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Felix Glang receives Otto Hahn Medal
Award honors contributions to innovative methods in magnetic resonance imaging.
Basic research without animal experiments?
Taking responsibility for the opportunities and limitations of alternative methods
(Almost) Like Us: Creativity in Artificial Intelligence
New study compares the creative processes of humans and large language models
Brainwaves in harmony
When neurons communicate in sync: a background on the basic research conducted by Max Planck researcher Pascal Fries
Images, illusions, and insights
In a dimly lit laboratory, Zhaoping Li unrevels how we interpret — or misinterpret — what we see. The brain can be fooled by optical "fake news." How does this help the neuroscientist understand how we perceive the world? One subject reports.
About Night Owls and Early Birds
The inner clock controls a number of processes in the human body, for example wakefulness and tiredness. A bundle of nerves in the human brain regulates the release of a particular hormone.
Minister President Winfried Kretschmann honors cutting-edge research at the Max Planck Institutes in Tübingen
During his visit at the Max Planck Campus Tübingen, he commended the outstanding basic research in the natural sciences.
Coming Soon: Podcast Series “Signals & Synapses”
Insights into neuroscience for cross-disciplinary thinkers and curious minds alike
Visit the Science Walk at the Max Planck Campus Tübingen
Insights into research and a quiz with attractive prizes
ERC Synergy Grant: Cognitive Maps for Intelligent Behavior
10 million euros awarded to Jennifer Li, Drew Robson, and collaborators for their six-year project “Neuronal implementation of cognitive maps for navigation”.
Attempto Award for Roxana Zeraati
Roxana Zeraati wins the Attempto Prize for her work on how visual information is processed in the brain at different time scales.
The Power and Pitfalls of Learning Without Feedback
Self-reinforcing learning can help to understand new things, but also to strengthen false beliefs.
Mind Over Microbiome: How Mental States Impact Gut Health
A new study has uncovered a critical brain-gut connection that links psychological states to changes in the gut microbiome, with profound implications for immune function and stress-related health conditions. It also points to new possibilities for therapeutic intervention, for example against inflammatory bowel disease.
How Zebrafish Map their Environment
Place cells play a crucial role in forming mental maps of space, social networks, and abstract relationships. Until now place cells found only in mammals and birds, place cells have now been discovered in fish.
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