Marlijn ter Bekke
@marlijnterbekke.bsky.social
language/neuroscientist (she/her) studying multimodal communication during face-to-face conversation @dondersinst.bsky.social | https://marlijnterbekke.nl
Seeing the early beginning of a hand gesture, in which the hands move to the gesture location and develop their handshape, can already help to predict what someone will say next!
New paper with Lina van Otterdijk, @lindadrijvers.bsky.social and @judithholler.bsky.social! doi.org/10.1080/0163...
New paper with Lina van Otterdijk, @lindadrijvers.bsky.social and @judithholler.bsky.social! doi.org/10.1080/0163...
Seeing hand gestures’ early beginnings improves predictions of upcoming utterance meaning
In face-to-face conversation, people convey meaning multimodally, including speech and hand gestures. Previous work showed that comprehenders can use gestures to predict utterance content, but it i...
doi.org
September 28, 2026 at 2:18 PM
Seeing the early beginning of a hand gesture, in which the hands move to the gesture location and develop their handshape, can already help to predict what someone will say next!
New paper with Lina van Otterdijk, @lindadrijvers.bsky.social and @judithholler.bsky.social! doi.org/10.1080/0163...
New paper with Lina van Otterdijk, @lindadrijvers.bsky.social and @judithholler.bsky.social! doi.org/10.1080/0163...
I was interviewed for MPI's TalkLing blog about my PhD research! You can read the blog post below 😊
Ever notice how someone can say "this big” with their hands, before they even finish the sentence?
Your brain is already catching up before the words arrive! So basically, our hands are often speaking slightly ahead of our mouths.
[read more below]
Your brain is already catching up before the words arrive! So basically, our hands are often speaking slightly ahead of our mouths.
[read more below]
May 19, 2026 at 8:40 AM
I was interviewed for MPI's TalkLing blog about my PhD research! You can read the blog post below 😊
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Now out online:
Special Issue on "Action Categorization", guest edited by Arnulf Deppermann, Alexandra Gubina and Barbara Fox
www.tandfonline.com/toc/hrls20/5...
Special Issue on "Action Categorization", guest edited by Arnulf Deppermann, Alexandra Gubina and Barbara Fox
www.tandfonline.com/toc/hrls20/5...
Research on Language and Social Interaction
Action Categorization. Volume 59, Issue 1 of Research on Language and Social Interaction
www.tandfonline.com
May 6, 2026 at 8:30 AM
Now out online:
Special Issue on "Action Categorization", guest edited by Arnulf Deppermann, Alexandra Gubina and Barbara Fox
www.tandfonline.com/toc/hrls20/5...
Special Issue on "Action Categorization", guest edited by Arnulf Deppermann, Alexandra Gubina and Barbara Fox
www.tandfonline.com/toc/hrls20/5...
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📦 My first #RStats package on CRAN:
{readelan}
A package dedicated to reading all files associated with ELAN: eaf, etf, ecv. Reads annotations, metadata, controlled vocabularies. Relevant for many in #linguistics perhaps?
More info here:
borstell.github.io/misc/readelan/
{readelan}
A package dedicated to reading all files associated with ELAN: eaf, etf, ecv. Reads annotations, metadata, controlled vocabularies. Relevant for many in #linguistics perhaps?
More info here:
borstell.github.io/misc/readelan/
April 7, 2026 at 10:30 PM
📦 My first #RStats package on CRAN:
{readelan}
A package dedicated to reading all files associated with ELAN: eaf, etf, ecv. Reads annotations, metadata, controlled vocabularies. Relevant for many in #linguistics perhaps?
More info here:
borstell.github.io/misc/readelan/
{readelan}
A package dedicated to reading all files associated with ELAN: eaf, etf, ecv. Reads annotations, metadata, controlled vocabularies. Relevant for many in #linguistics perhaps?
More info here:
borstell.github.io/misc/readelan/
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Summerschool 13-17 July Multiscale Social Dynamics at MindLabs NL - Sign ups are open!
March 6, 2026 at 5:14 PM
Summerschool 13-17 July Multiscale Social Dynamics at MindLabs NL - Sign ups are open!
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📄🚨New #OSF #preprint! How does cognitive load affect different stages of language prediction? Using visual-world eye-tracking, we found that the prediction process is disrupted and no longer shows evidence of separable stages, and prediction is delayed.
Preprint: osf.io/preprints/ps...
