Departments
Language and Literature
The Department of Language and Literature investigates the aesthetically relevant features and the aesthetic perception as well as the evaluation of linguistic utterances and texts, with a specific focus on literature.
Music
Using a variety of methods, the music department researches the processing, experiencing and evaluation of music, as well as behaviour during its reception.
Neuroscience
The Neuroscience Department, works on the neurobiology of hearing, language processing, and music, including the dimensions of aesthetic experience.
The Institute
Our institutes investigates the foundations and mechanisms of aesthetic perception and evaluation as well as aesthetically appealing features of objects and events across sensory modalities. It draws on broad multi-disciplinary expertise and a large variety of methods. Key desiderata include the multiple nuances as well as individual and cultural differences of aesthetic liking, its motivational implications and the functions of aesthetic experiences for cognitive and affective development and for subjective well-being and social communication. [more]
ArtLab
The ArtLab is both a modern, multi-purpose event location, as well as a psychophysiological research facility. Regularly featured here are all kinds of performances (e.g., classical and contemporary musical concerts, literary readings, movie presentations) as well as scientific studies and experiments involving up to 46 test subjects simultaneously.
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Jobs
Bewerbungsschluss:
20. August 2018
50 - 60 Std. monatlich
Bewerbungsschluss:
31. August 2018
40 Std. monatlich
Closing date:
August 26, 2018
Bewerbungsschluss:
27. August 2018
30 – 40 Std. monatlich
Bewerbungsschluss:
2. September 2018
40 – 80 Std. monatlich
Events
Max-Planck-Institut für empirische Ästhetik, ArtLab Foyer
Max-Planck-Institut für empirische Ästhetik