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Behavioural Biology . Neurosciences
The singing of zebra finches
June 01, 2010
Scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Ornithology in Seewiesen measure the electrical signals employed by the neurons of the brain to control singing [more]
Medicine . Neurosciences
Growth treatments for nerve cells
October 11, 2008
Nerves of the peripheral nervous system regrow after injury, nerve cells of the central nervous system do not. The cells' backbone structure could make the difference. [more]
Cognitive Science . Computer Science . Neurosciences
Where machines go to school
February 11, 2005
The objects of their study are computer programs and algorithms - machines that are designed to solve complex problems, and whose strength lies in processing large and highly intricate quantities of data. Which is why the learning theorists under Bernhard Schölkopf, Director at the Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics in Tübingen, are not focusing on school and pedagogy, but rather on the question of how machines can learn. [more]
