Non grammatical, but still correct?

Thanks to an investment of 1 million euros, the company MindAffect (with our PI-member Peter Desain as one of its initiators) will start a unique ‘Brain Computer Interface’ to improve communication in ALS patients (and other groups). Applications within the gaming industry might be possible as well.

'Culture influences how quickly children start to speak'
Rhythm crucial to understand drummed language

'Nice to contribute to a current discussion'

Vowel Space Travel

Being awake during your brain operation
A brain for language learning

Too simplistic, but still true?

Prejudice helps to predict behavior of others

Are languages and dialects separated in the brain?

Taal kan verbinden, taal kan scheiden. Taal kan leiden tot beter begrip of juist verwarring veroorzaken. Met taal benoemen, duiden en structureren we de wereld om ons heen. Door middel van taal proberen wij ons met elkaar te verstaan. In de mini-serie ‘Taal in het Paradijs’ bespreken drie taalwetenschappers taal op verschillende niveaus: structuur, brein en communicatie.

How our brains predict what we see

Why do we not all talk at the same speed?
From dandelion to orchid

How angry is 'angry'? That depends on context.
Mothers change the timbre of their voice for baby

How the brain decodes smell
Colors with odors make for better sense of smell

Judicial errors of the language police

Biq Question 4 has organized a workshop on individual differences in language skills.

Interview with outgoing professor Pieter Muysken

Human brain distinguishes five basic colors

Nijmegen approach for learning words wins

Roots of language; The pointing finger

What we can learn from bats

What do you say when you talk in your sleep?

How do you decipher the language of aliens?

In many sign languages objects have two possible signs. One represents the action associated with the object and the other resembles its physical shape. Researchers from Radboud University and Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics have shown that these different resemblances matter for deaf children learning a sign language.

Does rhythmic speech give Clinton an advantage over Trump?

If speaking does not go without saying

Do baby signs make your child smarter?

Memory helps in processing language

Our PhD Linda Drijvers posted a new blog on the website of Faces of Science

Gestures in foreign countries

Our summer school on "Human Language: : From Genes and Brains to Behavior" was a great success!

Two new Kennislink articles available!

Batwoman in Science
Trained nose only describes "own" smells better

Dates: August 8-12, 2016. Course covers various aspects of genetics analyses of neuroimaging data. Course leaders are Barbara Franke and Simon Fisher.

Harold Bekkering, PI of the Language in Interaction consortium and Professor of Cognitive Psychology at Radboud University has been elected to the Dutch Royal Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Learning how to build sentences with words. That is the purpose of the new language app Yvo, which is also good for old fashioned game entertainment. Yvo is similar to Scrabble or Wordfeud, but this time the players have words at their disposal which they must place on a joint digital game board in order to compose sentences.

PhD Merel Burgering has been introduced as new Face of Science. FoS is an initiative from the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) and the The Young Academy (DJA) providing a platform to a selection of PhDs in the Netherlands on which they will provide insights into their lives as young researcher and their scientific work by means of films, blogs, articles, and more.

The first three articles within our special "TaalTalent" have been published!

‘How is it possible that we understand each other?’

‘How do we know a gesture actually means something?’

‘How do we habituate to an accent?’

PhD Linda Drijvers has been introduced as new Face of Science. FoS is an initiative from the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) and the The Young Academy (DJA) providing a platform to a selection of PhDs in the Netherlands on which they will provide insights into their lives as young researcher and their scientific work by means of films, blogs, articles, and more.

Professors Han Brunner (member Language in Interaction) and Joris Veltman have won the King Faisal Prize in the category of Medicine, referred to by some as the ‘Arab Nobel Prize’. The researchers, who play a leading role in clinical genetics, will travel to Saudi Arabia to receive the prize from the king in March.

The 2015 edition will be held at the University of Amsterdam on 16-18 December.

Interview with Minister Jet Bussemaker for our themepage "Over Taal Gesproken".

Ole Jensen has been awarded a grant by the James S. McDonnell Foundation. Jensen, who is Professor at Radboud University, is one of five world-leading experts who receive the award jointly to foster their collaboration.

Pointing is a universal human mechanism. For years, the pressing finger had a negative image because people would mostly use pointing from a self centered perspective. Neuroscientist David Peeters, however, did a surprising discovery: the poiting gesture appears to have a clear social intent.

Looking back on a great festival!

Wablief?
Reparatie van gesprekken gaat overal ter wereld hetzelfde

Hulp van je lijf bij woordjes leren.
De relatie tussen taal en het lichaam

On 23 Sep 2015, Prof. dr. Majid will receive a Radboud Science Award.

Nieuwe inzichten voor het onderwijs van morgen
Het congres Het Talige Brein is bedoeld voor onderwijsprofessionals uit het primair, voortgezet en speciaal onderwijs.

Getrainde neus herkent geuren niet beter

Anne Cutler, main applicant of Language in Interaction and emeritus director of the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, has been elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society. The Royal Society is made up of the most eminent scientists, engineers and technologists from the UK and the Commonwealth.

For the first time, scientists were able to visualize how the brain recombines memories of past events when these are complemented by new information.

Dr. Hans Rutger Bosker received two awards for his thesis The processing and evaluation of fluency in native and non-native speech

The Ammodo KNAW Award is established to encourage independent, fundamental research in the Netherlands.

1. Crossing the Amazone in that little boat?
2. Live subtitling using your glasses!

Spinoz@Night is a new talk show from the Dutch Organization for Scientific Research. You will meet scientists who can change the world!

1. Use of Google Translate in our education?
2. New app for aphasia patients - WoordWolk

On October 9 Peter Desain gave a talk on communication support via Apps at a public event of the Brain Society in the Jaarbeurs in Utrecht. Two apps were launched and demonstrated.

On 24 Sep 2014, Prof. dr. Toni wll receive a Radboud Science Award.

This annual award from the wetenschapsknooppunt at Radboud University encourages collaboration between scientists and primary schools to provoke pupils' curiosity for science. The collaboration will yield teaching materials for primary schools based on Toni's' research on understanding, 

Understanding each other is more than choosing the right words and gestures. Your brain is always trying to estimate whether your interlocutor understands you, and your response is unconsciously adjusted.

Antje Meyer, PI in WP5, has been appointed as a member of the Academy of Europe.

Babies are born with the ability to learn all the languages in the world, because they are still able to hear the difference between all possible tones. However, the sooner a baby zooms in on his mother tongue, the greater his vocabulary will be later in life.