Dr M.S. Woensdregt (Marieke)

I’m a computational cognitive scientist who researches the interplay between language, inference, social cognition, and social interaction.

Language use relies on (i) flexible inferencing skills (e.g. to combine linguistic knowledge and background knowledge to infer the meaning of a novel word like "mask-shaming"); (ii) socio-cognitive skills such as theory of mind (e.g., to interpret what someone says in light of the context or what you've talked about before), and (iii) interactional skills (e.g., to ask for clarification). I use computational modelling to tackle challenging questions about these capacities and their interplay.

• Computational Cognitive Science