Tania Singer
SCIENTIFIC HEAD
Social Neuroscience Lab, Max Planck Society
Tania’s research focuses on the hormonal, neuronal, and developmental basis of human sociality, empathy and compassion, and their malleability through mental training. She is the principal investigator of a large-scale, nine-month longitudinal meditation based mental training study, The ReSource Project, and investigates together with Dennis Snower how psychology can inform new models of Caring Economics.
www.social.mpg.de