23. – 26.09.2019
(Ruhr-University Bochum)
The Research Training Group ‘Situated Cognition’ invites applications for this year’s summer school. The summer school aims to provide state-of-the-art scientific and research-oriented training on recent developments in situated approaches to cognition in various research fields such as philosophy, psychology, and neuroscience. The Research Training Group invites highly promising doctoral students and early postdoctoral researchers from European and overseas universities and research institutions. The open and constructive setting provides an opportunity for networking, which is complemented by intensive discussions and interactions with leading experts and fellow students.
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Deadline for applications: May 31st, 2019
The Center for Mind and Cognition is a platform at the Ruhr-University Bochum that aims to foster interdisciplinary research at the intersection of philosophy, psychology, psychiatry, computational modelling, neuroscience and other areas of cognitive research in engineering, law and educational research. We are pleased to announce an international call for fellowships from September 1st 2019 until July 31st 2020 aimed at outstanding researchers.
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A new research group headed by Prof. Sen Cheng from the Institute of Neuroinformatics and founded by the German Research Foundation will start in July 2019 at the Ruhr-University Bochum. The research group aims to develop a theory of episodic memory based on scenarios, i.e. mental simulations of past events.
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Wie Dohlen sich merken, was sie wann wo getan haben (How jackdaws remember what they did where and when)
Doktorandin Aylin Klarer verbringt viel Zeit mit den Dohlen – das muss sie auch, denn die Wildvögel sind Neuem gegenüber sehr skeptisch.
Um mit den exzentrischen Krähenvögeln zu arbeiten, braucht es Geduld und Zeit. Aber sie gehören zu den intelligentesten Vertretern im Vogelreich.
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Karriereplattform für Neurowissenschaftlerinnen gestartet
(New career platform for female neuroscientists)
Denise Manahan-Vaughan, Gründerin von Neuronexxt, zusammen mit RUB-Kanzlerin Christina Reinhardt und SFB-Koordinatorin Sabine Dannenberg bei der Auftaktveranstaltung
Das in Bochum gegründete Netzwerk will Forscherinnen international sichtbarer machen. Zugleich ist es ein nützliches Tool für die Recherche.
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Bevacizumab gegen Hirntumoren kann kognitive Einschränkungen auslösen
(Bevacizumab against brain tumors can cause cognitive impairments)
Die Forscher haben untersucht, wie der Wirkstoff direkt auf Nervenzellen wirkt.
Das Medikament beeinträchtigt möglicherweise die Leistung des Hippocampus.
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