Preprint: osf.io/preprints/ps...
OSF
osf.io
March 10, 2026 at 12:37 PM
📄🚨New #OSF #preprint! How does cognitive load affect different stages of language prediction? Using visual-world eye-tracking, we found that the prediction process is disrupted and no longer shows evidence of separable stages, and prediction is delayed.
Preprint: osf.io/preprints/ps...
Preprint: osf.io/preprints/ps...
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We’re looking for English native speakers (age 18–35) to take part in a short and fun online, PAID language experiment!
You can participate anytime, anywhere, if you:
(read comments)
You can participate anytime, anywhere, if you:
(read comments)
March 10, 2026 at 10:25 AM
We’re looking for English native speakers (age 18–35) to take part in a short and fun online, PAID language experiment!
You can participate anytime, anywhere, if you:
(read comments)
You can participate anytime, anywhere, if you:
(read comments)
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𝗡𝗼𝘄 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻: 𝗠𝗮𝘅 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗸 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗚𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗽 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 (𝗪𝟮)
An exciting opportunity for outstanding researchers ready to lead an independent research group and shape the future of multimodal language research.
Learn more and apply here: www.mpi.nl/career-educa...
An exciting opportunity for outstanding researchers ready to lead an independent research group and shape the future of multimodal language research.
Learn more and apply here: www.mpi.nl/career-educa...
March 9, 2026 at 2:19 PM
𝗡𝗼𝘄 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻: 𝗠𝗮𝘅 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗸 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗚𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗽 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 (𝗪𝟮)
An exciting opportunity for outstanding researchers ready to lead an independent research group and shape the future of multimodal language research.
Learn more and apply here: www.mpi.nl/career-educa...
An exciting opportunity for outstanding researchers ready to lead an independent research group and shape the future of multimodal language research.
Learn more and apply here: www.mpi.nl/career-educa...
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📢 PhD position in the NeuroAI of Language
Why can LLMs predict brain activity so well? We're hiring a PhD student to find out -- AI interpretability meets neuroimaging
Deadline March 20
Please RT 🙏
👇
mpi.nl/career-education/vacancies/vacancy/fully-funded-4-year-phd-position-neuroai-language
Why can LLMs predict brain activity so well? We're hiring a PhD student to find out -- AI interpretability meets neuroimaging
Deadline March 20
Please RT 🙏
👇
mpi.nl/career-education/vacancies/vacancy/fully-funded-4-year-phd-position-neuroai-language
March 5, 2026 at 1:34 PM
📢 PhD position in the NeuroAI of Language
Why can LLMs predict brain activity so well? We're hiring a PhD student to find out -- AI interpretability meets neuroimaging
Deadline March 20
Please RT 🙏
👇
mpi.nl/career-education/vacancies/vacancy/fully-funded-4-year-phd-position-neuroai-language
Why can LLMs predict brain activity so well? We're hiring a PhD student to find out -- AI interpretability meets neuroimaging
Deadline March 20
Please RT 🙏
👇
mpi.nl/career-education/vacancies/vacancy/fully-funded-4-year-phd-position-neuroai-language
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Why conversation is more like a dance than an exchange of words www.mpi.nl/news/why-con...
Why conversation is more like a dance than an exchange of words | Max Planck Institute
www.mpi.nl
March 5, 2026 at 10:36 AM
Why conversation is more like a dance than an exchange of words www.mpi.nl/news/why-con...
Excited for my talk tomorrow at ISGS Hong Kong! ✨
March 4, 2026 at 11:04 AM
Excited for my talk tomorrow at ISGS Hong Kong! ✨
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Zeehondenpups die veel tijd met elkaar doorbrengen, roepen met eenzelfde ‘accent’. Ze wachten ook netjes hun beurt af voor ze geluid beginnen te maken. Bioloog Koen de Reus (31) deed onderzoek in opvangcentrum Pieterburen om meer te leren over de communicatie van zeehonden.
Wat de zeehondjes van Pieterburen ons vertellen over hoe taal is ontstaan - Vox magazine
Zeehondenpups die veel tijd met elkaar doorbrengen, roepen met eenzelfde ‘accent’. Ze wachten ook netjes hun beurt af voor ze geluid beginnen te maken. Bioloog Koen de Reus (31) deed onderzoek in opva...
www.voxweb.nl
March 2, 2026 at 12:20 PM
Zeehondenpups die veel tijd met elkaar doorbrengen, roepen met eenzelfde ‘accent’. Ze wachten ook netjes hun beurt af voor ze geluid beginnen te maken. Bioloog Koen de Reus (31) deed onderzoek in opvangcentrum Pieterburen om meer te leren over de communicatie van zeehonden.
