Researchers simulate social norms with supercomputer
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Piano practicing finetunes the brain circuitries that temporally bind signals from our senses
world full of stimuli which affect all senses, the human brain constantly has to link
Max-Planck-Gesellschaft und Sanofi arbeiten künftig bei der Erforschung von Netzhauterkrankungen zusammen
zu neuen Behandlungsmethoden für den Menschen entstehen können“, sagt Egenhard Link
Still hungry – or already full? The brain controls eating behaviour and curbs our appetite when the body has consumed enough energy. It obtains its information about the degree of satiety from various messenger substances, of which insulin plays an important role. Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Neurological Research and the Cluster of Excellence in Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-associated Diseases (CECAD) at the University of Cologne have now discovered that in mice, insulin not only acts as a metabolic signal transmitter in the hypothalamus, a fact that is already known, but also in the dopamine-producing cells of the midbrain. The switching off of the insulin receptors in these neurons causes gluttony and overweight.
A link with the brain’s reward system was also established as the examined neurons
Venki Ramakrishnan, President of the Royal Society, on British plans to leave the EU and their implications for science.
An overview of the award-winning researchers (link to pdf).
Max-Planck-Wissenschaftler haben in der nun abgeschlossenen dritten Wettbewerbsrunde des Europäischen Forschungsrats erneut höchst erfolgreich Fördergelder eingeworben. 13 Direktoren sowie eine Direktorin und ein Gruppenleiter an Max-Planck-Instituten wurden mit Advanced Grants im Wert von insgesamt knapp 35 Millionen Euro ausgezeichnet. Das entspricht einer Erfolgsquote von gut 50 Prozent. Damit festigt die Max-Planck-Gesellschaft (MPG) ihre Spitzenstellung in Europa. Gleichzeitig lag die MPG auch bei den Starting Grants vorn: Zehn ihrer Nachwuchswissenschaftler erhielten die begehrte Auszeichnung – so viele wie keine andere Forschungseinrichtung in Deutschland.
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Chimpanzees keep track of other group members’ bonding partners and use this knowledge in conflict situations
“We investigated whether chimpanzees could link two separate aggressive events involving
New diagnostic tool aims to improve disease management
with the help of the AI-based analytical platform of Clemedi”, concludes Dieter Link
New study examines risk preference among poor people
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Is the way offenders learn from police detection associated with their personal morals? A study by Florian Kaiser from the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Crime, Security, and Law suggests that police encounters are more effective in deterring young offenders with weaker morals, as they are more likely to change their behaviour due to an increased perception of detection.
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