*** REGISTER NOW: Hybrid conference on Experimental Methods in Language (acquisition) Research (EMLaR), April 15-17, 2025 - Utrecht University (The Netherlands) ***

The Institute for Language Sciences (ILS) of Utrecht University is pleased to announce the 21st edition of EMLaR. This three-day conference will take place from April 15th – 17th 2025 (Tuesday to Thursday) in a hybrid format. The physical location is Utrecht University, in the city center of Utrecht, The Netherlands.

EMLaR aims at training PhD students and advanced MA students in experimental methods of language (acquisition) research. Experts in various domains of linguistic research will give lectures and hands-on tutorials, and speakers will give method-oriented talks during plenary sessions. We also provide the opportunity to present your (ongoing) research at the poster session.

**Program**

Keynote speaker: • Sonja Kotz (Maastricht University)

Invited speakers: • Bram van Dijk (Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science) • Michael Franke (University of Tübingen) • Mieke Slim (Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics) • Roberta D’Alessandro (Utrecht University) • Rowena Garcia (Leibniz-Centre General Linguistics, University of the Philippines)

Tutorials: • Automatic Speech Recognition • (non-)Bayesian Informative Hypothesis Evaluation Using JASP and R • Coloring Book – a tool for testing language comprehension with young children • Computational Methods • Event-related Brain Potentials (Introduction) • Event-related Brain Potentials and EEG (Advanced*) • Ethics and Privacy • Eye-tracking • Online experiments for language scientists • Open (your) Science Using the Statistical Package JASP • PRAAT • Probabilistic Models of Pragmatic Reasoning • Research with infants: Tips and tricks • Statistics with R (Introduction) • Statistics with R (Advanced*) • Visual World Paradigm

For registration and more details, please visit our website: https://emlar.wp.hum.uu.nl/. If you have any questions, please send an email to EMLAR2025@uu.nl. We hope to see you there!

Kind regards, EMLaR 2025 organization