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The social media accounts linked to from mpi_nl are: • Facebook • YouTube • LinkedIn • Bluesky • Website Besides social media accounts, mpi_nl has populated their site with: • Vacancy Machine Learning Student Assistant • Falk Huettig featured in Süddeutsche Zeitung on the societal impact of reading • Vacancy Head of Finance • Vacancy Accounting Officer • Vacancy Research Assistant • When words fail, hands speak: the role of gesture for people living with aphasia • Cas Coopmans has been awarded an NWO Veni grant • Paula Rubio-Fernández receives ERC Advanced Grant • Onderzoek naar spraak- en woordherkenning • Sign up to our newsletter • Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics | News | June 2026 • Head of Library (1,0 FTE) | Max Planck Institute • TWO NATIVE DUTCH-SPEAKING STUDENT ASSISTANT POSITIONS AT THE MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHOLINGUISTICS | Max Planck Institute • Max Planck Research Group Leader position (W2 BBesG) | Max Planck Institute • www.mpi.nl • Events | Max Planck Institute • Student assistant wanted • The chameleon effect: Natural mimicry makes you more likeable • The Perks of Being a Bookworm • How to measure brilliance? • New study finds: Forgetting may be the secret to better AI language learning • What having a unique voice means for speech perception • You’re copying me! The hidden benefits of repetition in conversation • Italians and Dutch share the same gestural instinct for teaching • Talk to the hand: How gesture makes spoken conversation smoother • Twin modelling reveals partly distinct genetic pathways to music enjoyment • Mind the Kids - How motor and social skills shape language learning, as captured by genes • Essay Peter Hagoort • Why children’s grammar mistakes are smarter than you think • MRI Spraakzien • Spraak zien | Tijdschrift Les • MINT Workshop • How 38,550 children helped us understand the Dutch past tense • Why Do Kids Say “Go-ed” Instead of “Went”? Unpacking the Mystery of Past Tense Mistakes • MPI researchers at InScience Film Festival 2026 • The average brain doesn’t exist • Abstract submission now OPEN for the Many Paths to Language Conference • Why conversation is more like a dance than an exchange of words • Genetics help explain who gets the ‘telltale tingle’ from music, art and literature • Different strokes: how language recovery differs after cerebrovascular accidents • Seal pup communication is more similar to that of humans than previously thought • Your brain doesn’t stop changing at 25 • MPI researchers awarded Donders Stimulation Seed Funding • MEDAL Project concludes after three years • No Two Brains Are the Same • The link between thinking and writing is in your keyboard • MPI Books 2025: Exploring Language, Interaction, and the Predictive Mind • Biobanking Opens New Windows Into Human Evolution • When space is something heard and not seen: How blindness shapes language use • Est-il vrai qu’autrefois nous parlions tous la même langue ? - Regarder le documentaire complet | ARTE • www.arte.tv • 65-year-old framework challenged by modern research • The interaction of biology and culture: Rethinking where language comes from | Max Planck Institute • www.science.org • Do your genes define who you are? – MPI TalkLing • Do you need to see to gesture? New research reveals how blind people express concepts without vision | Max Planck Institute • Peter Hagoort inducted as Fellow of the British Academy | Max Planck Institute • When you grow up learning two languages at once, how do they influence each other? – MPI TalkLing • New insights into SETBP1 variants reveal mechanisms behind neurodevelopmental disorders | Max Planck Institute • SETBP1 variants outside the degron disrupt DNA-binding, transcription and neuronal differentiation capacity to cause a heterogeneous neurodevelopmental disorder | Nature Communications • “Take care of your science, and your science will take care of you” – MPI TalkLing • FOSTERLANG project launched in Wilamowice, Poland | Max Planck Institute • Nominations and self-nominations sought for the position of Director at the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Nijmegen, The Netherlands | Max Planck Institute • The future is in your hands: Can we predict what someone will say next based on their hand gestures? – MPI TalkLing • Donders Citylab's Safari - van DNA tot Kunst - Weekend van de Wetenschap • “Courage is an underrated academic skill” – MPI TalkLing • Max Planck Research Groups • Aslı Özyürek: from postdoc to director – MPI TalkLing • Young children are not the main drivers of language change | Max Planck Institute • Postdoc Position: Gesture Generation in Face-to-Face Dialogue | Max Planck Institute • ERC Starting Grant for Linda Drijvers | Max Planck Institute • A simple start to a super skill – MPI TalkLing • Why do we baby talk? – MPI TalkLing • We rarely make ourselves as clear as we think - and the consequences can be serious | Max Planck Institute • Research Report 2023–2024 now available | Max Planck Institute • NWO Veni grant for Constantijn van der Burght | Max Planck Institute • ISGS10 brings together over 300 gesture researchers for three days of innovation and community | Max Planck Institute • Brains over Bots: Why Toddlers Still Beat AI at Learning Language | Max Planck Institute • The MEDAL Summer School: Cutting-edge Methods in Computational Modelling for Young Linguists | Max Planck Institute • Stephen Levinson reveals the hidden engine of human communication • How does your brain grow differently from a mouse? – MPI TalkLing • Research shows facial expressions are central to how we communicate | Max Planck Institute • Inside the MPI Motion Capture Lab: advancing research on human language and communication | Max Planck Institute • A Look Inside Max Planck Institute - InScience • Blog post | What my cat can teach us about pronouns • Nijmegen Lectures 2025 | Max Planck Institute • Het Grote Letterprins onderzoek • ERC Consolidator Grant for Andrea E. Martin • Nijmegen Lectures 2025 • Interview with Peter Hagoort: 'Standing on the shoulders of giants' | Max Planck Institute • Vacancies | Max Planck Institute • Workshops voor de middelbare school • Bantu language shows that processing of focused information may be universal • Otto Hahn Medals for Joery den Hoed and Laura Giglio • IASCL inaugural Early Career Award for Rowena Garcia • Music and Genomes: Beethoven’s Genes Put to the Test • Our researchers at InScience • Kletskoppen Kindertaalfestival 📖 • Studie: Waar kijk je naar? | Max Planck Institute • Wereldstotterdag 2023 Q&A | Max Planck Institute • Open Dag 2023 • News: Elephants may be self-domesticated • MPI TalkLing: Something you always wanted to know about gender-inclusive language (but were afraid to ask) • MPI TalkLing: Alles wat je ooit wilde weten over gender-inclusief taalgebruik (maar nooit durfde te vragen) • Stories from the IMPRS • MPI TalkLing: Forgetting Language • MPI TalkLing: Het vergeten van taal • Check out the Bruner Library • MPI TalkLing: Long-distance communication in The Lord of the Rings • MPI TalkLing: Langeafstandscommunicatie in The Lord of the Rings • News: Whale clans use vocalisations to mark their culture • Welcome to the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics!