What shapes a neuron’s form, function and how quickly it matures? For this year’s two Young Scientist Award...
Category - Sensory Systems
Dr. Alexandra Gribizis Awarded NIH Pathway to Independence Award
Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience (MPFI) researcher Dr. Alexandra Gribizis has been awarded the NIH K99/R00...
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...
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...
How a fish knows when to blend in
Scientists trace dynamic color-change circuit in zebrafish larvae Background matching: Researchers traced how zebrafish...
It’s never too late to start singing
Study of female canaries provides fascinating insights into how brain plasticity works and how it can maintain core...
Cogitate Consortium Releases Landmark Open-Access iEEG Dataset
The Cogitate Consortium has officially launched its large-scale open-access multimodal dataset, marking a transformative...
Sniffing out hunger: a nose-to-brain connection linked to...
How the smell of food triggers brain cells that make mice feel less hungry Nerve cells with a direct connection from the...
About Night Owls and Early Birds
Manuel Spitschan and his team at the Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics in Tübingen are investigating how the...
Brain waves in harmony
When neurons communicate in sync The human brain continuously processes sensory impulses that compete for our attention...