Prof. Dr. Dr. Friedemann Pulvermüller

Friedemann Pulvermüller studied Biology and Linguistics, took PhD degrees in Linguistics and Psychology at the Universities of Tübingen and Konstanz and received an honorary doctorate from the University of Helsinki.

After some time as a Heisenberg Professor at the University of Konstanz, he moved to Cambridge, UK, to take on the position of Program Leader in the Cognitive Neuroscience of Language at the Medical Research Council’s Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit.

Since 2011, he is Professor of Neuroscience of Language and Pragmatics and Head of the Brain Language Laboratory of the Freie Universität Berlin; he also contributes to the Berlin School of Mind and Brain and the Einstein Center for Neurosciences Berlin, where he serves as Faculty Member.

Friedemann Pulvermüller’s main interest is in the neurobiological mechanisms enabling humans to use and understand language. His research addresses the material brain basis of symbols and constructions by performing neurobiologically founded network simulations and by conducting neuroimaging and neuropsychological experiments, with a focus on »active«, action-related mechanisms crucial for symbol understanding.

He authored over 300 scientific publications. In the Cluster of Excellence »Matters of Activity«, he is involved in the projects Cutting and Symbolic Material.