TNPSC Thervupettagam

Language and Cognition Lab - IIT Madras

November 17 , 2025 15 hrs 0 min 18 0
  • IIT Madras has set up the Language and Cognition Laboratory to study India’s linguistic diversity.
  • The laboratory uses experimental and technology-based methods to understand how humans perceive, process, and produce language.
  • The facility is the first in India to systematically analyse language through experimental linguistics.
  • The lab employs tools such as eye-tracking and reaction-time studies to investigate linguistic processing in multilingual contexts.
  • The laboratory works with the Centre for Responsible Artificial Intelligence to develop linguistically aware and human-centred artificial intelligence systems.
  • Research focuses on Indian languages, covering areas such as grammatical voice, copula constructions, and dyslexia studies in Indian children.

 

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