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Iris Berent In the Media

Iris Berent for Northeastern

Take 5: What makes human language so special?

In the 52nd annual Robert D. Klein Lecture on Tuesday, psychology professor Iris Berent argued that human language is a product of a specialized biological system, that we are are innately equipped with a language instinct.
- by Jason Kornwitz March 24, 2016
Language study offers new twist on mind-body connection

Research from Northeastern professor of psychology Iris Berent and her colleagues finds that spoken language and motor systems are intricately linked—though not in the way that has been widely believed.
- by Greg St. Martin February 2, 2015
A biological engine for human language

New research out of Northeastern psychology professor Iris Berent’s lab suggests that humans’ capacity for creating language is encoded in our brains as a universal set of rules.
- by Angela Herring April 17, 2014

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