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Natalia Rivera Vera is a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute for Language Sciences (ILS) within Utrecht University's Faculty of Humanities. Her work focuses on language acquisition processes, particularly in multilingual academic contexts.
- Education:
- Bachelor's in Hispanic Literature and Linguistics (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, 2009)
- Master's in Brain and Cognitive Sciences (Universiteit van Amsterdam, 2012)
- PhD in Language and Communication (Universiteit van Amsterdam, 2024)
Her research explores how adults integrate perceptual data with social-pragmatic information during word learning, examining cognitive mechanisms in receptive multilingualism. Key projects include Getting to the CoRe, which investigates communication success in multilingual academic settings.
Recent publications highlight her contributions to psycholinguistic models of word learning, including studies on speaker reliability, input consistency, and pragmatic inference. She has presented work at international conferences like CogLing Days and TABU Dag.
- Scientific Awards:
- National Scholarship for MA studies (2012)
- National Scholarship for PhD studies (2018)
Natalia has held teaching roles at Universiteit van Amsterdam (2024-2025) and Universiteit Leiden (2021-2023), and contributed to academic community initiatives as a PhD representative.
