Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences



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).

Departments

 * 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