LAPELC² — Research Laboratory for Language, Brain, and Human Behavior

LAPELC² / SCHOOL OF LETTERS / UFAL

Investigating
language in
real time.

How do we understand and produce language? We investigate the cognitive and neural processes involved.

Explore our researchAbout the laboratory
02 / RESEARCH QUESTIONS

What do we seek to
understand?

Our research examines how language is processed in the brain, how it is expressed in behavior, and how it varies across individuals, contexts, and modalities.

  1. 01
    Prosody / PortugueseWhat role does prosody play in the processing of spontaneous discourse?
  2. 02
    Prosody / ProcessingHow does the brain process prosodic boundary cues?
  3. 03
    Perception / SpeechHow do listeners use prosodic cues in speech perception?
03 / METHODS AND FACILITIES

Studying language
through multiple measures.

Our experiments integrate behavioral measures, eye tracking, and electrophysiological recordings.