Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences

The Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences (MPI CBS ) is a research institute of the Max Planck Society for the Advancement of Science (MPG ) that the study of cognitive abilities and characteristics of people and the underlying neurophysiological processes dedicated to. Particular focus of language acquisition, the perception of speech and music, planning and execution of actions, Social neuroscience and functional magnetic resonance imaging.

The Institute was established in its current form on 1 January 2004 from the merger of the Max - Planck - Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience (Leipzig, 1995 ) or for Psychological Research (Munich, since 1981). The sites were in Munich with a focus on behavioral research and Leipzig with more neuroscience profile yet side by side for a transitional period of two years. End of 2006, the Munich-based workspace was completely moved to Leipzig. The institute consists of five departments and employs 300 scientists and graduate students from various scientific disciplines - such as psychology, physics, medicine and computer science, as well as linguistics, music and sports science. The technical equipment includes four 3 Tesla magnetic resonance imaging strong and one of the few scanners with a field strength of seven Tesla.

Angela D. Friederici Directors (Department Neuropsychology ), Arno Villringer ( Department of Neurology ) and Tania Singer ( Department of Social Neuroscience ).

Emeritus Directors are Robert Turner ( Former Department Neurophysics ), Wolfgang Prinz ( Former Department of Psychology ), and the former founding director D. Yves von Cramon ( Former Department of Cognitive Neurology ).