Ernst Strüngmann Institute (ESI) for Neuroscience
Neuronal processes underlying higher cognitive functions and their deterioration in disease
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… to the Ernst Strüngmann Institute (ESI) for Neuroscience in Cooperation with Max Planck Society. The ESI is an independent research institute financed by the Ernst Strüngmann Foundation which was created by Drs. Andreas and Thomas Strüngmann and named after their father Dr. Ernst Strüngmann. The ESI is under the scientific governance of the Max Planck Society with the mission to perform excellent fundamental brain research. ESI research focuses on understanding how the many parts of the brain work together to bring about our behaviour.
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Exploring how the brain predicts the future
Our brain uses past experience to infer what is to be expected for the immediate future. Now, ESI scientist Martin Vinck has been awarded with an ERC starting grant to research how this is implemented by brain cells. ...read more