Max Planck Institute for Human Development

Humans in leadership positions report greater willingness to take risks. Higher-ranking chimpanzees are also perceived as more risk-taking. A new study led by Lou Haux (@arc-mpib.bsky.social) suggests possible evolutionary roots. 🔗👇 www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/press-releas... #RiskTaking #Evolution

🚨Next week's talk at ARC Join us for a talk presented by Prof. Martin Kohlrausch (KU Leuven). 📅 29 Oct 11:00 (Local Time Germany) @mpib-berlin.bsky.social or online See the link for details👇 www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/events/47171...

Human–AI teams may be more effective than previously thought. 🤖🤝 A study led by researchers @arc-mpib.bsky.social finds that learning is key: when people receive both feedback and AI explanations, human–AI teams can outperform the stronger partner alone. 👉 www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/press-releas...

Today's #WHS2026 livestream: AI in Biomedicine and Health: Balancing Innovation and Integrity, co-hosted @maxplanck.de. With MPS Vice President Christian Doeller @doellerlab.bsky.social and our Director Iyad Rahwan @iyadrahwan.bsky.social. 🕓 16:00–17:30 CEST www.youtube.com/watch?v=qK-d...

How do we learn as we get older? In this lecture, Martin Lövdén will talk about learning and cognitive development across our entire lifespan. His talk will be based, amongst other things, on new findings from a long-term study involving around 20,000 people. To register: buff.ly/0sA9tEg

🌟 This is us: Mareike Grotheer 🌟 What happens in the brain when we learn something new? Why is the first year of life such a unique window into human development? Read an interview with the head of our Lise Meitner Research Group NeuroLearn about her work: 👉 www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/2450837/this...

🔬 Du interessierst dich für Wissenschaftskommunikation und hochspannende Forschung? Wir suchen eine studentische Hilfskraft (bis zu 80 Std./Monat) für unsere Abteilung Kommunikation und Design. 👉 careers.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/jobs/8456582... #Wisskomm #ScienceCommunication #StudentJob #Berlin

Herzlichen Glückwunsch, Mara Mather @maramather.bsky.social! Der Tagesspiegel zählt unsere Direktorin zu den 100 wichtigsten Köpfen der Berliner Wissenschaft 2026. 👏 Mehr erfahren: www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/ehrungen/mar...

Watch out! Our Spotlight Magazine 2026 is now available. Read more about the breadth of research conducted at the Institute and explore current questions at the intersection of brain, behavior, and environment. 👉 rr26.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/spotlight-ma...

Congratulations to our director Mara Mather @maramather.bsky.social on being named one of the Top 100 Minds in Berlin Science 2026 by Tagesspiegel. Read more: www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/2463520/awar... #BerlinScience #Neuroscience #AgingResearch #MaxPlanck #WomenInScience

Frauen sind in der psychologischen Forschung längst keine Minderheit mehr. Dennoch verlassen sie die Wissenschaft häufiger als Männer. Das zeigt eine Analyse von @arc-mpib.bsky.social mit Daten von mehr als 78.000 Forschenden weltweit. Mehr: www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/pressemeldun...

The problem may not be getting women into academia, but keeping them there. A global study by @arc-mpib.bsky.social shows that women in psychology leave research at higher rates than men, particularly early in their careers. Read more: www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/press-releas... #WomenInScience

Can AI help expand human knowledge? Researchers at @mpib-berlin.bsky.social found that people can learn outside-the-box strategies unearthed by AI and pass them on as lasting knowledge. Explore the possibilities: bit.ly/46dXf5L

📢 Job Alert 📢 Wir suchen zum nächstmöglichen Zeitpunkt eine 𝗟𝗲𝗶𝘁𝘂𝗻𝗴 𝗳ü𝗿 𝗛𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗹𝘁 𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝘂𝗻𝗴𝘀𝘄𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗻 (𝗺/𝘄/𝗱) 👉 careers.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/jobs/8030501... #Jobangebot #Finanzwesen #Rechnungswesen #Haushalt #Controlling #ÖffentlicherDienst #TVoeD #BerlinJobs #Leadership #MaxPlanck #FinanceJobs

🚨Next week's talk at ARC Join us for a talk presented by Prof. Mark van Vugt (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam). 📅 24 Sep 11:00 (Local Time Germany) @mpib-berlin.bsky.social or online See the link for details👇 www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/events/46746...

