2019

06.11.2019 How intentional forgetting makes us more productive.

Prof. Dr. Annette Kluge explains why forgetting can be useful in the work context.

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09.10.2019 What happens when synapses fire?

Juniorprof. Dr. Andreas Reiner talks about how signal transmission between nerve cells works.

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04.09.2019 Neurorehabilitation: how the chip in the brain conquers paralysis

Dr. Christian Klaes talks about how Brain-Computer Interfaces could give paralyzed patients more autonomy.

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26.06.2019 How pigeons help us to understand a complex learning behaviour: extinction learning

Dr. rer. nat. Roland Pusch talks about how the brain overwrites old information with new ones.

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22.05.2019 Can stress change our genome?

Dr. Vanessa Lux talks about the question if stress can alter the genome.

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10.04.2019 Inherited diseases – from symptoms to diagnosis in human genetics

Dr Wanda Gerding will talk about her work in the Diagnostic Laboratory of the Department of Human Genetics at RUB.

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13.03.2019 The influence of sleep on memory and mental well-being

Dr Lorena Deuker talks about a good night's sleep.

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20.02.2019 Repair of the nervous system: new approaches from research

On 20th of February Prof. Dr. Dietmar Fischer talks about nerve damage.

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23.01.2019 The drumming brain – how drumming alters the brain

Dr Lara Schlaffke will talk about the way playing the drums alters the brain.

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2018

21.11.2018 I don’t get you – alcoholism and social cognition

PD Dr Patrizia Thoma will talk about the effects of alcohol dependency on interpersonal relationships.

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31.10.2018 Diagnosis zombie: What neuroplasticity and degenerative conditions can tell us about the brain

Right on time for Halloween Dr. Stefanie Borowy gives a talk about Zombie Brains.

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26.09.2018 Parkinson’s disease – can new treatments offer hope of a cure?

Prof. Dr. Lars Tönges will talk about Parkinson's disease and new treatments.

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20.06.2018 “Matrix under pressure”: changes of the cell environment associated with glaucoma

Dr. Jacqueline Reinhard will talk about risk factors for glaucoma development.

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16.05.2018 Does physical activity improve your brain? On the interaction between brain and muscles

Prof. Dr Daniel Hahn talks about the interaction between brain and muscles: "Does physical activity improve your brain?"

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18.04.2018 Behaviour without responsibility – is an artificial intelligence able to act morally?

Lukas Brand analyses how artificial intelligence and moral behaviour go together.

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21.03.2018 Mistakes should be avoided in learning! Or shouldn´t they?

Prof. Dr. Nikol Rummel answers the question if mistakes should be avoided in learning or not.

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21.02.2018 Alzheimer’s – New Approaches in Basic Research

PD Dr. Dipl.-Ing. Thorsten Müller discusses new approaches in Alzheimer´s research.

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24.01.2018 Remembering Unintentionally and Forgetting Deliberately – How Our Brain Processes Unwanted Memories of the Past

Dr. Gerd Waldhauser discusses the problems of "Remembering Unintentionally and Forgetting Deliberately".

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2017

22.11.2017 Inflammation in the brain – how does it affect our mental health?

Prof. Dr. Georg Juckel speaks on "Inflammation in the brain – How does it affect our mental health?

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18.10.2017 Special aspects of Multiple Sclerosis in women

PD Dr. Kerstin Hellwig speaks on special aspects of Multiple Sclerosis in women.

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21.06.2017 Living (brain-) dead? Philosophical questions about the brain death criterion and the transplantation medicine

Alexa Nossek speaks on the brain death criterion.

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17.05.2017 Challenges for the auditory system. Echo cancellation in the auditory system as a crucial component for sensory perception

Dr. Ida Siveke speaks on echo perception in the brain.

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26.04.2017 To the brain and back again: A journey through theoretical neuroscience

Dr. Fabian Schönfeld invites you to a journey through theoretical brain research.

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15.03.2017 Are mental disorders specifically human? Similarities and differences in the mind of humans and animals

Prof. Martin Brüne speaks about mental disorders in animals and how we can measure them scientifically.

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22.02.2017 The Implementation of Neuroscientific Methods as a turning point in Intelligence Research

Dr. Erhan Genc speaks about intelligence and how we could measure it for research.

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25.01.2017 The sick memory – from Freud to Alzheimer

Prof. Dr. Nikolai Axmacher talks abut forgetting.

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2016

23.11.2016 “Graded Balance”: A way out of the Vicious Circle of Chronic Back Pain

Prof. Dr. Monika Hasenbring presents a concept against chronic back pain.

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26.10.2016 How Speakers find the right word at the right time: Word finding and Word finding Difficulties in Healthy and Aphasic Speakers

Prof. Dr. Eva Belke talks about the process of finding words.

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28.09.2016 Actions speak louder than words: Neurobiological findings in connection with Paedophilla

Prof. Dr. Boris Schiffer provides an overview of the current state of knowledge about how sexual interests or preference patterns develop in the brain.

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22.06.2016 The Dress code in our Brain: What a striped dress which became a worldwide internet phenomenon has to do with neuroscience in Bochum

Anne Golisch presents a research project on the Internet phenomenon "The Dress".

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18.05.2016 Stressed? No need to lose your temper! – On the connection between stress and aggression?

Dr. Angelika Dierolf speaks about the connection between stress and aggression.

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20.04.2016 The Brain sees more than the eye

Prof. Dr. med. Ulf Eysel explains how the brain corrects the errors in the eye.

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16.03.2016 The Significance of the Immune System for Glaucoma

PD Dr. Stefanie Joachim explains the importance of the immune system for the formation of glaucoma.

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24.02.2016 Do Lefties die earlier? Myths and Facts on Handedness from a Neuroscientific perspective

PD Dr. Sebastian Ocklenburg clears up rumors about left-handers.

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27.01.2016 “Another year older!” – The latest News in age Research

PD Dr. Hubert Dinse talks about the question: What happens to our brain when we grow old?

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