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Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics @mpicybernetics.bsky.social · 1d

🎓✨ The 2025 CaCTüS interns wrapped up their research at the CaCTüS Symposium, sharing inspiring work!
Read more 👉https://kyb.tuebingen.mpg.de/cactues25
📅 Get ready: the next round of international CaCTüS internship applications is about to open on Oct 16.
#Research #Internship #CACTÜS

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Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics @mpicybernetics.bsky.social · 8d

The Max Planck School of Cognition is still accepting PhD applications. Join an interdisciplinary community where AI meets neuroscience, psychology meets philosophy, and curiosity drives discovery.
📅 Apply today: cognition.maxplanckschools.org/en

#PhD #Cognition #Research

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Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics @mpicybernetics.bsky.social · 16d

🚀 Applications for the Max Planck School of Cognition are now open!
Looking for a PhD in cognition? If your background is in AI, neuroscience, psychology, biology, philosophy, physics (or another area related to cognition), this could be your next step!
cognition.maxplanckschools.org/en/application

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Tobias Hauser @tobiasuhauser.bsky.social · Aug 19

📢 We are hiring! 📢
For our @wellcometrust.bsky.social grant on information gathering biases in #OCD and #Schizophrenia, we are looking for a Postdoc in Computational Modelling, supervised by Peter Dayan and myself.
Interested? See all the details in the job advert here: devcompsy.org/wp-content/u...

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ALT: a penguin is sticking his head out of a hole next to a job application

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Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics @mpicybernetics.bsky.social · 22d

From Europe to Asia to the U.S.: Scientists of visual neuroscience came together at the Systems Vision Science Summer School & Symposium, hosted by Max Planck researcher Li Zhaoping.
Looking forward to a virtual gathering in 2026, and an in-person event again in 2027!

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Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics @mpicybernetics.bsky.social · 29d

Colors leave unique ‘maps’ in our brains, so consistent across people that Michael Bannert and Andreas Bartels (both MPI for Biological Cybernetics) could predict which color someone saw...just from fMRI data. 🌈🧠 Their findings point to deep evolutionary roots in how we perceive color.

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Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics @mpicybernetics.bsky.social · Aug 14

🧠💡 How do fleeting impressions turn into lasting memories?
Svenja Brodt’s brain scan research reveals clues — and offers hope for Alzheimer’s: when memory formation falters, the brain may tap a backup system.
Read more 👉 www.kyb.tuebingen.mpg.de/rapid-memory...

Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics @mpicybernetics.bsky.social · Jul 31

🚨 The first-ever Soapbox Science in Tübingen was a huge success!
11 women scientists took to the streets to share their research—engaging and accessible.
Our own Carolina Guidolin and Maydel Fernandez-Alonso were among the speakers.
💥 We’ll be back next year! #SoapboxScience #WomenInSTEM

Carolina Guidolin presents her research to a general public in a public square in downtown Tübingen.

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Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics @mpicybernetics.bsky.social · Jul 10

🚀 Congratulations to our neighbors at the Tübingen AI Center on the upcoming big move to their new home! 🏢✨
We’re excited to see your research and innovation continue to thrive in this new space. Wishing you a smooth transition . Here's to continued collaboration in the neighborhood!

Tübingen AI Center @tuebingen-ai.bsky.social · Jul 9

Natural light, open spaces and room for collaboration — here’s a preview of our new home for AI research in Tübingen. We can’t wait to move in!
@unituebingen.bsky.social @maxplanckcampus.bsky.social @mwk-bw.bsky.social
#MovingForward #BehindTheScenes #NewBuilding #TUEAI

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Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics @mpicybernetics.bsky.social · Jul 8

We are seeking two independent Max Planck Research Groups working in scientific disciplines relevant to our institute. Applications should be sent in PDF format no later than 15th August 2025. Visit our call for applications on our institute website for detailed information!

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Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics @mpicybernetics.bsky.social · Jul 7

The CaCTüS Internship is an innovative program designed to foster inclusion, diversity, and equity: cactus-internship.tuebingen.mpg.de

CaCTüS – Computation and Cognition Tübingen Summer Internship

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Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics @mpicybernetics.bsky.social · Jul 7

A big welcome to the new CaCTüS 🌵interns!
Nine research talents 🎓 from all over the world spend three months at the MPIs Tübingen and Stuttgart.
We're so excited to have them! 🎉

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Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics @mpicybernetics.bsky.social · Jul 2

Read the full story here: www.kyb.tuebingen.mpg.de/glang

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Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics @mpicybernetics.bsky.social · Jun 26

