ESI is dedicated to basic neurobiological research. The focus is on analyzing the neural processes underlying higher cognitive functions.
The overarching goal of research at ESI is to gain deeper insights into the organization and functioning of the human brain. The work of our research groups at CoBIC focuses on questions relating to perception, memory, navigation, and language.
Dr. Rosanne Rademaker
Group Leader
Ernst Strüngmann Institute (ESI) of the Max Planck Society
rosanne.rademaker[at]esi-frankfurt.de
Rademaker Lab
The Rademaker Lab investigates how the interplay of perception and cognition leads to the rich experience that constitutes human perception. The research group is currently investigating how images that are retained in memory for a short time can be reliably recalled.
More information: https://esi-frankfurt.de/de/forschung/labs/rademaker-lab/
Dr. Martha Nari Havenith
martha.havenith[at]esi-frankfurt.de
Dr. Marieke Schölvinck
marieke.scholvinck[at]esi-frankfurt.de
Group Leaders
Ernst Strüngmann Institute (ESI) of the Max Planck Society
Zero Noise Lab
The Zero Noise Lab compares behavioral and neural data from mice, non-human primates, and humans performing the same tasks in virtual reality, with the aim of understanding the cross-species neural mechanisms underlying natural behavior.
More information: https://esi-frankfurt.de/de/forschung/labs/havenith-schoelvinck-lab/
Dr. Manuel Brenner
Group Leader
Ernst Strüngmann Institute (ESI) of the Max Planck Society
manuel.brenner[at]esi-frankfurt.de
Brenner Lab
Thinking, feeling, and behavior are not static, but arise, like some mental illnesses, from changing processes in the brain. Researchers at the Brenner Lab are developing machine learning methods that map these dynamics from complex multimodal data.
More information: https://esi-frankfurt.de/de/forschung/labs/brenner-lab/