Nicholas Griffen

I was recently awarded a PhD in Linguistics at the Université Paris Cité under the supervision of Dr. Ira Noveck. I wrote my thesis on "What Makes the Processing of Idioms Unique?".

Prior to my time in Paris, I was awarded an MA in Linguistics at the Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, under the supervision of Dr. Clemens Steiner-Mayr. While there I completed a thesis on Indeterminate Gradable Adjectives. During the course of this project, I rapidly developed a strong interest in Psycholinguistics.

Subsequently, I was awarded a SMARTS-UP mobility scholarship and a LabEx Master’s Thesis Grant which enabled me to develop my skill set as an experimentalist in Paris.

I have experience employing a diverse range of experimental methodologies. This includes web-based paradigms, such as self-paced reading tasks and norming studies, and even more neuroscientific techniques, such as EEG.

In addition, I led a bi-weekly Experimental Linguistics Workshop which took place at the Laboratoire Linguistique Formelle and co-instructed a course on Psycholinguistics with Dr. Barbara Hemforth.

Read about my recent work in Psychonomic Society's Featured Content post.