The 13th MindBrainBody Symposium is taking place in Berlin over the next three days! Are you interested in our program? Come find us there! #passionforscience #maxplanckschool π§ π§ π§
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An international graduate program in Germany with a unique network of researchers in the field of #cognition. We offer excellent teaching, research opportunities and full funding. Learn more here: cognition.maxplanckschools.org
The 13th MindBrainBody Symposium is taking place in Berlin over the next three days! Are you interested in our program? Come find us there! #passionforscience #maxplanckschool π§ π§ π§
The Max Planck School of Cognition in collaboration with the Berlin School of Mind & Brain offers again two DAAD scholarships this year for international candidates! Find out more here: www.mind-and-brain.de/news/detail/... #passionforscience #maxplanckschools π§ ππ§
Giacomoβs work highlights the importance of an interdisciplinary approach to the study of aesthetics and was shaped by his time as a student of the @mps-cognition.bsky.social at the @mpi-nl.bsky.social
4 person in front of a mrt brain image.
An artistic sculpture of chairs.
4 persons in front of purple wall panels.
A staircase in a modern building.
Having our annual marketing workshop in Frankfurt, this time @ MPI Brain for Research with a great reception and wonderful hosts. A huge Thank you and a wonderful time to get into planing concepts with the (new) colleagues from the other schools!π«π§ π₯
Check out our partners and doctoral candidates in Munich, @lmumuenchen.bsky.social & the @mpi-psychiatry.bsky.social , and some of their research interests in this new video: youtu.be/bJun1x_LxMQ?...
Really cool to have everyone in one place during our winter Cognition Academy in Berlin. We are learning about the diverse projects in the program and just get to know each other better! #passionforscience #maxplanckschools π§ π§ π§
Having our annual Cognition Academy @Harnack Haus in Berlin again! Great start today with talks and a Poster Session to get inspired and connect with colleagues! #passionforscience #maxplanckschools π§ π₯
The last two days to apply to our fully funded PhD program have started. Deadline is midnight on December 1st 2025β¦want to get into the race here: cognition.maxplanckschools.org/en/application
Sign up for our last virtual Q&A session for the current application cycle. Deadline is December 1st. cognition.maxplanckschools.org/en/applicati...
Congratulations to our own Max Hinrichs who presented his poster at SfN in San Diego! Great to see such success after all the hard work. π§ ππ§ π
Are you at the SfN in San Diego? And if you are considering a PhD in Germany next year, come and find out more! cognition.maxplanckschools.org/en/applicati...
There is still time to apply to our excellent and fully funded PhD program. Deadline is December 1st! Have a look here for more details: cognition.maxplanckschools.org/en/applicati... π§ βοΈπ§
Drawn people engage in different activities.
The Graduate Academy Leipzig is supporting doctoral researchers with information, advice, and workshops today, on Doctoral Researchersβ Day. They will be putting the spotlight on the (future) doctoral researchers at their university. Check it out here: www.uni-leipzig.de/en/event-det...
Our Next virtual Q&As take place on Wednesday! Any questions about our program can be answered. Register via our webpage here: cognition.maxplanckschools.org/en/applicati... #passionforscience #maxplanckschools π§ ππ§
If you are currently applying to our program and have any questions, sign up for one of our Q&A sessions this Wednesday: cognition.maxplanckschools.org/en/applicati...
We are proud of our very own Yuliya Kovalchuk who gave a fantastic presentation at this yearβs MP Schoolsβ Day! π§ π₯ππ»#maxplanckschools @passionforscience
The annual Max Planck Schoolsβ Day is taking place at Harnack Haus in Berlin today! Welcome new cohorts and future game changers in your respective fields! ππ₯βοΈππ» #maxplanckschools #passionforscience
Congrats to our own @corvo1795.bsky.social, who is presenting his latest research with a poster BernsteinNeuro conference at Goethe University in Frankfurt! π§ π§ π§
The annual Bernstein Conference is taking place in Frankfurt this week. If you attend then come and say hi! Here to talk about our fully funded PhD program! #passionforscience #maxplanckschools ππ»π§ ππΎ
Get to know New fellow @andreaeyleen.bsky.social from the MPI for Psycholinguistics. In a recent paper (Weissbart & Martin, 2024, Nature Communications), she shows that the brain doesnβt just rely on word statistics or grammatical rules, but it uses both. Very excited to have her in our program! π§ π§ π§
Interested in the link between cardiovascular and mental health or, in other βwordsβ the β€οΈ and π§ through brain-body states? A new paper by our speaker and fellow Arno Villringer with @michaelgaebler.com and Vadim Nikulin sheds more light on these interactions: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
π’Our peer-reviewed article about the AffectTracker is finally out! π²πΉοΈπ
Traditional methods for rating emotion often miss the dynamic, moment-to-moment nature of feelings. We designed a tool to capture this continuous affective experience in real-time during dynamic emotional stimulation.
Need help with your application? Or wondering about if our program is right for you? Come and join one of our next virtual Q&A sessions on Sept 23rd! Sign up here: cognition.maxplanckschools.org/en/applicati...
Would you let AI cheat for you?
Our new paper in @nature.com, 5 years in the making, is out today.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
How do we update our predictions when our environment changes?
The hippocampus rapidly integrates previously distinct sequences to support updated predictions.
Proud of this work with Hannah Tarder-Stoll & @chrisbaldassano.bsky.social!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
We have fellows from a variety of institutions including our program including from our partner universities, @humboldtuni.bsky.social , @hhu.de and @uni-leipzig.de
π‘Our director Elisabeth Binder will speak about science, #history and #morality at the ECNP Congress in October. Read her interview below to get an insight into the difficult history of #psychiatry and of our Institute.
Poster with key data for the Young Scientist Retreat 2025. Dates: October 21β24, 2025, in Hamburg, Germany. Costs: β¬100 for members of DGPA and bioDGPS, β¬150 for members of DGPA or bioDGPS, β¬200 for non-members. Includes: 3 nights with meals and coffee breaks at a&o Hamburg City in a 2-bed room (Spaldingstr. 160, 20097 Hamburg). Eligibility: Doctoral students, postdocs, and junior professors (up to 8 years after PhD). Registration deadline: September 29, 2025, 16:00 CET. Note: Membership can be obtained with the YSR application to benefit from discounts."
π Young Scientist Retreat 2025 β Hamburg π
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October 21β24, 2025
π Register here: tinyurl.com/ycmyshra (Google Form)
If this does not work, feel free to write sarah.danboeck@uni-mannheim.de
Letβs connect, learn & grow together in Hamburg! π
β ysr2025 #Biopsychology #YoungScientists
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First virtual Q&A sessions will take place tomorrow! There is still time to register via our website: cognition.maxplanckschools.org/en/applicati...
First virtual Q&A sessions will take place tomorrow! There is still time to register via our website: cognition.maxplanckschools.org/en/applicati...