DR. LARS MEYER Alfred-Kästner-Straße 75 04275 Leipzig Germany [email protected] CURRICULUM VITAE PERSONAL Date of birth February 1st, 1982 Place of birth Hamburg, Germany EDUCATION 2013 2008 2005 Ph. D. (summa cum laude) Neurolinguistics University of Potsdam, Germany M. Sc. (with distinction) European Masters Clinical Linguistics (EMCL) University of Potsdam, Germany Magisterzwischenprüfung (with distinction) German Language and Literature & Philosophy University of Hanover, Germany ACADEMIC CURRICULUM Since 2012 2009–2012 2009 2004–2007 Research staff Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive & Brain Sciences, Leipzig, Germany Ph. D. student Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive & Brain Sciences, Leipzig, Germany Intern Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive & Brain Sciences, Leipzig, Germany Graduate assistant & tutor University of Hanover, Germany AWARDS 2014 Otto-Hahn-Medaille, Max Planck Society PUBLICATIONS In preparation Meyer, L., Grigutsch, M., Schmuck, N., Gaston, P., Henry, M. J., & Friederici, A. D. The phases of phrases: left-anterior delta phase predicts phrasal chunking during language comprehension. Vassileiou, B., Männel, C., Friederici, A. D., Strotseva-Feinschmidt, A., Wartenburger, I., & Meyer, L. Fractional anisotropy of the superior longitudinal fasciculus predicts working-memory span in a large sample. 1 Under review In revision To appear 2014 2013 2012 2011 2008 Zaccarella, E., Meyer, L., Makuuchi, M., & Friederici, A. D. Binding by Syntax: The Neural Basis of Building Minimal Linguistic Structures. Fengler, A., Meyer, L., & Friederici, A. D. How the Brain Attunes to Sentence Processing: Relating Behavior, Structure, and Function in the Developing Brain. Fengler, A., Meyer, L., & Friederici, A. D. Brain structural correlates of complex sentence comprehension in children. Meyer, L., Grigutsch, M., Schmuck, N., Gaston, P., & Friederici, A. D. Frontal– posterior theta oscillations reflect memory retrieval during comprehension. Männel, C., Meyer, L., Wilcke, A., Kirsten, H., Boltze, J., & Friederici, A. D. Working-memory endophenotype and dyslexia-associated genetic variant predict dyslexia phenotype. Meyer, L. & Friederici, A. D. Neural systems underlying the processing of syntactic complexity. G. S. Hickok & S. L. Small (Eds.), Neurobiology of Language. Regel, S., Meyer, L., & Gunter, T. C. Investigating language-related P600 effects: A direct comparison of syntactic and pragmatic information processing. PLoS ONE 9(5), e96840. Meyer, L., Cunitz, K., Obleser, J., & Friederici, A. D. Sentence processing and verbal working memory in a white-matter-disconnection patient. Neuropsychologia 61, 190–196. Scharinger, M., Henry, M. J., Erb, J., Meyer, L., & Obleser, J. Thalamic and parietal brain morphology predicts auditory category learning. Neuropsychologia 53, 75–83. Piai, V., Meyer, L., Schreuder, R., & Bastiaansen, M. C. M. Sit down and read on: Working memory and long-term memory in particle-verb processing. Brain and Language 127(2), 296–306. Meyer, L., Obleser, J., & Friederici, A. D. Left parietal alpha enhancement during working memory-intensive sentence processing. Cortex 49(3), 711–721. Meyer, L., Obleser, J., Kiebel, S. J., & Friederici, A. D. Spatiotemporal dynamics of argument storage and integration: an fMRI and EEG study. Frontiers in Psychology 3(523). Meyer, L., Obleser, J., Anwander, A., & Friederici, A. D. Linking ordering in Broca's area to storage in left temporo-parietal regions: The case of sentence processing. NeuroImage 62(3), 1987–1998. Obleser, J., Meyer, L., & Friederici, A. D. Dynamic Assignment of Processing Resources in Auditory Language Comprehension. NeuroImage 56(4), 2310– 2320. Meyer, L. Funktionalismus und Formalismus im Rekurs auf Humboldt und Saussure. Kodikas 31(1–2), 29–57. TALKS & POSTERS 2014 Meyer, L., Grigutsch, M., Schmuck, N., Gaston, P., & Friederici, A. D. Memory retrieval during pronoun processing relies on coherent theta oscillations between frontal and posterior cortex. Poster at the Annual Meeting of the Society for the Neurobiology of Language, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Vassileiou, B., Meyer, L., Männel, C., Strotseva-Feinschmidt, A., & Friederici, A. D. Fractional anisotropy of the arcuate/superior longitudinal fasciculus predicts verbal-working-memory span in a large sample. Poster at the Annual Meeting of the Society for the Neurobiology of Language, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. 