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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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Pain - When it hurts

Language – the big unknown

Stress: Too much of everything!

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With constructive feedback our brain learns the perfect timing

How the mother's mood influences her baby's ability to speak

Show me your brain scan and I'll tell you how old you really are

The hemispheres are not equal: How the brain is not symmetrical

Potential of nigrosome imaging for earlier diagnosis of Parkinson's disease

Similarity between schizophrenia and dementia discovered for the first time

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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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