Max Planck Society
The Max Planck Society is Germany's premier, non-university research organization dedicated to cutting-edge research across 84 Max Planck Institutes. It conducts basic research in natural sciences, life sciences, social sciences, and humanities, with a strong focus on interdisciplinary approaches. The Society's institutes are at the forefront of innovative research, from neural circuits mediating planning and decisions for goal-directed spatial navigation to disorders of neural circuit function. Each institute houses multiple specialized research labs, fostering a collaborative environment for groundbreaking discoveries.
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Max Planck Institute for Brain Research
This institute focuses on understanding the neural circuits underlying cognitive functions such as perception, decision-making, and memory. It houses several specialized labs, including the Decision and Awareness Group, which investigates the neural mechanisms of conscious and unconscious decision-making.
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