Media Echo 2026

Here you can find links to selected articles, radio- and TV reports about the activities of the Max Planck Institute for Human Development in 2026. All articles, radio- and TV reports are shown in their original language version.

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Why can't we remember our earliest childhood memories? The initial findings of some research provide clues as to how childhood memories are formed.  
The new mobile MRI brings imaging procedures directly to the test subject and allows environmental influences on the brain to be examined directly on site.  
In the ZEIT podcast ‘Nur eine Frage’ (Just one question), Ralph Hertwig, Director of the Center of Adaptive Rationality, discusses the various effects of digital media on democratic societies.  
During ice fishing competitions in eastern Finland, an international research team investigated real-life foraging strategies in a large-scale field experiment.  
Why do our memories rarely reach back before the age of three? Sarah Power explains how a specially designed laboratory setting helps her uncover how memories form in early childhood.  

 

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