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Department of Comparative Cultural Psychology

Director: Prof. Dr. Daniel Haun

The Department of Comparative Cultural Psychology combines approaches from developmental, cross-cultural and comparative psychology, to study uniquely human cultural diversity and the universal cognitive mechanisms that enable and constrain it.

  • We study the interaction between human cognition and culture by studying individuals in different social and physical environments around the world.

  • We study uniquely human cognitive processes by comparing humans with other great ape species.

  • We study similarities and differences in cognitive development and their inter-individual and inter-cultural drivers in human and non-human great apes.

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Curious children, less curious apes

Comparative Cultural Psychology

Children choose a “mystery box” more often than apes, but after a glimpse of a larger reward from the…

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A visit to Rwanda to promote the healthy development of children

Comparative Cultural Psychology

International research project investigates diseases of modern life

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Collaboration on eye level

Comparative Cultural Psychology

New Great Ape Research Network unites expertise of European zoos with latest scientific insights

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