About the conference
The Institute for Science of Language and the Brain is organizing its second international conference (virtual edition) on 9-10 October, 2025. This international event is held in collaboration with Allameh Tabataba’i University, Tarbiat Modarres University, Shiraz University, and Linguistic Society of Iran with the aim to bring together the researchers from Linguistics, Psychology, Speech and Language Pathology, Cognitive Neuroscience, Medical sciences, Neural Engineering and other relevant fields to exchange the latest research findings and most cutting-edge approaches to all sorts of research relevant for language and the brain.
Scientific Secretary: Dr. Molood S. Safavi
Executive Secretary: Dr. Nayereh Joodi
Head of Language & Cognition panel: Prof. Dr. Azita Afrashi, Professor of Linguistics and the President of Iranian Linguistic Society
Head of Psycholinguistics panel: Dr. Arash Aryani, Cognitive Neuroscientist and Group Leader at Freie Universtität Berlin
Head of Neurolinguistics Panel: Dr. Mohammad Momenian, Research Assistant Professor at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Head of Clinical Linguistics Panel: Dr. Mehdi Bakhtiar, Assistant Professor at the University of Hong Kong
Where
Online
IMPORTANT DATES:
- Start of Call for Abstracts: 10 March 2025
- Deadline for submitting abstracts: 01 July 2025
- Registrations open: 19 July 2025 (for free)
- Announcing the review results and the final program: 25 August 2025
- Registration Deadline: 09 September 2025
- Conference: 9-10 October 2025
Keynote & Invited Speakers
Prof. Dr. Martin Hilpert
Professor of Linguistics at University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland
Prof. Dr. Anthony Kong
Associate Professor of Speech and Language Pathology, University of Hong Kong
Dr. Florian Hintz
Group Leader at Philipps University of Marburg, Germany
Dr. Oksana Lyalka
President of the SLP Society of Ukraine and Product Manager at ANT Neuro, Germany
Dr. Katarzyna Marszałek-Kowalewska
Computational Linguist and Technical Product Owner at Yukka Lab AG, Germany
Dr. Narges Radman
Cognitive Neuroscientist and assistant professor of Psychiatry at University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation, Iran
Arianna Colombani, PhD. C.
PhD Candidate of Linguistics and Cognitive Science, University of Potsdam, Germany
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Dr. Andre Buxo-Lugo
Assistant Professor of Psycholinguistics at the University of Buffalo, New York, USA
Dr. Srdjan Popov
Assistant Professor of Neurolinguistics, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
Dr. Fatemeh Nemati
Associate Professor of Linguistics, Persian Gulf University, Iran
Dr. Hayat Ameri
Associate Professor of Linguistics, Tarbiat Modarres University, Iran
Dr. Simin Meykadeh
PhD in Linguistics and Cognitive Neuroscience of Language, University of Tarbiat Modarres, Iran
Conference Program & Committee
The conference will be in two days with four panels of (1) Fundamentals of Language and Cognition, (2) Experimental Approaches in Psycholinguistics, (3) Experimental Approaches in Neurolinguistics, and (4) Clinical Linguistics. The morning panels will start at 11:00 AM (IRST) and the afternoon panels will start at 05:00 PM (IRST). We keep updating this section with more collaborators on board in the scientific committee of the panels. Also, after the call for abstracts is closed, the accepted presentations will appear here.
FUNDAMENTALS OF LANGUAGE AND COGNITION
Prof. Dr. Azita Afrashi, Professor of Linguistics and the President of the Linguistics Society of Iran
Prof. Dr. Martin Hilpert, Professor of Linguistics at University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland.
Presentation title: Force Dynamics in English Infinitive Constructions
Dr. Hayat Ameri, Associate professor of Linguistics, Tarbiat Modarres University, Iran.
Presentation title: How do Image Schemas Bridge Brain and Mind
Dr. Katarzyna Marszalek-Kowaleswska, Computational Linguist and Technical Product Owner at Yukka Labs, Germany.
Presentation title: An Overview of the Available Resources in Persian Corpora
Dr. Azita Afrashi, Professor of Linguistics, Dean of the Faculty of Encyclopedia Research, The Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies, President of the Linguistic Society of Iran
Dr. Sahar Bahrami-Khorshid, Associate Professor of Linguistics, Tarbiat Modares University
Dr. Hayat Ameri, Associate Professor of Linguistics, Research Center of Persian Language and Literature, Tarbiat Modares University
Dr. Fatemeh Shafiei, Ph.D. in Cognitive Science of Language, the Institute for Cognitive Science Studies
Dr. Mahsa Ravanbakhsh, Ph.D. in Cognitive Science of Language, the Institute for Cognitive Science Studies
EXPERIMENTAL APPROACHES IN PSYCHOLINGUISTICS
Dr. Arash Aryani, Cognitive Neuroscientist and Group Leader at Freie Universtität, Berlin, Germany.
Dr. Andrés Buxó-Lugo Assistant Professor of Psycholinguistics at the University of Buffalo, New York, USA.
Presentation title: Prosody and Suprasegmental Cues as a Window into Language Production Processes
Dr. Fatemeh Nemati, Associate Professor of Linguistics at Persian Gulf University, Iran.
