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01 October 2020RENE TERPORTEN WILL DEFEND HIS THESIS FRIDAY 2ND OF OCTOBER 2020
On Friday 2nd of October 2020, at 12.30, René Terporten will defend his thesis entitled "The Power of Context: How linguistic contextual information shapes brain dynamics during sentence processing"....
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01 October 2020Rubicon grant for Joe Rodd
Joe Rodd has been awarded an NWO Rubicon grant to spend two years at the Institut für Linguistik - Phonetik of the University of Cologne conducting his research project ‘ Iterated intonation: speakers...
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28 September 2020The Jerome Bruner Library: From New York to Nijmegen
The Max Planck Institute of Psycholinguistics acquired Professor Jerome Bruner’s personal library after he died at the age of 100 on June 5, 2016. The Jerome Bruner Library was opened at the beginning...
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25 September 2020ZEYNEP AZAR WILL DEFEND HER THESIS MONDAY 28TH OF SEPTEMBER 2020
On Monday 28th of September 2020, at 12.30, Zeynep Azar will defend her thesis entitled "Effect of language contact on speech and gesture: The case of Turkish Dutch bilinguals in the Netherlands". As...
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07 September 2020Joe Rodd will defend his thesis Thursday 24th of September 2020
On Thursday 24th of September 2020, at 10.30, Joe Rodd will defend his thesis entitled "How speaking fast is like running: modelling control of speaking rate". As with all defenses, it is a public...
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13 August 2020A smoke-free campus for all
The Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport (VWS) has published an environmental law that has resulted in smoking being prohibited in educational areas from 01-08-2020.
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12 August 2020Adaptation in single neurons provides memory for language processing
To understand language, we have to remember the words that were uttered and combine them into an interpretation. How does the brain retain information long enough to accomplish this, despite the fact...
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29 July 2020Emeritus Director Anne Cutler welcomed as new Fellow by The British Academy
The MPI is proud and happy to announce that Emeritus Director Anne Cutler has been welcomed as a new Fellow by The British Academy, in recognition of her outstanding contributions to subjects within...
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22 July 2020The genetic basis of bats’ superpowers revealed
For the first time, the raw genetic material that codes for bats’ unique adaptations and superpowers such as the ability to fly, to use sound to move effortlessly in complete darkness, to survive and...
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22 July 2020Online Masterclass Profielwerkstuk
Taalonderzoek bij kinderen: hoe doe je dat? Ben je geïnteresseerd in hoe baby's en jonge kinderen taal leren? Wil je meer weten over de ontwikkeling van ander communicatief gedrag, zoals wijzen of...
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