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“Now is the right time and this is the right place“ – In Potsdam’s cognitive sciences, researchers from different disciplines have been working together successfully for many years

The cognitive sciences deal with the information processing and structures of an intelligent system – be it humans or machines. In Potsdam, cognitive …
Prof. Barbara Höhle

Instructive Babble of Voices – Inside the Potsdam BabyLAB – Lab Visit (instead of) Self-experimentation

Little Mathilde is the star of the day: Laboratory coordinator Tom Fritzsche welcomes her and her mother.  Afterwards, Dr. Alan Langus, a member of …

Double Success – Funding Extension for the DFG Collaborative Research Centers at the University of Potsdam

The German Research Foundation (DFG) positively reviewed the two Collaborative Research Centers at the University of Potsdam and approved their …
Prof. Ralf Engbert. | Foto: Tobias Hopfgarten

I See What You See - Potsdam Cognitive scientists develop models for predicting eye movements

For some time, cognitive scientists have been focusing on the human gaze, especially when it comes to reading and viewing images and objects. We know …
Thanks to its variability, language helps to build bridges. Photo: Fotolia/hurca.com.

Testing the Limits – A Special Research Area Investigates How Flexible Language Really Is

It’s Friday morning at a weekly market in Berlin. Those who visit the Maybachufer market in the district of Neukölln are treated to a little journey …

„Die Grenzen der Variabilität in der Sprache“ – Auftakt des Sonderforschungsbereichs 1287

Mit einer Auftaktveranstaltung wird der Sonderforschungsbereich (SFB) „Die Grenzen der Variabilität in der Sprache: Kognitive, grammatische und …

Von Daten zu Modellen – Sonderforschungsbereich zur „Datenassimilation“ wird am 4. Juli eröffnet

Wie aus großen Datenmengen komplexe, aber verständliche Modelle entstehen können, wollen die Forscher des neuen Sonderforschungsbereiches (SFB) 1294 …