The neurocognitive research building THINK (Zentrum für Theoretische und Integrative Neuro- und Kognitionswissenschaft) is now finally approved by the Joint Science Commission that is constituted by the German Ministry of Science and Education as well as the local science ministries of all Federal States of Germany. The commission thus follows the advice of the Wissenschaftsrat (Central Science Commission of Germany). THINK was even chosen as the best science building application of 2019 and will be funded with 89 million Euro.
This new center will be the future core point of research on the neuronal mechanisms of cognition, hybrid cognitive systems, and artificial intelligence in Bochum. It is the first German science building ever that was successfully applied from a speaker from psychology (Onur Güntürkün) and will house ca. 100 scientists who can run within 4,000m2 cutting edge research that span from philosophy of mind to single cell recording, and from technical applications to high field imaging. THINK is planned to be ready in 2024 and will be located on the north edge of the previous Opel car plant.