Tania Singer
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Tania Singer studied psychology in Marburg and Berlin and subsequently worked as a neuroscientist in London. In Zurich, she investigated economic decision-making and cooperation together with economist Ernst Fehr. From 2010, she served as a director at the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences in Leipzig; from 2019, she headed the Max Planck Research Group for Social Neuroscience in Berlin. Her research focused on human social behavior and social emotions such as empathy, compassion, envy, revenge, and fairness.