The Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences publishes scientific texts about how the human brain reacts to external stimulation, such as music, words and movements. The main interest is to see how the brain creates and perceive languages and actions in response to external signals and to study the cerebral processes that lead to actions and learning. A great importance is given to the role of music in the development and learning processes of the human brain, along with publications studying what part of the brain generates actions and how is influenced and guided by the outside world. The books published by the Max Planck Institute give a wide range of possibilities for the ones who want to study the cognitive processes of the human brain in their various aspects and with the solid basis of a scientific approach to the subject.