Wednesday, 12/4/2024
at 8:00 PM


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We all tend to make foolish decisions. Sometimes we simplify the world too much, but complicate it in many places at the same time. These misjudgments do not occur randomly; instead, they result from certain tendencies in perception, memory, thinking, and judgment. Catastrophic thinking, selective perception, black-and-white thinking, overgeneralization - a whole range of thought patterns ensures that we repeatedly act incorrectly in our daily lives. The neurobiologist Martin Korte sheds light on these thinking mechanisms of our brain and shows how they can influence and sometimes distort our decisions. He provides insights into the latest findings in neurobiology and explains how we can improve our decisions with this knowledge.

Martin Korte is a professor of cellular neurobiology and director of the Zoological Institute at TU Braunschweig. His research focuses on the cellular foundations of learning and memory as well as the processes of forgetting. In addition to his work as a scientist, he regularly gives public lectures for students and politicians.

As part of the International Science Festival – Geist Heidelberg

A few tickets available at the box office

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