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Why Meditation?
A pioneer in meditation research explains why meditation is good for people and the brain.
30.07.2026
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- News from the Institutes
Keeper or corner? How the brain enables flexible decisions
Neuroscientists show how the brain enables flexible decisions
03.02.2025
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- News from the Institutes
Insights into Smelling Problems Associated with Alzheimer’s
Tests of the sense of smell could help identify people who are developing Alzheimer’s at an earlier stage
15.08.2025
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- News from the Institutes
Insights into Smelling Problems Associated with Alzheimer’s
Tests of the sense of smell could help identify people who are developing Alzheimer’s at an earlier stage
15.08.2025
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- News from the Institutes
Why We Believe What We Click
Information that we select for ourselves, such as things we click online, has a stronger impact than passively acquired information on our perception of truth and falsehood.
21.01.2026
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- News from the Institutes
Insights into Smelling Problems Associated with Alzheimer’s
Tests of the sense of smell could help identify people who are developing Alzheimer’s at an earlier stage
15.08.2025
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- News from the Institutes
Remote-Control in the Cortex
How distant synapses are equipped for change
30.09.2026
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Percieve
See, hear, smell... we experience our sensations so everyday that they seem almost banal. But these windows into the world speak different languages - sound and touch are physical stimuli, smelling and tasting chemical, seeing lies between waves and particles - and all these languages must be translated into those of the nerves. And this is where the miracles from the engine room begin. Further up, on the more psychological levels, perceptions are deceived and there are interesting effects. Also interesting: Why can we perceive beauty? And then there's us - more precisely: our self. This is also a matter of perception.
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Perception
The term describes the complex process of gathering and processing information from stimuli in the environment and from the internal states of a living being. The brain combines the information, which is perceived partly consciously and partly unconsciously, into a subjectively meaningful overall impression. If the data it receives from the sensory organs is insufficient for this, it supplements it with empirical values. This can lead to misinterpretations and explains why we succumb to optical illusions or fall for magic tricks.
