Event archive

Host: Department of Social Neuroscience

Dr Vanessa Scholz | Understanding motivational biases in decision making – Individual differences and the role of psychiatric symptoms

Guest Lecture

Prof. Dr Dan Zahavi | Empathy and we-intentionality: A role for phenomenology?

Guest Lecture
In my talk, I will give a brief introduction to recent attempts of facilitating a dialogue between phenomenology and cognitive (neuro)science, and then in more detail present some ideas about the nature of empathy and second-person engagement and discuss how both might play a role in collective intentionality and affective sharing. [more]

Prof. George Chrousos | The Neuroendocrinology of Stress: From the Stoics and Epicureans to Modern Medicine

Gastvortrag

Dr. Roland Benoit

Guest Lecture
The idea behind organizing such an event was to gather well-known experts in various fields of developmental psychology. [more]

How to Train Compassion

Workshop
How to train compassion? – was the title and the main question addressed in a recent workshop organized by the Department of Social Neuroscience at the Max Planck Institute in Leipzig, directed by Prof. Dr. Tania Singer, taking place in Berlin from the 21st to the 23rd of July 2011. [more]
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