Snell Language Lab
Unraveling the reading brain with cognitive neuroscience
Approach
How does the brain process written language? At the VU Amsterdam and partner institutions we address this question with a wide array of techniques.
- Behavioural measures
- Eye-tracking & Pupillometry
- Computational modelling
- Electro-encephalography
Latest news
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ERC grant (€1.5million) awarded to Snell Language Lab!
Joshua has obtained an ERC starter grant, which will be used to expand the Snell Language Lab and unravel the reading brain. At the start of 2025 we’re launching an ambitious project that will span at least 5 years. See the press release here. -
New publication in the journal Memory & Cognition
Why it is so hard to notice the errors this in sentence? Our latest investigation into (flexible) word position coding can be found here.
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New publication: Science versus commercial industry
Every now and then companies pop up that claim to have methods to make you read better. But those claims aren’t always backed up by scientific evidence. Here we tested the latest craze – Bionic Reading – and unfortunately the data aren’t as spectacular as the company’s claims…
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New publication in Journal of Cognition
Together with Research Master student Alline Nogueira-Melo, we have published a paper in Journal of Cognition. The paper can be found here. This study marks the latest investigation of the ‘Do love you me’ phenomenon, also known as the Transposed-Word effect.
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