Paul B. Baltes Lecture Explained

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]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Margret M. And Paul B. Baltes Foundation.
2. Book: Cognition and Neuropsychology: International Perspectives on Psychological Science. 978-1-136-92998-4. Frensch. Peter A.. Schwarzer. Ralf. 2010-06-17.
3. Web site: Paul B. Baltes Lecture 2011 | Max Planck Institute for Human Development . 2017-08-09 . 2017-08-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170809131557/https://www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/en/aktuelles/veranstaltungen/paul-b-baltes-lecture-2011 . dead .
4. Web site: Paul B. Baltes Lecture 2015: Circuits for Social Cognition | Max Planck Institute for Human Development . 2017-07-18 . 2017-08-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170809130733/https://www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/en/aktuelles/veranstaltungen/paul-b-baltes-lecture-2015-circuits-for-social-cognition . dead .
5. Web site: Paul B Baltes Lecture - Ray Dolan • Center for Cognitive Neuroscience Berlin • Department of Education and Psychology . 2017-08-09 . 2017-08-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170809132813/http://www.ewi-psy.fu-berlin.de/en/v/ccnb/research-center/events/20151014.html . dead .
6. Web site: The Developmental Origins of Selective Trust — Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften .
7. Web site: Neural Implants for Therapy and Enhancement — Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften .
8. Web site: Berlin School of Mind and Brain: Mind-Brain Lecture: Olaf Hauk (Cambridge).
9. Web site: Paul B. Baltes Lecture 2018: Network Approaches to Psychopathology | Max Planck Institute for Human Development . 2018-10-31 . 2018-11-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181101095611/https://www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/en/aktuelles/veranstaltungen/paul-b-baltes-lecture-2018-network-approaches-to-psychopathology . dead .
10. Web site: Paul B. Baltes Lecture 2019: The Auditory System and the Motor System, in Time . 2024-10-07 . www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de . en.
11. Web site: Paul B. Baltes Lecture 2020.
12. Paul B. Baltes Lecture 2020 by Nora S. Newcombe . 2020-11-16 . Max Planck Institute for Human Development . 2024-10-07 . YouTube.
13. Web site: Time to Think of Time . 2022-08-25 . www.bbaw.de . de.
14. Web site: Demagoguery, Technology, and Cognition: Addressing the Threats to Democracy . 2022-08-25 . www.bbaw.de . de.
15. Paul B. Baltes Lecture 2022 by Stephan Lewandowsky . 2024-05-22 . Max Planck Institute for Human Development . 2024-10-07 . YouTube.
16. Web site: Motivation and Aging: The Role of Goals in Adult Development and Aging . 2024-10-07 . www.bbaw.de . de.
17. Paul B. Baltes Lecture 2023 by Alexandra M. Freund . 2024-05-22 . Max Planck Institute for Human Development . 2024-10-07 . YouTube.
18. Web site: Emotional Well-being and Age: The Role of Shifting Time Horizons . 2024-10-07 . www.bbaw.de . de.