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New MPI department: Language & Genetics — Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics

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On October 1, 2010, the MPI for Psycholinguistics will be extended with a new and promising department on Language & Genetics, headed by Dr. Simon E. Fisher of Oxford University. It will be the first research department in the world entirely devoted to understanding the relationship between language and genes.

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