Mikkel Wallentin

Mikkel Wallentin is a Professor at the School of Communication and Culture, Aarhus University, specializing in Cognitive Science. He investigates the intricate relationships between language, brain, and cognition through interdisciplinary research combining neuroscience, linguistics, and psychology.

His research interests include psycholinguistics, neurolinguistics, neuropragmatics, spatial memory, language comprehension, and inner speech. He employs methods such as fMRI, behavioral experiments, and corpus analysis to explore how cognitive processes are embodied in linguistic behavior. His work also touches on gender differences in language development, depression detection via lexical choice, and aging in spatial communication.

Wallentin's recent publications reveal a strong focus on emotional inner speech, its physiological effects, and its role in self-regulation, alongside studies on early language acquisition and linguistic pragmatics. His work bridges theoretical linguistics with cognitive neuroscience, often involving cross-linguistic and clinical populations.

• Principal Investigator, SCALA: Spatial Communication and Ageing across Languages (2024–2028)
• Participant, Cognition, Language and Music (2009–2013)
• Participant, Mass Experiment 2016

He has been actively involved in public dissemination, delivering lectures such as 'Language: A Window into the Mind' and contributing to media on topics like julefilm psychology and developmental language disorders. With over 127 research outputs, he maintains a robust scholarly presence in cognitive science.