Paul B. Baltes Lecture

The Paul B. Baltes lecture is held annually by the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities. The lectures commenced in 2008 and are named after Paul Baltes, the German developmental psychologist.[1]

Each year the Academy selects a leading international scientist to present the lecture which commemorates Paul Baltes` achievements in psychological research and his contributions to psychology.

The Paul B. Baltes lecture is a joint initiative of the psychology institutes in Berlin and Potsdam (Freie Universität, Humboldt-Universität, Technische Universität, Universität Potsdam, Max Planck Institute for Human Development) and is supported by the Margret M. and Paul B. Baltes Foundation.

The Lectures

  • 2008 Michael Posner: "Executive Attention: Its Origins, Development, and Functions"[2]
  • 2009 Lynn Hasher: "Age-Related Consequences of Attention Regulation and Dysregulation"
  • 2010 John Nesselroade: "The Person-Oriented Perspective in Psychology"
  • 2011 Andrew Meltzoff: "The Development of Social Cognition: Imitation, Cultural Stereotypes and Identity Formation in Children"[3]
  • 2012 Jutta Heckhausen: "A Motivational Theory of Life-Span Development"
  • 2013 Wendy Rogers: "Human-Robot Interaction: Understanding the Potential of Robots for Older Adults"
  • 2014 Brent W. Roberts
  • 2015 Ray Dolan: "Circuits for Social Cognition"[4][5]
  • 2016 Diane Poulin-Dubois: "The Developmental Origins of Selective Trust"[6]
  • 2017 Kevin Warwick: "Neural Implants for Therapy and Enhancement"[7][8]
  • 2018 Denny Borsboom: "Network Approaches to Psychopathology"[9]
  • 2019 David Poeppel: "The Auditory System and the Motor System, in Time"[10]
  • 2020 Nora Newcombe: "Affordances and Representations: Understanding Mental Rotation, Perspective Taking and Spatial Reorientation"[11][12]
  • 2021 Peter Hancock: “Time to Think of Time”[13]
  • 2022 Stephan Lewandowsky: “Demagoguery, Technology, and Cognition: Addressing the Threats to Democracy”[14][15]
  • 2023 Alexandra M. Freund: "Motivation and Aging: The Role of Goals in Adult Development and Aging"[16][17]
  • 2024 Laura L. Carstensen: "Emotional Well-being and Age: The Role of Shifting Time Horizons"[18]

References

  1. ^ "Margret M. And Paul B. Baltes Foundation".
  2. ^ Frensch, Peter A.; Schwarzer, Ralf (2010-06-17). Cognition and Neuropsychology: International Perspectives on Psychological Science. ISBN 978-1-136-92998-4.
  3. ^ "Paul B. Baltes Lecture 2011 | Max Planck Institute for Human Development". Archived from the original on 2017-08-09. Retrieved 2017-08-09.
  4. ^ "Paul B. Baltes Lecture 2015: Circuits for Social Cognition | Max Planck Institute for Human Development". Archived from the original on 2017-08-09. Retrieved 2017-07-18.
  5. ^ "Paul B Baltes Lecture - Ray Dolan • Center for Cognitive Neuroscience Berlin • Department of Education and Psychology". Archived from the original on 2017-08-09. Retrieved 2017-08-09.
  6. ^ "The Developmental Origins of Selective Trust — Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften".[permanent dead link‍]
  7. ^ "Neural Implants for Therapy and Enhancement — Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften".[permanent dead link‍]
  8. ^ "Berlin School of Mind and Brain: Mind-Brain Lecture: Olaf Hauk (Cambridge)".
  9. ^ "Paul B. Baltes Lecture 2018: Network Approaches to Psychopathology | Max Planck Institute for Human Development". Archived from the original on 2018-11-01. Retrieved 2018-10-31.
  10. ^ "Paul B. Baltes Lecture 2019: The Auditory System and the Motor System, in Time". www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de. Retrieved 2024-10-07.
  11. ^ "Paul B. Baltes Lecture 2020".
  12. ^ Max Planck Institute for Human Development (2020-11-16). Paul B. Baltes Lecture 2020 by Nora S. Newcombe. Retrieved 2024-10-07 – via YouTube.
  13. ^ "Time to Think of Time". www.bbaw.de (in German). Retrieved 2022-08-25.
  14. ^ "Demagoguery, Technology, and Cognition: Addressing the Threats to Democracy". www.bbaw.de (in German). Retrieved 2022-08-25.
  15. ^ Max Planck Institute for Human Development (2024-05-22). Paul B. Baltes Lecture 2022 by Stephan Lewandowsky. Retrieved 2024-10-07 – via YouTube.
  16. ^ "Motivation and Aging: The Role of Goals in Adult Development and Aging". www.bbaw.de (in German). Retrieved 2024-10-07.
  17. ^ Max Planck Institute for Human Development (2024-05-22). Paul B. Baltes Lecture 2023 by Alexandra M. Freund. Retrieved 2024-10-07 – via YouTube.
  18. ^ "Emotional Well-being and Age: The Role of Shifting Time Horizons". www.bbaw.de (in German). Retrieved 2024-10-07.