In diesem Semester wird die im WiSe 2022/23 erfolgreich gestartete Vortragsreihe Medical Information Sciences fortgesetzt. Renommierte Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftler unterschiedlicher Fachdisziplinen und Forschungsstandorte geben jeden Donnerstag ab 16:00 Uhr Einblicke in aktuelle Fragestellungen und Anwendungsgebiete des breiten Forschungsfeldes Medical Information Sciences.

In this talk I will first give a brief summary of the principles governing why we move slowly or fast, and how these principles also affect the way we make decisions. I will then present recent studies in which we investigated how the speed of decision-making is modulated in cortico-subthalamic networks and whether neural control of decision-making speed is related to movement speed. Finally, I will present a behavioural framework for abnormally slow movements as observed in Parkinson’s disease based on concepts from utility theory and optimal control. This framework might be useful for future studies investigating the neural mechanisms underlying changes in decision-making and motor control in Parkinson’s disease and other neuro-psychiatric disorders.