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I don’t see, but I recognize – how the brain recognizes faces without consciousness

09.04.2019

During each moment, a vast amount of different stimuli reach our senses – sounds, sensations, and objects in the field of view. Since the capacity of our attention is limited, we only processes a small fraction of them. So what happens to the stimuli that reaches our senses, but do not get access to our consciousness? Can they influence our behavior without our knowledge and control? Research currently being carried out at the Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology, PAS aims ...

The world of science honours 100 years of achievements of the Nencki Institute

09.12.2018

On 15-16th November, over 400 representatives of science from Poland and abroad, participated in a jubilee two-day conference organized in Warsaw, to celebrate 100 years of the Nencki Institute ...