2 2013 2012 2011 2010 2007 2006 Vassileiou, B., Meyer, L., Männel, C., & Friederici, A. D. The role of a dorsal white matter pathway in verbal working memory: Evidence from fractionalanisotropy measurements. Poster at 4th IMPRS NeuroCom Summer School, London, United Kingdom. Meyer, L. The neural oscillations of working memory during sentence processing. Talk at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, USA. Meyer, L., Grigutsch, M., Schmuck, N., Gaston, P., & Friederici, A. D. Frontal– posterior theta coherence subserves memory retrieval during language comprehension. Poster at the 21st Annual CNS Meeting, Boston, USA. Fengler, A., Meyer, L., & Friederici, A. D. How Broca’s Area Attunes to Syntactic Processing. Poster at the 19th Annual HBM Meeting, Seattle, USA. Meyer, L., Obleser, J., Cunitz, K., & Friederici, A. D. The Dorsal Tract Supports Working Memory, Specifically Affecting Sentence Processing: A Single-CaseStudy. Poster at the 12th GAB, Leipzig, Germany. Männel, C., Meyer, L., Wilcke, A., Kirsten, H., & Friederici, A. D. Working memory-relevant gray matter in the left pSTG relates to genetic risk and diagnostic status in Developmental Dyslexia: A VBM study. Poster at Neuroscience 2012, New Orleans, USA. Meyer, L., Obleser, J., & Friederici, A. D. Functional lateralization of the inferior frontal gyrus during sentence processing: The influence of structural lateralization and handedness. Poster at Neuroscience 2012, New Orleans, USA. Hubert, A., Meyer, L., & Friederici, A. D. Aktivierungen im Sprachnetzwerk des kindlichen Gehirns—ein Zusammenspiel aus grammatischen Fähigkeiten, Arbeitsgedächtnisleistungen und neuroanatomischen Voraussetzungen. Talk at GISKID, Leipzig, Germany. Grey, S., Meyer, L., & Müller, J. A Time-Frequency Perspective on the Learning of Non-Adjacent Dependencies in Adults. Poster at NSF PIRE Summer School, Frauenwörth, Germany. Meyer, L., Obleser, J., & Friederici, A. D. Separating Argument Storage and Manipulation in Sentence Processing. Poster at Structuring the Argument, Paris, France. Hubert, A., Meyer, L., Skeide, M., & Friederici, A. D. Childrens’ language comprehension abilities correlate with grey matter density of the left inferior parietal lobe. Poster at the 17th Annual HBM Meeting, Quebec City, Canada. Meyer, L., Obleser, J., & Friederici, A. D. Broca's Area does not only subserve Verbal Working Memory. Poster at the 18th Annual CNS Meeting, San Francisco, USA. Meyer, L., Obleser, J., & Friederici, A. D. Distinct Brain-Electric Signatures for Order and Distance in Sentence Processing. Poster at the 16th AMLaP 2010, York, United Kingdom. Meyer, L., Obleser, J., & Friederici, A. D. When Complex Grammar Must Pass the Bottleneck of Degraded Acoustics: an fMRI Study. Poster at the 17th Annual CNS Meeting. Montrèal, Canada. Meyer, L. Funktionalismus und Formalismus im Rekurs auf Humboldt and Saussure. Talk at the 29th Annual Conference of the DGfS, Siegen, Germany. Meyer, L. Ellipsis of German Obligatory Adverbials. Talk at the 29th StuTS, Berne, Switzerland. 3 INVITED TALKS 2014 2013 2012 2011 Meyer, L. Vom Geräusch zum Satz, vom Satz zur Bedeutung: Der Zeitverlauf der Sprachverarbeitung. 