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The research group Neurolinguistics at the University of Marburg investigates the neuronal representation and processing of linguistic processes using the method of event-related potentials (ERPs), which is based on the recording of brain waves using electroencephalography (EEG). This method provides temporally precise information with a resolution in the millisecond range on the processing taking place in the brain in relation to linguistic stimuli. We also use the measurement of eye movements (eye tracking) during the processing of visually or auditorily presented stimuli in order to investigate the processing of linguistically relevant information. Behavioral measures (eye movements) are used as indicators of the processing taking place in the brain. Both methods can be combined with other behavioral measures (reaction time, language comprehension, etc.) in order to obtain information about how and in what temporal sequence our brain processes language. You can find more information on the methods we use on the page of our laboratories.

In collaboration with the Research Training Group 2700, the Neurolinguistics group is involved in interdisciplinary research focused on the dynamics and stability of linguistic representations.
Within the project Variations- und Varietätenerwerb im alemannischen Raum (LAVA), we also contribute to the study of regional and dialectal varieties of German.