@arc-mpib
Interdisciplinary research group at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development (@mpib-berlin.bsky.social). We study decision making in today’s complex and fast-changing world. Website: https://tinyurl.com/bdfy736y Podcast: unravelingbehavior.org
🚨 Updated preprint 🚨
Excited to share this updated preprint, in which @ruimata.bsky.social and I discuss five ways LLMs can help address longstanding challenges in cognitive science and psychology, examining both opportunities and pitfalls.
🔗 arxiv.org/abs/2511.00206
Premiere am Max-Planck-Institut für Bildungsforschung! 🎉
Ein mobiler Magnetresonanztomograph geht an den Start – und reist im Spezialtrailer direkt an Forschungsorte – für eine lebensnahe Umweltneurowissenschaft @cen-mpib.bsky.social 🧠🌍
Mehr erfahren:
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Why can’t we remember being toddlers? 🧠
In @time.com, Sarah Power @sarahdpower.bsky.social @lipmpib.bsky.social explains how a specially designed lab helps uncover how memories form in early childhood.
More news about LIP colleague @sarahdpower.bsky.social's work!
We have published the second short video of our series on hybrid collective intelligence. This time, @nikoz.bsky.social from @mpib-berlin.bsky.social presents how combining human expertise with AI insights can lead to better diagnostic accuracy in the medical domain.
youtu.be/Xz8wBkDzjjQ
If interested, check out how last year's event went:
bsky.app/profile/arc-...
📢 Reminder: Applications are still open for Summer Institute 2026 @mpib-berlin.bsky.social (June 8–16)!
This year's theme focuses on AI and decision-making — a great opportunity for early-career researchers in this space.
⏰ Application deadline: March 16
🔗 www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/research/res...
Dirk Wulff (@dirkwulff.bsky.social), and more.
Our sincere apologies for the confusion. And again, we’re looking forward to your applications for the summer institute.
Konstantinos Katsikopoulos, Anastasia Kozyreva (@anaskozyreva.bsky.social), Tomás Lejarraga, Rui Mata (@ruimata.bsky.social), Zoe Rahwan, Mario Scharfbillig (@scharfbillig.bsky.social), Özgür Şimşek (@ozgursimsek.bsky.social), Peter Todd, Nikolas Zöller (@nikoz.bsky.social),
The program brings together researchers across multiple disciplines for talks and workshops by Gerd Gigerenzer, Ralph Hertwig, Levin Brinkmann (@levinbrinkmann.bsky.social), Jason Burton (@jasonburton.bsky.social), Julian Berger (@officialberger.bsky.social), Shahar Hechtlinger,
Note: In our previous post, we mistakenly tagged a wrong account. The correct accounts are below:
Dirk Wulff (@dirkwulff.bsky.social), and more.
Want to see what last year’s summer institute was like? Take a look here: bsky.app/profile/arc-...
We’re looking forward to your applications for the summer institute!
📣 Applications for the 23rd Summer Institute on Bounded Rationality are now open!
✨Join us in Berlin @arc-mpib.bsky.social June 08–16, 2026, to explore the topic of “Decision Making in the Age of AI”.
✏️ More details + application form (deadline: March 16): www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/research/res...
The program brings together researchers across multiple disciplines for talks and workshops by experts, including Gerd Gigerenzer, Ralph Hertwig, Levin Brinkmann (@levinbrinkmann.bsky.social), Jason Burton @jasonburton.bsky.social), Julian Berger (@officialberger.bsky.social), Shahar Hechtlinger,
🚨New preprint! 🚨
"Boosting metacognition in entangled human-AI interaction to navigate cognitive-behavioral drift"
arxiv.org/pdf/2602.01959
Happy to see this new work coming to the surface alongside @cabels18.bsky.social @lorenzspreen.bsky.social @lewan.bsky.social and @stefanherzog.bsky.social
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Die #Algorithmen vieler #SocialMedia - Plattformen belohnen Aufregung. Desinformation, Hass und Hetze dominieren. Zerstört das Internet die #Demokratie? Darüber spricht Ralph Hertwig @mpib-berlin.bsky.social im Podcast "Nur eine Frage" 🎧 Eine Hörempfehlung -> www.zeit.de/wissen/2026-... @zeit.de
🚨 New publication 🚨
Excited to share this new forum piece led by @kevinetiede.bsky.social
We propose broadening risk communication to cover neglected dimensions outlined in our risk-information taxonomy, requiring greater reliance on simulated experiences.