30th ICCN/58th DGKN, Berlin, Germany. Meyer, L. The Working Memory of Argument–Verb Dependencies. Linguistische Werkstatt, Bamberg, Germany. Meyer, L. The Spatiotemporal Brain Dynamics of Argument–Verb-Dependency Processing. EMCL Guest Speaker Seminar, Potsdam, Germany. Meyer, L. Cortical Oscillations During Working-Memory-Intensive Sentence Processing. Donders Discussions, Nijmegen, The Netherlands. Meyer, L. Separating Storage and Manipulation in Sentence Processing. EMCL Guest Speaker Seminar, Potsdam, Germany. De Bleser, R. & Meyer, L. Building up scientific networks in Erasmus Mundus: from student to graduate to PhD networking. Erasmus Employability Workshop, Leuven, Belgium. Meyer, L. Before, after and during being a student in the EMCL. Symposium in Honor of Ria De Bleser, Potsdam, Germany. TEACHING 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2007 2006 2005 2004 Meyer, L. Chunk, Store, and Retrieve: Sentence Comprehension, Working Memory, and Neural Oscillations. Lecture. Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig, Germany. Meyer, L., Scharinger, M., & Strauss, A. What’s ‘real’ about linguistics? Seminar. Department of Linguistics. University of Potsdam, Germany. Meyer, L. Store, order, and retrieve: The neuropsychology of working memory during sentence processing. Lecture. Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig, Germany. Meyer, L. Psycho– and Neurolinguistics of Sentence Processing. Lecture. International Max Planck Research School on Neuroscience of Communication: Function, Structure and Plasticity. Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig, Germany. Bonhage, C., Meyer, L., & Friederici, A. D. Psychologische Experimente: Planen und Durchführen. Seminar. Institute of Psychology. University of Leipzig, Germany. Meyer, L. Separating Storage and Manipulation in Sentence Processing. Lecture. Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig, Germany. Meyer, L. Morphophonologie des Deutschen. Tutorial. Department of German and Applied Linguistics. University of Hanover, Germany. Meyer, L. Syntaktische Analyse. Tutorial. Department of German and Applied Linguistics. University of Hanover, Germany. Meyer, L. Morphosyntax des Deutschen und ihre Vermittlung im DaF-/DaZUnterricht. Tutorial. Department of German and Applied Linguistics. University of Hanover, Germany. Meyer, L. Einführung in die Linguistik. Tutorial. Department of German and Applied Linguistics. University of Hanover, Germany. 4 (CO-) SUPERVISION (ONGOING) Since 2015 Since 2014 Since 2012 Serine Avetisyan (M. A. student, University of Potsdam) The Impact of Focus Operators on the Processing of Long-Distance Dependencies Caroline Beese (Ph. D. student, IMPRS NeuroCom) The Age Trajectory of Theta Coherence during Language Comprehension Benedict Vassileiou (M. A. student & Ph. D. student, IMPRS NeuroCom) Theta Coherence in Memory Encoding during Language Comprehension Anja Hubert (Ph. D. student, IMPRS NeuroCom) Structural Attunement to Sentence-Processing Functions in the Infant Brain (CO-) SUPERVISION (FINISHED) 2014 2013 2011 2010 Sema Acar (M. A. student, University of Potsdam) Genetics of White-Matter Alterations in Developmental Dyslexia Franziska Kurtz (intern, University of Leipzig) Phonetic analyses; EEG methodology Phoebe Gaston (intern, Yale University & New York University) Phonetic analyses; behavioral & EEG methodology Noura Schmuck (intern, University of Mainz) Behavioral & EEG methodology Sarah Grey (intern, Georgetown University) EEG methodology; time-frequency analyses Christos Pliatsikas (intern, University of Reading) FMRI methodology; ROI analyses and time-course analyses Saskia Ahrens (intern & B. A. student, University of Hanover) Syntactic and Phonological Interference during Argument–Verb-Dependency Processing Celia Sommer (intern & B. Sc. student, University of Osnabrück) Order and Distance: Neural Subsystems for the Processing of Syntactic Dependencies REVIEWING Brain; Brain and Cognition; Brain and Language; Child Neuropsychology; Cognitive Neuroscience; Cortex; Developmental Science; International Journal of Psychophysiology; Journal of Neuroscience; Language and Linguistics Compass; Nature Neuroscience; NeuroImage; Neuropsychologia; Neuron; Neuroscience Letters MEMBERSHIPS & RESEARCH ADMINISTRATION EMCL board of studies (member); EMCL alumni network (administrator); MPI CBS IT commission (spokes person); Cognitive Neuroscience Society (member); Society for Neuroscience (member); Society for the Neurobiology of Language (member) 5
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