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In scanning tunneling microscopy, we witness in recent years a paradigm shift from “just imaging” to detailed spectroscopic measurements at the nanoscale and multi-tip scanning tunneling microscope (STM) is a technique following this trend. It is capable of performing nanoscale charge transport measurements like a “multimeter at the nanoscale.” Distance-dependent four-point measurements, the acquisition of nanoscale potential maps at current carrying nanostructures and surfaces, as well as the acquisition of I − V curves of nanoelectronic devices are examples of the capabilities of the multi-tip STM technique. [...]

The posterior superior temporal sulcus (pSTS) plays an important role in biological motion perception but is also thought to be essential for speech and facial processing. However, although there are many previous investigations of distinct functional modules within the pSTS, the functional organization of the pSTS in its full functional heterogeneity has not yet been established. [...]

Skilled visual object and pattern recognition form the basis of many everyday behaviours. The game of chess has often been used as a model case for studying how long-term experience aides in perceiving objects and their spatio-functional interrelations. [...]