Leipzig MPI Kognitions und Neurowissenschaften

The Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences is located in

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. 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

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. It is one of 86 institutes in the

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(Max Planck Gesellschaft). 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

* Neuropsychology - Director: Professor Angela D. Friederici * Neurology - Director: Professor Arno Villringer * Neurophysics - Director: Professor Nikolaus Weiskopf * Psychology - Director: Professor Christian Doeller

Former Departments

* Social Neuroscience - Director: Professor Tania Singer * Neurophysics - Director: Professor Robert Turner * Psychology - Director: Professor Wolfgang Prinz * Cognitive Neurology - Director: Professor D. Yves von Cramon

References

External links

Homepage of the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences
2004 establishments in Germany Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences Cognitive science research institutes {{sci-org-stub