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26 October 2022New EU-project striving for a paradigm shift in mental health and in developmental diversity: from risk to resilience
World-leading interdisciplinary research groups have committed to provide innovative approaches to improve the quality of life of individuals with neurodevelopmental disorders.
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26 October 2022Seals have a sense of rhythm
Rhythm is important for human music and speech. But are we the only mammal with a sense of rhythm? In an experimental study published in Biology Letters, a team of researchers led by the Max Planck...
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21 October 2022Linguistic Society of America names awardees for Best Paper in Language 2023
The Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics is proud and happy to announce that Evan Kidd, Gabriela Garrido Rodriguez and Rachel Nordlinger have been awarded Best Paper in Language 2023 by the...
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20 October 2022Gene study identifies series of DNA variants linked to dyslexia
An international team of scientists, including researchers at the University of Edinburgh and the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics in Nijmegen (Netherlands), has for the first time...
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19 September 2022Language as a marker of the mind
In a discussion article published in Cognition, Peter Hagoort, professor of Cognitive Neuroscience at Radboud University and director of the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, argues for the...
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19 September 2022Successful cooperation Ministry of Defence and Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics
Last week, researchers of the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics collaborated with the Logistics Training Centre of the Dutch Ministry of Defence in Soesterberg to administer a new test of...
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15 September 2022Jinbiao Yang, 杨金骉, defends thesis on 20 September
On Tuesday 20 September 2022, at 12.30 (CET), Jinbiao Yang, 杨金骉, will defend his thesis entitled ‘Discovering the units in language cognition: From empirical evidence to a computational model’. A...
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09 September 2022Whale clans use vocalisations to mark their culture
How similar are non-human animal cultures to our own? An international team led by researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics in Nijmegen, the Netherlands and Dalhousie University...
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25 August 2022Inaugural Lecture Caroline Rowland
Professor Caroline Rowland, appointed as professor of the Faculty of Social Sciences, will assume her office in an academic session on Thursday, September 29, 2022 at 4.00 p.m. in the Aula of Radboud...
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23 August 2022Massive genome study informs the biology of reading and language
What is the biological basis of our uniquely human capacity to speak, read and write? A genome-wide analysis of five reading- and language-based skills in many thousands of people, published in PNAS...
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