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
edit- 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: "Human Sociogenomics"
- 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]
- 2018 Denny Borsboom: "Network Approaches to Psychopathology"[8]
- 2019 David Poeppel: "The Auditory System and the Motor System, in Time"[9]
- 2020 Nora Newcombe: "Affordances and Representations: Understanding Mental Rotation, Perspective Taking and Spatial Reorientation"[10][11]
- 2021 Peter Hancock: “Time to Think of Time”[12]
- 2022 Stephan Lewandowsky: “Demagoguery, Technology, and Cognition: Addressing the Threats to Democracy”[13][14]
- 2023 Alexandra M. Freund: "Motivation and Aging: The Role of Goals in Adult Development and Aging"[15][16]
- 2024 Laura L. Carstensen: “Emotional Well-being and Age: The Role of Shifting Time Horizons“´”[17]
- 2025 Matthias Kliegel: “Oh no! I forgot to ...' A lifespan perspective on the interplay of episodic memory, cognitive control and metacognition in everyday memory failures”[18]
- 2026 Martin Lövdén: "Learning in older age: A lifespan perspective"[19]
References
edit- ↑ "Margret M. And Paul B. Baltes Foundation". Retrieved 11 November 2025.
- ↑ Frensch, Peter A.; Schwarzer, Ralf (17 June 2010). Cognition and Neuropsychology: International Perspectives on Psychological Science. ISBN 978-1-136-92998-4.
- ↑ "Paul B. Baltes Lecture 2011 | Max Planck Institute for Human Development". Archived from the original on 9 August 2017. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
- ↑ "Paul B. Baltes Lecture 2015: Circuits for Social Cognition | Max Planck Institute for Human Development". Archived from the original on 9 August 2017. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
- ↑ "Paul B Baltes Lecture - Ray Dolan • Center for Cognitive Neuroscience Berlin • Department of Education and Psychology". Archived from the original on 9 August 2017. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
- ↑ "The Developmental Origins of Selective Trust — Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften".[permanent dead link]
- ↑ "Neural Implants for Therapy and Enhancement". www.bbaw.de (in German). Retrieved 2 June 2025.
- ↑ "Paul B. Baltes Lecture 2018: Network Approaches to Psychopathology | Max Planck Institute for Human Development". Archived from the original on 1 November 2018. Retrieved 31 October 2018.
- ↑ "Paul B. Baltes Lecture 2019: The Auditory System and the Motor System, in Time". www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de. Retrieved 7 October 2024.
- ↑ "Paul B. Baltes Lecture 2020".
- ↑ Max Planck Institute for Human Development (16 November 2020). Paul B. Baltes Lecture 2020 by Nora S. Newcombe. Retrieved 7 October 2024 – via YouTube.
- ↑ "Time to Think of Time". www.bbaw.de (in German). Retrieved 25 August 2022.
- ↑ "Demagoguery, Technology, and Cognition: Addressing the Threats to Democracy". www.bbaw.de (in German). Retrieved 25 August 2022.
- ↑ Max Planck Institute for Human Development (22 May 2024). Paul B. Baltes Lecture 2022 by Stephan Lewandowsky. Retrieved 7 October 2024 – via YouTube.
- ↑ "Motivation and Aging: The Role of Goals in Adult Development and Aging". www.bbaw.de (in German). Retrieved 7 October 2024.
- ↑ Max Planck Institute for Human Development (22 May 2024). Paul B. Baltes Lecture 2023 by Alexandra M. Freund. Retrieved 7 October 2024 – via YouTube.
- ↑ "Emotional Well-being and Age: The Role of Shifting Time Horizons". www.bbaw.de (in German). Retrieved 7 October 2024.
- ↑ "Paul-B.-Baltes Lecture 2025". Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin. 4 June 2026. Retrieved 4 June 2026.
- ↑ "Paul-B.-Baltes Lecture 2026". mpib-berlin.mpg.de (in German). 21 May 2026. Retrieved 4 June 2026.