Bernstein Network News. Find the latest news from our researchers regarding current research results, new research projects and initiatives as well as awards and prizes.
Controlling your home by the power of thought
Neuroscientists at the German Primate Center developed a new experimental environment to study action plans during walking
“We could reach well below 1000 new infections/ d by end of May”
Germany is looking for a way out of the Covid-19 epidemic. The Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft, the Helmholtz Association, the Leibniz Association, and the Max-Planck-Gesellschaft have jointly published a statement outlining various paths through the corona epidemic based on model calculations. Viola Priesemann, who heads a research group at the Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization, is co-author of this position paper.
The retina not only ensures sharp, but also stable vision
Researchers from Tübingen show for the first time that the milliseconds- long blindness that occurs during rapid movements of the eyes, which allows flicker-free vision, comes from the retina.
Tatjana Tchumatchenko appointed Fellow of the Young Academy of Europe
We are pleased to announce that Tatjana Tchumatchenko, Research Group Leader at the Max Planck Institute for Brain Research, was recently appointed as a Fellow of the Young Academy of Europe.
An app for COVID-19 studies
CoroNotes uses anonymous health data for a better understanding of the novel coronavirus.
How serotonin balances communication within the brain
A team of scientists at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum (RUB) revealed how the neurotransmitter Serotonin fine-tunes the influence of sensory stimuli on internal processing in the brain.
Allen Institute announces new phase of neuroscience research
Cell Types and MindScope research programs to enter new stages of resource generation and discovery; another neuroscience division to launch in 2022.
State of South Tyrol supports Valentin Braitenberg Award
Through an agreement with the Bernstein Network, the province of South Tyrol supports this scientific award. The state government gave the go-ahead today.
Research towards improved cochlear implants
Computer model shows neuronal activation patterns in the inner ear
How we learn to see. Active efficient coding explains the development of binocular vision
Using a new model, scientists from the Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies (FIAS) and Goethe University can explain the development of binocular vision, which is the joint vision of the right and left eye. In doing so, they show how amblyopic visual impairment can occur.
















