Schlagwort: Brain
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Brain prevention – how loneliness damages the brain
Vorsorge Gehirn – wie Einsamkeit dem Gehirn schädigt, Tirol Heute, 25.02.2025 It has been proven that loneliness can damage the brain, according tothe expert panel of the Innsbruck Medical Faculty. Lonelinessis just as serious as cigarette smoking, they add. We areWe are people who live with and from relationships. No wonderthat we become ill when…
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How the brain manages the perfect balancing act Study by Dresden University Medicine provides new insights
The brain impresses with its unique ability to process information efficiently and adapt flexibly to changing challenges. Until now, science has based this on two separate principles: criticality, i.e. the balancing act between order and chaos, and efficient coding, in which the brain reduces superfluous signals and utilises its resources with maximum precision. However, a…
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Wirksame Botschaften synchronisieren Hirnströme der Zuschauer
Um die Effektivität öffentlicher Videokampagnen gegen riskanten Alkoholkonsum zu bewerten, untersuchten PsychologInnen des Konstanzer Exzellenzclusters „Kollektives Verhalten“ die Synchronisierung der Hirnaktivitäten von Zuschauergruppen mittels EEG-Messungen. In einer aktuellen Studie zeigen sie neue Wege auf, die Methode aus dem Labor in die reale Anwendung im öffentlichen Gesundheitsbereich zu bringen. Konstanz/Germany, 6. Februar 2025. Breit gestreute Gesundheitskampagnen,…
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How the brain makes flexible decisions
Neuroscientists show how the brain enables flexible decision-making Göttingen/Germany, February 3, 2025 Our brain is remarkably flexible in producing different reactions to supposedly comparable situations. The same sensory information can lead to different decisions depending on the behavioural context. One example of this is a penalty kick in football: a player can either choose the…
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New findings at HMU Erfurt How our brain unconsciously makes connections
In a recent study, Prof. Dr habil. Carina G. Giesen, Dean of the Faculty of Health and Head of the Department of Psychology, and a research team investigated how people unconsciously acquire and process emotional judgements. Using a computerised task to learn emotional connections, the researchers were able to show that our brain creates complex…
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Spinal cord more than just a data highway
In a ground-breaking study, scientists at the Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology (LIN) and University Hospital Magdeburg demonstrated that the spinal cord is far more than just a transmission pathway that transmits sensory stimuli from the body. Instead, sensory stimuli are processed in the spinal cord before reaching the brain. These findings have been published in…