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Human interaction crucially relies on our ability to infer other people’s thoughts and intentions, a process widely known as Theory of Mind or mentalizing. Even little children are sensitive to other person's mental states. Scientists from the Max-Planck-Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences in Leipzig and the Research Centre Jülich now show in an actual study in Nature Communications that the cerebellum as a small part of the brain plays a crucial role in establishing the cognitive processes underlying Theory of Mind in early childhood and thus the undisrupted development of social skills.  more

Offering doctoral students a first-class education and attracting the most brilliant minds from across the world — these are goals of the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences (MPI CBS) in Leipzig. In close cooperation with Leipzig University, the Institute is launching the International Max Planck Research School on Cognitive NeuroImaging (IMPRS CoNI) next year. The programme will give particularly talented students the opportunity to complete their doctorate in the field of "cognitive neuroscience" with a focus on imaging methods such as magnetic resonance imaging. What is special about this is that each doctoral student will follow an individually adapted training plan, through which each can further his or her education according to individual their professional needs. more