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We research the interplay between the environment and human well-being and brain health at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin @mpib-berlin.bsky.social www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/research/res…

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Max Planck Institute for Human Development @mpib-berlin.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Frauen sind in der psychologischen Forschung längst keine Minderheit mehr. Dennoch verlassen sie die Wissenschaft häufiger als Männer. Das zeigt eine Analyse von @arc-mpib.bsky.social mit Daten von mehr als 78.000 Forschenden weltweit. Mehr: www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/pressemeldun...
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Iyad Rahwan | إياد رهوان @iyadrahwan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Please share widely, especially to researchers in disaster and war zones. Proud to launch the 2nd round of the Max Planck mentoring program for researchers (including students) at risk due to natural disaster or war. Deadline 18 October. www.maxminds.mpg.de/3630/apply
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Johanna Prugger @johanna-prugger.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Last month, I had the pleasure of talking to @kristenfrench.bsky.social from @nautil.us about our recent paper with Simone Kühn, @cen-mpib.bsky.social, on how nature not only restores tired minds, but can also fortify already happy ones through its instorative effects.🌳😊 nautil.us/can-nature-b...
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Can Nature Benefit You If You’re Already Well? - Nautilus
A conversation with a neuroscientist about how nature can fortify the strong and support resilience
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SCAN Unit @scanunit.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Another week another job posting 🤓 We are currently offering a fully-funded 6-years post-doc position in the domain of environmental neuroscience 🌳🧠 Applications are open until 20.09.2026 Details can be found under: jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Universi...
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University Assistant postdoctoral
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Max Planck Institute for Human Development @mpib-berlin.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
A warm welcome to Mara Mather @maramather.bsky.social, who joins the Institute as Director of the newly established Center for Affective and Autonomic Neuroscience (CAAN). #Neuroscience #HealthyAging #BrainHealth #MaxPlanck
Mara Mather is leading the Center for Affective and Autonomic Neuroscience (CAAN) at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development from September 1, 2026.The five directors: Iyad Rahwan, Simone Kühn, Mara Mather, Ulman Lindenberger, Ralph Hertwig (from left to right)
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Center for Environmental Neuroscience @cen-mpib.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
🌏 Job alert! Come work with us 🌏 Wir suchen eine*n Wissenschaftliche*n Editor*in & Kommunikator*in in der Direktionsassistenz @mpib-berlin.bsky.social 📍 Berlin | 32 Std/W ⏰ Start 01.11. 📅 Bewerbung bis 14.09. ⌛ Befristet (ggf. Option auf Verlängerung) 🔗 careers.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/jobs/8219916...
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Wissenschaftliche*r Editor*in & Kommunikator*in in der Direktionsassistenz - Max-Planck-Institut für Bildungsforschung
Das Max-Planck-Institut für Bildungsforschung in Berlin ist ein international ausgerichtetes wissenschaftliches Institut. Wir wollen verstehen, wie und warum wir Menschen uns unterschiedlich entwic...
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Max Planck Institute for Human Development @mpib-berlin.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
📢 We're hiring! We're looking for new colleagues and have several open positions, ranging from Research Assistant to Research Scientist. If you're passionate about cutting-edge research and want to contribute to innovative projects, explore our current openings:🔗 www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/career
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Max Planck Institute for Human Development @mpib-berlin.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
🌿 Nature may do more than help us recover from stress. A new review by @johanna-prugger.bsky.social & Simone Kühn @cen-mpib.bsky.social suggests that natural environments can also strengthen attention, mood, and well-being even without prior strain. www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/2397749/pm-2...
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Center for Lifespan Psychology, MPI for Human Development @lipmpib.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
📢 LIP colleague @sarahdpower.bsky.social is looking for a PhD student for her project "Mapping Early Memory Trajectories Across Species (ATLAS)". careers.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/jobs/8116017...
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PhD Position (m/f/d) in Berlin, Germany - Max-Planck-Institut für Bildungsforschung
At the Max Planck Institute for Human Development, we study how and why people develop differently over the course of their lives, and how physical, societal, and technological aspects of the envir...
