recordings of neural signals using EEG to delineate their precise timing and fMRI to investigate thier localization in the brain, we seek a deeper understanding of how the human brain can flexibly adjust behavior in most cases, yet also displays biases – for example by overweighting short-term benefits.

Keywords: decision making – cognitive control – EEG – serotonin – computational modeling

Location: Located outside Magdeburg

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