During aesthetically appealing visual experiences, visual content provides a basis for computation of affectively tinged...
Sensory Systems
The complex task of staying on course
To fly straight, fruit flies need the ability to detect motion. Walking blindfolded in a straight line is a difficult...
Remember more by taking breaks
Longer breaks during learning lead to more stable activation patterns in the brain. We remember things longer if we take...
Wiring up neural circuits at subcellular precision
Researchers unravel a mechanism behind distinct organizational features in the visual cortex of mouse and ferrets Recent...
Otto Hahn Medal thanks to an optical illusion
Yunmin Wu receives award for outstanding research For her insights into the neuronal mechanism of motion perception, Dr...
Picky neurons
In the visual thalamus, neurons are in contact with both eyes but respond to only one. The visual thalamus is...
Gut to brain: nerve cells detect what we eat
Nerve cells of the vagus nerve fulfill opposing tasks The gut and the brain communicate with each other in order to...
Wiring diagrams can shed light on how brains operate
A novel approach to connectomics gives insights on the validity of brain models Our brains house about 85 billion...
Simplifying our world
Mice master complex thinking with a remarkable capacity for abstraction Categorization is the brain’s tool to organize...
How the brain teaches itself to see
A computational model gives insights into how spontaneous neural activity shapes connectivity in the developing visual...