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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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10 December 2025Biobanking Opens New Windows Into Human Evolution
More than a decade after the first Neanderthal genome was sequenced, scientists are still working to understand how human-specific DNA changes shaped our evolution. A new study published in Science...
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05 December 2025ARTE releases documentary about language evolution
Recently, we have worked together with European broadcaster ARTE in creating a documentary about hashtaglanguage evolution in the series ‘Stimmt es, dass ...?’.
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25 November 202565-year-old framework challenged by modern research
For over six decades, Charles Hockett’s ‘design features’ have served as the go-to blueprint for what makes human language unique. But a new study in Trends in Cognitive Sciences challenges that...
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25 November 2025International press visit
On 19 November 2025, we had the opportunity to promote our research during the international press visit organized by the ministry of foreign affairs and the municipality.
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24 November 2025Call for Turkish speaking participants: eye-tracking study
We are looking for Turkish speaking (native) participants for a new research study at our Institute. Please find a Turkish version of this call below.
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20 November 2025The interaction of biology and culture: Rethinking where language comes from
A new Science paper challenges the idea that language stems from a single evolutionary root. Instead, it proposes that our ability to communicate evolved through the interaction of biology and culture...
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