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Welcome to the Bernstein Network Computational Neuroscience, Germany!
Thinking, sensing, learning, remembering - all mental functions reside within the brain. At the same time, this organ is probably the most complex structure that evolution has ever produced.
Understanding the brain is the prerequisite for creating new methods for prevention and treatment of diseases of the nervous system. It may also help developing new strategies for learning and teaching. It may even be used for the design of new, 'intelligent' technical devices, such as neuroprostheses or more powerful computer systems. Read More...
Research News
Why the middle finger has such a slow connection
Bochum scientists show that neighbouring brain areas can have inhibitory impact on each other and thus can reduce the reaction speed (February 2012). Read More…
New insights into aging and learning
Bochum scientists have found that elderly - as compared to young - people show an increased excitability of the brain area that is responsible for processing the sense of touch in the hands (February 2012). Read More…
Short-term memory is based on synchronized brain oscillations
Scientists from Tübingen, Graz, Manchester, Fribourg und London have deciphered how various brain regions cooperate with each other during short-term memory (February 2012). Read More…