Newsroom – Category: Humanities

Even chimpanzees and six-year-old infants want to punish antisocial behaviour more

A hyperactive network inhibits the flow of speech more

The more a poem evokes vivid sensory imagery, the more we like it more

Jürgen Renn, Robert Schlögl, Christoph Rosol and Benjamin Steininger present a research initiative of the Max Planck Society on socio-technical aspects of energy transformation. more

Max Planck researchers discover the oldest ever images of dogs on leashes more

First-borns are more likely to study more prestigious subjects at university such as medicine and engineering and can thus expect greater earnings than later-borns, who turn to arts, journalism and teaching. more

At the age of six months, babies develop a sense of statistics more

Large-scale study casts light on the nature of risk preferences more

Babies as old as only a few months are able to identify objects as 'spiders' or 'snakes' and respond to them more

Individual qualities matter more than group qualities when choosing a new friend from an ethnic or religious group other than one’s own more