In March 2026, the Brain Awareness Week campaign will take place all around the world. The aim of the annual event is to arouse interest and enthusiasm for brain research. The global campaign is organized by the Dana Foundation and Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (FENS).
In Düsseldorf, in collaboration with the Institute for Clinical Neuroscience and Medical Psychology, the Institute for Linguistics (chair of Psycholinguistics and Neurolinguistics) is organizing a two-day event to celebrate the brain research conducted by the Heinrich Heine Institute.
Participation is free of charge; registration is not required.
| 16:30 - 17:55 | Activity | Exhibitions on Psycholinguistics and Anatomy |
| 18:00 - 18:10 | Welcome | Katharina Spalek |
| 18:10 - 18:35 | Talk | Kevin Tang What's in a slip of the tongue? Using articulatory-informed AI models to understand neurological disorders, intoxication, and second language accent |
| 18:35 - 19:00 | Talk | Cristina Cara & Laura Bartylla The expert brain – How experience shapes neural performance |
| 19:00 - 19:10 | Pub Quizz | Pamela Villar González |
| 19:10 - 19:20 | B R E A K | |
| 19:20 - 19:45 | Talk | Tejas Borkar Reimagining Brain Cancer Research: How Organoids Are Replacing Animal Models in Glioblastoma Studies |
| 19:40 - 21:00 | Activity | Ask a Scientist & Exhibitions on Psycholinguistics and Anatomy |
| 18:00 | Welcome | Prof. Dr. Katharina Spalek |
| 18:05 | Tour of the Gait lab | PD Dr. Jan Hirschmann |
| 18:25 | Talk | PD Dr. Jan Hirschmann Eine Einführung in die Hirnforschung |
| 19:00 | Tour of the Magnetoencephalography lab | Prof. Dr. Esther Florin |
| 19:25 | Talk | Dr. Jasmin Pfeifer Hirnstimulation und Amusie |
| 18:00 | Welcome | Pamela Villar González |
| 18:05 | Talk | Prof. Dr. Esther Florin Deep Brain Stimulation in Parkinson's disease - what about adaptive stimulation? |
| 18: 25 | Tour of the Magnetoencephalography lab | Prof. Dr. Esther Florin |
| 19:00 | Talk | Dr. Jasmin Pfeifer Brain stimulation and amusia |
| 19:25 | Gait Lab Tour | PD Dr. Jan Hirschmann |
