The mindful brain: why practicing mindfulness can make you more resilient to stress Buddha goes West – how mindfulness conquered the capitalist world An increasing number of people practice yoga and meditation, according to new data from the US National Center of Health Statistics. From 2012 to 2017 the percentage Read more…
Our brains enable an array of amazing properties that we enjoy unconsciously on an every-day, every-moment basis: We listen to great music and react with limb movement and emotional involvement, almost as if it were automatic, natural and intuitive. We exercise and practice strenuous kinds of sports to feel better Read more…
The School of Athens is one of the most well-known frescoes in the world. It is a Renaissance masterpiece depicting the great philosophers of the classical era, painted by Raphael between 1509–1511. Figure 1: The School of Athens, Fresco by Raphael, 1509-11 While there is much to discuss in this Read more…
Washington DC, 15th November 2017, Society for Neuroscience Conference 2017 In the classical book of Homer, Odysseus had to cross the island of Anthemoessa to be reunited with his homeland. “Dive thy ship swiftly past the island”, Circe warned the Greek hero: for the island was home to beautiful – Read more…
I have accompanied quite a few PhD students and postdocs in the transition to a job in industry. Even at a later stage – that is a PhD of 5 years and more – this career change is typically manageable in a few months. Demand for new talent in the Read more…
Prometheus Science has a crystal clear goal in mind: To spread the availability of science and education by creating affordable scientific-grade equipment. These tools will empower people to interact with their environments around them, as well as enable them to find unique solutions tailored to their own problems. See their Read more…
Our genes are the ultimate blueprint for who we are and how we look. They decide simple characteristics of our appearance like hair or eye colour as well as more complex traits such as height or even intelligence which no single gene encodes. These complex traits arise from the highly Read more…
With the advancement of medicine and health practices in the modern era, the average age of the population has increased. The healthcare system has continually been pushed to adapt in order to properly care for these elderly individuals and the health problems that arise with age. Advanced age in itself Read more…
Who does not know the slightly awkward situation when a family member asks you what exactly your thesis or dissertation is about? Everyone has probably realised at some point that breaking your research down to its essence, or relating it to comprehensible examples from everyday life is often anything but Read more…
It all began in the past century – It was 1999 when the first international neuroscience graduate program was launched at Tübingen University, the Graduate School of Neural & Behavioural Sciences. Back then, it was the first English-taught neuroscience masters program at a German university. The research orientated training and the Read more…