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Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry @mpi-psychiatry.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
....aand coming up on Tuesday! 🥳
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Center for Environmental Neuroscience @cen-mpib.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
CEN war beim örtlichen Kitafest von FRÖBEL dabei, um die Entwicklungsstudien vorzustellen, die wir mit Babys und Kindern im FUNKi-Lab @mpib-berlin.bsky.social durchführen. Für die Kleinen gab es Spiele und Schminken! Herzlichen Dank an die Familien, die unsere Studien ermöglichen! shorturl.at/trzHN
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Kinder & Umwelt: Entwicklung im Kontext
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Max Planck Institute for Human Development @mpib-berlin.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
How do children remember the important things in their lives? In this article, Zoe Ngo @zoengo.bsky.social and Pedro Espinosa‑Villafranca describe their research approach to studying the development of memory processes in childhood.🧠 boldscience.org/how-do-child...
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Center for Environmental Neuroscience @cen-mpib.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
📑 New paper by @sonjasudimac.bsky.social, Johanna Drewelies, Carolina de Weerth & Simone Kühn 🔎How does spending time in residential natural and urban environments affect stress in mothers and infants? www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #Environmental #Neuroscience #Nature #MentalHealth
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Effects of a walk in a residential natural vs. urban environment on objective and subjective stress indicators in mothers and their infants
Despite growing evidence that being in nature positively influences mood and stress, its effects on children are not well understood. Previous cross-s…
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Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry @mpi-psychiatry.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
📆 On July 28th, we are happy to welcome Prof. Simone Kühn, Director of the Center for Environmental Neuroscience (@cen-mpib.bsky.social) at the @mpib-berlin.bsky.social! 🔗 As always no registration is needed. You can find all further information here: www.psych.mpg.de/events/44834...
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Center for Environmental Neuroscience @cen-mpib.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Current global evidence on climate-related and nature-based mental health interventions? Partial or lacking, Brandt et al found in this umbrella review. More research is needed, especially in regions most affected by climate impacts and least resourced to address them jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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Climate-Related and Nature-Based Interventions for Mental Health
This umbrella review and meta-analysis evaluates associations of climate-related and nature-based mental health interventions with mental health outcomes.
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Center for Environmental Neuroscience @cen-mpib.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Stadt vs Land: Was macht glücklicher? Im Podcast "Wissen Weekly" hat Simone Kühn (Direktorin @mpib-berlin.bsky.social) erklärt, dass die eigene Umgebung echte Auswirkungen auf das Gehirn hat. Wie, wieso, und was kann man mit diesem Wissen tun? 🎙️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgWZ...
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SO ungesund ist das Stadtleben! | Wissen Weekly
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Max Planck Institute for Human Development @mpib-berlin.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
📣 New research center on the horizon! The Center will study how midlife autonomic changes may contribute to #neurodegenerative disease risk, focusing on the locus coeruleus, #Alzheimer’s biomarkers, and emotion–cognition interactions. Interested? CAAN-Job openings 👇 www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/career
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Center for Environmental Neuroscience @cen-mpib.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Ein toller Anlass, ein höchstwichtiges Thema Erfahren Sie mehr: www.einstein-youthmentalhealth.com/ueber-uns/
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Über Uns – Einstein Center for Youth Mental Health
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Max Planck Institute for Human Development @mpib-berlin.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Bei #Quarks: Neue Wege! Wie machen wir den Wald fit für die Zukunft? Mit dabei: Direktorin Simone Kühn und Sonja Sudimac @sonjasudimac.bsky.social @cen-mpib.bsky.social, die zeigen, wie Stadt‑ und Naturumwelten unser Gehirn beeinflussen. 🌳🧠 www.ardmediathek.de/video/quarks...
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Quarks: Neue Wege! Wie machen wir den Wald fit für die Zukunft? - hier anschauen
Der Wald ist längst mehr als nur ein Ort der Ruhe. Er soll Freizeitoase sein und Rohstofflieferant, Klimaretter und Lebensraum für zahllose Tier- und Pflanzenarten; doch Klimawandel, Trockenheit und S...
