Prof. Bernhard Hommel studied psychology and literature sciences at the University of Bielefeld, from which he received his MA degree (Diploma) and PhD (1990). Then he moved to the Max-Planck Institute for Psychological Research in Munich (Habilitation at University of Munich; 1997). He is co-founder and board member of the Leiden Institute for Brain & Cognition (LIBC).

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Prof. Bernhard Hommel studied psychology and literature sciences at the University of Bielefeld, from which he received his MA degree (Diploma) and PhD (1990). Then he moved to the Max-Planck Institute for Psychological Research in Munich (Habilitation at University of Munich; 1997). He is co-founder and board member of the Leiden Institute for Brain & Cognition (LIBC).

Research by Bernhard Hommel

His research focuses on cognitive, computational, developmental, neural, and neurochemical mechanisms of human attention and action control, and the role of consciousness therein. Recent work also addresses the role of emotion, creativity, and religion in human cognition, and cognitive robotics.

Awards

Member of the German National Academy of Sciences (Leopoldina)

Grants (selection)

• Cognitive and motivational components of decision-making: an integrated approach. NWO, Netherlands, Programme of Excellence
• ROBOHOW.ORG: Web-enabled and experience-based cognitive robots that learn complex everyday manipulation tasks. EU-Integrated Project grant
• ERC Advanced: a five years research on metacontrol; a study of how we determine the impact of our goals on our actual behaviour. A 2,5 million euros grant by the European Research Council (ERC).

Relevant links

• Personal website
• Publications

PhD candidates (current)

• Roel van Dooren
• Saskia Heijnen
• Diana Kim
• Alberto de Luca
• Vera Mekern
• Luisa Prochazková
• Maria Prokofieva
• Yanyan Qian
• Linlin Shang
• Anne Trutti
• Xin Xia
• Weitao Zhang
• Chenyan Zhang

Position:

• Full Professor, Chair of General Psychology
• Governing Board of Leiden Institute for Brain and Cognition

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Activities