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Retrograde amnesia
A form of memory disorder in which memories from before the damage occurred can no longer be retrieved. The affected period can vary greatly and range from just hours before the event to entire decades.
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Sports
“No sports”? Where Winston Churchill was wrong
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- Communication of Cells
Legalize it?! What are the medical benefits of cannabis?
Are cannabinoid-based drugs suitable for clinical use? Experts remain divided on the issue.
11.12.2025
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- Motor Skills
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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- Emotions
The Fear Circuit
Fear arises thanks to lightning-fast mechanisms – that do not always react correctly.
11.09.2025
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- News from the Institutes
What gives our brains their distinctive wrinkles?
Study reveals how changes in cell behavior and numbers can drive the formation of distinctive grooves and ridges in the brain.
28.08.2025
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- Anatomy
The Hypothalamus
Nutrition and reproduction – these activities are controlled by the hypothalamus at the neural and hormonal levels.
01.07.2025
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- Consciousness
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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- Question to the brain
What does Heat do to the Brain?
I have read that heat waves can affect mental health. How so? Can this also affect healthy people?
22.07.2024
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- Motor Skills
Highway through the Spinal Cord
Thanks to motor pathways from the brain to the spinal cord, we can move at lightning speed.
01.12.2025
