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Prediction games in the brain
In the primary visual cortex, neurons fire particularly strongly when prediction errors occur. And, unlike previously thought, brain waves in the gamma range are particularly salient during correct predictions.
Coherence turned upside down
When Marius Schneider starts his PhD at the Ernst Strüngmann Institute for Neuroscience, he would not dare to dream that the results of his first project would be published shortly afterwards in one of the leading journals in his field - and turn an established theory upside down ...
Brain rhythms define distinct networks
The brain is much more than the sum of its parts, and these parts interact via complex networks. Researchers at the Ernst Strüngmann Institute have now been able to show that at least four of them coexist, mediated by the neuronal synchronization of four brain rhythms.
A new class of neurons with good timing
Whatever we perceive, feel or do, is accomplished through communication between neurons in the brain. Just like in human communication, effective neural communication depends on listening to each other at just the right time. Researchers at the Ernst Strüngmann Institute for Neuroscience have discovered a new type of cell that might aid precise information transmission by providing good timing.