Iris Mulders

Dr. Iris Mulders is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Languages, Literature and Communication, Utrecht University, and a Senior Researcher at the Institute for Language Sciences. Her work focuses on

• Eye movement monitoring
• Sentence processing mechanisms
• Psycholinguistics
• Interfaces between syntax, semantics, and pragmatics
• R programming for statistical analysis

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Research Interests: Mulders specializes in experimental linguistics, particularly using eye-tracking to study language acquisition, processing, and disorders. Key subfields include Dutch posture verbs (functional vs. lexical analysis), prosodic focus processing, referential communication, and digital literacy in humanities education.

Article Trends: Recent publications analyze:

• AI's role in language research (ChatGPT as informant)
• Eye-tracking methodology for reading patterns
• Focus marking in native/non-native English
• Stress processing in sentence comprehension
• Developmental differences in verb processing
• Interface phenomena across syntax/semantics/pragmatics

Lab Involvement: She actively demonstrates and trains in eye-tracking lab facilities, contributing to experimental methods in language acquisition research through tutorials at EMLAR workshops and international conferences.