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Research Report 2011–2013 The Max Planck Institute for Human Develop- Since the 1980s and with the appointment of a ment, founded in 1963, is a multidisciplinary third generation of senior fellows and scientific research establishment dedicated to the study directors (Paul B. Baltes, 1980; Karl Ulrich of human development and education. Its Mayer, 1983; Jürgen Baumert, 1996; Gerd inquiries are broadly defined, encompassing Gigerenzer, 1997), research at the Institute has evolutionary, historical, social, and institutional concentrated more and more on questions of contexts of individual human development from basic research associated with the nature of infancy to old age. The disciplines of psychology, human development, education, and work in history, and education, which reflect the current a changing society. At the same time, lifespan directors’ backgrounds, are enriched by the developmental and life-course research were work of colleagues from behavioral and added as a signature profile of the Institute’s Report Research 2011-2013 developmental neuroscience, evolutionary research program. biology, economics, mathematics, computer science, sociology, and the humanities. Latest developments in the succession of generations were marked by the appointment The Institute is one of about 80 research facili- of Ulman Lindenberger as new director of the ties financed by the Max Planck Society for the Center for Lifespan Psychology (2004), adding Advancement of Science (Max-Planck-Gesell- an emphasis on neural correlates of human schaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaften e.V.), behavior and cognitive plasticity, and by the the core support for which is provided by the appointment of Ute Frevert as director of the Federal Republic of Germany and its 16 states. newly established Center for the History of Emotions (2007), adding perspectives from The Institute was founded in 1963 by Hellmut cultural history to the Institute‘s research Becker, who was joined subsequently by agenda on human development. Friedrich Edding (1964), Dietrich Goldschmidt (1964), and Saul B. Robinsohn (1964) as the The appointment of Ralph Hertwig (2012) has first generation of scientific directors. In the further enriched the Institute’s research on first decade of its existence, the development human decision-making processes, with a of educational research and educational policy special focus on the social environment and was emphasized. changes across the lifespan. The appointment of a second generation of directors (Wolfgang Edelstein, 1973, and Peter M. Roeder, 1973) added to this framework a commitment to basic research in human development and educational processes. Max Planck Institute for Human Development Institute for Max Planck Max-Planck-Institut für Bildungsforschung für Max-Planck-Institut Research Report 2 011 – 2 013 Max-Planck-Institut für Bildungsforschung Max Planck Institute for Human Development Lentzeallee 94 · 14195 Berlin, Germany Fon: +49 30 82406-0 · Fax: +49 30 8249939 www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de RR_2014_Cover_final_140310.indd 1 14.03.14 11:15 Research Report 2 011 – 2 013 Impressum © 2014 Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin Design: Based on the design of Grafisches Atelier Rudolf J. Schmitt, Berlin Realization: Christel Fraser, Marianne Hauser, Renate Hoffmann, Jürgen Rossbach, Erna Schiwietz, Nicole Siller, Kerstin Skork of the Max Planck Institute for Human Development Printed 2014 by DBM Druckhaus Berlin-Mitte GmbH, Germany © Cover Photo: K. Bartel/R. Brauner Contents Introduction 6 Editorial 8 Overview 9 Center for Adaptive Behavior and Cognition 15 Introductory Overview 19 Bounded Rationality 20 Ecological Rationality 23 Social Rationality 30 Theory Integration 39 Risk Literacy in Health 43 Decision Making in the Wild 56 Publications 2011–2013 64 Center for Adaptive Rationality 77 Introductory Overview 79 Research Area 1: Simple Heuristics in a Complex World 82 Research Area 2: Reckoning With Uncertainty: Search and Learning 97 Research Area 3: The Lifespan Development of Decision Making 104 Research Area 4: Empowering and Educating the Decision Maker 112 Publications 2011–2013 123 Center for the History of Emotions 129 Introductory Overview 131 Research Area: Education and Cultivation of Emotions 140 Research Area: Emotions and the Body 154 Research Area: Emotions and Power 169 Publications 2011–2013 185 Center for Lifespan Psychology 195 Introductory Overview 199 Research Project 1: Neuromodulation of Lifespan Cognition (Concluding Report) 207 Research Project 2: Intra-Person Dynamics Across the Lifespan 211 Research Project 3: Cognitive and Neural Dynamics of Memory Across the Lifespan (ConMem) 217 Research Project 4: Mechanisms and Sequential Progression of Plasticity 223 Research