Motor Prediction and Fronto-Parietal Network Dynamics

I studied how premotor and posterior parietal areas support anticipatory movements. Using large-scale simultaneous neural recordings, dynamical systems and advanced statistical analysis, I examined how the brain anticipates future actions when environmental structure becomes predictable.

Decision-Making Under Social Uncertainty in Premotor Circuits

I investigated how premotor circuits represent uncertainty during social interaction. Using information-theoretic analyses of neural population activity, I studied how cooperative decision strategies emerge when agents must coordinate actions to maximize reward.

Information Gain and Learning in Fronto-Cingulate Networks

I examined how the brain evaluates information during trial-and-error learning. By combining reinforcement learning models with behavioral and neural data, I investigated how frontal and cingulate regions encode information gain during trial-and-error decision making.

Recent Works

2026
Reciprocal Fronto-Parietal Interactions Support Motor Anticipation during Sequential Reaching
Bardanikas G., ... , Brovelli A., Brochier T.
bioRxiv
Premotor Cortical Interactions During Action Selection Under Social Uncertainty
Bardanikas G., ... , Kagan I.
In preparation
Dynamic Encoding Of Information Gain In Frontal Areas Across Reward-Guided Learning
Bardanikas G., ... , Procyk E., Brovelli A.
In preparation
2025
Dynamic Cortical Interactions Underlying Cognitive Motor Behaviors
Bardanikas G.
PhD Dissertation