Prenzlauer Berg deserted on a Friday night. Perhaps most people are sensible after all?

Other stuff: This new paper uses novel real-time methods to study conscious experience of intention before voluntary action. May avoid some biases of existing methods. Collab: Matthias S-K Elisabeth Parés Pujolràs Karla Matić John-Dylan Haynes NeuroPhilFreeWill doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2…

Talking about (and debunking) neuromarketing on BBC World. Recorded 10 days ago in a bizarrely Corona-deserted radio station in west Berlin. bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3…

Trying out a few experimental mask designs while supervising the kids' homework.

Thinking about improvising a #COVID19 face mask? Here are some scientific data on filtration efficacy (t-shirts, vacuum cleaner bags, etc.). Remember: Its not just about filtration but also about breathability. If you know a better study, please comment! researchgate.net/publication/25…

"Suppress me if you can: Neurofeedback of the readiness potential" Our latest paper showing (lack of) voluntary control over the brain's readiness potential. Comments are very welcome! Thanks to Matthias, Vincent, Thomas and Joram. biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Schering Stiftung Hyphen-Labs. PushMi PullYu Hyphen-Labs art-in-berlin.de/ausstellungs-t…

With the US election a nail-biter I need some good news. Calculating German COVID-19 daily increase (%) vs matching day in previous week (note: for weekends this is quite volatile). Seems there is a positive trend. Is this motivated reasoning / p-hacking? I didn't pre-register!

Incredible my first ever patent. For musical fitness machines. With my dear friends Tom Fritz and Carlo Crovato. This journey began all the way back in 2006 in Leipzig. May the #jimming begin. #Fitness #musictherapy patents.google.com/patent/US20130…

Letzte Woche durfte ich bei RBB zibb über ein paar Gehirnmythen aufklären: Macht Alkohol dumm? Können wir multitasken? Sind große Gehirne besonders intelligent? "Schläft" das Gehirn nachts? Bringt Gehirnjogging etwas? :-) rbb-online.de/zibb/service/g…

"Sind die Gedanken noch frei?". Interview über "Gedankenlesen" mit WDR 3 "Resonanzen". Zu unserem neuen Buch "Fenster ins Gehirn" (mit Matthias Eckoldt). Link zur Sendung: tinyurl.com/h5pws8jd Link zum Buch: tinyurl.com/wkuhhee5

Excellent review of our J Neurosci study on brain localisation and plasticity of the female genital field ("use it or lose it"). With Christine Heim and our great PhD student Andrea Knop. Important groundwork for our next step: studying sexual trauma. scientificamerican.com/article/where-…

Our new preprint with Joram Soch on indirect decoding of behavior.

I'll be sharing a platform with my colleague John Dylan Haynes to discuss the brain, beauty and culture - at the Bundeskunsthalle, Bonn, Germany, at 18:30 hrs (CET) on May 4, 2022

Congratulations to the University of Innsbruck (Anna Buchheim, Carmen Morawetz) for their new 3T Prisma scanner. 👍

Congratulations to former postdoc Anna Kuhlen for joining the faculty of RWTH Aachen! Fantastic news!

The Max Planck School of Cognition is now accepting applications for PhD students and for Clinician Scientists. Deadline is Dec 1st 2022. cognition.maxplanckschools.org/en/application

"I'm in a cheap hotel in California which doesn't have a good internet or phone connection. I was going to have an MRI scan today but I'll have to cancel that!" - New physics laureate Geoffrey Hinton speaking at today’s press conference where his #NobelPrize was announced.