Important new evidence that reducing childhood poverty has measurable effects on children's biological aging. 🧬👇

@maxplanck.de hat die Stellungnahme des Berliner Forschungsnetzwerks unterschrieben. Für mich ist das ein wichtiges Zeichen: Gemeinsam mit den anderen unterzeichnenden Organisationen setzen wir uns dafür ein, die Freiheit der Wissenschaft zu schützen: static1.squarespace.com/static/69135...

#Informationsfreiheit ist ein Merkmal moderner Demokratie und eine Voraussetzung für unabhängige Wissenschaft. Warum die geplante Reform des #IFG auch die Wissenschaft betrifft, zeigen Carolyn Moser, Ralph Hertwig und Erik Tuchtfeld: www.mpg.de/26923995/inf...

Rassismus hat Folgen für die #Gesundheit - psychisch und körperlich. In der neuen Folge des „Ach, Mensch!“-Podcasts erklärt die Muna Aikins @mpib-berlin.bsky.social, warum Diskriminierung ein Gesundheitsrisiko ist und was sich im #Gesundheitswesen ändern muss. detektor.fm/gesellschaft... #Afrozensus

📢 We're hiring! We're looking for new colleagues and have several open positions, ranging from Research Assistant to Research Scientist. If you're passionate about cutting-edge research and want to contribute to innovative projects, explore our current openings:🔗 www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/career

We need a #forest bathing session this very instant! 🤗🌳🌊🤗🌳🌊 A new review from @mpib-berlin.bsky.social suggests nature isn’t just restorative, it’s "instorative" too, boosting cognitive performance & well-being even w/o prior stress, a capacity that has previously received little attention! 🌳✨

🌿 Nature may do more than help us recover from stress. A new review by @johanna-prugger.bsky.social & Simone Kühn @cen-mpib.bsky.social suggests that natural environments can also strengthen attention, mood, and well-being even without prior strain. www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/2397749/pm-2...

CEN war beim örtlichen Kitafest von FRÖBEL dabei, um die Entwicklungsstudien vorzustellen, die wir mit Babys und Kindern im FUNKi-Lab @mpib-berlin.bsky.social durchführen. Für die Kleinen gab es Spiele und Schminken! Herzlichen Dank an die Familien, die unsere Studien ermöglichen! shorturl.at/trzHN

📢 LIP colleague @sarahdpower.bsky.social is looking for a PhD student for her project "Mapping Early Memory Trajectories Across Species (ATLAS)". careers.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/jobs/8116017...

Ausgezeichnet🎉 Die Deutsche Gesellschaft für Psychologie (DGPs) @dgps.bsky.social verleiht Ralph Hertwig @arc-mpib.bsky.social die Wilhelm-Wundt-Medaille 2026, ihre höchste wissenschaftliche Auszeichnung.🏅 #BehavioralScience #DecisionMaking #Boosting 🔗 www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/2388152/2026...

📆 On July 28th, we are happy to welcome Prof. Simone Kühn, Director of the Center for Environmental Neuroscience (@cen-mpib.bsky.social) at the @mpib-berlin.bsky.social! 🔗 As always no registration is needed. You can find all further information here: www.psych.mpg.de/events/44834...

Warum zieht es immer mehr Menschen aus der Stadt aufs Land? Und macht ein Leben im Grünen tatsächlich glücklicher? 🌳🏙️ Im Podcast "Wissen Weekly" spricht Simone Kühn @cen-mpib.bsky.social über den Einfluss der Umgebung auf unsere psychische Gesundheit. #Umwelt #Gesundheit

How do children remember the important things in their lives? In this article, Zoe Ngo @zoengo.bsky.social and Pedro Espinosa‑Villafranca describe their research approach to studying the development of memory processes in childhood.🧠 boldscience.org/how-do-child...

❓ What does it mean to have children and be a scientist at the same time? How to reconcile an academic career with familiy planning? ➡️ These questions were adressed by the workshop "Parenthood in Science: Care, Careers, and Structural Inequality" that took place on June 30 at the FHI.

