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Why Learning Is Child’s Play

Arunima Roy

Why Learning Is Child’s Play

Developing brains are designed to learn from the environment and research shows just how adept kids are at extracting knowledge from the world around them. Are our educational systems the best way to support this development?

Much More to Explore at the Brain’s Cellular Level

Ben Skuse

Much More to Explore at the Brain’s Cellular Level

For anyone with an interest in how the cellular inner workings of the brain manifest in our experience of the world, back-to-back morning lectures on Monday, 26 June, from John O'Keefe and Mario Capecchi were the ideal cerebral breakfast. Both gave their first lecture in Lindau.

Young Scientists at #LINO23: Marianna Kapsetaki – Bridging Science and Art

Marianna Kapsetaki

Young Scientists at #LINO23: Marianna Kapsetaki – Bridging Science and Art

Marianna Kapsetaki will attend the 72nd Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting. And hopefully collect valuable memories at Lake Constance, a place she has not visited, yet – though touring globally as a classic pianist and scientific speaker. In regard of her research, memorability is one of her main subjects.

Inside the Brain’s Navigation System: How Nobel Laureates Revealed Its Mysteries

Andrei Mihai

Inside the Brain’s Navigation System: How Nobel Laureates Revealed Its Mysteries

Believe it or not, humans are really good at navigation. That's what enabled us to navigate the world's oceans and landmasses; it allowed us to find our way in vast spaces and create compact, navigable areas such as modern cities. But what gives us this innate navigation ability has eluded scientists for the longest time, and was ultimately awarded a Nobel Prize in 2014.

Viruses Causing Neurodegenerative Diseases

Hanna Kurlanda-Witek

Viruses Causing Neurodegenerative Diseases

Neurodegenerative diseases are set to become a major challenge in medicine in the near future, as most of these diseases are associated with older age. Recently, several new studies have found that viruses could also be the culprit behind neurodegenerative diseases.

The Intricate Workings of the Human Brain

Meeri Kim

The Intricate Workings of the Human Brain

The human brain is a enormously complex organ. Some of its functions were discussed during #LINO70 in two sessions.

Free Will: all in our Heads?

Neysan Donnelly

Free Will: all in our Heads?

Can studying brain activity tell us more about free will?

The Ageing Brain

Judith M. Reichel

The Ageing Brain

Everyone does it, we barely understand it, and as of now, there is no way of stopping it: ageing. What causes our downfall as we get older and can we stop it?

The Hungry Brain

Judith M. Reichel

The Hungry Brain

What connects Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, certain kinds of cancer and obesity? According to several recent studies, the microbiome as part of the gut-brain axis connects all of them and plays a pivotal role when it comes to disease etiology and treatment responsiveness. What connects Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, certain kinds of cancer and obesity? According to several recent studies, the microbiome as part of the gut-brain axis connects all of them and plays a pivotal role when it comes to disease etiology and treatment responsiveness. 

Stefano Sandrone

Nobel Prize 2014: Seahorses, navigation and love

7 things to know about the 2014 Laureates in Physiology or Medicine and their research.

Alexander Bastidas Fry

The future of biomedicine is in neuroscience?

The impact of chemistry and physics to biomedicine apparently has its future in neuroscience according to Erwin Neher. The entire panel discussed various topics (you can read about some of the highlights here), but for me Neher dominated the conversation with his visions of the brain. Erwin Neher (who moved from physics to neuroscience during his […]