The first talk of our #ThinkingDesign series is approaching: On April 23, Anke Haarmann from Leiden University (NL) will discuss “Epistemological #Aesthetics: How Practices of Design Lead to Insights.” Join us on at 6:30 p.m. in our ArtLab Foyer.
More info: s.gwdg.de/gKAjol
The #CoBIC Scientific Opening Symposium — two days of scientific exchange, fresh ideas, and collaboration with distinguished speakers.
📍 Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main
📅 April 20-21, 2026
Click here to register: indico.ae.mpg.de/event/39/
During our next #LibraryTalk, Design Historian Viktoria Lea Heinrich will talk about displaying design objects in museums and how to convey their history and meaning. Join us!
📅 April 16, 2026, 6 p.m.
📍 MPIEA Library, Frankfurt am Main
🗣️ Talk in German
More: ae.mpg.de/LibraryTalks
We’re excited to launch our discussion series Thinking Design! As part of the World Design Capital Frankfurt RheinMain 2026, we explore how design shapes perception, generates knowledge and influences social processes.
More info: ae.mpg.de/ThinkingDesign-en
Unfortunately, the concert had to be canceled at the last minute for health reasons. Further information will be provided in due course.
Unfortunately, the concert had to be canceled at the last minute for health reasons. Further information will be provided in due course.
At the “Creative Musical Dialogues Between Humans and Machines” concert, pianists David Dolan and Fredrik Ullén will improvise live with the AI system JHAIMI, which was developed by Oded Ben-Tal.
📍 Tuesday, March 31, 2026, MPIEA
More info & registration: ae.mpg.de/musicaldialogues
Welcome to Frankfurt, Oleg! We are super happy to have you here @ae.mpg.de and look forward to many exciting research projects! 🤩
#FrankfurtHatHirn – Live took place yesterday evening at jugend-kultur-Kirche sankt peter in Frankfurt.
Our booth and flash talks by Julia F. Christensen and Sophie Perizonius offered insights into our research on the human brain.
Thanks to everyone making this event possible!
We’re hiring!📢
We are offering a postdoctoral position at the Department of Cognitive Neuropsychology.
More information here: ae.mpg.de/7teslajob
Live lebt! 🎶 #Musik in Konzerten aktiviert das #Gehirn stärker und löst mehr #Emotionen aus als z. B. in der gestreamten Version. Ein toller #Podcast mit Melanie Wald-Fuhrmann und Nikita Kudakov (alias Coodiny) @ae.mpg.de im ART-Lab in Frankfurt 🎧 www.swr.de/swrkultur/wi...
Impressions from the LibraryTalks event.
Impressions from the LibraryTalks event.
Impressions from the LibraryTalks event.
An evening of conversations and inspiration.💬
At #LibraryTalks, we discussed with Thomas Meincke the intersections of his novels and music, collective writing processes with the audience, and an AI that recognizes itself in the title “I as Text.”
Thanks to everyone involved!
The study is part of the “Experimental Concert Research” project, which collects insights into concert experiences and music enjoyment.
More information on the research project: experimental-concert-research.org?lang=de
What influences our concert experience? 🎵
Researchers at our Institute, with the Hanover University of Music, Drama and Media and the @unicologne.bsky.social, have found that the aesthetic experience varies depending on the concert format.
Read the Paper: doi.org/10.1057/s415...
If you are in London, don’t miss this exciting event where human musicians and AI-inspired systems come together! Performance and research-led discussion with our Director Fredrik Ullén, David Dolan, and Oded Ben-Tal at Guildhall School of Music & Drama.
More information 👉 s.gwdg.de/q8Zoc1
#Author and #Musician Thomas #Meinecke works at the intersection of literature and music and will share insights into his writing process during our next Library Talk. Don't miss it!
📅 Feb 5, 2026, 6pm
📍MPIAE Library, Frankfurt am Main
🗣️Talk in German
More: s.gwdg.de/h1uy03
New paper alert! 🎉 Congrats to the whole team! 👏
Giacomo’s work highlights the importance of an interdisciplinary approach to the study of aesthetics and was shaped by his time as a student of the @mps-cognition.bsky.social at the @mpi-nl.bsky.social
Congratulations! @giacomobignardi.bsky.social receives the Frank X. Barron Award for his superior contributions to the psychology of aesthetics, creativity, and the arts as a student. The American Psychological Association honors his research on genetic effects on the perception of art🎶
Distinguished visitors at the MPIEA: our Scientific Advisory Board is here! Six experts from leading universities worldwide are visiting to review our research and exchange ideas—joined by the Vice President of the @maxplanck.de.
Looking forward to three exciting days!
Photo showing the new MPIEA research report.
So, what exactly is a #researchreport? 🤔 A research report documents the progress and results of research projects and is usually published by an institute itself, not sold in bookshops. Our latest one is out now—a great snapshot of what’s happening at our Institute. 🤩 Read it online: ae.mpg.de/rr
Visual of the sculpture of the word “Schön” in the four seasons.
At Christmas, we enjoy the little joys – like singing carols together. This fits perfectly with our Institute, where we explore why music and art move us. In this spirit, we wish you a Merry Christmas and a joyful start to 2026! 🎄✨
We look forward to welcoming you to the Institute!
Illustration eines menschlichen und eines Roboter-Kopfes mit überlappenden Profilen und bunten Sprechblasen.
Podcast-Empfehlung! Camila Bruder, Wissenschaftlerin am MPIEA, spricht in der Reihe „IQ - Wissenschaft und Forschung“ über KI-Stimmen in der Musik und die Berechenbarkeit von Pop-Hits. Die Folge ist ab Samstag, 20. Dezember in der ARD-Audiothek verfügbar.
Zum Podcast ➞ s.gwdg.de/f5hyZ3
The pages of an open book with sparkling effects.
New paper out: An international research team, including researchers from the MPIEA, explored how children’s attachment security and empathy influence their emotional experiences while listening to fairy tales.
Read the paper here: doi.org/10.1007/s42761-025-00339-4
Drawing of how intracranial recordings become a public dataset.
Open science breakthrough: @arc-cogitate.bsky.social has launched an open-access iEEG dataset of 38 people, including work from @ae.mpg.de.
This high-resolution resource tests competing theories & is available to researchers worldwide: bit.ly/49gRhne
Visual with the title and date of the 2nd Annual Conference on Aesthetic Development.
It’s almost time! The 2nd Annual Conference on #AestheticDevelopment takes place on November 20, 2025, at the Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics in Frankfurt am Main.
Registration to attend the conference is open until November, 10 ⏰.
More information: s.gwdg.de/5XdgmU
Poster Library Talks with date and location of the event and the German title
What does it mean to be ripe—and why do we find it so beautiful? Philosopher #LeonJoskowitz explores how #ripeness, #taste, and #perception shape our #senseofbeauty.
📅 Nov 6, 2025 | 🕕 6 p.m.
📍 MPIEA Library, Frankfurt am Main
🗣️ Talk in German
More: www.aesthetics.mpg.de/newsroom/ver...
Illustration of a human and a robotic head with overlapping profiles and colored speech bubbles.
🗣️ Can you tell an #AIvoice from a human one? Researchers from our Institute and the University of Applied Arts Vienna #dieangewandte found that while synthetic #TextToSpeech voices often fool us, they’re still rated as less attractive than human ones.
Learn more: doi.org/10.1016/j.chbah.2025.100211
Today, our Institute hosted a distinguished delegation from the #UniversityOfSeoul, led by President Yongkul Won, during their visit to @goetheuni.bsky.social. The visit focused on Germany’s model of cooperation between university and non-university #ResearchInstitutions.
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