In their words:
The Max Planck Institute for Human Development is a multidisciplinary research establishment dedicated to the study of human development and education. Its inquiries are broadly defined, but concentrate on the evolutionary, social, historical, and institutional contexts of human development, as well as examining it from life-span and life-course perspectives.
(Click on Graphic to visit site)Gerd Gigerenzer author of Calculated Risks
and Simple Heuristics
(two excellent books) is co-director of the institute.