Tips for resources would be really appreciated! 😊
Supervising a Psychology student creating an online #mousetracking experiment with #jsPsych - showing videos and asking participants to choose left or right.
If you’ve worked on something similar and are happy to share a code template or know of good resources, we’d really appreciate it! 🙂
If you’ve worked on something similar and are happy to share a code template or know of good resources, we’d really appreciate it! 🙂
October 31, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Tips for resources would be really appreciated! 😊
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Delighted to share our new paper, now out in PNAS! www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
"Hierarchical dynamic coding coordinates speech comprehension in the brain"
with dream team @alecmarantz.bsky.social, @davidpoeppel.bsky.social, @jeanremiking.bsky.social
Summary 👇
1/8
"Hierarchical dynamic coding coordinates speech comprehension in the brain"
with dream team @alecmarantz.bsky.social, @davidpoeppel.bsky.social, @jeanremiking.bsky.social
Summary 👇
1/8
PNAS
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...
www.pnas.org
October 22, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Delighted to share our new paper, now out in PNAS! www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
"Hierarchical dynamic coding coordinates speech comprehension in the brain"
with dream team @alecmarantz.bsky.social, @davidpoeppel.bsky.social, @jeanremiking.bsky.social
Summary 👇
1/8
"Hierarchical dynamic coding coordinates speech comprehension in the brain"
with dream team @alecmarantz.bsky.social, @davidpoeppel.bsky.social, @jeanremiking.bsky.social
Summary 👇
1/8
Happy with this popular science article about our work (with @lindadrijvers.bsky.social and @judithholler.bsky.social), showing that listeners use co-speech hand gestures to predict upcoming meaning ✋ www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...
What Using Our Hands While Speaking Reveals About Our Brains
Researchers now have fascinating insights into how our brains function while we communicate — and our hand gestures hold the key.
www.medscape.com
October 15, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Happy with this popular science article about our work (with @lindadrijvers.bsky.social and @judithholler.bsky.social), showing that listeners use co-speech hand gestures to predict upcoming meaning ✋ www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...
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🚨NEW PAPER🚨 Prior expectations guide multisensory integration during face-to-face communication
Out now in @plos.org Computational Biology
journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol...
w/ @giuliamz.bsky.social et al. @cimecunitrento.bsky.social
🧠🧪 #psychscisky #neuroskyence
TL;DR 🧵👇
Out now in @plos.org Computational Biology
journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol...
w/ @giuliamz.bsky.social et al. @cimecunitrento.bsky.social
🧠🧪 #psychscisky #neuroskyence
TL;DR 🧵👇
September 24, 2025 at 7:39 AM
🚨NEW PAPER🚨 Prior expectations guide multisensory integration during face-to-face communication
Out now in @plos.org Computational Biology
journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol...
w/ @giuliamz.bsky.social et al. @cimecunitrento.bsky.social
🧠🧪 #psychscisky #neuroskyence
TL;DR 🧵👇
Out now in @plos.org Computational Biology
journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol...
w/ @giuliamz.bsky.social et al. @cimecunitrento.bsky.social
🧠🧪 #psychscisky #neuroskyence
TL;DR 🧵👇
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👀 👂 How does the brain merge what we hear & see? @lindadrijvers.bsky.social got an ERC Starting Grant (≈ €1.5M) for HANDWAVE, studying how we integrate audiovisual signals.
Vital for understanding language disorders & improving diagnostics.👇
www.ru.nl/en/research/...
Vital for understanding language disorders & improving diagnostics.👇
www.ru.nl/en/research/...
ERC Starting Grants for research into language, money circulation and medieval songs | Radboud University
Three researchers at Radboud University will receive a Starting Grant from the European Research Council (ERC). They will receive a grant of rougly 1.5 million euros.
www.ru.nl
September 4, 2025 at 2:55 PM
👀 👂 How does the brain merge what we hear & see? @lindadrijvers.bsky.social got an ERC Starting Grant (≈ €1.5M) for HANDWAVE, studying how we integrate audiovisual signals.
Vital for understanding language disorders & improving diagnostics.👇
www.ru.nl/en/research/...
