Newsroom – Category: Humanities

A new study shows that changes in grammatical complexity are not shaped by social environments more

A study analyzes the complex the relationship between personality and parenthood more

Linguistics and genetics combine to suggest a new hybrid hypothesis for the origin of the Indo-European languages more

A study confirms this trend, while also showing major differences between men and women, eastern and western Germany, and low and high-skilled workers more

New research from the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Crime, Security and Law contribute to explaining the connection between short-term mindsets and later crime in adolescents. more

What people find beautiful is highly individual. Aenne Brielmann and her team at the Max Planck Institute of Biological Cybernetics want to know how the perception of beauty comes about and what effect environmental design has on our well-being.  more

Women with very young children need more support more

A new Max Planck Center in Rostock and Helsinki more

Reinhard Zimmermann awarded the Antonio Feltrinelli Prize more

New study shows how weather conditions influence music success in the markets more