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Senses with Purpose
They’re old, but not outdated: sight and hearing are full of amazing evolutionary tricks.
25.04.2026
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Well-Connected
The brain functions based on neural networks that change and adapt throughout a person's lifetime
30.04.2020
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- Glossary
Primary visual cortex
The part of the occipital lobe whose primary inputs originate from the visual system. According to Brodmann, who originally divided the cerebral cortex into 52 areas in 1909, the primary visual cortex is area 17.
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- Successful aging
The Secret of Neural Reserve
From the hippocampus to the synapse: A research consortium is investigating which factors protect our thinking in old age
01.02.2026
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- News from the Institutes
How the brain conquers space
International research team reveals mechanisms of 3D vision
13.02.2026
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- Basics
- Structure and Function
Neural Networks: So Much for “Hard-Wired”
Dialogues in the nervous system: Sometimes bottom-up, sometimes top-down
10.03.2023
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- Motor Skills
Motor Fine Tuning: the Modulation of Movements
The cerebellum and basal ganglia are responsible for the precise execution of movements.
01.12.2025
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- News from the Institutes
Signals from the brain reveal what color a person is seeing
Success in predicting the color seen by an observer using the activity patterns measured in the visual cortex of other subjects
09.09.2025
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- Think
- Emotions
On the Trail of Emotions
How do feelings arise? Emotion theories provide different answers.
18.07.2018
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- Basics
- Anatomy
The Corpus Callosum
The corpus callosum allows information to flow between the two hemispheres of the cerebrum. This is urgently needed.
01.07.2025
