Laura Pissani, PhD

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Departments of Language Science and Technology & Computer Science

Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany

I am a postdoctoral researcher at Saarland University, where I investigate how language is processed and represented in the brain. My interdisciplinary research integrates theoretical frameworks from Linguistics—particularly semantics and pragmatics—with experimental paradigms and advanced statistical modeling from Psychology. By examining how language comprehension and production unfold in real time, I aim to inform our theoretical understanding while also contributing to practical applications.

📩 Email: laura.pissani@uni-saarland.de
📍 Office: Saarland University
Language Science and Technology
Campus C7 2, Room 3.04
66123 Saarbrücken, Germany 

News

23 February 2025 — My students, K. Trinley and N. Dzhubaeva, submitted a paper to NLP4DH. 

20 February 2025 — I submitted an abstract to MenLex 2025 with C. Genovesi.

30 January 2025 — I submitted a paper to CogSci 2025 with my student M. V. Meiser.

28 January 2025 — Our abstract was accepted for presentation at RAaM 2025.

24-27 September 2024 — I presented a poster on individual differences in metaphor comprehension at XPRAG.it in Venice, Italy.