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The Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics is an institute of the German Max Planck Society. Our mission is to undertake basic research into the psychological,social and biological foundations of language. The goal is to understand how our minds and brains process language, how language interacts with other aspects of mind, and how we can learn languages of quite different types.

The institute is situated on the campus of the Radboud University. We participate in the Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, and have particularly close ties to that institute's Centre for Cognitive Neuroimaging. We also participate in the Centre for Language Studies. A joint graduate school, the IMPRS in Language Sciences, links the Donders Institute, the CLS and the MPI.

 

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Official opening of the IMPRS for Language Sciences

On September 30, 2009, the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics and the Radboud University Nijmegen will officially open the International Max Planck Research School (IMPRS) for Language Sciences. This new research school, funded by the Max Planck Society, will offer excellent PhD students an international training and research programme in the broad field of language sciences. Prof. John Searle from the University of California, Berkeley, will lecture on 'The Nature of Language' in the Radboud University Aula at 17.15.

Official opening of the IMPRS for Language Sciences

Sep 17, 2009

Language is the most complex of all human behaviours, crucial for the evolution of human culture and society. Future advances will strongly depend on integrating the relevant disciplines, including the brain sciences, the psychologies of action, perception and development, and the diverse branches of linguistics.

Partner institutes

In recognition of this need, the International Max Planck Research School for Language Sciences launched in 2009 to bring together expertise from three top research institutes in Nijmegen, The Netherlands:

  • the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics
  • the Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour
  • the Centre for Language Studies at Radboud University


The IMPRS for Language Sciences is based in Nijmegen, yet is truly global in scope. Over the next three years, up to 54 outstanding students from around the world will benefit from this groundbreaking, multidisciplinary approach to learning.

 

 

 


Last checked 2009-11-09 by Myrna Tinbergen

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