Program

Predicting the sensory consequences of actions is fundamental to maintaining meaningful interaction with the outside world, allowing us to select appropriate actions, distinguish self- and externally generated sensory sensations, retain a sense of agency, and interact with others. This symposium brings together current research examining predictive processing in action and perception, exploring how motor-based expectations influence neural and behavioural responses to self-generated and socially elicited sensations. We will present a range of perspectives covering EEG, MRI, EMG and behavioural methods.

Roy Mukamel and Batel Buaron (Tel Aviv) will begin by discussing how actions are bound to their sensory outcomes, examining how temporal expectations and predictions contribute to agency and the neural processing of self-generated stimuli. Andreas Widmann (Leipzig) will follow with research on how action intentions modulate early auditory sensory processing, demonstrating that top-down predictions influence prediction error responses to unexpected self-generated sounds. Bence Neszmélyi (Würzburg) will then explore the role of predictability in social and non-social action effects, investigating whether anticipatory representations of social responses emerge in effector systems before an action is performed. Edward Ody (Marburg) will present findings on how motor prediction sharpens the neural representation of action outcomes, revealing that active movement enhances early visual processing independently of prior expectations. Finally, Peng Wang (Greifswald) will discuss studies demonstrating how neural oscillations align with movement frequencies, particularly under conditions requiring visuomotor adaptation, shedding light on how rhythmic cortical activity supports sensory-motor integration.

Together, these diverse contributions provide insights into how motor-based prediction influences perception.