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At the Max Planck Institute's Children's Laboratory (Child Lab), for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, we investigate the way children understand and interpret themselves and others.

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Using New Technology to Help Recovery from Stroke

Pain - When it hurts

Language – the big unknown

Stress: Too much of everything!

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How asymmetry of brain halves contributes to human cognition

Non-invasive method measures finest reactions of the spinal cord

People think in many dimensions at a time

Sex differences in the brain? More complex than you’d think!

How adaptable to psychosocial stress is the teenage brain?

Otto Hahn Medal for Rachel Zsido and Markus Frey

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On the trail of complexity - brain research at MPI CBS

Die vielfältige Wirkung von Druck

Entspannt bis in die Haarspitzen

BLOG: Thinky & Brain

Warum ist Abnehmen so schwer?

Exchange 7Tesla MRI scanner - Farewell & New Beginning

The Science of enjoyable Pop Songs

Hör mal!

The super brain scanner

A glimpse into our Language Development Lab

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