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
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New papers: Yaqian Bao, Jordan Gallant, Victor Kuperman
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PhD position in analytics of survey language data
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Narratives of War project LIVE at now.omeka.net
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Visiting Researchers from Ukraine
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Reading Lab Media
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, […]
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 […]
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. […]
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. […]
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. […]
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. […]
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. […]
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. […]
‘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. […]
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. […]
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. […]
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. […]
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. […]
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. […]
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. […]