AWARD CEREMONY, GERMAN PSYCHOLOGICAL SOCIETY (DGPS)

The award ceremony of the German Psychological Society will take place on
Monday, July 21, 15.30 h in hall 3.

MATTEI DOGAN PRIZE

The Mattei Dogan Foundation Prize in Psychological Science was established in 2006 by the International Union of Psychological Science (IUPsyS) under the generous auspices of the Mattei Dogan Foundation. The Prize is awarded in recognition of a contribution that represents a major advancement in psychology by a scholar or a team of scholars of high international reputation. To this effect, an international  committee, chaired by Michel Denis, Past President of the Union, was appointed by the IUPsyS. The Prize is awarded for the first time on the occasion of the XXIX International Congress of Psychology, Berlin, July 2008.

The IUPsyS is proud to announce that the Mattei Dogan Prize is awarded this year to Prof. Michael I. Posner, from the University of Oregon. Prof. Posner's work connecting psychological science to neuroscience and the study of the human brain marked a significant breakthrough in the study of attention, consciousness, memory, and information processing. His research has combined behavioral experimental paradigms and their brain, genetic, and developmental foundations to make major empirical, methodological, and theoretical contributions to the field of psychology.

PAUL-B.-BALTES LECTURE

The annual Paul-B.-Baltes Lecture is a major event in German psychology. The speaker of the Paul-B.-Baltes Lecture is selected by all five psychology departments in Berlin and Potsdam (Freie Universität, Humboldt-Universität, Technische Universität, Universität Potsdam, and Max-Planck-Institute for Human Development), and honors the late Paul B. Baltes, director at the Max-Planck-Institute for Human Development in Berlin, a pioneer and worldwide leader in lifespan psychology and research on human aging.

The content of the lecture is not confined to the field of human development as may be deduced by the name of Paul B. Baltes; rather, it is the explicit goal to select an exceptionally prominent scholar in any area of psychology. In 2008, the Paul-B.-Baltes Lecture is presented as a specially featured event at the XXIX International Congress of Psychology.

The 2008 Paul-B.-Baltes Lecture is presented by Prof. Michael I. Posner, University of Oregon. His lecture is entitled “Executive attention: Its origins, development, and functions“.

You are cordially invited to attend this unique event on Tuesday, 22 July, 10.15 – 11.15 h, hall 3.