🚨Next week's talk at ARC Join us for a talk presented by Karl Hauser (Université Grenoble Alpes). 📅 7 July 2:00 PM (Local Time Germany) @mpib-berlin.bsky.social or online See the link for details👇 www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/events/46162...

📣 New research center on the horizon! The Center will study how midlife autonomic changes may contribute to #neurodegenerative disease risk, focusing on the locus coeruleus, #Alzheimer’s biomarkers, and emotion–cognition interactions. Interested? CAAN-Job openings 👇 www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/career

🚨Student Job Alert @mpib-berlin.bsky.social 🚨 We're hiring TWO student RAs on climate risk & adaptation: one computational, one qualitative. Both start Sept 2026. Check below for details👇 1. www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/2373015/2026... 2. www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/2373048/2026...

That's a wrap on the 23rd Summer Institute on Bounded Rationality at the Center for Adaptive Rationality, Max Planck Institute for Human Development (@mpib-berlin.bsky.social). Eight days of ECRs from around the world thinking about rationality, cognition, and decision-making. 1/🧵👇

Bei #Quarks: Neue Wege! Wie machen wir den Wald fit für die Zukunft? Mit dabei: Direktorin Simone Kühn und Sonja Sudimac @sonjasudimac.bsky.social @cen-mpib.bsky.social, die zeigen, wie Stadt‑ und Naturumwelten unser Gehirn beeinflussen. 🌳🧠 www.ardmediathek.de/video/quarks...

🚨 Student Job Alert @mpib-berlin.bsky.social 🚨 Join a Germany–Japan comparative project on war-site tourism and how tour guides co-create collective memory as "memory mediators." Starts Sept 2026. Apply by 30 June. See below for more details👇 www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/2369370/2026...

🚨 Reminder 🚨 🕛Today, 12:00–13:15 CEST/SAST (UTC+2) 💻Online via Zoom Exciting panel on a highly relevant topic! 🌍🧠 How does climate change affect our mind? Our Director Simone Kühn @cen-mpib.bsky.social is part of the discussion #ClimateChange #MentalHealth #Leopoldina

🌞 The Summer Institute on Bounded Rationality @mpib-berlin.bsky.social returns next week. At its core, we ask: how do minds make good decisions under genuine uncertainty by drawing on an adaptive toolbox of simple heuristics tuned to their environment? www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/research/res...

👉 An exciting PhD position is available at the MPI for Human Development to work with LIP colleague @sarahdpower.bsky.social on the WildBrain project. See www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/2366555/2026.... #PsychSciSky #neuroskyence

Congratulations🎉 Ralph Hertwig @arc-mpib.bsky.social received the “Allais Memorial Prize in Behavioral Sciences” 2026 for his outstanding contributions to decision-making research. 🧠🏆 #BehavioralScience #DecisionMaking #Boosting www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/2361620/2026...

📹 Behind the scenes 📹 @mpib-berlin.bsky.social Direktorin Simone Kühn wurde diese Woche für eine kommende Folge von Quarks zu den Auswirkungen von Stadt- und Naturumwelten auf das Gehirn geinterviewt. Vielen Dank für das Besuch! Die Folge wird im Juni ausgestrahlt. We'll keep you posted 👀

Aren't they cute? Our kestrels hatched a few days ago! 🐥🐤 Watch them grow LIVE🔭👀 www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bons...

🚨Next week's talk at ARC Join us for a talk presented by Prof. Daria Gritsenko (Technical University Munich). 📅 28 May 11:00 (Local Time Germany) @mpib-berlin.bsky.social or online See the link for details👇 www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/events/45768...

Exciting panel on a highly relevant topic! 🌍🧠 How does climate change affect our mind? Our Director Simone Kühn @cen-mpib.bsky.social is part of the discussion – don’t miss it! 👇 #ClimateChange #MentalHealth #Leopoldina

🎊 Congratulations 🎊 Benedikt Poser @highonfield.bsky.social was named an ISMRM @ismrm.bsky.social Senior Fellow. The fellowship recognizes his outstanding contributions to MR research and his long‑standing commitment to the international MRI community. www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/2356681/2026... #MRI