🗺️ How stress disrupts the brain’s navigational system
Stressed people may have trouble orienting themselves spatially. Researchers at @ruhr-uni-bochum.de including Bernstein member Nikolai Axmacher have now discovered why.
Read the whole story 👉 bit.ly/4lAWV80
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🧠 Brain Fact #5
Artificial neural networks used in modern AI were originally inspired by how biological neurons connect and process information. Today, neuroscience and AI research continue to influence each other.
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🐁 How mice see
Using #DigitalTwins, a research team including Bernstein members @sinzlab.bsky.social, @aecker.bsky.social & Konstantin Willeke has discovered new nerve cells in the mouse visual cortex.
Read the whole story 👉 bit.ly/4sIUPFu
#BernsteinNetwork #CompNeuro @uni-goettingen.de
🧠 Brain Fact #4
Even a short period of sleep (like a power nap!) helps the brain reorganize itself and clear space for new ideas — improving its ability to absorb new information and increasing the chance of creative insights 💤
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❗️ If you're in Berlin this Friday evening, don't miss @julianneumann.bsky.social's talk about electrical brain stimulation, organized by the #BCCNBerlin for #BrainAwarenessWeek— free entry!
More details (in German) 👉 bit.ly/4sPzZnT
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🧠 Brain Fact #3
The brain is remarkably resilient: when some neurons are lost, other neighbouring neurons can reorganize and take over their role to maintain function 🧩
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🪰 A collaboration including Bernstein member Frederic Römschied (European Neuroscience Institute Göttingen has shown that fruit flies can adapt their social behavior and learn from these experiences.
Read the whole story 👉 bit.ly/4bhOHN9
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🧠 Brain Fact #2
Many neuroscience theories suggest the brain constantly predicts incoming sensory information and updates its predictions if they turn out wrong. Computational models help understand how these predictions arise in neural circuits 🔮
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A stylized graphic of a lightbulb with a brain inside. Next to it, the following text: "Your brain runs on ~20 watts — less energy than many household light bulbs!".
🧠 Brain Fact #1
Did you know? The human brain uses only about 20 watts of power — while performing computations that still challenge today’s supercomputers 💡
For #BrainAwarenessWeek, we're sharing insights from #CompNeuro research across the #BernsteinNetwork. What are your favorite brain facts?
#BernsteinNetwork goes #Cosyne2026! 🇵🇹
Come find our booth in the exhibition area and say olá to the world of #CompNeuro! 👋
@cosynemeeting.bsky.social
↔️ Follow motion or light?
A new study on larval zebrafish, led by Bernstein member @zwitscherarmin.bsky.social, at the University of Konstanz, shows how the brain processes the complex flood of visual inputs.
Read the whole story 👉 bit.ly/40k6COv
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🔁 New study led by Bernstein member @stefankiebel.bsky.social shows that past actions have a greater impact on current decisions than previously thought, providing new insights into human decision-making.
Read the whole story 👉 bit.ly/3OF5P8f
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🛡️ BrainGuard
An interdisciplinary team, including Bernstein member Christian Klaes ( @klaeslab.bsky.social at @ruhr-uni-bochum.de), is developing protective measures for brain-computer interfaces and other technologies.
Read the whole story 👉 bit.ly/46EL42F
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🛰️ We’re inviting proposals for Satellite Workshops at the #BernsteinConference 2026!
🗓️ Deadline: April 29, 15:00 CEST
More information 👉 bit.ly/3OV2BNO
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🌈 How psychedelic drugs affect the brain
Research by #BernsteinNetwork member Dirk Jancke @ruhr-uni-bochum.de reinforces new approaches in psychology, using psychedelic substances under medical supervision to treat certain clinical conditions.
Read the whole story 👉 bit.ly/4rPW05u
#CompNeuro
🤝 AI meets psychiatry
The MindShift project at @unimarburg.bsky.social, led by #BernsteinNetwork member Hamidreza Jamalabadi, is funded with €870K to develop and validate personalized, AI-supported neurostimulation approaches to treat depression and anxiety.
Read the whole story 👉 bit.ly/4teK5zP
🔁 Reaping the benefits of the brain’s information processing principles
Read about the new group, including #BernsteinNetwork member Fred Hamker (TU Chemnitz), working to boost computing and energy efficiency in large modular neural transformer networks 👉 bit.ly/3OjZ77a
#CompNeuro
🔎 How the brain conquers space
A team including Bernstein member Kristine Krug from @uni-magdeburg.de has demonstrated, for the 1st time non-invasively, how the human brain perceives and processes spatial depth and distances.
Read the whole story 👉 bit.ly/4pZyAtj
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➗ Mathematics reveals brain changes
Study from MPI MiS introduces a novel mathematical approach that enables identification of specific brain regions whose connectivity shifts with age or differs in autism spectrum disorder.
Read the whole story 👉 bit.ly/4btK84c
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If you'd like to study Computational Neuroscience in Berlin, don't miss this info event on Wednesday! 👉 bit.ly/4aX4Yc8 #CompNeuro #BernsteinNetwork
💫 2025 brought strong scientific progress across the #BernsteinNetwork, with new results in modelling, perception, learning, and neurotechnology.
Take a look back at this year's news 👉 bernstein-network.de/en/newsroom/...
#BernsteinNetwork at the @ebrains.bsky.social #EBRAINSSummit2025 today 🧠
👉 T. Wachtler & P. Ritter in "Building Bridges between large-scale brain initiatives" (10:30)
👉 S. Schreiber in "Ethics Dialogue: Navigating the boundaries of Informed Consent and AI in research" (15:30)
#BernsteinNetwork at the @ebrains.bsky.social #EBRAINSSummit2025 🧠
Today, our members speak at 2 sessions at 13:45:
👉 Mihai. Petrovici @neurotma.bsky.social on "Future Computing" (Auditorium)
👉 @albada.bsky.social & @fleurzeldenrust.bsky.social on "Brain Modelling and simulation" (The Studio)
#BernsteinNetwork at the #EBRAINSSummit2025 🧠
Today: hear our member Petra Ritter in the panel on "Medical data for enabling progress in healthcare in Europe and beyond" (13:30)!
🧠 At #SfN2025 @sfn.org and interested in continuing your research career in Germany 🇩🇪? Reserve your 1:1 meeting with our experts tomorrow! Come to the #NeuroscienceinGermany booth 3917 to sign up! 👇
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#BernsteinNetwork member @torbenott.bsky.social will talk about starting his own research group with the Emmy Noether program @dfg.de!
👋 🧠 🇩🇪 Are you at #SfN2025 and interested in #CompNeuro? Come say 'hallo' to the #BernsteinNetwork and our colleagues from #NeuroscienceinGermany at booth 3917!
@sfn.org
🧠 Are you going to @sfn.org #SfN25?
Meet the #BernsteinNetwork and our colleagues from 'Neuroscience in Germany' - we're at booth #3917!
See you soon in San Diego! 👋
🗓️ Mark your calendars: the next #BernsteinConference will take place September 28 to October 1, 2026, in Frankfurt am Main!
Follow the link below to meet the first confirmed speakers. More to come!
👉 bernstein-network.de/bernstein-co...
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