Vanessa Stempel receives an ERC Starting Grant to investigate brain circuits supporting instinctive behaviors ...
Category - Motivation and Emotion
From dawdling to doing: the science of procrastination
Understanding why we delay tasks may help reclaim productivity Procrastination, the deliberate but detrimental deferring...
In-sights into depression
Connection between pupil reaction and listlessness proven Our researchers found a clear link between pupil response and...
A brain circuit that spoils your appetite
Specialized nerve cells in the brain inhibit food intake during nausea. Satiety, nausea or anxiety can all lead to a loss...
Here Comes the Sun
New Study Shows How Weather Conditions Influence Music Success in the Markets Music is an integral part of our daily...
How tasty is the food? Ask your brain!
A hormone and specialized brain cells regulate feeding behavior in mice Knowing when it’s time for a meal – and when to...
Amygdala Intercalated Cells: Gatekeepers and Conveyors of...
Generating adaptive behavioral responses to emotionally salient stimuli requires evaluation of complex associations...
On the neuronal dynamics of aesthetic experience: Evidence from...
Aesthetic experiences have an influence on many aspects of life. Interest in the neural basis of aesthetic experiences has...
Naturalistic viewing conditions can increase task engagement and...
Free gaze and moving images are typically avoided in EEG experiments due to the expected generation of artifacts and noise...
Near-natural, fractal architecture promotes well-being
Basic researchers call for urban design based on scientific facts An interdisciplinary group of researchers uses basic...