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Genetics help explain who gets the ‘telltale tingle’ from music, art and literature | Max Planck Institute

Different strokes: how language recovery differs after cerebrovascular accidents – MPI TalkLing

Seal pup communication is more similar to that of humans than previously thought | Max Planck Institute

Your Brain Doesn’t Stop Changing at 25 – MPI TalkLing

MPI researchers awarded Donders Stimulation Seed Funding | Max Planck Institute

MEDAL Project concludes after three years | Max Planck Institute

No Two Brains Are the Same – MPI TalkLing

The link between thinking and writing is in your keyboard – MPI TalkLing

MPI Books 2025: Exploring Language, Interaction, and the Predictive Mind | Max Planck Institute

Biobanking Opens New Windows Into Human Evolution | Max Planck Institute

When space is something heard and not seen: How blindness shapes language use – MPI TalkLing

Est-il vrai qu’autrefois nous parlions tous la même langue ? - Regarder le documentaire complet | ARTE

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65-year-old framework challenged by modern research | Max Planck Institute

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The interaction of biology and culture: Rethinking where language comes from | Max Planck Institute

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Events | Max Planck Institute

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

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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

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

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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

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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

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