Mice master complex thinking with a remarkable capacity for abstraction Categorization is the brain’s tool to organize...
Cognition
Should I Stay or Should I Go?
Computational neuroscientists discover a rich interplay of emotions, experiences, and decision making. Any stock...
The role that feedback plays in learning
Science on film series, episode 2 When we learn something new, we acquire knowledge, skills and abilities. In doing so, we...
Research team receives 1.5 million euros to develop algorithms...
The grant is part of a Volkswagen Foundation funding program that aims at establishing an interdisciplinary network of...
Data-Driven Classification of Spectral Profiles Reveals Brain...
Congenital blindness has been shown to result in behavioral adaptation and neuronal reorganization, but the underlying...
Networks for memory and learning
Stable connections between nerve cells are the basis of memory. Memories are part of our lives, the good and the bad...
What social distancing does to a brain
Scientists discover a neuropeptide that reflects the current state of a fish’s social environment. Have you recently...
From the inside out – how the brain forms sensory memories
New study identifies a region of the thalamus as a key source of signals encoding past experiences in the neocortex. The...
Using walls to navigate the room
Scientists discover a brain circuit that signals the direction and distance of boundaries in the environment to help...
Tuning in on cortical circuit dynamics
Neurons use homeostatic mechanisms to maintain stability despite experience-dependent network alterations. Neural...