Press Releases

21-04-22
The internal compass: a modular map in the brain
Neuroscientists at the University of Tübingen identify cortical modules in the mouse brain which represent the direction [...]
25-11-21
Research award "For Women in Science" for Dr. Anna Vlasits
Dr. Anna Vlasits received the "For Women in Science" award by Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard, UNESCO and L'Oréal for her [...]
11-12-20
Press Release: DFG continues funding of Tübingen research centre
The Collaborative Research Centre SFB1233 “Robust Vision – Inference principles and Neural Mechanisms” has been approved [...]
25-09-20
Press Release: Tuebingen researchers show conscious processes in birds’ brains for the first time
Crows’ brain activity gives rise to subjective perception ‒ publication in the journal Science
15-10-19
Press Release: ERC Grant for CIN Member Prof. Dr. Martin A. Giese
CIN member Prof. Dr. Martin A. Giese (CIN/HIH Computational Sensomotorics) received a Synergy Grant from the European [...]
03-07-19
Press Release: How the "Superior Colliculum" in the brain helps to thread a needle
Researchers at the Hertie Institute in Tübingen attribute a greater function to the area in the brain stem than [...]
17-10-18
Press Release: Sensory Perception Is Not a One-Way Street
Tübingen Neuroscientists decipher the pathways by which the brain alters its own perception of the outside world
10-09-18
Press Release: Attempto-Preis für Leonid Fedorov und Ann-Christin Wendeln (German only)
Zwei Neurowissenschaftler erhalten den Attempto-Preis: Leonid Fedorov und Ann-Christin Wendeln für herausragende [...]
24-08-18
Press Release: "Vorsicht, das lief letztes Mal schief"
Nervenzellen im Kleinhirn weisen vor einer Augenbewegung auf zuvor gemachte Fehler hin. So helfen sie uns, Bewegungen [...]
15-08-18
Press Release: Seeing on the Quick – New Insights into Active Vision in the Brain
Tübingen neuroscientists expand on role of superior colliculus – disregarded area in brainstem processes visual stimuli [...]
19-07-18
Press Release: Neues aus der Schaltzentrale: NeurowissenschafterInnen der Universitäten Graz und Tübingen entdecken Mechanismus der Gestaltwahrnehmung
German only / nur deutsche Version
10-07-18
Press Release: A Software to See How Fish See
Software for behavioral studies in fish made freely available by Tübingen neuroscientists
02-07-18
Press Release: Give and Take – How We Recognise Interaction
Tübingen neuroscientists investigate how human interactions are recognised and represented in the brain
"Route is being recalculated due to lightning strike": Place cells in the hippocampus are thought to be part of an internal “GPS system” that keeps track of our position in space. Stimulation with small electrical discharges can reprogram them. Image:
03-04-18
Press Release: How to Reprogram Memory Cells in the Brain
Tübingen Neuroscientists reprogram brain cells to investigate how place memories are formed
07-03-18
Press Release: Why the World Looks Stable While We Move
Tübingen Neuroscientists investigate the interaction of visual perception and head movements with functional magnetic [...]
30-01-18
Press Release: Understanding TMS: What Magnetic Fields Do in the Brain – And How to Observe It
27-11-17
Press Release: Not Blinded by the Light: Rods in the Retina Contribute to Daylight Vision
Findings of international research team may be beneficial for new treatments for patients suffering from loss of vision [...]
12-10-17
Press Release: Forschen am Gehirn: Attempto-Preis für zwei Neurowissenschaftlerinnen
German only
06-09-17
Press Release: Friedmund Neumann Prize for Ivana Nikić-Spiegel
18-07-17
Press Release: Getting Lab Equipment on the Cheap
Tübingen neuroscientists develop inexpensive, self-manufactured lab equipment