Presentation title: Role of Lexical and Emtional Variables in Persian Word Processing
Arianna Colombani, Ph.D. Candidate, Ph.D. Candidate at SOLAB (International Doctorate in Experimental Approaches to Language and the Brain) , Potsdam, Germany.
Presentation title: Intro to Applications of Eye-tracking in Language Studies
Dr. Shahla Raghibdoust, Associate Professor of Linguistics, Allameh Tabataba'i University
Dr. Arash Aryani, Cognitive Neuroscientist and Group Leader at Freie Universtität, Berlin, Germany.
Dr. Fatemeh Nemati, Associate Professor of Linguistics at Persian Gulf University, Iran.
Dr. Mehdi Purmohammad, Instructor and Senior Researcher at the Department of Education, University of Alberta, Canada.
Dr. Shima Nabifar, Instructor of Psycholinguistics at Al-Zahra University, Iran.
Dr. Hayat Ameri, Associate Professor or Linguistics at Tarbiat Modarres University, Iran.
Dr. Molood S. Safavi, Ph.D. in Cognitive Neuroscience of Language, Founding director of
the Institute for Science of Language & the Brain (SOLAB), Head
of the Education Department at ANT Neuro
Dr. Nayereh Joodi, Ph.D. in Linguistics and board member at
the Institute for Science of Language & the Brain (SOLAB)
EXPERIMENTAL APPROACHES IN NEUROLINGUISTICS
Dr. Mohammad Momenian, Research Assistant Professor at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong.
Dr. Florian Hintz, Senior Researcher of Linguistics and Group Leader at Philipps-University, Marburg, Germany.
Presentation title: Studying the Mechanisms Underlying Language Processing through the Lens of Individual Differences
Dr. Simin Meykadeh, Ph.D. in Cognitive Neuroscience of Language, Tarbiat Modarres University, Iran.
Presentation title: Interface Between ERPs and fMRI in Bilingual Speakers During Morphosyntactic Processing.
Dr. Srdan Popov, Assistant Professor of Neurolinguistics at the University of Groningen, The Netherlands.
Presentation title: Applications of EEG/ERPs in Linguistic Experiments
Dr. Shahla Raghibdoust, Associate Professor of Linguistics, Allameh Tabataba'i University
Dr. Mohammad Momenian, Research Assistant Professor at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong.
Dr. Arash Aryani, Cognitive Neuroscientist and Group Leader at Freie Universtität, Berlin, Germany.
Dr. Fatemeh Nemati, Associate Professor of Linguistics at Persian Gulf University, Iran.
Dr. Mehdi Purmohammad, Instructor and Senior Researcher at the Department of Education, University of Alberta, Canada.
Dr. Shima Nabifar, Instructor of Psycholinguistics at Al-Zahra University, Iran.
Dr. Hayat Ameri, Associate Professor or Linguistics at Tarbiat Modarres University, Iran.
Dr. Simin Meykadeh, Ph.D. in Cognitive Neuroscience of Language, Tarbiat Modarres University, Iran.
Dr. Molood S. Safavi, Ph.D. in Cognitive Neuroscience of Language, Founding director of
the Institute for Science of Language & the Brain (SOLAB), Head
of the Education Department at ANT Neuro
Dr. Nayereh Joodi, Ph.D. in Linguistics and board member at
the Institute for Science of Language & the Brain (SOLAB)
CLINICAL LINGUISTICS
Dr. Mehdi Bakhtiar, Assistant Professor of Speech Language Pathology, the University of Hong Kong, HK.
Prof. Dr. Anthony Kong, Associate Professor of Speech Language Pathology, University of Hong Kong, HK.
Presentation title: Connecting the Dots: Investigating How Impaired Discourse Reflects Cognitive Function in Neurogenic Disorders
Dr. Narges Radman, Cognitive Neuroscientist and assistant professor of Psychiatry at University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation, Iran.
Presentation title: Link Between Language and Thought in Schizophrenia: Exploring Linguistic Disturbances as a Biomarker
Dr. Oksana Lyalka, Joint Ph.D. in Cognitive Linguistics, President of the Speech Language Pathology Society of Ukraine, and Product Manager at ANT Neuro, Germany
Presentation title: The application of Navigated TMS in Speech and Language Studies
Dr. Shahla Raghibdoust, Professor of Linguistics, Allameh Tabataba'i University University
Dr. Mehdi Bakhtiar, Assistant Professor of Speech Language Pathology, the University of Hong Kong, HK.
Dr. Narges Radman, M.D. & Ph.D. in Cognitive Science, Adjunct Postdoctoral
Researcher, School of Cognitive Sciences, Institute for Research
in Fundamental Sciences, Psychiatry resident at Tehran
University of Medical Sciences
Dr. Mohammad Hassan Torabi, Ph.D. in Linguistics (majoring in Cognitive Linguistics and
Psycholinguistics), The Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies
Dr. Molood S. Safavi, Ph.D. in Cognitive Neuroscience of Language, Founding director
of the Institute for Science of Language & the Brain (SOLAB),
Head of the Education Department at ANT Neuro
Academic Collaborators
This conference is scientifically supported by Linguistic Society of Iran, Department of Linguistics and Cognitive Science Lab at Allameh Tabataba'i University, Department of Linguistics at Tarbiat Modares University, and Department of Linguistics at Shiraz University.
