The research-team focusses on language and plasticity of the corresponding neuronal network. There is a strong interest in aphasia including lesion based neurolinguistics research. Moreover intervention-studies are part of the scope, potentially as the basis to develop novel strategies for therapeutic strategies. The work in infants (using Near Infrared Spectroscopy and EEG) is continued largely in co-operations. One of the exceptional resources stems from direct access to patients who are treated at our Clinic for Cognitive Neurology closely affiliated to the MPI.