Prof. Dr. Marcel Brass

Prof. Dr. Marcel Brass erforscht die neurokognitiven Grundlagen sozialer Intelligenz, kollektiver Handlungsfähigkeit und Beobachtungslernen. Seine Arbeit verbindet empirische Neurowissenschaften mit Anwendungen in der Künstlichen Intelligenz und Robotik, um zu verstehen, wie Menschen und Agenten zusammenwirken. Zentrale Themen sind das Gefühl von Agency, Risikoverhalten in Gruppen und die Implementierung neuer Anweisungen. Die Forschung nutzt Methoden wie fMRI, Eye-Tracking und Elektrophysiologie sowie Computersimulationen.

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• Einstein Profil Professur Social Intelligence

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  Förderer: Einstein Profil Professur Zeitraum: 10/2020 - 12/2026 Projektleitung: Prof. Dr. Marcel Brass

• Joint Agency in Gruppen

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  Förderer: Horizon Europe: Postdoctoral Fellowship EU (PF-EU) Zeitraum: 10/2023 - 09/2025 Projektleitung: Prof. Dr. Marcel Brass

• Beobachtungslernen bei Kindern und Robotern

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  Förderer: DFG Exzellenzstrategie Cluster Zeitraum: 01/2026 - 12/2026 Projektleitung: Prof. Dr. sc. nat. Verena Hafner

• Defining key concepts for mental state attribution

  2024

  Communications Psychology · DOI

  The terminology used in discussions on mental state attribution is extensive and lacks consistency. In the current paper, experts from various disciplines collaborate to introduce a shared set of concepts and make recommendations regarding future use.

• Manipulating Belief in Free Will and Its Downstream Consequences: A Meta-Analysis

  2022

  Personality and Social Psychology Review · DOI

  Ever since some scientists and popular media put forward the idea that free will is an illusion, the question has risen what would happen if people stopped believing in free will. Psychological research has investigated this question by testing the consequences of experimentally weakening people's free will beliefs. The results of these investigations have been mixed, with successful experiments and unsuccessful replications. This raises two fundamental questions: Can free will beliefs be manipulated, and do such manipulations have downstream consequences? In a meta-analysis including 145 experiments (95 unpublished), we show that exposing individuals to anti-free will manipulations decreases belief in free will and increases belief in determinism. However, we could not find evidence for downstream consequences. Our findings have important theoretical implications for research on free will beliefs and contribute to the discussion of whether reducing people's belief in free will has societal consequences.

• There is more into ‘doing’ than ‘knowing’: The function of the right inferior frontal sulcus is specific for implementing versus memorising verbal instructions