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Minister President Winfried Kretschmann honors cutting-edge research at the Max Planck Institutes  in Tübingen 

Minister President Winfried Kretschmann honors cutting-edge research at the Max Planck Institutes  in Tübingen
 

During his visit at the Max Planck Campus Tübingen, he commended the outstanding basic research in the natural sciences.
 

Coming Soon: Podcast Series “Signals & Synapses” 

Coming Soon: Podcast Series “Signals & Synapses”
 

Insights into neuroscience for cross-disciplinary thinkers and curious minds alike

Visit the Science Walk at the Max Planck Campus Tübingen 

Visit the Science Walk at the Max Planck Campus Tübingen
 

Insights into research and a quiz with attractive prizes

ERC Synergy Grant: Cognitive Maps for Intelligent Behavior

ERC Synergy Grant: Cognitive Maps for Intelligent Behavior

10 million euros awarded to Jennifer Li, Drew Robson, and collaborators for their six-year project “Neuronal implementation of cognitive maps for navigation”.

Attempto Award for Roxana Zeraati

Attempto Award for Roxana Zeraati

Roxana Zeraati wins the Attempto Prize for her work on how visual information is processed in the brain at different time scales.

The Power and Pitfalls of Learning Without Feedback 

The Power and Pitfalls of Learning Without Feedback
 

Self-reinforcing learning can help to understand new things, but also to strengthen false beliefs.

Mind Over Microbiome: How Mental States Impact Gut Health

Mind Over Microbiome: How Mental States Impact Gut Health

A new study has uncovered a critical brain-gut connection that links psychological states to changes in the gut microbiome, with profound implications for immune function and stress-related health conditions. It also points to new possibilities for therapeutic intervention, for example against inflammatory bowel disease.

How Zebrafish Map their Environment

How Zebrafish Map their Environment

Place cells play a crucial role in forming mental maps of space, social networks, and abstract relationships. Until now place cells found only in mammals and birds, place cells have now been discovered in fish.

Abnormalities and Artifacts

Abnormalities and Artifacts

Interview with Klaus Scheffler on the use of artificial intelligence in medical imaging

Max Planck scientists develop cost-efficient medical imaging method

Max Planck scientists develop cost-efficient medical imaging method

A project that combines low-field magnetic resonance imaging with hyperpolarization will be presented at the 73rd Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting on July 5



 

Of mice, men, and machines

Of mice, men, and machines

A historical perspective on reinforcement learning

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Signals & Synapses
Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics talk about latest findings, challenges, and their ideas for the future. Episode 1 is now available: „Illuminating the Zebrafish Mind“ -- Jennifer Li and Drew Robson explain how they use the zebrafish as a model organism to decode the functioning of the brain. more

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How Light and Lighting Affects our Daily Lives
Light plays a crucial role in our visual experience, but how does it influence our daily lives? Join us in uncovering the subtle ways light shapes our perceptions. more

 

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NMJ Plähn, Y Safarkhanlo, BC Açikgöz, ALC Mackowiak, P Radojewski, G Bonanno, ES Peper, R Heule, and JAM Bastiaansen, "ORACLE: An analytical approach for T1, T2, proton density, and off-resonance mapping with phase-cycled balanced steady-state free precession," Magnetic Resonance in Medicine 93 (4), 1657-1673 (2025).
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Ben-Zion, K Witte, AK Jagadish, O Duek, I Harpaz-Rotem, M-C Khorsandian, A Burrer, E Seifritz, P Homann, E Schulz, and TR Spiller, "Assessing and alleviating state anxiety in large language models," npj digital medicine 8 (1), 132 (2025).
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L Hainke, J Dowsett, M Spitschan, and J Priller, "40 Hz Visual Stimulation During Sleep Evokes Neuronal Gamma Activity in NREM and REM Stages," Sleep 48 (3), zsae299 (2025).
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R Afshari, F Santini, R Heule, CH Meyer, J Pfeuffer, and O Bieri, "Rapid whole-brain quantitative MT imaging," Zeitschrift für Medizinische Physik 35 (1), 69-77 (2025).
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G Antonov and P Dayan, "Exploring Replay," Nature Communications 16 (1), 1657 (2025).
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H Basgol, P Dayan, and VH Franz, "Violation of Auditory Regularities is Reflected in Pupil Dynamics," Cortex 183, 66-86 (2025).
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M Binz, S Alaniz, A Roskies, B Aczel, CT Bergstrom, C Allen, D Schad, D Wulff, JD West, Q Zhang, RM Shiffrin, SJ Gershman, V Popov, EM Bender, M Marelli, MM Botvinick, Z Akata, and E Schulz, "How should the advancement of large language models affect the practice of science?," Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 122 (5), e2401227121 (2025).
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F Birk, L Mahler, J Steiglechner, Q Wang, K Scheffler, and R Heule, "Flexible and cost-effective deep learning for accelerated multi-parametric relaxometry using phase-cycled bSSFP," Scientific Reports 15 (1), 4825 (2025).
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