Home News News from the Institute Press Releases News Brain ‘noise’ may hold the keys to psychiatric treatment efficacy October 18, 2021 Moment-to-moment fluctuations in brain activity can indicate whether social anxiety patients will benefit from therapy more What makes a market transaction morally repugnant? July 22, 2021 Study uncovers the psychological drivers of our feelings of repugnance more Taking the brain out for a walk July 15, 2021 Health A recent study shows that spending time outdoors has a positive effect on our brains more Show more Other Highlights In the "Other Highlights" section, you will find references to selected statements, interviews, podcasts, or other contributions in which scientists of the Max Planck Institute for Human Development were involved. more Awards All Martin Dahl has received the Margret and Paul Baltes Award October 06, 2021 The Section Developmental Psychology of the German Psychological Society (DGPs) awards this prize for outstanding dissertations more Philipp Lorenz-Spreen receives Leopoldina Prize for Young Scientists September 01, 2021 The German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina honors outstanding research achievements with this award more Bernhard Spitzer accepted into Heisenberg Programme July 29, 2021 The DFG funds outstanding scientific achievements with the programme more Show more Seminars and Events Colloquium: Got a Light? Soldiers, Cigarettes, and the Semantics of Wartime Photography Elissa Mailänder, Sciences Po Paris Feb 8, 2022 17:00 online Colloquium: Laughing about Nazism, Jealousy and Love. Emotions in Court Cases in Nazi Germany, 1936-1944 Alexandra Oeser, University of Paris Nanterre Jan 25, 2022 17:00 Colloquium: For a Healthy and Respectable Nation: The Federation of Ghana Women, and the Question of Customary Marriages in Postcolonial Ghana, 1953-1959 Adwoa Opong, Washington University, St Louis Jan 18, 2022 17:00 online All seminars and events