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20 February 2026Genetics help explain who gets the ‘telltale tingle’ from music, art and literature
Why do some people feel chills when listening to music, reading poetry, or viewing a powerful work of art, while others do not? New research by Giacomo Bignardi and his colleagues from Max Planck...
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22 August 2025New genetic clues illuminate the biology of stuttering
Stuttering - marked by speech disruptions like blocks, repetitions, or prolonged words - affects around 8% of children, though for most it resolves over time. Yet 0.8% continue to stutter into...
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18 December 2024Dyslexia genetics linked to brain structure
Dyslexia is a common learning difficulty in which genes often play a role. How do genes associated with dyslexia relate to brain structure in the general population? In a large-scale study published...
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10 July 2024Behaviour Genetics Association Award for Lucía De Hoyos
Last week Lucía De Hoyos received the Outstanding Associate Member Oral Presentation Award at the annual meeting of the Behavioural Genetics Association (BGA) in London. We congratulate her with this...
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08 December 2023European Excellence Awards for Letterprins in Berlin
At an awards show in Berlin, the game Letterprins has received two European Excellence Awards, in the categories 'Science & Education' and 'Data-driven & Automated Communication'. The Letterprins game...
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22 June 2023Otto Hahn Medals for Lot Snijders Blok and Micha Heilbron
Each year, the Max Planck Society awards up to 30 young scientists and researchers for outstanding scientific achievements with the Otto Hahn Medal. We congratulate Lot Snijders Blok and Micha...
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09 November 2022Joery den Hoed defends thesis on 14 November
On Monday, 14 November 12:30 hrs, Joery den Hoed will defend his thesis 'Disentangling the molecular landscape of genetic variation of neurodevelopmental and speech disorders'. A limited number of...
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20 October 2022Gene study identifies series of DNA variants linked to dyslexia
An international team of scientists, including researchers at the University of Edinburgh and the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics in Nijmegen (Netherlands), has for the first time...
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23 August 2022Massive genome study informs the biology of reading and language
What is the biological basis of our uniquely human capacity to speak, read and write? A genome-wide analysis of five reading- and language-based skills in many thousands of people, published in PNAS...
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04 March 2022Genetic links between mental disorders and social behaviour are variable
Many mental health conditions are associated with social difficulties, and mental disorders and social behaviour are genetically linked. But do genetic links vary with specific social traits? An...
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