Max Planck Institute for Human Development

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Topics human development, education, psychology, aging, lifespan

The Max Planck Institute for Human Development (MPIB), which was founded in 1963, is dedicated to the study of human development and education across the lifespan and over historical time. The Institute’s research teams investigate human development across the lifespan by exploring questions such as “How do children learn to read?”, “How can we keep mentally fit as we grow older?”, “How do we assess and successfully navigate the risks of everyday life?”, “How is it possible to make good decisions in an increasingly complex world?”, and “How have people learned what and how to feel over the course of history?”. Human development and education is influenced not only by learning in institutional settings but also by physical and cognitive factors, the social setting, and the zeitgeist. Researchers from diverse disciplines work together. Imprint: www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/en/institute/imprint Photo: David Ausserhofer

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