Vital for understanding language disorders & improving diagnostics.👇
www.ru.nl/en/research/...
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New issue of ROLSI out online: a Special Issue of articles exploring the use of coding in conversation analysis
www.tandfonline.com/toc/hrls20/c...
www.tandfonline.com/toc/hrls20/c...
Research on Language and Social Interaction
Counting practices and actions: Coding social interaction. Volume 58, Issue 3 of Research on Language and Social Interaction
www.tandfonline.com
September 9, 2025 at 11:17 AM
New issue of ROLSI out online: a Special Issue of articles exploring the use of coding in conversation analysis
www.tandfonline.com/toc/hrls20/c...
www.tandfonline.com/toc/hrls20/c...
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The articles in the Special Issue on Coding, now out online:
September 9, 2025 at 11:19 AM
The articles in the Special Issue on Coding, now out online:
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How do our brains and bodies support social learning in real time?
We take an ecological and multimodal neuroscience approach to study mutual prediction and social coordination when learning with others.
It took 5 full years for this one! Full open-access pre-print: osf.io/preprints/ps...
We take an ecological and multimodal neuroscience approach to study mutual prediction and social coordination when learning with others.
It took 5 full years for this one! Full open-access pre-print: osf.io/preprints/ps...
OSF
osf.io
July 23, 2025 at 10:31 AM
How do our brains and bodies support social learning in real time?
We take an ecological and multimodal neuroscience approach to study mutual prediction and social coordination when learning with others.
It took 5 full years for this one! Full open-access pre-print: osf.io/preprints/ps...
We take an ecological and multimodal neuroscience approach to study mutual prediction and social coordination when learning with others.
It took 5 full years for this one! Full open-access pre-print: osf.io/preprints/ps...
I had a lot of fun last week organising @isgs2025.bsky.social in my role as chair of the local support team! Thanks to all attendees and organizers for making the conference such a great success 🫶
July 16, 2025 at 8:49 AM
I had a lot of fun last week organising @isgs2025.bsky.social in my role as chair of the local support team! Thanks to all attendees and organizers for making the conference such a great success 🫶
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🌟The closing session of #ISGS2025 has officially concluded—thank you to all our speakers, presenters and attendees!
See you at ISGS11 in Hong Kong 🌟
See you at ISGS11 in Hong Kong 🌟
July 11, 2025 at 4:29 PM
🌟The closing session of #ISGS2025 has officially concluded—thank you to all our speakers, presenters and attendees!
See you at ISGS11 in Hong Kong 🌟
See you at ISGS11 in Hong Kong 🌟
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📢 We will announce the winner of the Student Poster Prize at the closing session of #ISGS2025 on Friday 🏆
Don’t miss it — join us as we celebrate outstanding student research! ✨
Keep an eye on our website to stay in the loop and catch all the updates www.isgs10.nl/home
Don’t miss it — join us as we celebrate outstanding student research! ✨
Keep an eye on our website to stay in the loop and catch all the updates www.isgs10.nl/home
ISGS10
10th Conference of the ISGS
9-11 July 2025
Nijmegen, The Netherlands
www.isgs10.nl
July 7, 2025 at 10:10 AM
📢 We will announce the winner of the Student Poster Prize at the closing session of #ISGS2025 on Friday 🏆
Don’t miss it — join us as we celebrate outstanding student research! ✨
Keep an eye on our website to stay in the loop and catch all the updates www.isgs10.nl/home
Don’t miss it — join us as we celebrate outstanding student research! ✨
Keep an eye on our website to stay in the loop and catch all the updates www.isgs10.nl/home
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We're hiring! Join us to work at the intersection of social interaction and language technology. Postdoc and PhD positions in my Futures of Language research group, based at Radboud University in Nijmegen, NL
Read more: markdingemanse.net/futures/news...
#linguistics #interaction #sts #emca #hci
Read more: markdingemanse.net/futures/news...
#linguistics #interaction #sts #emca #hci
July 7, 2025 at 11:44 AM
We're hiring! Join us to work at the intersection of social interaction and language technology. Postdoc and PhD positions in my Futures of Language research group, based at Radboud University in Nijmegen, NL
Read more: markdingemanse.net/futures/news...
#linguistics #interaction #sts #emca #hci
Read more: markdingemanse.net/futures/news...
#linguistics #interaction #sts #emca #hci