Judith Rispens

Prof. dr. Judith Rispens is a Professor in Dutch Linguistics at the Faculty of Humanities of the University of Amsterdam. Her research focuses on the intersection of language acquisition, statistical learning, and developmental disorders such as dyslexia and developmental language disorder (DLD). She employs experimental and neurocognitive methods, including ERP and MMN responses, to investigate how children and adults process language and acquire linguistic structures.

• Email: J.E.Rispens@uva.nl
• Office: Spuistraat 134, Room 417, Amsterdam

Research interests include:

• Statistical learning mechanisms in language acquisition
• Neurocognitive processes in developmental dyslexia and DLD
• Second language learning (L2) and cross-linguistic studies
• Pragmatic abilities in multilingual exposure
• Computational modeling of language acquisition

Her recent work explores how input consistency and speaker informativity influence word learning, with a focus on children with neurodevelopmental disorders. Publications span topics like morphological processing, grammatical proficiency, and the role of memory in language acquisition.