Max Planck Society

The Max-Planck-Institut für empirische Ästhetik (MPIEA) is a research institution based in Frankfurt am Main that investigates why and how humans create, perform, experience, and evaluate art. Founded in 2013, the institute employs an interdisciplinary empirical approach combining humanities and natural sciences, with a primary focus on music and o... ther time-based art domains such as dance and film. Its research examines the psychological, biological, and genetic processes underlying art production and perception, as well as their interaction with cultural, social, and historical factors. The institute utilizes methods from psychology, neuroscience, anthropology, and sociology to study cognitive neuropsychology, neural codes of intelligence, and the cultural evolution of the arts.Read More