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Center for Environmental Neuroscience @cen-mpib.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Tomorrow! ASSAf-Leopoldina International Virtual Panel Discussion From Planetary Change to Psychological Impact: Understanding and Responding to the Mental Health Effects of Climate Change. It promises to be an eye-opening exchange with Simone Kühn & other experts. Join! 📍June 9 12pm CEST online
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Center for Lifespan Psychology, MPI for Human Development @lipmpib.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
👉 An exciting PhD position is available at the MPI for Human Development to work with LIP colleague @sarahdpower.bsky.social on the WildBrain project. See www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/2366555/2026.... #PsychSciSky #neuroskyence
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PhD Position | Center for Lifespan Psychology
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Center for Environmental Neuroscience @cen-mpib.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
📹 Behind the scenes 📹 @mpib-berlin.bsky.social Direktorin Simone Kühn wurde diese Woche für eine kommende Folge von Quarks zu den Auswirkungen von Stadt- und Naturumwelten auf das Gehirn geinterviewt. Vielen Dank für das Besuch! Die Folge wird im Juni ausgestrahlt. We'll keep you posted 👀
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Max Planck Institute for Human Development @mpib-berlin.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Exciting panel on a highly relevant topic! 🌍🧠 How does climate change affect our mind? Our Director Simone Kühn @cen-mpib.bsky.social is part of the discussion – don’t miss it! 👇 #ClimateChange #MentalHealth #Leopoldina
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Center for Environmental Neuroscience @cen-mpib.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
@sonjasudimac.bsky.social (@mpib-berlin.bsky.social) represented CEN at the recent roundtable on climate change & health in Singapore. The effects of urbanization and climate change are making themselves felt; international, interdisciplinary exchanges help provide answers to the challenges.
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Max Planck Institute for Human Development @mpib-berlin.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Morgen geht es los! 🚢✨ Wir freuen uns riesig, mit unserem Exponat Elderbot – einem Chatbot gegen Einsamkeit – auf der MS Wissenschaft vertreten zu sein. Kommt an Bord! 💬💙 #MSWissenschaft #WissenschaftErleben
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Laurel Raffington @laraffington.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Berliners 🇩🇪🐻! You are cordially invited to join my talk at @molgen.mpg.de this Monday. I’ll be discussing our efforts in building a "molecular bridge". 📍 MPI-MG, Ihnestraße 63 🗓️ Monday, May 4 | 11:00 AM 🔗 www.molgen.mpg.de/events/45291...
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Laurel Raffington: A molecular bridge that connects social inequality to biology spanning from childhood to adulthood
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Max-Planck-Gesellschaft @maxplanck.de · 22/04/2026
Just a quick reminder that this singular, beautiful, blue & white bauble is our shared home. May we keep it safe. The iconic "Earthrise" image, one of the most famous photos ever taken, was captured by astronaut Bill Anders on Dec. 24, 1968 from the Apollo 8 spacecraft. #EarthDay
This "Earthrise" image, one of the most famous photos ever taken, was captured by astronaut Bill Anders on Dec. 24, 1968 from the Apollo 8 spacecraft.
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Technische Universität Berlin @tuberlin.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
💭 Wissenschaftler*innen der #TUBerlin, @humboldtuni.bsky.social & des @igzleibniz.bsky.social untersuchen derzeit, wie Menschen Infos zum #Klimawandel wahrnehmen & darauf reagieren. 📲 Für die Studie suchen sie noch Teilnehmer*innen. Zum Fragebogen 👉 prettyform.addxt.com/a/form/vf/1F... ENG below ⬇️
Frau mit einem Plakat auf dem Rücken, auf dem eine Erde abgebildet ist mit der Aufschrift „Time is running out!“. Dazu Schrift „Studie zum Klimawandel: Teilnehmer*innen gesucht“
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Izabela Maria Sztuka @isdedal.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
⚡ Happy to share that Sonja Sudimac and I will again be delivering our environmental neuroscience seminar at @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social this summer semester: Exploring Minds and Environments. (125264-S26) 1/ @cen-mpib.bsky.social
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Karin Roelofs @epanlab.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
Join us for a postdoc @ the Donders Institute; application deadline March 24. www.ru.nl/en/working-a...
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Postdoc Position: Affective Neuroscience and Computational Psychiatry at the Donders Centre for Cognitive Neuroimaging | Radboud University
Do you want to work as a Postdoc at the Faculty of Social Sciences? Check our vacancy!
