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2. Emotions

“Fear ensures our Survival”

Anxiety researcher Hans-Christian Pape on rats, Rottweilers, and the positive aspects of fear.

25.07.2011

1. Percieve
2. Smell & Taste

The Anatomy of Fragrance

Olfactory cells extend directly into the olfactory bulb of the brain, where the scent is assembled.

06.08.2018

1. News from the Institutes

A switchboard with precision

How the brain licenses movements

28.05.2025

1. Basics
2. Structure and Function

Senses and Actions

To prevent animals from bumping into one another, their sensory organs and motor skills are in constant communication.

18.12.2021

1. Glossary

Medial temporal lobe

The medial part of the temporal lobe contains the hippocampus and a number of other anatomically related structures: the entorhinal, perirhinal, and parahippocampal cortex. Together, they enable us to consciously remember facts and events. This region of the brain is also important for the formation of long-term memory. Deep inside the medial temporal lobe is the amygdala, which is involved in emotion processing, emotional salience, and emotional reinforcement of memories.

1. Glossary

Broca's area

An area of the prefrontal cortex (cerebral cortex) that is usually located in the left hemisphere. Plays a key role in the motor production of speech. First described by French neurologist Paul Pierre Broca in 1861.

1. Glossary

Auditory pathway

The auditory pathway refers to the nerve fibers that transmit acoustic information from the inner ear to the primary auditory cortex. In humans, the auditory pathway consists of five switching points: the spiral ganglion, the auditory nuclei in the brainstem, the inferior colliculus, the medial geniculate body of the thalamus, and the primary auditory cortex.

1. Glossary

Purkinje cell

Purkinje cells are the main output cells of the cerebellar cortex and central switching points of the cerebellum. They have a dense, tree-like dendritic apparatus through which they receive information from thousands of parallel fibers and climbing fibers. Their axons are the only ones that extend out of the cerebellar cortex and project onto the nuclei of the cerebellum, from where signals are transmitted to motor centers. Purkinje cells are among the largest cell types in the cerebellum.

1. Basics
2. Anatomy

The Limbic System

The limbic system does not solely control our emotional life. It also has other functions.

22.12.2023

1. Glossary

Dorsolateral PFC

The dorsolateral prefrontal cortex is the upper (dorsal) and lateral part of the frontal lobe. It is involved in the planning and regulation of complex motor and intellectual actions. According to one experiment, this also seems to include lying. The dorsolateral PFC regulates these and other abilities in coordination with many other areas of the brain with which it is closely linked.