▁in ▁ 1 9 7 8 ▁as ▁successor ▁of ▁Hans ▁Wol ter . ▁He ▁established ▁the ▁Bi oph ys ics ▁/ ▁Ne uro physics ▁research ▁group ▁there , ▁and ▁perfect ed ▁a ▁multi - m icro - elect ro de ▁recording ▁technique ▁he ▁had ▁developed ▁in ▁a ▁collaboration ▁between ▁the ▁West ing house ▁Electric ▁( 1 8 8 6 ) ▁Research ▁Labor ator ies ▁and ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Pitts burgh . ▁With ▁that ▁technique , ▁object - related ▁synchron izations ▁in ▁the ▁visual ▁system ▁were ▁discovered ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 9 . ▁Based ▁on ▁that ▁principle ▁he ▁developed ▁concepts ▁and ▁models ▁for ▁figure - ground ▁separation ▁and ▁object ▁recognition ▁in ▁computer ▁vision . ▁ ▁F lex ible ▁neural ▁cou pl ings ▁via ▁synchron izations ▁became ▁an ▁important ▁branch ▁in ▁brain ▁research ▁for ▁a ▁better ▁understanding ▁of ▁the ▁neural ▁mechan isms ▁underlying ▁associ ative ▁processes . ▁Re it b ö ck ▁is ▁considered ▁a ▁pione er ▁in ▁that ▁field ▁Rein ard ▁E ck horn : ▁F lex ible ▁Ko pp lungen ▁im ▁Ge h ir n . ▁Zum ▁ 7 0 . ▁Geb urt stag ▁des ▁Ne uro phys ik ers ▁Professor ▁Her i bert ▁J . P . ▁Re it b ö ck . ▁ ▁Life ▁and ▁work ▁▁ ▁Re it b ö ck ▁studied ▁Information ▁Technology ▁at ▁the ▁Techn ical ▁University ▁of ▁Vienna ▁and ▁got ▁his ▁master ' s ▁degree ▁( Di plom ▁- ▁In gen ieur ) ▁with ▁a ▁th esis ▁in ▁cy ber net ics ▁ment ored ▁by ▁Hein