Neurons use homeostatic mechanisms to maintain stability despite experience-dependent network alterations. Neural...
Cognition
Neural networks in the spotlight
Scientists develop a computational model to predict and interpret the outcome of optogenetic experiments. Optogenetic...
Different from a computer: Why the brain never processes the...
The brain never processes the same information in the same way. Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive...
Using personal frequency to control brain activity
Individual frequency can be used to specifically influence certain areas of the brain and thus the abilities processed in...
Against the Epistemological Primacy of the Hardware: The Brain...
Before he wrote the recent book The Brain from Inside Out, the neuroscientist György Buzsáki previewed some of the...
Researchers are watching the brain memorizing rooms
Our brains construct mental maps of the environment from the experiences of our senses. This allows us to orient...
Vegetarians are slimmer and less extroverted than meat eaters
The fewer animal products someone consumes, the lower their body mass index and the less extroverted the person tends to...
Neuroaesthetics
Neuroaesthetics uses the tools of psychology and neuroscience to understand the nature of aesthetic experiences, such as...
Short nerve fibers made visible
A team led by Nikolaus Weiskopf from the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences in Leipzig has now...
Babies retain even detailed events during a nap
While sleeping the brain goes through previously experienced things, consolidates new memory contents and summarizes...