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11 April 2019Amie Fairs will defend her thesis on June 7
On Friday 7th June 2019, at 10:30, Amie Fairs will defend her thesis entitled “Linguistic dual-tasking: understand temporal overlap between production and comprehension” in the Aula of Radboud...
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03 April 2019Brain data of language processing available to everyone
Brain researchers have provided access to a collection of brain data of more than 200 test subjects, who were processing language during measurements. The high-quality data set has been collected and...
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15 March 2019New research suggests “f” and “v” are recent speech sounds worldwide
MPI's Dan Dediu en Scott Moisik are involved in new research published in the March 15 edition of Science magazine that could revise our understanding of the history of language.
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12 March 2019MPI's Falk Huettig appointed Professor of Psycholinguistics and Cultural Cognition
The MPI congratulates Falk Huettig, who has been appointed Professor of Psycholinguistics and Cultural Cognition at Radboud University Nijmegen.
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07 March 2019People track when talkers say ‘uh’ to predict what comes next
Speakers tend to say ‘uh’ before uncommon words (‘uh… automobile’) rather than common words (‘car’). In a new eye-tracking study, researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics show...
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15 January 2019MPI's Paul Hömke will defend his thesis
On Friday January 25, 2019, at 10.30, Paul Hömke will defend his thesis entitled “The face in face-to-face communication: signals of understanding and non-understanding” in the Aula of Radboud...
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13 January 2019The Economic Board reikt Parel uit aan onderzoeksprogramma Food and Cognition
Food and Cognition is een programma van de Radboud Universiteit, Radboudumc, Wageningen University & Research, Donders Instituut en het Max Planck Instituut en valt onder het overkoepelende Healthy...
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19 December 2018
Longer eye blinks lead to shorter answers
People may nod or say ‘uh-huh’ to steer a conversation. But the subtle cue of eye blinking may also be important for communication. In a new Virtual Reality study, researchers from the Max Planck...
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14 December 2018Peter Hagoort honored with Fellowship Cognitive Science Society
The Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics is proud and happy to announce that director Peter Hagoort has been honored with a Fellowship of the Cognitive Science Society.
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13 December 2018Neandertal genes shed light on unique aspects of the modern human brain
A characteristic feature of modern humans is the unusually round skull and brain, in contrast to the elongated shape seen in other human species. By studying Neandertal DNA fragments found in the...
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