Max Planck researcher develops a ‘Theory of Fun’ What is fun and why do we find certain things easier to do if...
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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...
Individual differences in the brain
If selection reinforces a behavior, brain activities soon change as well Personality varies widely. There are bold and...
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...
Dissecting the architecture of the brain
Scientists immerse themselves into the structure of networks Under the framework of a new Marie Skłodowska Curie...
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...
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...
A cat-and-mouse game: The brain has two systems for thinking...
The brain seems to have two different systems through which we can put ourselves into the shoes of someone else. These two...