At the Neurobiology of Language Department, we focus on the production, comprehension, and acquisition of language from a cognitive neuroscience perspective.
One of the main issues we are researching is how the human brain enables us to command one or more languages. To investigate this, we have to connect cognitive architecture models of speaking, reading, and listening with computational models of language, and with our insights into the neural architecture of the human brain. That is exactly what we do in our triangular approach to the neurobiology of language.
In order to achieve our mission, we have access to world-class research facilities, both here at the Max Planck Institute as well as at the Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Centre for Cognitive Neuroimaging. These include high-density EEG labs, two Virtual Reality labs, a whole-head 275 channel MEG system, three MRI scanners at 3 Tesla, a high-field MRI scanner at 7 Tesla, a TMS lab, an fNIRS lab, several behavioural labs, and a high-performance computing cluster.
Our research covers different themes. These themes are further subdivided in larger- and smaller-scale projects, in which teams of senior researchers, postdocs, and PhD students collaborate.
The themes are:
- Beyond words
- Neurocomputational models of language
- Neural architecture
- The enlanguaged brain
- Beyond language
To find out more about what we are currently working on, please visit our Projects page.
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