🏅Big congrats to Felix Glang, recipient of the Otto Hahn Medal for developing novel MRI methods that deliver better images in less time. A big step forward for imaging MRI techniques! #MRI #OttoHahnMedal

Felix Glang with his doctoral advisor Klaus Scheffler and Asifa Akhtar, vice president of the Max Planck Society

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Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics @mpicybernetics.bsky.social · May 28

A new study by @helmholtz_munich, @MPI_Kyb & @uni_tue shows GPT-4 excels in logic—but struggles with trust & teamwork.
🧠 Using a technique called Social Chain-of-Thought, researchers made it better at human-like interaction.
#AI #GPT4 #SocialAI #GameTheory #TrustInAI

Helmholtz Munich @helmholtzmunich.bsky.social · May 28

AI Meets Game Theory:
New study reveals that while today’s AI is smart, it still has much to learn about social intelligence.

Read more:🔗 t1p.de/ifuyh

@ericschulz.bsky.social

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Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics @mpicybernetics.bsky.social · May 13

Science knows no borders! 🔬In a world where international exchange may face challenges, research thrives on collaboration. Just together, we can shape the future! 🚀

Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics @mpicybernetics.bsky.social · May 9

Was hat Licht💡mit Deinem Schlaf und Alltag zu tun?

Besuche unser mobiles Forschungs-Lab 🔬 im Mai und Juni 2025 in München, Karlsruhe, Rostock, Chemnitz und Leipzig!

Ab 10. Mai sind auf dem Gelände es Deutschen Museums in München!

Alle Infos zur Tour hier:
👉 nachtmensch-oder-fruehaufsteher.de

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Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics @mpicybernetics.bsky.social · May 8

DEADLINE EXTENDED!
You can also register without contribution.
Our symposium takes place at the end of our Systems Vision Science Summer School Aug. 11-22, 2025.
To contribute or participate, please fill out the appropriate form at
summerschool.lizhaoping.org

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Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics @mpicybernetics.bsky.social · Apr 24

ONE WEEK LEFT TO SEND CONTRIBUTIONS!
Join the Systems #VisionScience #Symposium
🗓️ Aug. 20-22, 2025
📍Tübingen, Germany
⏰ Submit your contribution until April 30
👉 summerschool.lizhaoping.org
#neuroscience #computationalscience #visionscience #vision

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Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics @mpicybernetics.bsky.social · Apr 17

🧠🤖 New study led by @surabhisnath reveals striking parallels between human and AI creativity. Both people and LLMs use flexible and persistent strategies — but AI leans into one at a time. Pairing people with complementary LLMs could supercharge co-creation.
👉 www.kyb.tuebingen.mpg.de/creativity

Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics @mpicybernetics.bsky.social · Apr 16

How do we spot a familiar face in a crowd? 🧠
Max Planck researcher Pascal Fries reveals: Our brain filters sensory input by syncing nerve cell activity across layers, using a unique key signal to focus attention: kyb.tuebingen.mpg.de/822538/news_...
#neuroscience #attention #cognitivescience

Brain waves in harmony

The human brain continuously processes sensory impulses that compete for our attention. Our ability to select enables us to process specific information and ignore irrelevant stimuli. In this way, we ...

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Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics @mpicybernetics.bsky.social · Apr 14

🧠 New episode of our podcast Signals & Synapses out now!
What are brain oscillations, and why do we need them? Cohost Chiara Zanonato talks with neuroscientist Pascal Fries about how rhythmic brain activity helps regions sync up.
🔗 Tune in here tinyurl.com/45tj5r78 or on any podcast platform.

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Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics @mpicybernetics.bsky.social · Apr 10

CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS!
Present your work at the Systems #VisionScience #Symposium 👁️
🗓️ Aug. 20-22, 2025
📍Tübingen, Germany
⏰ Submit your contribution until April 30.
👉 summerschool.lizhaoping.org
#neuroscience #computationalscience #visionscience #vision

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Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics @mpicybernetics.bsky.social · Apr 10

Top-down feedback along the ventral visual pathway is mainly directed to foveal representations, a prediction confirmed by reversed depth illusion. After more than ten years of exploring a new framework, Max Planck researcher Zhaoping Li is sharing her recent findings: shorturl.at/nPdgb

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Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics @mpicybernetics.bsky.social · Apr 4

Today is the last day to vote for CaCTüS 🌵as one of the most inspiring and successful concepts for the Impact of Diversity Award 🏳️‍🌈. Help us show what real change in living diversity in the sciences 🔬⚛️ looks like! Cast your vote for CaCTüS now!
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