Curriculum Vitae

Born on February 3, 1952 in Cologne. Study of German, Romance languages, linguistics and psychology, doctorate Bonn Univ. (1976), degree in psychology (1980), German Habilitation in psychology Gießen Univ. (1986), Professor Free Univ. Berlin (1989), Founding Director and Scientific Member of the Max Planck Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience (1994), Director of the Centre of Cognitive Science at Leipzig University (1997 - 2008), Honorary Professor at the Universities Leipzig (Psychology), Potsdam (Linguistics) and Charité Berlin (Medicine), Director and Scientific Member at the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, formerly Max Planck Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience (since 1994).