MindBrainBody Symposium
Registration is open!
13th MindBrainBody Symposium 2026: 9-11 March 2026 Berlin & Virtual
The 13th MindBrainBody (MBB) Symposium 2026 will take place from 9th-11th of March 2026 in Berlin and virtually during the International Brain Awareness Week 2026. The Symposium is organized as part of the program of Max Planck School of Cognition (MPSCog), in cooperation with the Department of Neurology at the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, the Berlin School of Mind and Brain, and the Competence Network Stroke (KNS) in Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin.
Venue: Kaiserin-Friedrich-Haus | Robert-Koch-Platz 7, 10115 Berlin-Mitte, Germany
Registration deadline: 8th of January 2026
Link: https://survey.academiccloud.de/f/464284?lang=en
Keynote Speakers:
Ulrike Bingel (University Medicine Essen)
Karl Friston (University College London)
Tina Lonsdorf (Bielefeld University)
Sonja Kotz (Maastricht University)
Julian Thayer (University of California/Irvine)
The program of the Symposium at the venue in Berlin is composed of hybrid keynote lectures, oral presentations by participants, workshops and in-person poster sessions (with a poster prize), as well as an MBB Young Scientist Award (see below). Attendance without presentation is possible. Previously showcased posters are also eligible for submission. The Symposium Booklet with abstracts will be published with a DOI.
Registration starts at the venue at 3:00pm. The opening lecture on 9th of March is at 4:00pm. On 11th of March the lectures will end around 4:30pm in the venue.
We are happy to welcome postdoctoral and doctoral researchers as well as students from the domains of cognitive, affective and social neurosciences, cognitive neurology and neuropsychiatry, psychology or other behavioral and social sciences to submit abstracts (max. 300 words) to present a talk or a poster. Please check here for more details.
MBB Young Scientist Award
You can also apply for an MBB Young Scientist Award. It would provide you with the opportunity to embark on a funded research stay at the MindBrainBody Institute in Berlin (Berlin School of Mind and Brain) or at the Department of Neurology, Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences (MPI CBS Leipzig). If you wish to be considered for the MBB Young Scientist Award, please add your CV and a project proposal (maximum 2 pages/800 words) that can be carried out over a 3-month period in the domain of our research fields.
Registration Fee: 70 EUR in person or 20 EUR virtual only
Invited applicants will get an email with the payment details in February 2026.
Everyone will get payment vouchers with the certificates per email at the end of the MBB Symposium.
Program
You can download later the updated Program 2026.
You can check the poster sessions with numbers, presenters and titles later in Poster Order.
You can also check later the Poster PDF Files 2026
You can find all the abstracts of the lectures, talks and workshops, as well as the poster abstracts later in our MBB Symposium Booklet 2026.
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The 13th MBB Symposium is sponsored by
Looking forward to your participation!
For further questions, please contact:
Dr. Anahit Babayan | E-mail: babayan(at)cbs.mpg.de