We congratulate our colleague Eddie Seabrook on the successful defense of his PhD dissertation “On the spectral theory of Markov chains and its application to Slow Feature Analysis” on May 29, 2026.

We, the Theory of Neural Systems group, and the INI wish Eddie all the best for his next...

We congratulate our colleague Xiangshuai Zeng on the successful defense of his PhD dissertation “Modeling the function of episodic memory in spatial navigation: a reinforcement learning approach” on 17th April, 2026. We in the Computational Neuroscience Group and the INI wish Xiangshuai all the...

Our study highlights potential mechanisms of serotonin modulating consciousness and perception, indicating enhanced top-down processing during altered states. Psychedelic substances are increasingly being used under medical supervision to treat anxiety disorders and depression. Altogether our...

We congratulate our colleague Gergö Gömöri on the successful defense of his PhD dissertation “Brain-wide neural correlates of post-error slowing” on 27th January, 2026. We in the Neural Data Science Group and the INI wish Gergö all the best for his future!

xtinction learning is a complex process in which we learn that previously acquired knowledge is no longer relevant. Our behavior is adjusted accordingly. The process of extinction learning therefore involves not only forgetting old information, but also a new learning process. However, the...