Prof. Dr. Yosef Grodzinsky

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsGeneral and Comparative Linguistics, Experimental Linguistics, Typology, Non-European Languages,Clinical Neurology; Neurosurgery and Neuroradiology,Psychology
Keywordssyntax, semantics, fMRI, aphasia

Current contact address

CountryIsrael
CityJerusalem
InstitutionHebrew University of Jerusalem
InstituteEdmond and Lily Safra Center for Brain Sciences

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. med. Katrin AmuntsInstitut für Medizin, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Jülich
Prof. Dr. Angela FriedericiZentrum für Höhere Studien, Universität Leipzig, Leipzig
Start of initial sponsorship01/09/2007

Programme(s)

2007Humboldt Research Award Programme

Nominator's project description

Professor Grodzinsky is an international authority in the field of neurolinguistics bridging linguistics and neuroscience. He was one of the first to demonstrate the relevance of linguistic theory to the description of the language impairments observed in patients with focal brain damage. Using brain imaging he is among the few who investigate and localize the fine syntactic and semantic distinctions that the brain makes. In Germany, he will pursue his research and validate his brain map of syntax and semantics cross-linguistically.