A Concert Tour During the “Medicine of the Future” Science Year Starting this summer, the concert series “Notes and...
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A familiar voice shapes how zebra finches hear and respond
Neurons that control when zebra finches call back fire more strongly when the caller is familiar. Fixed calls, flexible...
A shortage of synapses in schizophrenia?
For the first time, researchers have found evidence of a biological cause for the impairments caused by the disease...
Dysregulation of the immune system differentiates depression and...
In the early stages of both mental illnesses, patients often show certain levels of inflammation in the blood as well as...
Roxana Zeraati receives Klaus Tschira Boost Fund
Two-year funding for research about decision-making in naturalistic settings Two-year grant to study how humans adapt...
How aggression evolves: when neural circuits are repurposed
How do entirely new behaviors emerge in evolution? In a new study published in Nature, researchers from the Max Planck...
Ribosomes in Pairs: A Survival Strategy Inside Stressed Cells
Scientists discover RNA-driven mechanism that helps neurons endure prolonged starvation Ribosomes, the cell’s protein...
VoiceID 2026—3rd Interdisciplinary Conference on Voice...
VoiceID 2026 is organized by the Voice Research Unit (VRU) Jena and the Voice Communication Sciences Association (VoCSA)...
New Initiative: Light for Public Health
Global alliance promotes evidence-based use of light for public health Light affects how we sleep, feel, and perform – yet...
How Little Information Do We Need to Recognize a Face?
Humans can spot familiar faces even in heavily blended images Humans have a remarkable ability to recognize faces despite...
Novel Technique Improves Brain-State Detection
Mathematics-based approach makes functional near-infrared spectroscopy more reliable Researchers have developed a new...
How Attractive Do AI Voices Sound?
With recent advances in Artificial Intelligence (AI), synthetic voices have become increasingly prevalent in our everyday...
Research Unpacked
New speaker series held at the Max Planck Campus in Tübingen, Germany, invites citizens to discuss basic research How are...
A Built-In Odometer: New Study Reveals How the Brain Measures...
In brief: How the brain tracks distance: MPFI scientists identified how hippocampal neurons encode distance traveled...
Aboard the floating science center MS Wissenschaft
Interactive mobile app examines mental health Mental illnesses often develop before adulthood and are closely linked to...
Stress hormone helps repair the brain
New mechanism for protecting nerve cells relevant for mental illness When laboratory mice suffer brain damage, e.g. from...