Dopamine regulates our motivation, mood, and drive — and thus also our learning and decision-making abilities. In Parkinson's disease, a progressive dopamine deficiency plays a central role. In a new study, researchers from HMU Health and Medical University and TU Darmstadt have now examined the connection between decision-making processes and the administration of dopamine-enhancing medications in more detail. Their findings have been published in the renowned journal Science Advances.

Pandemics follow common fundamental principles despite their differences. The course of pandemics arises from the interplay of biological, mathematical, and social mechanisms. Understanding these principles can improve preparedness and response to future pandemics.

New research questions often arise where different methods, mindsets and subject-specific cultures meet, and it is these kinds of encounter that Bernstein member Professor Tatjana Tchumatchenko and her Bonn colleague Professor Elvira Mass want to make happen in a targeted way in future. The two researchers have been picked as Henriette Herz Scouts by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation.