🌟 This is us: Mareike Grotheer 🌟

What happens in the brain when we learn something new? Why is the first year of life such a unique window into human development? Read an interview with the head of our Lise Meitner Research Group NeuroLearn about her work:

👉 www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/2450837/this...

🔬 Du interessierst dich für Wissenschaftskommunikation und hochspannende Forschung?

Wir suchen eine studentische Hilfskraft (bis zu 80 Std./Monat) für unsere Abteilung Kommunikation und Design.

👉 careers.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/jobs/8456582...

#Wisskomm #ScienceCommunication #StudentJob #Berlin

🚻 Even though women make up the majority of psychology students, they still leave research at a higher rate than men.
📄 In our new paper, led by Xinyi Zhao, we take a closer look at the gender attrition gap in academic psychology.
👉 Get a quick overview in this press release: mpib.berlin/EBDvH

Congratulations to our director Mara Mather @maramather.bsky.social on being named one of the Top 100 Minds in Berlin Science 2026 by Tagesspiegel.

Read more: www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/2463520/awar...

#BerlinScience #Neuroscience #AgingResearch #MaxPlanck #WomenInScience

Watch out! Our Spotlight Magazine 2026 is now available.

Read more about the breadth of research conducted at the Institute and explore current questions at the intersection of brain, behavior, and environment.

👉 rr26.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/spotlight-ma...

Herzlichen Glückwunsch, Mara Mather @maramather.bsky.social! Der Tagesspiegel zählt unsere Direktorin zu den 100 wichtigsten Köpfen der Berliner Wissenschaft 2026. 👏

Mehr erfahren: www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/ehrungen/mar...

Prof. Peter Falkai from @lmu.de and the @mpi-psychiatry.bsky.social recently gave an insightful interview about his work here: sueddeutsche.de/muenchen/muenc… #passionforscience #maxplanckschools 🧠🧠🧠

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...

The problem may not be getting women into academia, but keeping them there. A global study by @arc-mpib.bsky.social shows that women in psychology leave research at higher rates than men, particularly early in their careers.

Read more: www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/press-releas...

#WomenInScience

Women still exit psychological research at a disproportionate rate.

Tracking 80k researchers, our new article maps the gender attrition gap and shows that differences in performance, networks, and institutions explain only part of it.

psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/...
arxiv.org/abs/2510.13273

🚨 New preprint

Excited to share new work led by Raluca Rilla, showing how cheap, open agents threaten online data collection and how open-text analysis beyond conventional traps can help mitigate this threat.

🔗 arxiv.org/abs/2609.31054

With @Anne-Marie Nussberger and @ruimata.bsky.social .

Are you looking for a fully funded PhD program in an excellent research environment? You should check out the Max Planck School of Cognition. Still time left to apply: cognition.maxplanckschools.org/en/applicati... #passionforscience #maxplanckschools 🧠🧠🧠

Proud to present our latest work "Tracking human foragers and their prey reveals adaptive predator-prey dynamics", now hosted on BioRxiv! 🧵

doi.org/10.64898/202...

@ralfkurvers.bsky.social @scioi.bsky.social @arc-mpib.bsky.social @alexschakowski.bsky.social @dominikdeffner.bsky.social

Any questions about the application to our fully funded program??? You can still register for the next virtual Q&A session here: cognition.maxplanckschools.org/en/applicati... #passionforscience #maxplanckschools

New paper out in @pnas.org 🚨

Human learning is an understudied but promising lever for boosting human–AI synergy

@jasonburton.bsky.social @ralfkurvers.bsky.social @stefanherzog.bsky.social @dirkwulff.bsky.social

📢 Job Alert 📢

Wir suchen zum nächstmöglichen Zeitpunkt eine
𝗟𝗲𝗶𝘁𝘂𝗻𝗴 𝗳ü𝗿 𝗛𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗹𝘁 𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝘂𝗻𝗴𝘀𝘄𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗻 (𝗺/𝘄/𝗱)

👉 careers.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/jobs/8030501...

#Jobangebot #Finanzwesen #Rechnungswesen #Haushalt #Controlling #ÖffentlicherDienst #TVoeD #BerlinJobs #Leadership #MaxPlanck #FinanceJobs

Very proud of @kirikuroda.bsky.social for preprinting this study on social influence and information cascades in experienced based decision making. osf.io/preprints/ps... @arc-mpib.bsky.social. Great collab with @simyciri.bsky.social @dirkwulff.bsky.social

🚨Next week's talk at ARC

Join us for a talk presented by Prof. Mark van Vugt (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam).

📅 24 Sep 11:00 (Local Time Germany) @mpib-berlin.bsky.social or online

See the link for details👇
www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/events/46746...

🤖 KI gegen Einsamkeit?

Noch bis Ende September ist der Elderbot auf der MS Wissenschaft @w-i-d.de zu erleben. Der KI-gestützte Gesprächspartner für Menschen ab 60 soll ermutigen, wieder mehr Kontakt zu anderen aufzunehmen.

🎥 Mehr im Video mit Rodrigo Schettino youtube.com/shorts/OEFsD...