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Center for Environmental Neuroscience @cen-mpib.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
New CEN paper! 📣 Juan F. Quinones et al. used structural equation models & regularized multivariate path analysis to identify macroenvironmental features that predict changes in whole-brain structural features in a sample of 368 adolescents www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #neuroskyence
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Developing brains and changing worlds: Macroenvironmental changes and their association with brain development
Growing evidence suggests that physical environmental features at the neighborhood level are linked to brain structure during human development. In a …
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Max Planck Institute for Human Development @mpib-berlin.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Premiere am Max-Planck-Institut für Bildungsforschung! 🎉 Ein mobiler Magnetresonanztomograph geht an den Start – und reist im Spezialtrailer direkt an Forschungsorte – für eine lebensnahe Umweltneurowissenschaft @cen-mpib.bsky.social 🧠🌍 Mehr erfahren: youtube.com/shorts/3sTKv...
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Ein MRT auf Reisen
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Max-Planck-Gesellschaft @maxplanck.de · 02/03/2026
The Max Planck #PostdocProgram offers top emerging talents a range of attractive measures and opportunities. The current call for applications is open from March 1st until April 13th, 2026. Please share or consider applying! 🙏 www.mpg.de/en/max-planc... #careerinscience #sciencecareer
Call for Applications - Max Planck Postdoc Program, apply now!
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Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften Leopoldina @leopoldina.org · 24/02/2026
📢 #CallForParticipation: Nachwuchsforschende aus dem deutschsprachigen Raum und Südafrika haben die Chance, an einem Workshop zu „Klimawandel und mentaler Gesundheit“ vom 8. bis 10. September 2026 in Südafrika teilzunehmen. 🇿🇦 Bis Freitag, 3. April 2026 bewerben: www.leopoldina.org/newsroom/nac...
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Workshop zu Klimawandel und psychischer Gesundheit: Leopoldina und Südafrikanische Akademie fördern junge Forschende
Extreme Hitze, Naturkatastrophen, Ernährungsunsicherheit: Die Folgen des Klimawandels sind vielerorts bereits deutlich und immer mehr spürbar. Die Folgen für die körperliche Gesundheit sind zunehmend ...
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Center for Environmental Neuroscience @cen-mpib.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Last Thursday, postdoc Sonja Sudimac joined @berlinualliance.bsky.social's annual Career Day to talk about her career journey. A good opportunity for researchers from different fields to get together, and a nice break from the computer/lab! 👩‍🔬 www.berlin-university-alliance.de/en/commitmen...
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Max Planck Institute for Human Development @mpib-berlin.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
🚨 Student Job Alert 🚨 Unsere Serviceeinheit Scientific Technology and Computing sucht eine Studentische Hilfskraft zur Unterstützung und Betreuung von IT- und Technologielösungen in Forschungslaboren und der organisatorischen Mitarbeit im Laborbetrieb. www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/2259305/2026...
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Studentische Mitarbeitende (m/w/d) | Scientific Technology and Computing
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Center for Environmental Neuroscience @cen-mpib.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
🚨 CEN Colloquium 🚨 Laura Desirée di Paolo will present the ERC project XSCAPE – Material Minds, an interdisciplinary effort to understand how artefacts actively participate in cognitive processes and in the formation of mental models. Join us! 📅 20 DEC 15:00 📍MPIB & online shorturl.at/IxjRu
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CEN Colloquium: Laura di Paolo, XSCAPE- Material Minds: Artefacts, Prediction, and the Cognitive Life of Things
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Center for Lifespan Psychology, MPI for Human Development @lipmpib.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
🎉 The data of the Berlin Aging Study (BASE) are now accessible via the Research Data Center of the Leibniz Institute for Psychology (ZPID) @zpid.bsky.social. This is a unique longitudinal data set with great potential – also for young scientists. 👉 www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/base-data-av...
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Treasure trove of data on aging accessible
One of the most important gerontological data sets has been opened to the research community. The data of the Berlin Aging Study (BASE) are accessible via the Research Data Center of the Leibniz Insti...
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Max Planck Institute for Human Development @mpib-berlin.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
Die Daten der Berliner Altersstudie (BASE) sind ab sofort über das Forschungsdatenzentrum des ZPID @zpid.bsky.social weltweit für Forschende verfügbar. Ein einzigartiger Langzeitdatensatz mit großem Potenzial – auch für den wissenschaftlichen Nachwuchs. 👉 www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/datenschatz-...
