The role of finger counting and the significance of embodied cognition
Is our brain a computer? A calculating machine? A processor of information with memory capacity problems? For a long time neuroscientists thought so. …
Psycholinguists from Potsdam examine how the human brain processes language
We can understand what we read and hear without any difficulty. We do this without ever really thinking about the high performance of our brain. It is …
Political scientists from Potsdam are dealing with the challenges of climate change
Climate change is among those topics that are discussed the most intensively all over the world. Even if it is not evident at first glance, these are …
Young academics investigate “Contested Public Administration”
Science rarely seems to be simple because it tries to explore the unexplored and to understand what has not been understood so far. The questions and …
Drought, heat, caterpillars, hail - plants cannot run away from dangerous situations. They have to cope with stress in a different way. Biologists are …
