Berlin Brains

"Hot Sand and Ice Pops - How Our Brain Detects Temperature"

When we touch hot sand or hold an ice pop, we instantly recognize whether it's warm or cold. But how does our brain achieve this remarkable ability? Where and how are temperature signals processed? Dr. Svenja Steinfelder and Gamze Güney will explain in their lecture how the brain processes sensory information about temperature to protect us from burning our fingers or suffering frostbite.

Speakers:
Dr. Svenja Steinfelder, Neural Circuits and Behavior Research Group at the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association (MDC)

Gamze Güney, Neural Circuits and Behavior Research Group at the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association (MDC)

Moderation:
Dr. Jochen Müller

Series Information:
Berlin Brains is a joint event series organized by Urania Berlin, the Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience Berlin (BCCN), the Excellence Clusters NeuroCure and Science of Intelligence, the Einstein Center for Neurosciences Berlin (ECN), the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC), and the Collaborative Research Center SFB 1315.

Admission:
Free

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