Jan Rouke Kuipers

Dr Jan Rouke Kuipers is a Lecturer in Psychology at the University of Stirling. He holds an MSc in Cognitive Psychology and a PhD from Leiden University (2008), followed by postdoctoral research at Bangor University before joining Stirling in 2013. His research focuses on bilingualism, embodied semantics, dyslexia, and language production mechanisms. Key methods include ERP, eye-tracking, pupillometry, and TMS. He investigates how bilingual upbringing influences language learning, neural representation of meaning, visual-phonological deficits in dyslexia, and the neural correlates of attention through pupillometry. His recent work explores mobile cognition and cross-modal semantics. He is affiliated with the Cognition in Complex Environments research group and contributes to interdisciplinary projects on embodied cognition.

Research interests span: (1) Bilingualism's cognitive effects, (2) Embodied semantics in visual/motor cortices, (3) Dyslexia's visual-phonological processing deficits, (4) Word selection processes in speech production, and (5) Pupillometry-ERP correlations in attention studies. His 28+ publications include studies on ERP markers of language change in bilingual toddlers, cross-cultural semantic processing, and neural plasticity in bilingual color perception. Methodologically, he combines ERP with eye-tracking to study visual attention and arousal relationships.

Advising and grants: While specific student names aren't listed, his research involves collaborative teams at Stirling and international institutions. Grants likely support his work on embodied cognition and dyslexia interventions. He participates in the Mobile Cognition research program and leads projects at the Cognition in Complex Environments group.