IIT Madras Opens Language and Cognition Lab to Advance Research on India’s Linguistic Diversity

Overview

• Inaugurated on November 10 by Director Prof. V. Kamakoti, the lab is housed in IIT Madras’ Department of Humanities and Social Sciences.
• IIT Madras says this is the first dedicated facility in India focused on systematic experimental study of linguistic diversity.
• Initial research uses eye-tracking and reaction-time experiments, with a roadmap to add EEG and Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation.
• Current projects examine grammatical voice and copula constructions, with dyslexia studies in Indian children set to follow.
• The lab will work with IIT Madras’ Centre for Responsible AI to apply AI methods and develop linguistically informed technologies.