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Center for Environmental Neuroscience
@cen-mpib.bsky.social
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We research the interplay between the environment and human well-being and brain health, at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin @mpib-berlin.bsky.social https://www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/research/research-centers/environmental-neuroscience
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Center for Environmental Neuroscience @cen-mpib.bsky.social · 8d
🚨CEN Colloquium🚨
Thanks to Andreas Pohlmann for introducing us to his beautiful photographs yesterday.

"Nothing is beautiful, nothing is ugly... Every habitat has its own value."
"To perpetuate life...this is the beauty of nature."

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Center for Environmental Neuroscience @cen-mpib.bsky.social · 8d
💻 Last week 💻
@isdedal.bsky.social and @nourtawil.bsky.social were at the Academy for Neuroscience in Architecture conference presenting their upcoming paper (w Claire Pauley) on how the brain processes face-like house façades 🏠

#ANFA2025 #Neuroscience #Architecture #EnvironmentalNeuroscience
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Center for Environmental Neuroscience @cen-mpib.bsky.social · 17d
Our director, Simone Kühn is also on the MPSCogs faculty. Applications for PhD positions and scholarships are open now: cognition.maxplanckschools.org/en/application
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Max Planck School of Cognition @mps-cognition.bsky.social · Sep 4
The new application cycle for our fully funded international graduate program has just started. You can now apply via our website, sign up for a Q&A, or participate in the Applicant Support Program cognition.maxplanckschools.org/en ! 👍🏻🧠👏🏾#passionforscience, #maxplanckschools
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Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics @mpi-nl.bsky.social · 23d
The call for Max Planck Research Groups 2025 is open (9 Sep–14 Oct). Postdocs can launch independent careers w/ 6+ yrs, budget, team & world-class support.
👉 mpg.de/max-planck-research-groups
#AcademicJobs #PostdocOpportunities #PostdocAppreciationWeek
Max Planck Research Groups
Max Planck Research Groups have been a key part of support of junior scientists for over 50 years. They provide postdocs with a first-rate support to help them on their scientific career paths – the a...
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Max Planck Institute for Human Development @mpib-berlin.bsky.social · 27d
🌍🧠 Climate change also takes a toll on mental health. The new Lancet Psychiatry Commission @thelancetpsych.bsky.social aims to develop solutions to integrate mental health into climate and health strategies. @cen-mpib.bsky.social is also taking part.

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New Lancet Psychiatry Commission on Climate Change and Mental Health
Climate change threatens not only the environment, but also the mental health of people worldwide. In order to scientifically assess and effectively address this challenge, the journal The Lancet Psyc...
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Center for Environmental Neuroscience @cen-mpib.bsky.social · Sep 1
Spot CEN postdoc @marlena-mayer.bsky.social at last week's International Conference on Infant and Early Child Development @lancasteruni.bsky.social. She introduced the MPIB's new #babylab, and presented a study design on infants' visual preferences for natural v urban landscapes 🐿️
#LCICD2025 #funki
A scientist stands in front of an A0-sized poster on "Exploring infants' visual preferences in the context of natural versus urban landscapes. She has blue hair, is dressed in black, and wears an orange lanyard around her neck. She is smiling proudly at the camera.
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Marlena Mayer @marlena-mayer.bsky.social · Jun 28
Seeing my baby lab vision come to life after I have poured all kinds of brain juices into it for the past 6 months is a strange but rewarding experience. Excited to announce we're finally ready to open! 🐿️

📍Berlin
#mpib #babylab #funki #lnos #environmentalneuroscience
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Soapbox Science Berlin @berlin-soapbox.bsky.social · Aug 25
🚨 Call for Speakers! 🚨
We’re looking for women, non-binary and LGBTQIA scientists to join us at @berlinscienceweek.bsky.social 2025 ✨

Together with LGBTQ+ STEM Berlin, we’re hosting two amazing events.

Want to take the stage? Apply here 👇🏼

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Center for Environmental Neuroscience @cen-mpib.bsky.social · Aug 20
Sehr interessante Beiträge - und tolle Bilder dazu!
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Center for Environmental Neuroscience @cen-mpib.bsky.social · Aug 6
...rural areas are marked by strong community ties, yet often have limited healthcare access & treatment options. Inconsistent definitions, unequal study distribution globally, and the cross-sectional nature of findings create limitations. Read the pre-print here! osf.io/preprints/ps...
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Center for Environmental Neuroscience @cen-mpib.bsky.social · Aug 6
Preliminary findings = urban living in the North increases mental disorder risks, while rural life offers better quality of life; urban areas in the South may enhance mental health. Note the complexity of effects: urban areas induce stress from overcrowding/pollution but offer better healthcare...
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Center for Environmental Neuroscience @cen-mpib.bsky.social · Aug 6
The lit review explores effects of urban & rural environment on health, brain, #cognition, personality & #epigenetics across the Global North & South. Analysis of 500+ articles over 40 years:
🔎lack of empirical evidence for the urban south
🔎GN and GS trends in environmental effects often diverge
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Center for Environmental Neuroscience @cen-mpib.bsky.social · Aug 6
📑New CEN pre-print by @johanna-prugger.bsky.social, @isdedal.bsky.social and Simone Kühn is out!

'Urban versus Rural Living: Associations with Mental Health, Physical Health, and Psychological Constructs'
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Center for Environmental Neuroscience @cen-mpib.bsky.social · Aug 5
Looking back on the 2025 LIFE Spring Academy at @umich.edu, a space where psychology, neuroscience and education meet to rethink human development. Excited we could add an environmental lens to the discussion #LIFEProgram #EnvNeuro @imprs-life.bsky.social

📷: LIFE Michigan
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Izabela Maria Sztuka @isdedal.bsky.social · Jul 30
New preprint from @cen-mpib.bsky.social: our 500-study review on how place shapes mind, body, and brain.

🧠 Urban upbringing alters stress-related brain circuits.
🌿 Rural living linked to resilient prefrontal structure.
🌍 Health disparities & gap in global representation.

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Center for Adaptive Rationality (MPIB, Berlin) @arc-mpib.bsky.social · Jul 22
🚨We are seeking a student assistant to support web programming @mpib-berlin.bsky.social (Deadline: August 15)

There are also opportunities to work with eye tracking, EEG, VR, 3D printing, and scientific computing.

See the link for more details!👇
www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/2110361/2025...
Studentische Hilfskraft im Bereich Web-Programmierung | Forschungsbereich Adaptive Rationalität
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Andreas Brandmaier @brandmaier.bsky.social · Jul 18
Finally: Ecologically valid MRI studies.

Seen at Max Planck Campus of Cognition #noai
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Max Planck Institute for Human Development @mpib-berlin.bsky.social · Jul 18
🚨 Student Job Alert 🚨

Unsere Max Planck Forschgungsgruppe Biosocial – Biology, Social Disparities and Development von @laraffington.bsky.social ist auf der Suche nach einem Student Assistant (w/m/d) (40 Std. / Monat).

👉 mpib-berlin.mpg.de/2103685/2025...
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Center for Environmental Neuroscience @cen-mpib.bsky.social · Jul 16
A few weeks ago we had a great kick-off meeting at the #Charité, sharing our work on #Environment, #Neuroscience and #MentalHealth, and look forward to the coming exchanges and studies that will deepen understandings of the interplay between environment and mental health. Watch this space!
A group of 21 researchers of different ages and gender stand in a row behind a long table in a conference room. They are all facing the camera and smiling, many with their arms held in front of them. Behind them is a screen with the words "Arbeitsgruppe Psychiatric Environmental Neuroscience (PEN) projected onto it. A group of researchers are gathered in a white-walled conference room or classroom. The researchers, mostly clad in dark casual clothing, sit at right-angled tables, and turned to face someone in the back row, who appears to be speaking. They look serious and in concentration.
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Center for Environmental Neuroscience @cen-mpib.bsky.social · Jul 16
🚨New working group for Psychiatric Environmental Neuroscience (PEN)🚨
PEN, a cooperation between CEN and the Department of Psychiatry led by Prof. Dr. Malek Bajbouj at #Charité Campus Mitte, will extend environmental neuroscience studies to clinical settings, under the leadership of Simone Kühn.
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Center for Environmental Neuroscience @cen-mpib.bsky.social · Jul 15
Martin Lövdén visited @mpib-berlin.bsky.social today and delivered some surprising conclusions about the (limited) effects of various interventions on behavior among older adults. The takeaway? To improve cognition in older adults, focus on early development.

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LIP-CEN Colloquium: Martin Lövdén - Plasticity across the lifespan: The enduring impact of early-life influences
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Max-Planck-Gesellschaft @maxplanck.de · Jul 7
Do you love #forestbathing, but have no #woods nearby? Rejoice!😀 A new study shows a 360° multisensory virtual #forest immersion with sights, sounds & scents can calm your mind & boost your mood almost as much as the real thing! 🌲❤️ mpg.de/25020718/070... @mpib-berlin.bsky.social
Virtual forest bathing alleviates stress
A team of researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Human Development (MPIB) and the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE) has demonstrated in a recent pilot study that virtual forest ...
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Iyad Rahwan | إياد رهوان @iyadrahwan.bsky.social · Jul 7
It is with great pleasure that I share MAXMINDS 2.0, a new Max Planck program to support scholars in danger of displacement by war or natural disasters, and who have limited access to resources and institutional support.

If you know affected scholars, please share.

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MAXMINDS 2.0 Homepage
MAXMINDS 2.0
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Max Planck Institute for Human Development @mpib-berlin.bsky.social · Jul 4
Virtuelles Waldbaden mittels Virtual Reality (VR) kann das emotionale Wohlbefinden verbessern – besonders dann, wenn die virtuelle Naturumgebung mehrere Sinne wie Hören, Sehen und Riechen gleichzeitig anspricht.

Neue Studie von @cen-mpib.bsky.social und UKE: www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/pressemeldun...
Virtuelles Waldbaden hilft beim Stressabbau
Ein Forschungsteam des Max-Planck-Instituts für Bildungsforschung (MPIB) und des Universitätsklinikums Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE) hat in einer aktuellen Pilotstudie nachgewiesen: Virtuelles Waldbaden kan...
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