The basic units of the olfactory system in the fly brain provide references to their function and ecological relevance
signals – because they contain information about lethal dangers
In the online world users’ attention is a precious currency, and online environments are designed to capture and steer that attention. Yet users and legislators currently have little to say in how these environments are regulated and controlled; How can we respond to these challenges of the digital age and how might the design of the online world be improved? A team of researchers addressed these questions from the perspective of behavioral science and now propose some answers.
Recognize manipulation and other dangers User behavior
Since 1975, scientists at the Institute have been studying how physical, chemical and biological processes and human behaviour contribute to global and regional climate changes. The scientists develop numerical models and measurement methods to explain the natural variability of the atmosphere, the oceans and the biosphere, and to assess the influence of land use changes, industrial development, urbanisation and other human influences.
investigating the feasibility of the idea and the dangers
Low-quality and misleading information online can hijack people’s attention, often by evoking curiosity, outrage, or anger. Resisting certain types of information and actors online requires people to adopt new mental habits that help them avoid being tempted by attention-grabbing and potentially harmful content. Anastasia Kozyreva, Research Scientist at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development, argues that digital information literacy must include the competence of critical ignoring—choosing what to ignore and where to invest one’s limited attentional capacities. Critical ignoring is not merely about a skill of not paying attention, but about mindful and healthy information habits in the digital world.
emotional because it prepares us to avoid possible dangers
The Max Planck Institute for the Study of Crime, Security and Law in Freiburg adopts an interdisciplinary approach that combines criminal law and criminology in the interests of advancing criminal law theory and its application as a form of social control.
investigates how the legal system can respond to dangers
Interview with the President of the Max Planck Society, Prof. Dr. Peter Gruss.
future, but also to be aware of the ever present dangers
Lisa Suckert of the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies argues for a more differentiated perception of the Brexit campaign and the economic identity of Great Britain. But Suckert argues that the EU also has a role to play in this: it must change in order to better understand the needs of those in favour of leaving the EU, to take countermeasures and to strengthen European cohesion.
Remain campaigns were about how to prevent risks and dangers
Birds engage in all types of sleep in flight, but in remarkably small amounts
few hours of sleep, even when fully aware of the dangers
Lisa Suckert of the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies argues for a more differentiated perception of the Brexit campaign and the economic identity of Great Britain. But Suckert argues that the EU also has a role to play in this: it must change in order to better understand the needs of those in favour of leaving the EU, to take countermeasures and to strengthen European cohesion.
Remain campaigns were about how to prevent risks and dangers
Scientific relations between Israel and Germany have never been more open, even for subjects once considered taboo, as science historian and Max Planck Director Jürgen Renn talks about in an interview.
the problems of Israel’s settlement policy or the dangers
