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Cas Coopmans, postdoctoral researcher in Andrea Martin’s research group Language and Computation in Neural Systems, has been awarded a Rubicon grant from NWO. With this grant, he will join the Ernst…

On June 3rd, 2024, the Multimodal Language Department (MLD) hosted a vibrant sign language workshop.

Words like ‘this’ and ‘that’ or ‘here’ and ‘there’ occur in all languages. In a study published in PNAS, researchers from Yale University and the Max Planck Institute of Psycholinguistics (MPI) in…

Manfred Bierwisch, distinguished linguist and long-standing External Scientific Member of our MPI, has sadly passed away 31st July at the age of 94. Manfred was our first ‘auswaertiges Mitglied’,…

On the interplay between lexical probability and syntactic structure in language comprehension

A Look into Language: The Role of Visual Cues in Early Language Acquisition in the Infant Brain

On 12 September at 12:30 am, Melis Çetinçelik will defend her thesis 'A Look into Language: The Role of Visual Cues in Early Language Acquisition in the Infant Brain' in the Aula of the Radboud…

Complex communication through language (spoken, written or sign) is a trait that is unique to humans. While most children learn to speak and read fluently, there are several disorders in which these…

Samira Cruciani, a master’s student from Malta started her internship at MLD.

The MPI, Donders Institute and Centre of Language Studies are excited to welcome you to the 10th Conference of the International Society for Gesture Studies (ISGS), taking place from 9 to 11 July…

On 16 September at 10:30 am, Sophie Slaats will defend her thesis 'On the interplay between lexical probability and syntactic structure in language comprehension' in the Aula of the Radboud…

Languages have different ways of highlighting relevant information. This study shows that despite these differences, the consequences are the same: to trigger a brain response to process information…

Ben je geïnteresseerd in hoe baby's en jonge kinderen taal leren? Wil je meer weten over de ont-wikkeling van ander communicatief gedrag, zoals wijzen of beurtwisselingen? Of ben je benieuwd naar hoe…

In het teken van de MEDAL Summer School in Experimental Linguistics, vinden er op woensdag 25 september twee taalkundige lezingen voor middelbare scholieren plaats! De eerste lezing gaat over hoe…

Hoogleraar aan de Radboud Universiteit / Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen met de leeropdracht Cognitieve Neurowetenschap houdt op vrijdag 27 september 2024 om 15.45 uur precies een afscheidsrede.