Convenors: Christian Beste (Dresden), Christian Frings (Trier)

The workshop explores the significance of actions in cognitive systems, emphasizing how creatures interact with their environment through movements. It delves into the ideomotor theory, highlighting the importance of anticipating perceptual effects to accomplish actions intentionally. Despite ideomotor concepts‘ historical presence in cognitive science, their integration into neurotechnology, particularly in brain-environment interfacing (BEI), has been limited. Recent advancements in understanding the neurophysiological basis of ideomotor principles offer promising avenues for bridging cognitive science with neuroscience, particularly in BEI development. Integrating ideomotor principles into BEI design could enhance performance, mitigate technical and neurophysiological challenges, and facilitate faster signal processing. Moreover, adopting an ideomotor approach in BEI could revolutionize how individuals learn to modulate brain signals, instruct agents, and optimize the link between brain activation and artificial effects, potentially leading to significant advancements in neurological rehabilitation and wider dissemination of BEI technology – also in the field of “gaming”.