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The following articles have been translated into English with the courtesy of Manfred Spitzer from his works as published in the "Nervenheilkunde" series, Schattauer Publishers, Stuttgart, New York.

Better Than Thought: Learning, Dopamine and Neuroplasticity

Brain versus the gut: Experience versus strength

Post and pop-out: About the neuroplasticity of cortical maps in postal workers

Learning, LTP and the hippocampus

Learning during sleep: off-line reprocessing

Learning in the womb: hearing, touching and smelling

The focus of attention and working memory

From Neurons to Delusions

Descartes, glutamate and the fifth taste

Engagement rings, parasites and brains

Violence on TV: We Must Stop Watching

How many H2O molecules are wet? Pseudo categorical mistakes and the scope of empirical research

To have an idea versus to justify it: Why medicine is more than science

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