Open access: doi.org/10.1016/j.ti...
Wie entscheiden Menschen unter realen Bedingungen? ❄️🎣
Ein internationales Forschungsteam untersuchte Eisangel-Wettbewerbe in Finnland. Im Deutschlandfunk erklärt @alexschakowski.bsky.social, welche Rolle Erfahrung und soziale Informationen dabei spielen.
www.deutschlandfunk.de/gletschersee...
Big news: I started a new position as Professor for Computational Social Science (W1 tenure track) at the Center for Critical Computational Studies (C3S) at Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main!
www.c3s-frankfurt.de/who-we-are#m...
Last Thursday, postdoc Sonja Sudimac joined @berlinualliance.bsky.social's annual Career Day to talk about her career journey. A good opportunity for researchers from different fields to get together, and a nice break from the computer/lab! 👩🔬
www.berlin-university-alliance.de/en/commitmen...
Very happy to see our ice-fishing paper on the cover of @science.org this week! 🎣🎉
We tracked large groups of Finnish competitive ice-fishers to study how social foragers use social information when searching for resources. 🐟
Link: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... (contact me for open access)
❄️🎣 What ice-fishing competitions reveal about human decision-making. New paper in @science.org by researchers from @mpib-berlin.bsky.social, @scioi.bsky.social, and the University of Eastern Finland.
👉 Read more: www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/newsroom/new...
📄 Paper: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
🚨 Student Job Alert 🚨
Unsere Serviceeinheit Scientific Technology and Computing sucht eine Studentische Hilfskraft zur Unterstützung und Betreuung von IT- und Technologielösungen in Forschungslaboren und der organisatorischen Mitarbeit im Laborbetrieb.
www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/2259305/2026...
🎉 The data of the Berlin Aging Study (BASE) are now accessible via the Research Data Center of the Leibniz Institute for Psychology (ZPID) @zpid.bsky.social.
This is a unique longitudinal data set with great potential – also for young scientists.
👉 www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/base-data-av...
Die Daten der Berliner Altersstudie (BASE) sind ab sofort über das Forschungsdatenzentrum des ZPID @zpid.bsky.social weltweit für Forschende verfügbar.
Ein einzigartiger Langzeitdatensatz mit großem Potenzial – auch für den wissenschaftlichen Nachwuchs.
👉 www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/datenschatz-...
NEW: We show and replicate socioeconomic gradients in heuristics for decision-making under uncertainty, possibly reflecting adaptations varying levels of scarcity and competition for resources 🫰
Shoutout and thanks to @danielnettle.bsky.social & @coraliechevallier.bsky.social ❤️🔥
tinyurl.com/mu7rzz6k
🚨 New preprint 🚨
Excited to share new work led by @tikhomirova.bsky.social, presenting a large-scale evaluation of the accessibility of psycholinguistic information in transformer language models.
Preprint: arxiv.org/abs/2601.03798
Our new mobile MRI scanner brings state-of-the-art imaging directly to the field—without compromising data quality! Read more about the 1,5 Tesla and our plans with it: www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/newsroom/new...
#Neuroscience #FieldResearch #InnovationInScience #BrainScience #NewYearNewGoals
Ta-da! We are proud to present our new mobile MRI scanner, which will enable us to conduct neuroscience research in the field.
#NewYearNewGoals: We're kicking off the new year with a "little" surprise 🌟
Take a peek! More soon...
#LoveScience #ScientificCuriosity #ScienceForward #Innovation #MaxPlanckSociety
