Berlin Brains on Tour

Kanne, Tanne, Wanne – sometimes the smallest differences in speech sounds can completely change the meaning of a word. But how do children process these subtle distinctions during language acquisition? This is exactly what Claudia Männel and Clara Menze are investigating at Charité using cutting-edge neuroscience methods. By recording brain activity with EEG, they gain insights into the processes that allow children to acquire language so effortlessly. Through their project “Starke Sprache,” they are currently exploring how the unique characteristics of maternal speech and artificially enhanced speech signals can support language development in children with hearing impairments.

Speakers:
Dr. Claudia Männel, Head of the Early Language Development Research Group, Department of Audiology and Phoniatrics, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Clara Menze, Doctoral Researcher, Early Language Development Research Group, Department of Audiology and Phoniatrics, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin

Moderator: Jochen Müller

Please note: The event will be conducted in German.

Free admission – Tickets available online

Berlin Brains is a joint event series by Urania Berlin, Stiftung Planetarium Berlin, Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience Berlin, Excellence Cluster NeuroCure, Science of Intelligence, Einstein Center for Neurosciences Berlin, Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association, and Collaborative Research Center SFB 1315.