Ruhr-Universitaet-Bochum

Psychology & Psychiatry

The alarm theory of consciousness

Humans have consciousness. However, is it just a result of evolution or does it serve a crucial purpose? Professors Albert Newen from Ruhr University Bochum, Germany, and Carlos Montemayor from San Francisco State University, ...

Genetics

How genes, brain characteristics and intelligence are connected

Intelligence is partly heritable. There are studies that show that certain genetic variations are linked to better performance in intelligence tests. Other studies show that a variety of brain characteristics, such as network ...

Oncology & Cancer

AI with infrared imaging enables precise colon cancer diagnostics

The immense progress in the field of therapy options over the past years has significantly improved the chances of cure for patients with colon cancer. However, these new approaches, such as immunotherapies, require precise ...

Medical research

How hepatitis E viruses enter cells

Although hepatitis E is a common disease, little is known about the life cycle of the virus. Initial findings on how it manages to infect cells are reported by a team from Molecular and Medical Virology at Ruhr University ...

Neuroscience

A new tool for studying processes in the cerebellum

Processes in the cerebellum are involved in various diseases that affect motor learning. These can be better investigated using a new tool developed by a Bochum research group: a light-activatable protein that is coupled ...

Psychology & Psychiatry

What pretend play tells us about social cognition

The ability to adopt another person's perspective is important for social cognition and, consequently, for human coexistence. But at what point during child development are we able to do this?

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