Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Neuroscience

Interdisciplinary research at the interface of neuroscience, psychiatry, and computer science

caian is a research centre within the Transdisciplinary Research Area "Life and Health" at University of Bonn, which aims to enhance our understanding of life across theoretical and disciplinary boundaries.

We investigate the human brain, cognition, and behaviour from a transdisciplinary perspective, drawing on the fields of neuroscience, computer science, and psychology. Using artificial intelligences as scientific discovery models and as research tools, we seek to understand biological intelligence, how it is enabled in the central nervous system, and how it fails in neuropsychiatric disorder.

News
Publication Alert: New Article on Pharmacological Effects on Human Aversive Memory
In this systematic review, we synthesised evidence from 100 studies across 36 compounds and 13 biological systems examining how acute pharmacological interventions influence aversive memory formation, retrieval, reconsolidation, and extinction in healthy humans. Highlights Assessed effects of 36 compounds targeting 13 signaling systems on aversive memory Most frequently studied compounds are hydrocortisone, propranolol, and D-cycloserin Solid evidence for propranolol inhibiting reconsolidation Fifteen candidate compounds with potential effects for future research identified Read the pre-proof journal article here (open access): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2026.106548 
Dominik Bach Wins Grant for Building New Brain Scan Facility
We are excited to announce that over the course of the next three years, Professor Bach will install and establish an infrastructure for OPMEG research at University of Bonn's medical campus.
Save the Date - NN2026
We are hosting the symposium Naturalistic Neuroscience – From Perception to Action and Back on 28-29 May 2026.
Events
caian talk 28/01/2026 with Marta Andreatta
Institute of Computer ...
01:00 PM - 02:00 PM
Guest talk by Marta Andreatta (University Hospital Tübingen) on "When context matters in shaping defensive responses" Defensive responses are strongly ...
caian talk 11/12/2025 with Charley Wu
Institute of Computer ...
01:00 PM - 02:00 PM
Guest talk by Charley Wu (TU Darmstadt) on "Generalization Guides Exploration Across Development, Social Contexts, and Memory" Human learning and ...
“Attack Mode: On!” – Test your reaction skills in virtual reality
Centre for AI and ...
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Panther. Bear. Snakes. Threats that we rarely encounter around here, but that are notoriously difficult to escape from. Would you like to test your skills and ...
caian talk 19/11/2025 with Manos Konstantinidis
Institute of Computer ...
01:00 PM - 02:00 PM
Guest Talk by Manos Konstantinidis (University of Warwick) on "Sources of information and confidence in experiential risky choice". Research on ...

Research 

Hertz Chair for Artificial Intelligence and Neuroscience

Prof. Dr. Dr. Dominik Bach

PI of the Critical Intelligence Lab

Professor for Computational Neuroscience

Prof. Dr. Floris de Lange

PI of the Predictive Brain Lab

Research Interests 

Grant Funding

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Contact Us

Office Administration

Please direct general inquiries and questions related to teaching to our office manager, Anja Menke.

Contact

+49 (0)228 / 7369530

caian.office@uni-bonn.de

Address

Room 4.16
Am Propsthof 49
53121 Bonn

Research Management

Please direct questions regarding grant proposals, grant funing, ethics applications, and press inquiries to our research coordinator, Merle Ingenfeld.

Contact

+49 (0)228 / 7369533

caian.admin@uni-bonn.de

Address

Room 4.15
Am Propsthof 49
53121 Bonn

Participant Management

Please direct any questions regarding scheduling or further information on specific studies to our research team.

Address

Ground Floor Lab Space
Am Propsthof 49
53121 Bonn

Directions

Location: 

Am Propsthof 49 in 53121 Bonn, Germany

Our lab is located on University of Bonn's Natural Sciences Campus in Endenich.

Limited street parking is available. 

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How to reach us via public transport

Public transport stops nearby include several bus lines and a train stop:

  • buses 631, 633 (exit "Gerhard Domack Strasse" or "Propsthof Nord"), 
  • buses 608, 609, 610, 611 (exit "Verdistrasse"),
  • U-Bahn line 16 (exit "Propsthof Nord"). 
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