Project 5: Sensorimotor–Cognitive Couplings Across the Lifespan 227 Research Project 6: The Berlin Aging Studies (BASE) 233 Research Project 7: Interactive Brains, Social Minds 239 Research Project 8: Brain Imaging Methods in Lifespan Psychology 245 Research Project 9: Formal Methods in Lifespan Psychology 248 Publications 2011–2013 254 Max Planck Research Group Affect Across the Lifespan 265 Introductory Overview 267 Research Emphasis 1: Age-Related Differences in Affect Dynamics 267 Research Emphasis 2: Age- Related Differences in Affective Competencies 281 Publications 2011–2013 287 Max Planck Research Group Felt Communities? Emotions in European Music Performances 291 Introductory Overview 293 Publications 2011–2013 312 Max Planck Research Group Reading Education and Development (REaD) 315 Introductory Overview 317 childLex: A Corpus of German Read by Children 318 DeveL: The Developmental Lexicon Project 324 DevTrack: The Developmental Eye-Tracking Study 328 Investigating Reading Longitudinally: OPeRA and PLAiT 333 Publications 2012–2013 339 Emeriti Jürgen Baumert and Wolfgang Edelstein 341 Jürgen Baumert’s Research Program 343 Publications 2011–2013 349 International Max Planck Research Schools (IMPRS) & Networks 355 International Max Planck Research School on the Life Course (LIFE) 357 International Max Planck Research School for Moral Economies of Modern Societies (Moral Economies) 362 International Max Planck Research School Adapting Behavior in a Fundamentally Uncertain World 365 MaxNetAging Research School 367 Max Planck Research Network on Cognition (Maxnet Cognition): Concluding Report 368 Max Planck Fellow Gert G. Wagner 371 Publications 2011–2013 375 Scientific Services 377 Library and Research Information Unit 379 Central IT Unit 381 Appendix 384 1. Honors and Awards 2011–2013 387 2. Research Colloquia 2011–2013 390 3. Conferences, Workshops, and Seminars 2011–2013 397 4. Political Delegations and Guests 2011–2013 400 5. Visiting Researchers 2011–2013 401 6. Other Professional Activities 2011–2013 403 7. Academic Degrees 2011–2013 408 8. Research and Professional Staff 2011–2013 410 9. Where Have Our Researchers Gone? New Positions 2011–2013 428 Introduction Editorial Half a century ago, our Institute came into existence. To celebrate its 50th anniversary, over 300 guests from Germany and abroad joined us at a scientific symposium held on 9 October 2013. This occasion gave us the opportunity to reflect on the Institute’s past, present, and fu- ture. In its 50 years of activities, the Institute has left its mark on scientific research worldwide and has also been influenced by developments elsewhere. Rather than riding on its prestige, the Institute has continually reinvented itself and actively risked entering new areas, as illustrated in this report. Two new research centers and a new doctoral program have broadened our spectrum of research. Founded in July 2012 and led by Sascha Schroeder, the Max Planck Research Group “Reading Education and Development” (REaD) looks at the underlying structure and develop- ment of literacy acquisition in children and youth. The Center for Adaptive Rationality (ARC), headed by Institute Director Ralph Hertwig, began operations in October 2012. It investigates decision processes in a complex and uncertain world. Our doctoral programs have also seen a number of changes. In the autumn of 2013, the International Max Planck Research School for Moral Economies of Modern Societies (IMPRS Moral Economies) welcomed its first six doctoral students. The graduate school is a cooperation between the MPI for Human Development, Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Technische Universität Berlin. In addi- tion, we were able to augment our research facilities with the acquisition of an MRI scanner and the expansion and renovation of our Movement Lab. We are also keen on dialogue with the public. To this end, we again opened our doors on Berlin’s “Long Night of the Sciences” in 2012 and 2013. Interest in our work remained at a consistently high level, averaging 670 visitors per event. As evidenced by our Children’s Day 2012 and our involvement in selected children’s universities, we particularly strive to spark enthusiasm in children and young people for our research topics and thereby nurture future scientists. An- other important activity was the interactive display by the REaD Research Group, which went on board the MS Science—a ship converted into a floating exhibition by Wissenschaft im Dialog (Science in Dialogue) and the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research—and is cur- rently on view at the Deutsches Museum in Munich. On a more somber note, Peter Martin Roeder passed away on 11 September 2011. Roeder was director at the Institute from 1973 to 1995. He was one of the first to take
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