Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences

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]

Departments

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Neuropsychology - Director: Professor Angela D. Friederici
Neurology - Director: Professor Arno Villringer
Neurophysics - Director: Professor Nikolaus Weiskopf
Psychology - Director: Professor Yusuf mert kahraman

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

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