Obtain your PhD in the field of Cognition PASSION FOR SCIENCE maxplanckschools.org MAX PLANCK SCHOOLS a joint initiative between German Universities and German Research Organizations MAX PLANCK SCHOOL MAX PLANCK FACULTY Christoph Engel OF COGNITION Max Planck Institute for Research on Katrin Amunts Collective Goods Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf The doctoral program at the Max & Research Centre Jülich Peter Falkai Planck School of Cognition will offer Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich exceedingly bright students a superior Elisabeth Binder grasp of the different methods and Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry Simon Fisher approaches used in the rapidly evolving Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics field of Cognition. We are driven by the Nicole Boivin passion to better understand human Max Planck Institute for the Science Angela Friederici cognition and “mental phenomena” of Human History Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive (potentially) occurring in non-biological and Brain Sciences systems and agents. Michael Brecht Bernstein Center for Computational Pascal Fries The school is comprised of an Neuroscience Ernst Strüngmann Institute (ESI) for Neuro- outstand ing and world-renowned sci ence in cooperation with Max Planck Society cluster of fac ulty researchers from Christian Büchel diverse scientific backgrounds but with University Medical Centre Russell Gray overlapping research interests. The Hamburg-Eppendorf Max Planck Institute for the Science of researchers come from Max Planck Human History Institutes, Universities, Helmholtz Alon Chen Association and Fraunhofer Society. Max Planck Institute for Psychiatry Philipp Gunz Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary The program consists of an Orientation Christian Doeller Anthropology Year (Basic Courses, Lab rotations) Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive followed by three years of research for and Brain Sciences Patrick Haggard the doctorate and is fully financed. University College London Emrah Düzel German Center for Neurodegenerative Peter Hagoort Diseases & Otto von Guericke University Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics Magdeburg John-Dylan Haynes Nikos Logothetis Klaus Scheffler Bernstein Center for Computational Max Planck Institute for Max Planck Institute Neuroscience Biological Cybernetics for Biological Cybernetics Hauke R. Heekeren Winfried Menninghaus Eric Schröger Free University of Berlin Max Planck Institute for University of Leipzig Empirical Aesthetics Christine Heim Tania Singer Charité – Berlin University of Medicine Antje Meyer Max Planck Institute for Human Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics Cognitive and Brain Sciences Hans-Jochen Heinze Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg Klaus-Robert Müller Arno Villringer Technical University of Berlin Max Planck Institute for Human Ralph Hertwig Cognitive and Brain Sciences Max Planck Institute for Human Michael Pauen Development Berlin School of Mind and Brain Melanie Wald-Fuhrmann & Humboldt University of Berlin Max Planck Institute for Jürgen Jost Empirical Aesthetics Max Planck Institute for Mathematics Michael Petraglia in the Sciences Max Planck Institute for the Science Nikolaus Weiskopf of Human History Max Planck Institute for Human Gerd Kempermann Cognitive and Brain Sciences German Center for Neurodegenerative David Poeppel Diseases & Technical University of Dresden Max Planck Institute for Empirical Thomas Wiegand Aesthetics Fraunhofer Institute for Telecommuni- Arthur Konnerth cations, Heinrich Hertz Institute Technical University of Munich Brigitte Röder & Technical University of Berlin University of Hamburg Ulman Lindenberger Carsten Wotjak Max Planck Institute for Human Caroline Rowland Ludwig Maximilian University Munich Development Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics & University of Liverpool CONCENTRATING SCIENTIFIC EXCELLENCE, THEREBY OFFERING A DOCTORAL TRANING PROGRAMME THAT IS COMPETIVIVE WITH THE INTERNATIONAL ELITE THIS IS WHAT THE NEW MAX PLANCK SCHOOLS STAND FOR. Students with interests in biology, physics, This is a joint graduate program offered in computer science, psychology, psychiatry, collaboration with German Universities and neurology or philosophy, are encouraged to German Research Organizations. apply to the Max Planck School of Cognition. The School will enable outstanding graduates We offer: to gain their doctorate, where possible through — Full financial support a fast track scheme. — Excellent research opportunities — Unique and inspiring setting Visit our website Application www.maxplanckschools.org Autumn 2018 .