
THE MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE
Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics
The Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics is a world-leading research institute devoted to interdisciplinary studies of the science of language and communication, including departments on genetics, psychology, development, neurobiology and multimodality of these fundamental human abilities.
We investigate how children and adults acquire their language(s), how speaking and listening happen in real time, how the brain processes language, how the human genome contributes to building a language-ready brain, how multiple modalities (as in speech, gesture and sign) shape language and its use in diverse languages and how language is related to cognition and culture, and shaped by evolution.
We are part of the Max Planck Society, an independent non-governmental association of German-funded research institutes dedicated to fundamental research in the natural sciences, life sciences, social sciences, and the humanities.
On this website, you will find everything you need to know about our Institute, departments, research groups, researchers and their publications, as well as our upcoming and past news and events.
Latest News
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01 April 2025
Genes may influence our enjoyment of music
Music is central to human emotion and culture. Does our...
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14 March 2025
Michael Erard’s Bye-Bye, I Love You Explores the first and last words of language
Linguist, journalist, and author Erard unveils his latest...
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26 February 2025
Natascha Roos defends thesis 28 February
On 28 February at 10:30 am, Natascha Roos will defend her...
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MPI TalkLing is the official blog of the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics in Nijmegen on which our researchers talk about all aspects of language sciences. Click here to visit our blog |
Upcoming events
- 3 Apr - 3 Apr
Bye-Bye, I Love You - Book launch by Michael Erard
Max Planck InstituteLectureLinguist, journalist, and author Erard...
- 10 Apr - 10 Apr
MEDAL voor de middelbare school: Taal verandert!
Max Planck InstituteWorkshopThis is an outreach event for secondary...
Vacancies
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INTERNSHIP AT PSYCHOLOGY OF LANGUAGE DEPARTMENT
InternshipPsychology of Languagefull-timeAt the moment, we can offer internships at the Language Processing and Learning Cluster, the Prosody Production and Perception...
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