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Professor Dr Dr h.c. Wolfgang Prinz FBA

Relationships between cognition, action and consciousness; contributions of social practices and discourses to structure and function of the human mind
Fellow type
International Fellow
Year elected
2013
Subjects
Psychology
Sections
Psychology
Website
http://www.cbs.mpg.de/employees/prinz

Current post

Director Emeritus, Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig

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