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The Reading Lab targets a range of areas in psycholinguistics and corpus linguistics, with a focus on:

  • cognitive and socio-demographic predictors of literacy and reading comprehension in adults across languages;
  • individual differences in word recognition and text reading among low-literacy and typical readers;
  • experimental and classroom studies of word learning and vocabulary acquisition;
  • processing of morphologically complex words;
  • emotional and sensorimotor components of language production and comprehension;
  • aging and language;
  • creation of data resources for psycholinguistic and computational-linguistic research

Our research paradigms include eye-tracking, behavioral studies, large-scale norming studies, and quantitative analyses of written and spoken corpora.

Lab News

Dr. Rui Rothe-Neves visits the Reading Lab and ARiEAL

News and Events

July 1, 2025

New papers: Yaqian Bao, Jordan Gallant, Victor Kuperman

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September 19, 2024

Yaqian Bao awarded Keith Rayner Memorial Award for Best Oral Presentation

Conference

August 30, 2024

Nevitt Sanford Award for Outstanding Professional Contributions to Political Psychology

Narratives of War

August 3, 2024

Presentation on eye-tracking in reading research at the Institute of Literature and Language Sciences, Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso, Chile

News and Events

April 2, 2024

Luncheon and reading at Hamilton Public Library celebrating Future of Canada Project digital storytelling program

Aging

February 20, 2024

Reading Lab study with CBC Kids and CanChild looking for participants ages 6-10

Study Recruitment

February 16, 2024

Funding awarded from New Frontiers in Research Fund - Exploration stream for high-risk, high-reward Narratives of War project

Narratives of War

February 10, 2024

PhD position in analytics of survey language data

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December 18, 2023

Narratives of War project LIVE at now.omeka.net

Narratives of War

June 21, 2023

McMaster University President’s Award for Excellence in Graduate Supervision

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January 19, 2023

Visiting Researchers from Ukraine

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December 1, 2022

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Linguistics professor Victor Kuperman awarded a 2026 Killam Fellowship 

Linguistics professor Victor Kuperman awarded a 2026 Killam Fellowship 

Victor Kuperman, a professor in McMaster’s Linguistics and Languages department and the Canada Research Chair in Psycholinguistics, has been awarded a 2026 Dorothy Killam Fellowship, one of Canada’s most prestigious research awards. The Fellowship, which is supported by the National Killam Program, recognizes exceptional Canadian scholars working in the humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, health sciences, […]

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Analysis: New global research shows eye movements reveal how native languages shape reading

Analysis: New global research shows eye movements reveal how native languages shape reading

Victor Kuperman, McMaster University; Nadia Lana, McMaster University, and Olga Parshina, Middlebury College. This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. Reading is a complex cognitive skill that predicts career prospects and social mobility throughout our lifetimes. For newcomers to a country, success often depends on learning […]

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How storytelling helped seniors navigate the emotional toll of the pandemic

How storytelling helped seniors navigate the emotional toll of the pandemic

Researchers at McMaster University turned stories into powerful tools for understanding how older adults were coping with the isolation and uncertainty of the COVID-19 pandemic. […]

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Digital storytelling project highlights Hamilton history and community

Digital storytelling project highlights Hamilton history and community

The Writing Through Time program brought together students and older adults in the community to share digital skills and stories between generations. […]

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Researchers team up with CBC Kids to make closed captions better

Researchers team up with CBC Kids to make closed captions better

McMaster grad Melda Coskun is working on an interdisciplinary project that explores best practices for closed captioning in kids’ TV. […]

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Events underscore humanities and social sciences’ key role in shaping brighter future

Events underscore humanities and social sciences’ key role in shaping brighter future

From social innovation to future-focused projects to interdisciplinary graduate work, several recent national gatherings show how vital a role the humanities and social sciences play in innovation and social change. […]

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The Narratives of War shares testimony of 1,500 Ukrainian civilians

The Narratives of War shares testimony of 1,500 Ukrainian civilians

Researchers from McMaster and a Ukrainian university have collected and translated anonymous 300-word accounts of the war, which will be part of a virtual exhibit beginning June 29. […]

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Far from home, Ukrainian scholar works to keep her language alive

Far from home, Ukrainian scholar works to keep her language alive

At McMaster’s Centre for Advanced Research in Experimental and Applied Linguistics, Ukrainian researcher Alina Dochu is working to reverse the decline of the Crimean Tatar language, which is in danger of dying out because of a Russian ban. […]

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‘It’s a personal cause for us’ – McMaster linguistics research centre creates program for displaced scholars

‘It’s a personal cause for us’ – McMaster linguistics research centre creates program for displaced scholars

McMaster’s Centre for Advanced Research in Experimental and Applied Linguistics (ARiEAL) has expanded a summer pilot program into a two-way scholarly environment for scholars displaced by global conflict. […]

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Local focus with national impact: Future of Canada Project funds 9 new interdisciplinary research projects

Local focus with national impact: Future of Canada Project funds 9 new interdisciplinary research projects

The new projects are shaped by five themes: climate change, rapid technological advancement, pandemic, challenge of reconciliation and the erosion of trust and truth. […]

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Storytelling project forges connections with seniors

Storytelling project forges connections with seniors

Older adults are sharing stories about their lives with student volunteers from McMaster’s Reading Lab, connecting different generations and offering insights into seniors’ experiences during the pandemic. […]

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Ten McMaster researchers named Canada Research Chairs

Ten McMaster researchers named Canada Research Chairs

Ten McMaster researchers across four faculties have been named Canada Research Chairs as part of a national strategy to make this country a global leader in research and development. […]

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New MacDATA fellows to study superbugs, cryptocurrency, river ice and real estate

New MacDATA fellows to study superbugs, cryptocurrency, river ice and real estate

Four graduate students have received fellowships from McMaster’s MacDATA Institute to pursue interdisciplinary projects that apply data analysis, collection and curation methodologies to a number of areas. […]

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Even in a pandemic, McMaster research and collaboration on aging and mobility continues

Even in a pandemic, McMaster research and collaboration on aging and mobility continues

The McMaster Institute for Research on Aging (MIRA) and the Labarge Centre for Mobility in Aging (LCMA) held its annual research showcase last week to celebrate exemplary work from its members and to recognize the generous donations of former Chancellor Suzanne Labarge. […]

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MIRA awards $75,000 in funding for COVID-19 research with focus on older adults

MIRA awards $75,000 in funding for COVID-19 research with focus on older adults

Research projects that have received the Labarge COVID-19 grants focus on mobility in aging within the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. […]

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