When we read, our eyes move in a particular pattern as we follow the text. This pattern is surprisingly similar to the rhythm of spoken language.

How Does a View of Nature Gain Its Gloss of Beauty?

International Study Investigates How We Distinguish Speech from Music

New Insights Into Self-Evaluation in Music Performance

International Research Team Finds Paradoxical Connection in the Perception of Emotions

Songbird Uses Musical Techniques Like Those of Humans

Aesthetically appealing art increases creative inspiration

International team of researchers identifies cognitive computations underlying human predictive behavior.

International research team discovers how and where statistical learning happens in the brain

The Max-Planck-Society-NYU Center for Language, Music, and Emotion (CLaME) is an international research center with participating scientists from many countries. We unequivocally support the Black community in the United States and beyond. We sharply condemn all acts of violence committed by the police. 

September 10, 18:30 (CET) Linguistics Flash Mobs on YouTube: David discusses language in the brain with Andrea Moro (IUSS Pavia)

June 10, 19:00 (CET) Dare to Know Philosophy Podcast: David talks about his work on Noam Chomsky

May 27, 0:00 midnight (CET) Rhythms of speech and rhythms of brains lecture, hosted by the Brazilian Linguistics Association (ABRALIN) 

Artificial intelligence and 80,000 ancient Chinese poems show that constraint poetic structures aid poetry appreciation.

New model contradicts previous hypotheses.

Die Forschungsprojekte des Instituts im Überblick

An Innovative Approach to Measuring Aesthetic Enjoyment

As part of the new Max Planck-NYU cooperation "CLaME", Joseph LeDoux (NYU) will provide insights into the latest research on the neural basis of emotions on November 5.

Let’s take a look at visual perception

New Study Points to Universal Code in Our Brains for What We Find Beautiful

Research Scientist Claire Pelofi (CLaME-NYU) is in Frankfurt this May. In cooperation with scientists from the MPIEA Neuroscience and Music departments, she will create optimal new experimental stimuli in the ArtLab.

On March 12, the new Max Planck - NYU Center for Language, Music and Emotion (ClaME) in New York City was officially inaugurated.

Professor David Poeppel welcomed Regina Oehler and a group of hr-iNFO radio listeners 

Film and lecture series on the processing of feature films in the brain

On February 27 we welcome Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard for a public lecture on beauty in the animal kingdom.

Neuroscientific study by an international research team sheds light on the role of the default mode network in the brain.

Previous theories on temporal processes in the human brain need to be revised

Fundamental differences found in taste for naturally occurring aesthetic domains and for artifacts of human culture

On September 14, we invite you to a bar evening from 7 p.m. with short lectures from our research.

Wissenschaftler des MPIEA leiten MEG-Demonstrations-Messung mit Fußball-Legende Charly Körbel für „Begehbares Gehirn“ im neuen Senckenberg Naturmuseum Frankfurt.

New conversation series about the stories behind the official CV

Public lectures in the field of neurosciences - the Westend Lectures go into the second round. 

First research report released.

A new study by New York University and the Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics shows that vivid pictorial language has the greatest influence on the aesthetic appeal of poetry. The results improve our understanding of aesthetic preferences in general.

The human auditory system has preferences, as evidenced by a recent study of the MPI for Empirical Aesthetics published in PLOS Biology.

In the first Fechner Lecture at the Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics, Anjan Chatterjee focused on “The Good, the Bad and The Ugly of Beauty”. Professor Chatterjee (University of Pennsylvania) is among the leading international scientists in the field of neuroaesthetics. 

Public Fechner Lecture on 24 October with US Neuroscientist Anjan Chatterjee, M.D.

The synchronization of brainwaves among students during class reflects how much they like the class and each other, a team of neuroscientists has found.

International Symposium on Neural Oscillations in Berlin

A new multidimensional approach might provide true understanding of the brain

Pauline Larrouy-Maestri, PhD, awarded by SEMPRE/ICMPC14

New research presents evidence for innate understanding of language rules

Researchers find neurological notes that help identify how we process music

The Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics opened in Frankfurt am Main

In tune or out of tune – people with no formal musical training versus professional musicians.

Screams occupy a privileged acoustic niche to ensure their biological and social efficiency.

Special Issue CORTEX: Prediction in speech and language processing