Kristýna Tomšů
Main Research Interests
- psycho- and neurolinguistics
- morphology as processed by the human brain
Curriculum Vitae
Education:
2013– Graduate student (PhD.) at the Institute of Formal and Applied Linguistics, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University in Prague.
• Research topic: Morphology as processed by the human brain.
2011–2013 MSc. in Clinical Linguistics, Consortium of University of Potsdam, Germany; University of Groningen, Netherlands; and University of Eastern Finland.
• Master’s thesis: Effects of emotions on semantic categorisation; supervised by Prof. Dr. Isabell Wartenburger. I investigated how emotions influence language processing during a semantic categorisation task. The project included the design, realisation and data analysis of two behavioral experiments.
2007–2012 Hebrew Studies and Linguistics-Phonetics, Faculty of Arts, Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic. Double major 5-year Master’s program.
• September 2012 completed the 2nd cycle of the Hebrew Studies major.
• February 2011 completed the 1st cycle (equivalent to a Bachelor’s degree). Final seminal papers on Morphological Decomposition during Language Processing and Priming Effects of Affixes and Hebrew Language Revival.
Internships:
August 2013 Internship at the Potsdam Research Institute of Multilingualism (head of the lab: Prof. Dr. Harald Clahsen), University of Potsdam, Germany.
Winter 2012-13 Internship with Dr. Laurie A. Stowe, Neuroimaging centre, Groningen, the Netherlands.
Summer 2012 Internship at the Neurocognition of Language lab (head of the lab: Prof. Dr. Isabell Wartenburger), University of Potsdam, Germany.
February 2012 Research Assistant to Dr. Jo Van Herwegen; Kingston University London, United Kingdom.