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Max Planck Institute for Human Development @mpib-berlin.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Our new mobile MRI scanner brings state-of-the-art imaging directly to the field—without compromising data quality! Read more about the 1,5 Tesla and our plans with it: www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/newsroom/new... #Neuroscience #FieldResearch #InnovationInScience #BrainScience #NewYearNewGoals
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On the move: MRI goes mobile
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Max Planck Institute for Human Development @mpib-berlin.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Ta-da! We are proud to present our new mobile MRI scanner, which will enable us to conduct neuroscience research in the field.
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Max Planck Institute for Human Development @mpib-berlin.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
#NewYearNewGoals: We're kicking off the new year with a "little" surprise 🌟 Take a peek! More soon... #LoveScience #ScientificCuriosity #ScienceForward #Innovation #MaxPlanckSociety
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Mind-Body-Emotion Group @mbe-lab.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
This week is ideal to draft your submission for the #MindBrainBody Symposium 2026 so that you can let it rest over the (potential) holidays and finalise it first thing in 2026 (deadline: January 8, 2026). 😉 Looking forward to seeing you there and - in case - happy holidays! 🎄🧠🫀🫁
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Center for Lifespan Psychology, MPI for Human Development @lipmpib.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
New paper involving LIP members @brandmaier.bsky.social & Ulman Lindenberger, LIP alumna Sandra Düzel, as well as colleague Simone Kühn @cen-mpib.bsky.social! 📣
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Center for Environmental Neuroscience @cen-mpib.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
🚨 CEN Colloquium 🚨 The idea that spending time in natural settings can promote health and well-being is not new, so why is it so hard to implement? Today we are lucky to host health and environmental psychologist Mat White @univie.ac.at. Join us! 📅 9 DEC 15:00 📍MPIB & online shorturl.at/VwDe4
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CEN Colloquium, Mat White: From “sure, nature is good” to “okay we need to take this seriously”
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Center for Environmental Neuroscience @cen-mpib.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
🚨 CEN Colloquium 🚨 We are pleased to host Dr Ivan Kroupin @mpi-eva-leipzig.bsky.social for his talk 'From village to metropolis: Predictable and pervasive changes to visual and cognitive environments as a function of general evolutionary pressures' 📅 2 DEC 15:00 📍MPIB & online shorturl.at/JfJgM
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CEN Colloquium: Ivan Kroupin, From village to metropolis: Predictable and pervasive changes to visual and cognitive environments as a function of general evolutionary pressures
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Johanna Prugger @johanna-prugger.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
New preprint is out! @cen-mpib.bsky.social The Blind Spot in Research on Nature’s Benefits: Restorative versus Instorative Effects and Potential Biases www.researchgate.net/publication/...
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(PDF) The Blind Spot in Research on Nature’s Benefits: Restorative versus Instorative Effects and Potential Biases.
PDF | Environmental psychology has extensively documented the restorative effects of nature: the recovery of cognitive resources and emotional... | Find, read and cite all the research you need on Res...
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Center for Environmental Neuroscience @cen-mpib.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
🧠From Perception to Appraisal: Hierarchical Brain Responses to Natural and Built Features in Urban Environments🧠 New pre-print from Carolina Zaehme & @izzysander.bsky.social, with @aleksandrskoselevs.bsky.social, Simone Kühn and @mobilebrainimaging.bsky.social Worth reading the whole thread! ⬇️
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Center for Environmental Neuroscience @cen-mpib.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
The rise and future of environmental neuroscience in environmental psychology 🌎 Online 📅 18.11. 3pm CET Lindsay McCunn @viuniversity.bsky.social Both disciplines seek to understand the human condition. How can the connection be strengthened? ➡️ Join us online! shorturl.at/AbkjX #Neuroskyence
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CEN Colloquium: Lindsay McCunn, The rise and future of environmental neuroscience in environmental psychology
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Vancouver Island University @viuniversity.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
Have you ever wondered why your mind suddenly feels unburdened in the presence of trees? Outdoor spaces are scientifically proven to soothe the nervous system—and quickly. VIU Environmental Psychologist Dr. Lindsay McCunn explains for @outsidemag.bsky.social: bit.ly/4lNdCwk
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5 Outdoor Spaces Scientifically Proven to Calm You Down
Outdoor spaces encourage presence, mindfulness, and awe. The landscapes can quickly calm and regulate your nervous system.
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