The Cultural Brain
Within the Cultural Brain research group, we investigate how cultural inventions – such as written words, numbers, music, and belief systems – shape our mind and brain.
Our research is divided into three themes (the Literate Brain, the Predictive Brain, and the Mutimodal Brain), each of which provides us with a unique window for exploring the culturally-shaped mind.
We use behavioural measures, functional and structural neuroimaging techniques, and computational modelling to help us answer the central question: To what extent does culture determine what it means to think as a human?
At the Cultural Brain research group, we also have a dedicated website where you can find out more about our research themes and recent news.
This research group is part of the Psychology of Language Department
Contact
Falk Huettig
Senior Investigator
Psychology of Language Department
+31 24 3521374
Falk [dot] Huettig [at] mpi [dot] nl
- Research themes
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Our research projects generally fall into one of three themes:
- The Literate Brain
- The Predictive Brain
- The Multimodal Brain
To find out more about each of these themes as well as read about our latest research projects, you can either visit our Projects page or visit our dedicated Cultural Brain website.
- Press
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Please visit the News page of our Cultural Brain website.
News
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14 May 2019Speech recognition technology is not a solution for poor readers
Could artificial intelligence be a solution for people who cannot read well (functional illiterates) or cannot read at all (complete illiterates)? According to psycholinguists, speech technology...
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12 March 2019MPI's Falk Huettig appointed Professor of Psycholinguistics and Cultural Cognition
The MPI congratulates Falk Huettig, who has been appointed Professor of Psycholinguistics and Cultural Cognition at Radboud University Nijmegen.
DOE MEE!
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