Schlagwort: Brain
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Conference Novel computing architectures based on the principles of the brain
Developing innovative information processing and computing architectures that work according to the principles of the brain – this is the topic of the international conference ‘Neuro-Inspired Computational Elements’ (NICE). The latest event in a series of conferences that began more than ten years ago is being held in Europe for the first time: It will…
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Deciphering the sequence of neuronal firing
How does the brain retain a sequence of events in memory? Researchers from the University Hospital Bonn (UKB), the University of Bonn, the University Hospital Tübingen and the University of Tübingen investigated this question. Using a unique measurement technique with implanted electrodes in the human brain, they were able to test a widely accepted theory…
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How the Brain Predicts the Immediate Future
Imagine a boxer dodging a punch, a musician perfectly timing a note, or a driver anticipating a green light—the brain can be seen as an amazing tool that is constantly predicting the future. But how does it do this? A team of neuroscientists from the Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics (MPIEA), the Ernst Strüngmann…
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Novel memristors against the catastrophic forgetting of AI
They require extremely little power and behave similarly to brain cells: so-called memristors. Jülich researchers led by Ilia Valov have now presented novel memristive components in Nature Communications that have significant advantages over previous versions: They are more robust, function in a wider voltage range and can be operated both analogue and digitally. With these…
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The brain moves when we do. DFG funds cooperation on place cells and spatial learning
Researchers from Magdeburg and Erlangen are jointly investigating how our brain learns to orientate itself in spaces and store memories. At the Leibniz Institute of Neurobiology (LIN), scientists are analysing how neurons in the hippocampus control our spatial learning. To do this, they record in fast motion what happens in the brains of mice while…
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Two brain areas in competition
Researchers at Ruhr-Universität Bochum have investigated how two areas of the brain influence the nature of memory content. The team from the Department of Neurophysiology showed in rats how the locus coeruleus and the ventral tegmental area permanently change brain activity in the hippocampus region, which is crucial for memory. The influences of the two…