Schlagwort: movement

  • How the brain controls movements in the face of uncertainty

    How the brain controls movements in the face of uncertainty

    A new study by neuroscientists at the German Primate Centre (DPZ) – Leibniz Institute for Primate Research in Göttingen shows that our brain deals with different forms of visual uncertainty during movements in different ways. Depending on which type of uncertainty is involved, this has very different effects on the planning and execution of movements…

  • The brain moves when we do. DFG funds cooperation on place cells and spatial learning

    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…

  • Cat-cow exercise for low back pain Movement is better than rest

    Cat-cow exercise for low back pain Movement is better than rest

    Exercise not only helps to relieve low back pain, but also prevents it. To mark Back Health Day on 15 March, the German Society for Orthopaedics and Trauma Surgery (DGOU) explains which simple exercises can help with low back pain. Berlin/Germany, March 14, 2025. ‘Acute back pain is usually nothing serious and has a good…

  • Sport leaves its mark on the brain

    Sport leaves its mark on the brain

    At the turn of the century, the renowned brain researcher Manfred Spitzer published several books. A result of active brain research since the 1990s. In one of his books, ‘Learning’, Spitzer describes how human movement leaves traces in the brain. Spitzer vividly describes walking through a park that is covered in snow and through which…

  • Silicone that moves muscles from the printer

    Silicone that moves muscles from the printer

    Empa researchers are working on artificial muscles that can keep up with the real thing. They have now developed a method of producing the soft and elastic, yet powerful structures using 3D printing. One day, they could be used in medicine or robotics – and anywhere else where things need to move at the touch…

  • The nerve cells in the eye work together to recognise contrasts and movements

    The nerve cells in the eye work together to recognise contrasts and movements

    Researchers at the University Medical Centre Göttingen (UMG) have discovered that nerve cells in the eye often process natural visual stimuli from the environment together in cell groups and in a coordinated manner. The coordinated co-operation of nerve cells enhances signal transmission in scenes with high contrast and movement. These findings could help to improve…