Department of Neuropsychology

The Department’s research agenda is to identify the functional architecture of language and its neuroanatomical basis in the mature and the developing brain.

 

Our research topics in in various media formats

Image of a brain scan displaying colored neural pathways in blue, yellow, green, and red.
"Grounding language on neurobiology", talk by Angela D. Friederici more
Visualization of brain regions 45, 44, 6, and pSTG with neural pathways in green and purple, illustrating connectivity.
This article appeared in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. more
Brain scan highlighting neural pathways in different colors.
For more information see "The brain basis of language processing: From structure to function." Physiological Reviews, 91, 1357-1392. Short overview of the current model. ...an interactive model. more
GoCognitive logo with the word "Interviews".
Free educational tools for cognitive neuroscience, Angela D. Friederici - Language and the Brain.

...see the interview compilations. more
Two people engage in conversation at a conference.
Lectures during the summer semester 2010 at the University of Mainz on the topic "Language and brain" more
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