Research

Beer can lift your spirits: Scientists at FAU have examined 13,000 food components to find out whether they stimulate the reward centre in the brain and make people feel good

Stroke, depression and dementia: these are associated with micro-failures in brain communication. FAU researchers are looking at what exactly happens in these situations and are hoping to identify possible ways of preventing permanent brain damage and speeding up the healing processes.

These training programmes, which are provided online and can also be accessed using a smartphone, are designed to help sufferers prevent and deal with depression. Researchers at FAU have won awards for their work in this field.

FAU-based scientist publishes feasibility study of carbon dioxide-free heavy goods road transport.

In early modern times, magical rituals were part of the body of knowledge of the educated classes of society. A researcher from FAU investigated a previously undiscovered collection of 140 ritual magical manuscripts.