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20 June 2025FOSTERLANG: New EU project to boost Europe’s endangered and minoritised languages
A major new EU project, FOSTERLANG (Fostering Linguistic Capital), has launched to support Europe’s endangered and minoritised languages. Funded with €3 million under the Horizon Europe programme, the...
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17 June 2025Barbara Molz appointed as Research Coordinator
We are pleased to announce the appointment of Barbara Molz as Research Coordinator at the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics (MPI).
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13 June 2025The MEDAL Summer School: Cutting-edge Methods in Computational Modelling for Young Linguists
The time is coming close for the last summer school of the MEDAL consortium, which will take place from 23 to 27 June at the University of Birmingham, one of the consortium partners. This summer...
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03 June 2025Stephen Levinson reveals the hidden engine of human communication
Why do we talk so much? Why do we find babies cute? How do we build relationships through everyday conversation? These are just a few of the profound questions tackled in a bold new book by Professor...
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28 May 2025Research shows facial expressions are central to how we communicate
In human communication, spoken words have traditionally taken center stage. But research by Judith Holler, published in Trends in Cognitive Sciences, suggests we may be overlooking one of our most...
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27 May 2025New insights into rural sign Languages: The Balinese Homesign Corpus
A groundbreaking linguistic study is shedding new light on how sign languages develop in rural communities. The research team behind the Balinese Homesign Corpus, has compiled an extensive dataset...
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20 May 2025Inside the MPI Motion Capture Lab: advancing research on human language and communication
The new video of our Motion Capture Lab, offers a behind-the-scenes look at this cutting-edge research facility, where researchers investigate how humans use gesture, facial expression and body...
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24 April 2025Listeners use gestures to predict upcoming words
In face-to-face conversations, speakers use hand movements to signal meaning. But do listeners actually use these gestures to predict what someone might say next? In a study using virtual avatars...
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17 April 2025Rowena Garcia and Hasan Dikyuva featured at ACLC
The Amsterdam Center for Language and Communication (ACLC) is marking its 25th anniversary with a conference on Inclusivity in Language, and we’re excited to share that two MPI colleagues will be...
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01 April 2025Genes may influence our enjoyment of music
Music is central to human emotion and culture. Does our ability to enjoy music have a biological basis? A genetic twin study, published in Nature Communications, shows that music enjoyment is partly...
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