Current studies
On this page, you will find an overview of our current studies on early language acquisition and language processing.
We investigate how babies and children perceive language, recognize words, and cope with linguistic diversity. We are interested in both monolingual and multilingual children. In our studies, we use child-appropriate experimental methods such as eye-tracking to better understand which cognitive and linguistic processes play a role in early language acquisition.
Our current projects address various aspects of language: One project investigates how babies recognize words and why there are individual differences in this process. Another project focuses on phonological structures in different languages and how linguistic patterns are perceived, processed, and acquired.
You can find more information about the individual projects on the respective subpages.
Word recognition in babies
In this project, we are investigating how babies recognize words and what role eye movements, attention, and individual differences play in this process.
Phonetic Patterns in languages
In this project, we are investigating how phonological structures are perceived and processed in different languages and what role linguistic variability plays in this process.