The Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences is located in Leipzig, Germany. 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. It is one of 86 institutes in the Max Planck Society (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