Research activities

The NeuroLingo Lab employs EEG, MEG, fMRI and behavioural methods to investigate the core phenomena related to the neural processes underlying language and memory.
The name ‘NeuroLingo’ captures two central themes of the lab’s research agenda. First, we maintain a strong focus on neuroscience of language. Second, we are particularly interested in the ‘neural language’, i.e. the neural mechanisms that enable encoding categories, linear order or hierarchical structure and underlie key abilities across cognitive domains. At the intersection of these two directions of research, our work has investigated neural mechanisms underpinning representations at various scales: from phonology to syntax, as well as the interface between language comprehension and long-term memory. Evolutionary insights into brain function development across species play an important role in shaping our research approach.
A third, translational branch of the lab’s research aims to translate our basic findings into applications for assessing language function and other cognitive abilities across the lifespan and in conditions such as neurodegeneration and stroke.

I am co-director of the NCCR Evolving Language

Contact

Faculté de médecine
Université de Genève
Email: Nina.Kazanina@unige.ch
Website: http://www.ninakazanina.com/