Research Funding Decoding the Neuronal Mechanisms Underlying Decision-Making Variability in Humans and Animals

IWR Member Prof. Georgia Koppe participates in the Research Unit 5159 “Resolving the prefrontal circuits of cognitive flexibility”. Coordinated at the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, the group studies how the brain enables flexible behavior and adaptive decision-making strategies. Prof. Koppe is participating in it with her own subproject as of this year. She will use data-driven models to reconstruct neural dynamics and, building on this, develop optimal control strategies using machine learning to explain how decisions arise and vary. The aim is to decode the neuronal mechanisms underlying decision-making variability in humans and animals. The DFG is providing just over 430,000 euros in funding for the work in the Heidelberg subproject.