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Research at the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences revolves around human cognitive abilities and cerebral processes, with a focus on language, music, and action. Studies look into the perception of language; music; actions (and their outcome); the planning and generation of language and activity; and the interaction between, and common functional principles of, generation and perception in various cognitive fields.
Specific research topics examine how humans plan and produce language and action, the way in which they perceive actions and action effects, as well as language and music. The main focus is on the interaction and common functional bases of production and perception in these and other cognitive domains. The MPI for Human Cognitive and Brain Science provides an exciting framework for these topical and alluring theoretical domains, with the full gamut of cognitive and neuroscientific methodology available under one roof.
The Institute consists of four departments. Managing Director is Professor Arno Villringer.
Neurology (Villringer)
Neuropsychology (Friederici)
Social Neuroscience (Singer)
Neurophysics (Turner)
Neuropsychology (Friederici)
Social Neuroscience (Singer)
Neurophysics (Turner)
A hallmark of the Institute and its research strategies is the dovetailing of research, development, and engineering. The centre draws on elaborate modern imaging techniques – a new 7-Tesla scanner was taken into use in summer 2007 – which are gaining ground even as part of more conventional behavioural approaches. Both Leipzig's long tradition in conducting psychological and neuroscientific research and the ultra-modern equipment at the Institute provide an environment that offers new perspectives for the largely behavioural work of the former Munich institute. At the same time, researchers from the former MPI for Cognitive NeuroScience benefit from the wide range of behavioural science topics and related experimental paradigms brought in by the Munich groups.
For an overview of our current research topics, see our brochure.
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