BCBL. Basque Center on Cognition, Brain and Language

Mante S. Nieuwland

Position: Staff Scientist
m.nieuwland@bcbl.eu

Psychology and cognitive neuroscience of language, discourse processing and pragmatics, semantic and referential processing, ERPs/fMRI

Publications

• Nieuwland, M.S., Ditman, T., & Kuperberg, G.R. (2010). On the incrementality of pragmatic processing: An ERP investigation of informativeness and pragmatic abilities. Journal of Memory and Language, 63, 324-346.
• Begeer, S., Malle, B.F., Nieuwland, M.S. & Keysar, B. (2010). Using Theory of Mind to represent and take part in social interactions: Comparing individuals with high-functioning autism and typically developing controls. European Journal of Developmental Psychology, 7(1), 104-122.
• Geurts, H. M., Broeders, M., & Nieuwland, M.S. (2010). Thinking outside the Executive Functions box: Theory of Mind and pragmatic abilities in Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder. European Journal of Developmental Psychology, 7(1), 135-151.
• Van Berkum, J.J.A., Holleman, B., Nieuwland, M., Otten, M., & Murre, J. (2009). Right or wrong? The brain's fast response to morally objectionable statements. Psychological Science, 19(12), 1213-1218.
• Nieuwland, M.S. & Kuperberg, G.R. (2008). When the truth is not too hard to handle: An Event-Related Potential study on the Pragmatics of Negation. Psychological Science, 19(12), 1213-1218.
• Nieuwland, M.S. & Van Berkum, J.J.A. (2008). The neurocognition of referential ambiguity in language comprehension. Language and Linguistics Compass, Vol. 2, 603-630.
• Nieuwland, M.S. & Van Berkum, J.J.A. (2008). The interplay between semantic and referential aspects of anaphoric noun phrase resolution: Evidence from ERPs. Brain and Language, 106, 119-131.
• Nieuwland, M.S., Otten, M. & Van Berkum, J.J.A. (2007). Who are you talking about? Tracking discourse-level referential processes with ERPs. The Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 19(2), 1-9.
• Nieuwland, M.S., Petersson, KM. & Van Berkum, J.J.A. (2007). On sense and reference: Examining the functional neuroanatomy of referential processing. Neuroimage, 37(3), 993-1004.
• Otten, M., Nieuwland, M.S. & Van Berkum, J.J.A. (2007). Great expectations: Specific lexical anticipation influences spoken language processing. BMC Neuroscience, 8:89, 1-9.
• Van Berkum, J.J.A., Koornneef, A.W., Otten, M., & Nieuwland, M.S. (2007). Establishing reference in language comprehension: An electrophysiological perspective. Brain Research, 1146, 158-171.
• Nieuwland, M.S. & Van Berkum, J.J.A. (2006). Individual differences and contextual bias in pronoun resolution: Evidence from ERPs. Brain Research, 1118, 155-167.
• Nieuwland, M.S. & Van Berkum, J.J.A. (2006). When peanuts fall in love: N400 evidence for the power of discourse. The Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 18(7), 1098-1111.
• Nieuwland, M.S. & Van Berkum, J.J.A., (2005). Testing the limits of the semantic illusion phenomenon: ERPs reveal temporary change deafness in discourse comprehension. Cognitive Brain Research 24(3), 691-701.