Book chapter (in German) after a conference on chance in natural systems. Reference: B. Brembs and M. Heisenberg, “Der Zufall als kreatives Element in Gehirn und Verhalten,” in Zufall in der belebten Natur, edited by U. Herkenrath (Verlag Roman Kovar, […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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The main function of brains is to generate adaptive behavior. Far from being the stereotypical, robot-like insect, the fruit fly Drosophila exhibits astounding flexibility and chooses different courses of actions even under identical external circumstances. Due to the power of […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
In contrast to the long-held assumption that the organization of behavior is best characterized as the perception of a sensory stimulus followed by appropriate response (i.e., “sensorimotor hypothesis”), recent converging evidence from multiple systems and fields of study instead suggests […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Brembs B. (2001): Hamilton’s Theory. In: Brenner, S. and Miller, J. (eds) Encyclopedia of Genetics, Academic Press, London, New York. 906-910
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Cognition can be viewed as the integrating process that utilizes both phylogenetic and physiological memory, creates an internal representation of the world and a basis for expecting the future of the animal’s own actions within the experienced environment. It thus […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Essay for the Encyclopedia of Neuroscience from Springer. Editors: Marc D. Binder, Nobutaka Hirokawa and Uwe Windhorst. ISBN: 978-3-540-23735-8 (Print) 978-3-540-29678-2 (Online).
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