Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics’ Post

With the retirement of its director, Peter Hagoort, the Neurobiology of Language Department in its current form will come to an end. In the past three days former members in and outside of academia talked about their careers and their time at the department. Thanks to all speakers, organisers and attendees!🧠

The MPI congratulates Rowena Garcia for winning the International Association for the Study of Child Language inaugural Early Career Award (ECA) 2024🏅. The award committee was ‘highly impressed with Dr. Garcia’s exciting and important independent research programme’. Read more below: https://lnkd.in/gxRBxPVZ

Today several of our researchers spoke at the last day of the InScience - International Science Film Festival Nijmegen with this year's central theme 'Language'. Thanks to InScience for inviting us and to everyone who came to listen and participate!

Learning languages, stuttering, reading to your child and many more topics! Join us this Sunday at the InScience - International Science Film Festival Nijmegen where 6(!) of our reseachers will be giving talks. Including our director Simon Fisher with a discussion following the film L’enfant sauvage: https://lnkd.in/eESnhsi7

Imagine: you can't see anything at all. Do you hear better, or do you listen differently? How does it affect how you describe things? This weekend Ezgi Mamus will give several workshops in the muZIEum for the #BrainAwarenessWeek from the Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition, and Behaviour. https://lnkd.in/e49SJPWA 📅 16 and 17 March 🕒 11.00, 14.00 and 15.30 hrs 🎟️ the workshops are free, but please reserve a timeslot

🧠Hoe reageert je brein op filmfragmenten?🧠 In dit artikel van De Gelderlander alles over de 'brainlanding' van onze director Peter Hagoort afgelopen dinsdag tijdens de opening van het InScience - International Science Film Festival Nijmegen. Daar analyseerde hij live de hersenactiviteit van iemand die filmfragmenten keek in een MRI-scanner in het Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition, and Behaviour. https://lnkd.in/eExpAMPD

Yesterday our director Peter Hagoort kicked-off the InScience - International Science Film Festival Nijmegen with a 'Brainlanding'. He analyzed brain activity from a person watching film fragments in a brain scanner at the Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition, and Behaviour a few kilometers away. For more interesting talks from our researchers at the festival: https://lnkd.in/giDwkCYm 📷 by Michaela M. Regeer

🚨Job alert!🚨 The Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics is looking for a Research Coordinator to support the Managing Director. More info and to apply: https://lnkd.in/gFjzFPnA