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18 February 2026Seal pup communication is more similar to that of humans than previously thought
Common seal pups communicate in ways that are more similar to humans than previously thought. For instance, they take turns when 'speaking' and their calls become increasingly alike when they spend...
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16 February 2026Gesture Lab becomes Interaction Lab
Our former Gesture Lab has been renamed the Interaction Lab. The new name better reflects the scope of the research conducted in the lab and aligns more closely with its current and future activities.
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16 February 2026Chinmaya Mishra, Koen de Reus and Selim Sametoglu at InScience Film Festival 2026
From 3 to 8 March 2026, the eleventh edition of the InScience Film Festival takes place in Nijmegen. Three researchers from our Institute - Chinmaya Mishra, Koen de Reus and Selim Sametoglu - are...
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10 February 2026Come play with language at the Kletskoppen Festival
On Sunday 22 February 2026, Bibliotheek Mariënburg in Nijmegen will once again turn into a lively language laboratory during the sixth edition of the Kletskoppen Festival.
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04 February 2026Merrill Garrett passed away
Professor Merrill Garrett passed away in Tucson on Friday January 30, 2026. An obituary by Pim Levelt.
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03 February 2026Giacomo Bignardi receives Frank X. Barron Award
Giacomo Bignardi, a rising researcher at Max Planck, has been awarded the Frank X. Barron Award by Division 10 of the American Psychological Association (APA).
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20 January 2026MPI researchers awarded Donders Stimulation Seed Funding
Several researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics have been awarded Donders Stimulation Seed Funding, supporting innovative, collaborative research at the intersection of...
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14 January 2026MEDAL Project concludes after three years
The Methodological Excellence in Data-Driven Approaches to Linguistics (MEDAL Home - MEDAL) consortium, which was launched in January 2023, has come to an end. The consortium was headed by the...
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11 December 2025MPI Books 2025: Exploring Language, Interaction, and the Predictive Mind
In 2025, researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics have published three major books that together highlight the breadth and depth of contemporary research on language...
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10 December 2025€2 million ERC Consolidator Grant for research on how language emerges in the human brain
Stephanie Forkel has been awarded a €2 million ERC Consolidator Grant for her five-year project EMERGENCE, starting in 2026.
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