... Sofie Valk and Emiliano Zaccarella more

The equivalent of Broca’s area plays a similar role but for the processing of music instead of language. more

The brain activity of jazz pianists differs from those of classical pianists, even when playing the same piece of music. more

Our personal assistant for voice recognition uses a convolution in the right temporal lobe. more

October 04, 2017

Meditation entails a variety of mental training techniques which, in principal, can be trained by anyone. more

July 19, 2017 

With the help of brain activity and gene analyses, it could be predicted in time whether a child could be affected by dyslexia. more

March 23, 2017

The IMPRS/ICN summer school is a cutting edge 3-day summer school in cognitive neuroscience, to be held in Queen Square from Wednesday 12th to Friday 14th July 2017.  It features lecture sessions, small group work (experimental design workshops), student posters, and a horizontal programme for skills and careers. more

August 02, 2016

Three days of discussions, freethinking and broadening horizons more

April 22, 2016

That is what international experts from various scientific disciplines – whether linguists, philosophists, anthropologists or neurobiologists – are eager to discuss at the 2016 Summer School more

March 21, 2016

How well we can listen to the speech of another person in noisy surroundings depends on our ability to adapt our alpha brain waves to the rhythm of their language. more

December 21, 2015

Which is more important when we plan an action: the overarching goal or the approach along the way? more

November 27, 2015

This year's round of applications for candidates to the NeuroCom graduate school will run until the beginning of January 2016. more

April 29, 2015

The summer school will offer you the opportunity to participate in lectures given by international leading scientists and to present and discuss your projects in a poster session and at several social get-togethers. more

April 10, 2015

The Max Planck Institut for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences hosts the workshop "Methods and Concepts for fMRI of the Human Brain" from 13 to 15 April 2015. more