Foreword

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Foreword

October 18, 2010

The Max Planck Society conducts research at the frontiers of knowledge. For this reason, we always pay particular attention to any research fields that are developing dynamically and presenting new scientific challenges. [more]

Contributors

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Cell Biology . Cognitive Science . Ecology . Genetics . Medicine

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Modern psychiatry

October 18, 2010

Genome wide association studies have uncovered the importance of multiple gene variants in psychiatric disorders. [more]

Cognitive Science . Computer Science . Evolutionary Biology . Genetics . Medicine

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Comparative genomics of higher primates

October 18, 2010

Understanding what makes us different from other species might help us tackle human-specific diseases. [more]

Behavioural Biology . Cognitive Science . Complex Systems . Computer Science . Ecology . Linguistics . Mathematics

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Multi-modal computing and interaction

October 18, 2010

The first challenge is to organize, understand and search the available multi-modal data in a robust, efficient and intelligent way. The second challenge is to develop systems that mirror human behaviour and are intuitively interactive. [more]

Behavioural Biology . Cognitive Science . Cultural Studies . Linguistics . Social and Behavioural Sciences

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Exploring behavioral development

October 18, 2010

Studies on the plasticity of behavioural development across ages could help better explain and even enhance human behavioural development.
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Behavioural Biology . Cognitive Science . Evolutionary Biology . Genetics . Linguistics . Neurosciences . Social and Behavioural Sciences

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Language and genetics

October 18, 2010

Genetic methods have revolutionized research into many aspects of languages, including the tracing of their origins. [more]

Behavioural Biology . Cell Biology . Cognitive Science . Medicine . Neurosciences

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Plasticity of the human brain

October 18, 2010

The human brain changes throughout life in response to experience — a process called plasticity. [more]

 
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