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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

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

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
 

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

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

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

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

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

A historical perspective on reinforcement learning

Pupil dilation decreases with age

Poor lighting conditions can reduce quality of life 

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