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08 July 2020Animals who try to sound ‘bigger’ are good at learning sounds
Some animals fake their body size by sounding ‘bigger’ than they actually are. Maxime Garcia from the University of Zurich and Andrea Ravignani from the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics...
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06 July 2020Heineken Young Scientists Award 2020 in Humanities awarded to Mark Dingemanse
The MPI is proud and happy to announce that former senior investigator - and now associate professor at Radboud University - Mark Dingemanse has been awarded the Heineken Young Scientists Award 2020...
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19 June 2020Svetlana Gerakaki will defend her thesis Wednesday 8th of July 2020
On Wednesday 8th of July 2020, at 12.30, Svetlana Gerakaki will defend her thesis entitled "The moment in between: Planning speech while listening".
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17 June 2020Sara Iacozza will defend her thesis Tuesday 23rd of June 2020
On Tuesday 23rd of June 2020, at 15.30, Sara Iacozza will defend her thesis entitled "Exploring social biases in language processing".
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09 June 2020Statement of the Directorate of the MPI for Psycholinguistics on discrimination
The Directorate of the MPI for Psycholinguistics stands in solidarity with victims of discrimination, and in opposition to all forms of racism, sexism, and social and health injustice.
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03 June 2020Director Emeritus Anne Cutler Awarded ASA Silver Medal
The MPI is proud and happy to announce that Director Emeritus Anne Cutler has been awarded the Silver Medal in Speech Communication by the Acoustical Society of America.
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24 April 2020Dr. Sonja Vernes awarded UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship to study bats
The MPI is proud and happy to announce that Dr. Sonja Vernes has been awarded a £1.5 million UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) Future Leaders Fellowship. The award has been granted to study vocal...
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20 April 2020Ella Lattenkamp will defend her thesis Thursday 23rd of April 2020
On Thursday 23rd of April 2020, at 12.30, Ella Lattenkamp will defend her thesis entitled 'Vocal Learning in the Pale Spear-Nosed Bat, Phyllostomus discolor'.
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16 April 2020Bats can learn to change their tune
Humans learn to speak by mimicking speech sounds. Are there other mammals who can learn sounds by imitation? In an experimental study, researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics...
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15 April 2020Limor Raviv will defend her thesis Thursday 7th of May 2020
On Thursday 7th of May 2020, at 12.30, Limor Raviv will defend her thesis entitled 'Language and society: How social pressures shape grammatical structure'.
Due the situation, the defense will take...
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