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Precision engineer from Tübingen receives Max Planck Apprentice Award

August 05, 2019

The Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics honours Milad Isaac for first-class performance more

The brains of men and women react to erotic images in the same way

July 16, 2019

At the neurobiological level, excitation does not differ between the sexes more

New Humboldt Professor is a perfect fit with Tübingen research

June 06, 2019

Peter Dayan to strengthen partnership between University and Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics more

Inauguration of Prof. Logothetis in Athens

May 08, 2019

University of Athens awarded Nikos Logothetis Distinguished Honorary Professor and Doctorate more

Klaus Scheffler receives € 2.78 million to revolutionise magnetic resonance

March 29, 2019

EU invests €540 million to support cutting-edge research more

Hamid Noori awarded yet again

March 26, 2019

Special commendation by the Society for the Study of Addiction (SSA) more

Looming Sounds

February 20, 2019

How Can we Redirect the User’s Attention Effectively with Warning Sounds? more

“Air taxis are coming soon”

February 19, 2019

Heinrich H. Bülthoff, retired director at the Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics, talks about personal aviation and urban air mobility more

Hamid Noori receives DGPPN Prize 2018

December 01, 2018

DGPPN honors outstanding work and projects in the categories science, supply and society. more

The cerebral cortex is a fast learner

November 30, 2018

Tübingen researchers trace the formation of memories in the cerebral neocortex more

2018 Trainee Award goes to employee of the Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics

October 24, 2018

Award for the precision mechanic Ms. Laetitia Djayou more

LISA: a new method of statistical inference in neuroimaging

October 16, 2018

New method detects brain activations with improved sensitivity and accuracy more

Spatial memory is not like a „map in the head“

October 10, 2018

How do we store the spatial information of our surrounding? more

Anorexia nervosa patients prefer underweight bodies

October 09, 2018

Scientists investigate body perception using virtual reality more

Neuroscientists receive the Attempto Prize

October 09, 2018

This year's Attempto Prizes of the Tübingen Attempto Foundation go to Dr. Leonid Fedorov for his work on the representation of social actions in the brain and to Ann-Christin Wendeln for her publication on the influence of immune memory in the brain on neurological diseases. The prizes are endowed with 10,000 euros each. more