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12 February 2025Giulio Severijnen defends thesis 14 February
On 14 February at 10:30 am, Giulio Severijnen will defend his thesis 'A blessing in disguise: How prosodic variability challenges but also aids successful speech perception' in the Aula of the Radboud...
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11 February 2025Podcast by Peter Hagoort on human language ability
Human language ability is unique, and we are gaining an increasingly clear understanding of how our brain functions when we speak and listen. The development of theories continues, and the resolutions...
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21 January 2025Building sentence structure may be language-specific
Do speakers of different languages build sentence structure in the same way? In a neuroimaging study published in PLOS Biology, scientists from the Max Planck institute for Psycholinguistics, Donders...
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06 January 2025Asli Ozyurek elected as 2025 Fellow of the Cognitive Science Society
A Great Start to the New Year: Aslı Ozyurek has been elected as one of the six 2025 Fellows of the Cognitive Science Society. With this prestigious achievement, she joins the ranks of esteemed...
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18 December 2024Tracking other people’s minds in communication
Language and social cognition are fundamental to human communication. But how do these capacities interact? In a review paper published in Trends in Cognitive Sciences, researchers from the Max Planck...
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18 December 2024Dyslexia genetics linked to brain structure
Dyslexia is a common learning difficulty in which genes often play a role. How do genes associated with dyslexia relate to brain structure in the general population? In a large-scale study published...
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17 December 2024Talent+ by Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics: Expanding Access to Science
At the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, we believe in expanding opportunities for aspiring scientists from diverse backgrounds. Our new Talent+ programme embodies this commitment, welcoming...
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06 December 2024Letterprins bestrijdt ‘Brain Rot’
Oxford University en meer dan 37.000 stemmers hebben ‘brain rot’ tot het Woord van het Jaar 2024 uitgeroepen. ‘Breinrot’ verwijst naar zorgen over de invloed van het te veel bekijken van inhoud van...
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03 December 2024ERC Consolidator Grant for Andrea E. Martin
Andrea E. Martin has been awarded a Consolidator Grant by the European Research Council (ERC). The grant is given to researchers with an excellent proposal to create or strengthen an independent...
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01 November 2024PhD Positions At MLD
The International Max Planck Research School (IMPRS) for Language Sciences recently announced two prestigious, fully-funded PhD fellowships spanning four years (2025-2029). These fellowships, set to...
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