dr. David Peeters

Bio

As an Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication and Cognition, I make use of immersive virtual reality (VR) technologies to study human linguistic and communicative capacities in rich audiovisual contexts.  Specifically, I apply VR in combination with motion tracking, eye tracking, fMRI, and electroencephalography (EEG) to learn more about the neurobiological underpinnings of language and communication in domains such as neuropragmatics, multimodal and non-verbal communication, and multilingualism. My work is currently supported by an NWO Veni grant, the Tilburg University Fund, and a PDI-SSH grant. I am a member of the Tilburg Young Academy.

Courses

• Psychology of Language
• Virtual, Augmented, and Mixed Reality
• Foundations of Language & Communication
• Research Orientation
• Bachelorthesis CIW

Recent publications

1. Beyond the tried and true: How virtual reality, dialog setups, and a …

   Titus, A., Dijkstra, T., Willems, R. M., & Peeters, D. (2024). Beyond the tried and true: How virtual reality, dialog setups, and a focus on multimodality can take bilingual language production research forward. Neuropsychologia, 193, Article 108764.

2. Multilingualism at the Market: A Pre-registered Immersive Virtual Rea…

   Titus, A., & Peeters, D. (2024). Multilingualism at the Market: A Pre-registered Immersive Virtual Reality Study of Bilingual Language Switching. Journal of Cognition.

3. Spatial communication systems across languages reflect universal acti…

   Coventry, K. R., Gudde, H. B., Diessel, H., Collier, J., Guijarro-Fuentes, P., Vulchanova, M., Vulchanov, V., Todisco, E., Reile, M., Breunesse, M., Plado, H., Bohnemeyer, J., Bsili, R., Caldano, M., Dekova, R., Donelson, K., Forker, D., Park, Y., Pathak, L. S., ... Incel, O. D. (2023). Spatial communication systems across languages reflect universal action constraints. Nature Human Behaviour, 2099-2110.

4. Orthographic and semantic priming effects in neighbour cognates - Exp…

   Dijkstra, T., Peeters, D., Hieselaar, W., & van Geffen, A. (2023). Orthographic and semantic priming effects in neighbour cognates: Experiments and simulations. Bilingualism-Language and Cognition, 26, 371-383. Article 1366728922000591.

5. The New Psychology of Language - From Body to Mental Model and Back

   Dijkstra, T., & Peeters, D. (2023). The New Psychology of Language: From Body to Mental Model and Back. Routledge.