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A multidisciplinary strategy is used to explore brain functions at Ruhr University.
The brain is constantly storing new experiences that it has to integrate into the jumble of existing memories. Surprisingly, it does not overwrite previous memory traces in the process.
The cerebellum has been underestimated for a long time. However, the results of two research groups in the Collaborative Research Center show that it plays a crucial role in regulating emotions.
A new study shows that the cerebellum is involved in processing emotions. This is important to know when caring for people with ataxia.
There are more than 100 million neurons in our gut. That is why it is also known as the second brain. Researchers from Bochum are uncovering the role of the brain-gut connection in learning and unlearning pain.
Neuroscience researchers from Bochum confirm different strategies when choosing between primary and secondary rewards. The lever is impulsivity.
The discovery of the phantom touch illusion provides insights into human perception and opens up new perspectives for interaction with virtual reality technology.
Researchers at Ruhr University Bochum have published the first systematic review of Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response (ASMR).
She’s a member of the Extinction Network and has already completed stations at all three campuses of the University Alliance Ruhr. Franziska Labrenz researches the multiple factors that affect our pain perception.
At the Collaborative Research Centre “Extinction Learning”, researchers are offered support with storing, sharing, archiving and publishing their data.
Our brains can’t keep up with rapidly rising temperatures. Researchers urge the public health system to plan ahead.
The researcher shows strong correlation between interpretation processes and mental health.
Birds show remarkably similar sleep patterns to humans and may experience flight in their dreams.
Genes influence different structures and the function of the brain. These in turn explain differences in behaviour. Analysing all three aspects at once is a challenge – but has now been achieved.
A Bochum research team has developed a German version of the "Stress Overload Scale". The translation improves the international comparability of results in stress research.
Animal consciousness should not be thought of as a light switch, which can be on or off, Bochum philosophers say. They advocate a different approach.
Researchers have recreated the brain functions of mice and humans using computers. Artificial intelligences could learn from this.
A new study shows how effective it is to exercise body and mind.
Compared to the energy efficiency of avian brains, mammals are no match.
The way aggressive behaviour develops is still poorly understood. Researchers have now discovered a crucial piece of the jigsaw.
People who practice intensive meditation report memories of states in which their sense of self dissolves. Is this at all possible?