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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
One step closer to brain computer interfaces
With the help of the visual system, Bremen cognitive researchers work towards brain computer interfaces (April 2013). Read More…
„Sound massage“ for a better sleep
Tübingen scientists reveal that sleep and memory functions improve when brain waves are stimulated by sound during deep sleep (April 2013).
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Perfectly choreographed synapses
Experience modulates synapses, the connections between neurons. Munich investigators demonstrate that long-term changes on both sides of the synapse are perfectly coordinated (April 2013). Read More…