Dr. Malte Henningsen

Malte Henningsen studied Natural Sciences with a minor in Computer Science at the University of Cambridge, UK, specialising in Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience. In 2011, he moved to Freie Universität Berlin, where he completed an M.Sc. in Social, Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, followed by a PhD here in the Brain Language Lab.

His research interests are in the brain mechanisms of language comprehension, ranging from perception of speech sounds to comprehension of whole words and sentences. He is also interested in how concrete and abstract concepts are represented in the brain. He employs neurophysiological techniques (EEG/MEG) as well as neurostimulation methods such as transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS).