Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences
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The Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences is located in Leipzig, Germany.[1] The institute was founded in 2004 by a merger between the former Max Planck Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience in Leipzig and the Max Planck Institute for Psychological Research in Munich.[2] It is one of 86 institutes in the Max Planck Society (Max Planck Gesellschaft).[3][4] Research at the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences revolves around human cognitive abilities and cerebral processes, with a focus on the neural basis of brain functions like language, emotions and human social behaviour, music and action.
Departments
[edit]- Neuropsychology - Director: Professor Angela D. Friederici
- Neurology - Director: Professor Arno Villringer
- Neurophysics - Director: Professor Nikolaus Weiskopf
- Psychology - Director: Professor Christian Doeller
Former Departments
[edit]- Social Neuroscience - Director: Professor Tania Singer
- Neurophysics - Director: Professor Robert Turner
- Psychology - Director: Professor Wolfgang Prinz
- Cognitive Neurology - Director: Professor D. Yves von Cramon
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