Max Planck Researchers identify rapid neuromodulation of interneurons in human neocortex. The human neocortex mediates...
Cognition
Hyperbrain network properties of guitarists playing in quartet
When playing music in an ensemble, musicians need to precisely coordinate their actions with one another. As shown in our...
Age Differences in False Memory: The Importance of Retrieval...
Older adults are more likely than younger adults to falsely recall past episodes that occurred differently or not at all...
Tatjana Tchumatchenko recognized as one of the 25 young...
As part of its 25th anniversary, Focus Magazine selected Tatjana Tchumatchenko (Max Planck Research Group Leader at our...
Expansion and Renormalization of Human Brain Structure During...
Research on human brain changes during skill acquisition has revealed brain volume expansion in task-relevant areas...
Aging and a genetic KIBRA polymorphism interactively affect...
Probabilistic category learning involves complex interactions between the hippocampus and striatum that may depend on...
Blame it on the Bossa Nova: How music changes our perception of...
Music touches. Until recently, this was only meant in a figurative way – now it can also be taken...
In search of features that constitute an “enriched...
Enriched environments elicit brain plasticity in animals. In humans it is unclear which environment is enriching. Living...
Dynamical state transitions into addictive behavior and their...
The theory of critical transitions in complex systems (ecosystems, climate, etc.), and especially its ability to predict...
10-Month-Old Infants Are Sensitive to the Time Course of...
Research has shown that infants are able to track a moving target efficiently – even if it is transiently occluded from...