Jakob Scherm Eikner is starting a PhD this month at the Laboratoire Parole et Langage (LPL). Jakob holds a Master’s degree in Linguistics from the University of Oslo. Jakob works with Elin Runnqvist (LPL) and Clément François (LPL), in collaboration with Kristof Strijkers (LPL), studying self-monitoring mechanisms in speech production and other human actions. The […]

Greta Gorzoni is starting a PhD at the Laboratoire Parole et Langage (LPL) this month, supervised by Laurent Prévot and Francesca Di Garbo. Greta holds a Master’s degree in Linguistic Sciences from the University of Bologna, where she specialized in linguistic theory and computational methods. Her PhD project investigates linguistic abstraction and generalization, focusing on how linguistic patterns […]

Mia Steffen began her PhD in cognitive science at Laboratoire Parole et Langage (LPL) in September 2026. Mia holds a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from Université Lumière Lyon 2 and a Master’s degree in Cognitive Science from Aix-Marseille University. Her doctoral research is part of the ERC-funded Language in the Dyad (LaDy) project under the […]

Marianna Apidianaki is a CNRS researcher who recently joined LIS (Laboratoire d’Informatique et Systèmes) in Marseille. Her research is  focused on computational linguistics and natural language processing (NLP), specifically in the area of semantics. Marianna previously worked as a senior researcher in the Computer and Information Science Department at the University of Pennsylvania (2021-2025) and in the Language […]

  The teaser video of a documentary describing the research conducted by ILCB team Cetaceans: Non-Human Conversations is shared online by its authors Rémi Demarthon and Argonautes Collective: Dans la tête des globicéphales. Don’t miss it!  

The Institute of Language, Communication and the Brain (ILCB) is deeply saddened by the passing of Liliane Sprenger-Charolles, a colleague, friend, and one of the leading figures in international research on reading acquisition and literacy development. Liliane was emeritus CNRS researcher at the Centre for Research in Psychology and Neuroscience CRPN. Throughout her distinguished career, […]

Marvin Lavechin has recently joined CNRS as chargé de recherche at the Laboratoire d’Informatique et Systèmes (LIS) in Marseille. He completed his PhD at Meta AI and the Laboratoire de Sciences Cognitives et Psycholinguistique (ENS, Paris), followed by postdocs at GIPSA-lab (Grenoble), and then at the Computational Psycholinguistics Lab (MIT) and the Bergelson Lab (Harvard), […]

Prof. Sonja Kotz, a long-standing member of the ILCB International Advisory Board, is starting a sabbatical at Aix-Marseille Université this month. Sonja Kotz is Professor of Neuropsychology and Translational Cognitive Neuroscience at Maastricht University (The Netherlands). Her research explores body-brain-behaviour dynamics related to temporal (when) and content (what) predictions in audition, speech, and music across […]

The ILCB is delighted to welcome Usha Goswami (University of Cambridge), a leading figure in cognitive developmental neuroscience and educational research. A member of the ILCB International Advisory Board, she was recently awarded the prestigious Doctor Honoris Causa by Aix-Marseille University. Usha Goswami is Professor of Cognitive Developmental Neuroscience and Director of the Centre for […]

As part of the Cognitive Engineering course (UE Ingénierie Cognitive), MaSCo students—divided into five groups—designed and developed innovative projects based on the measurement of physiological or behavioral signals. These projects required skills in data analysis, experimental design, and the development of technological tools (sensors, virtual reality, etc.). The final presentations took place on January 30, […]