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Matthew W. Crocker is a Professor of Psycholinguistics at the Department of Language Science and Technology, Saarland University. As Principal Investigator for SFB projects A1 and C3, and Deputy Speaker of SFB 1102, he leads interdisciplinary research on language comprehension mechanisms. His work integrates computational modeling with neuroimaging and eye-tracking to explore how linguistic and non-linguistic context interact.
- Education: BSc (1986) and MSc (1988) in Computer Science, University of New Brunswick and British Columbia; PhD in Philosophy (1992) from University of Edinburgh's School of Informatics
- Academic Roles: ESRC Research Fellow (1994-1998); Chair in Psycholinguistics since 2000 at Saarland University
Research Interests focus on:
- Computational Psycholinguistics applying neural networks to language processing
- Information Theory in linguistic encoding
- Embodied Cognition through situated comprehension studies
- ERP Correlates (N400/P600) of integration and retrieval
Scientific Contributions:
- Co-founder of AMLaP conference (1995)
- Editorial leadership in Frontiers in Language Sciences, Cognition, and Glossa Psycholinguistics
- 2012 SIGdial Best Paper Award for hearer gaze tracking research
Teaching includes courses on Information Theory and Computational Psycholinguistics, with recent 2023 block courses streamed via Zoom and Microsoft Teams. His technical development extends to tools like the GSEARCH Corpus Query System for syntactic structure analysis.
