Research on Neurolinguistics

• Neurobiological foundations of syntax
• Possible vs. impossible languages
• Neuropragmatics and neural basis of figurative language
• Negation in the brain
• The quest for the neurobiological basis of syntax by awake surgical procedures

 

Research on Theoretical syntax

• Computation, recursion and complexity
• Theory of Movement (Long Distance Dependencies)
• Clause structure (expletives, copular inversion and unaccusativity)
• Syntax-semantics interface (focus, vocative, definiteness effect)
• Directionality (Top-Down, Left-Right) of phrase structure building

 

Research on Philosophy of mind and language

• Consciousness and subjectivity
• Neuroethics and Philosophy of neuroscience
• Philosophical logic and formal semantics
• Logic and philosophy of mathematics
• Mind and society

 

Research on social neuroscience

• Language, cognitive disorders and neurodegenerative disease
• Neural organization of semantic memory
• Episodic memory, normal and pathological aging
• Neural bases of economic decision
• Neural bases of socio-emotional changes in brain disorders

 

Equipment

NeTS center is fully equipped for psycholinguistic experiments:

• Eye Tracker - EyeLink 2000 Hz
• CEDRUS response pad
• ZOOM H4 - digital recorder
• SAMSUNG HMX-Q100BP HD - video recorder
• SPSS
• Presentation Software