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Many U.S.-raised individuals from Spanish-speaking families suffer a “triple bullying”. First, the country is 80 percent monolingual in English, and many people insist that this is the only language that belongs here. Next, many Spanish teachers damage students’ linguistic self-esteem by calling their ways of speaking Spanish deformed and incorrect. Finally, perhaps most painfully, members

Center for Language Science Speaker Series: Scientific Speed Dating

Please join us on for Scientific Speed Dating for CLS faculty, postdocs, graduate students, and visitors. We will follow the format of previous speed-dating events. This is a great opportunity to discuss your research and ideas, and to connect with fellow CLS members and be mutually inspired. We hope to see you there!

Center for Language Science Speaker Series: Elizabeth Schotter

Elizabeth Schotter smiles widely sporting long brown hair and standing in the sunlight.

Humans read incredibly quickly, fixating a word for only a quarter of a second before moving their eyes. But neural data suggests it takes two–four times longer than a single fixation to fully recognize and interpret a word in context, raising the question, “how can the eyes be faster than the brain” (Rayner & Clifton,

Center for Language Science Speaker Series: Victoria Cano Sánchez

Victoria Cano Sánchez smiles while wearing a white blazer.

Recent research in psycholinguistics has largely focused on adults under thirty, often assuming that language abilities remain stable after acquisition, a view now challenged by emerging evidence (Griffin and Spieler, 2005). This research addresses that gap by investigating how healthy aging affects language comprehension in Spanish, with a particular focus on predictive processing and agreement

Series: CLS Speaker Series