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Otto Creutzfeldt: Mediator between Disciplines

Otto Detlev Creutzfeldt had a major influence on the neuroscientific landscape.

28.09.2012

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Forced Right-Handedness

When left-handed people were retrained to use their right hand, their brains were also retrained.

25.10.2025

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John Eccles: Across the Gap

John Eccles disproved his own theories. In doing so, he helped to elucidate synaptic transmission.

06.06.2013

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The Effects of Exercise on the Brain

Stefan Schneider uses EEG to investigate how people can be motivated to exercise.

05.02.2026

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What is Consciousness?

As obvious as it is, consciousness is difficult to grasp scientifically.

13.06.2025

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When Consciousness fails

A complex system of brain structures is necessary for the conscious perception of our surroundings.

13.06.2025

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Playing Tennis in a vegetative State

Adrian Owen and colleagues use brain scans to search for the hidden minds of coma patients.

12.06.2025

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The Night Side of Consciousness

Our brain goes through different stages of consciousness during the night.

03.09.2025

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If I were a Zombie

Our thoughts, actions, and perceptions often occur without our awareness.

28.08.2013

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In Search of the Mind in the Brain

Nowadays, consciousness is assumed to reside in the head. But that hardly helps with the question of where and how.

16.12.2025