14th MindBrainBody Symposium - Berlin & Online

17–19 March 2027. Registration deadline: 10 Dec 2026

14th MindBrainBody Symposium 
17–19 March 2027 | Berlin & Online 

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS 

We are pleased to invite young researchers to participate in and present their research at the 14th MindBrainBody Symposium (MBB). The event will take place from 17–19 March 2027 in hybrid mode (virtually and in person in Berlin) during International Brain Awareness Week. 

PARTICIPANTS 

We are happy to welcome postdoctoral and doctoral researchers, as well as students from all over the world from the domains of cognitive, affective, social neurosciences, cognitive neurology and neuropsychiatry, psychology or other behavioral and social sciences to submit abstracts to present a talk or a poster. Attendance without presentation is also possible. 
Please check here for more details: https://www.mindbrainbody.de 

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS 

Camilla Nord 
University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom 
https://www.psychiatry.cam.ac.uk/staff/professor-camilla-nord?utm_source=chatgpt.com 

Asya Rolls 
Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel 
https://cris.tau.ac.il/en/persons/asya-rolls/?utm_source=chatgpt.com 

HyeongDong Park 
KAIST, Daejeon, South Korea 
https://pure.kaist.ac.kr/en/persons/hyeongdong-park/?utm_source=chatgpt.com 

Hakwan Lau 
Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, South Korea 
https://professor.skku.edu/researcher_eng/professorList.do?categoryId=G&jojikCode1=3176&jojikCode2=7101DY&mode=view&perId=LZStrHIFwYgSgygMglgcTAawIoGMQE84FEQgBCAGgM4DmAvJUA+&utm_source=chatgpt.com 

Mara Mather 
Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin, Germany 
https://www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/staff/mara-mather?utm_source=chatgpt.com 


PROGRAM 

The Symposium program includes hybrid keynote lectures, oral presentations, workshops, and in-person poster sessions. 
The symposium also offers a poster prize, as well as an MBB Young Scientist Award. Previously presented posters are also welcome. 
Venue: Kaiserin-Friedrich-Haus, Berlin and online 

MBB YOUNG SCIENTIST AWARD 

You can also apply for an MBB Young Scientist Award. It would provide you with the opportunity to embark on a funded research stay in the Department of Neurology, Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences (MPI CBS Leipzig). If you wish to be considered for the MBB Young Scientist Award, please add a project proposal that can be carried out over a 3-month period in the domain of our research fields. 

REGISTRATION 

Registration deadline: December 10, 2026 
Registration fee: 80 EUR (virtual 25 EUR) 
Registration link: https://survey.academiccloud.de/f/721369?lang=en 
ACCEPTANCE 

The acceptance email will be sent in February 2027. 

COOPERATION PARTNERS & SPONSORS 

The 14th MindBrainBody Symposium takes place in cooperation with the Department of Neurology at the Max Planck Institute of Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Max Planck School of Cognition, the Berlin School of Mind and Brain (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin), and the Competence Network Stroke (Charité University Medicine Berlin). 
The 14th MindBrainBody Symposium confirmed sponsors so far are: NIRx, ANT Neuro and Taylor & Francis Group. 

CONTACT 

For further questions, please contact Dr. Anahit Babayan: 
Email: babayan ( at ) cbs.mpg.de 

We are looking forward to your participation! Please feel free to share the information. 
Best regards, 
The MindBrainBody Symposium Organizers 
https://www.mindbrainbody.de