Emmanuel Keuleers

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Februari 2012

Contact Details

Emmanuel Keuleers Post-Doctoral Research Fellow Department of Experimental Psychology Ghent University Henri Dunantlaan 2 9000 Gent Belgium Tel. +32 (0)9 264 94 32 Fax. +32 (0)9 264 64 96 e-mail: emmanuel.keuleers@ugent.be

Publications

I. In peer reviewed journals

Published or in press

  • Brysbaert, M., New, B., & Keuleers, E. Adding Part of Speech information to the SUBTLEX-US word frequencies (in press). Behavior Research Methods.
  • Kuperman, V., Drieghe, D., Keuleers, E., & Brysbaert, M. (in press). How Strongly Do Word Reading Times and Lexical Decision Times Correlate? Combining Data from Eye Movement Corpora and Megastudies. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology. []
  • Dutilh, G., Vandekerckhove, J., Forstmann, B.U., Keuleers, E., Brysbaert, M., & Wagenmakers, E.J. (2012). Testing Theories of Post–Error Slowing. Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics, 74 (2), 454-465.
  • Keuleers, E., Lacey, P., Rastle, K., & Brysbaert, M. (2012). The British Lexicon Project: Lexical decision data for 28,730 monosyllabic and disyllabic English words. Behavior Research Methods, 44, 287-304, doi: 10.3758/s13428-011-0118-4
  • Ferrand, L., Brysbaert, M., Keuleers, E., New, B., Bonin, P., Méot, A., Augustinova, M., & Pallier, C. (2011). Comparing word processing times in naming, lexical decision, and progressive demasking: Evidence from Chronolex. Frontiers in Psychology, 2, 306. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2011.00306
  • Keuleers, E., & Brysbaert, M. (2011). Detecting inherent bias in lexical decision experiments with the LD1NN algorithm. The Mental Lexicon, 6 (1).
  • Diependaele, K., Duñabeitia, J. A., Morris, J., & Keuleers, E. (2011). Fast morphological effects in first and second language word recognition. Journal of Memory and Language, 64(4), 344-358.
  • Milin, P., Keuleers, E., & Filipović-Đurđević, D. (2011). Allomorphic Responses in Serbian Pseudo-Nouns as a Result of Analogical Learning. Acta Linguistica Hungarica, 58(1), 65-84.
  • Brysbaert, M., Keuleers, E., & New, B. (2011). Assessing the Usefulness of Google Books’ Word Frequencies for Psycholinguistic Research on Word Processing. Frontiers in Psychology, 2. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2011.00027
  • Keuleers, E., Diependaele, K., & Brysbaert, M. (2010). Practice Effects in Large-Scale Visual Word Recognition Studies: A Lexical Decision Study on 14,000 Dutch Mono- and Disyllabic Words and Nonwords. Frontiers in Psychology, 1. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2010.00174
  • Keuleers, E., & Brysbaert, M. (2010). Wuggy: A multilingual pseudoword generator. Behavior Research Methods, 42(3), 627-633. Award from the Psychonomic Society for Best Paper in BRM in 2010.
  • Keuleers, E., Brysbaert, M., & New, B. (2010). SUBTLEX-NL: A new measure for Dutch word frequency based on film subtitles. Behavior Research Methods, 42(3), 643-650.
  • Ferrand, L., New, B., Brysbaert, M., Keuleers, E., Bonin, P., Méot, A., Augustinova, M., & Pallier, C. (2010). The French Lexicon Project: Lexical decision data for 38,840 French words and 38,840 pseudowords. Behavior Research Methods, 42(2), 488.
  • Keuleers, E. & Daelemans, W. (2007). Memory-based learning models of inflectional morphology: A methodological case study, Lingue e Linguaggio, 6(2), 151–174.
  • Keuleers, E., Sandra, D., Daelemans, W., Gillis, S., Durieux, G., & Martens, E. (2007). Dutch plural inflection: The exception that proves the analogy. Cognitive Psychology, 54(4), 283–318.

II. In peer reviewed conference proceedings

  • Keuleers, E. (2008). Predicting exceptions may be harmful. In A. Arppe, K. Sinnemäki, & U. Nikanne (Eds.), Proceedings of the third workshop on Quantitative Investigations in Theoretical Linguistics (QITL 3). (pp. 48–51). Helsinki: Linguistic Association of Finland (SKY).
  • Vandekerckhove, B., Keuleers, E., & Sandra, D. (2008). The role of phonological distance and relative support in the productivity of the Dutch simple past tense. In A. Arppe, K. Sinnemäki, & U. Nikanne (Eds.), Proceedings of the Third workshop on Quantitative Investigations in Theoretical Linguistics (QITL 3). (pp. 70–74). Helsinki: Linguistic Association of Finland (SKY).
  • Keuleers, E., & Sandra, D. (2004). A memory-based learning model of Dutch plural inflection. In M. Lovett, C. Schunn, C. Lebiere, & P. Munro (Eds.), Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Cognitive Modeling (pp. 358–359). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

III. Software and technical reports

  • Vwr: Useful functions for visual word recognition research, version 0.1, Available at [http://cran.r‐project.org/web/packages/ (http://cran NULL.r‐project NULL.org/web/packages/)]
  • Wuggy, a multilingual pseudoword generator [Computer Software]. Available at [http://crr.ugent.be/Wuggy]
  • Leanlex, Lexical Objects for Python [Computer Software]. Available at [http://www.cpl.ua.ac.be/Members/emmanuel/leanlex (http://www NULL.cpl NULL.ua NULL.ac NULL.be/Members/emmanuel/leanlex)]

IV. Conference presentations

(All with peer review of abstracts)

  • Keuleers, E., Lacey, P., Rastle, K., & Brysbaert, M., The British Lexicon Project. 52nd Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society. Seattle, November 3-6, 2011.
  • Keuleers, E., Brysbaert, M., Detecting inherent bias in the lexical decision task. 17th Meeting of the European Society for Cognitive Psychology (ESCOP). Donostia – San Sebastian, September 29 – October 2, 2011.
  • Keuleers, E., Brysbaert, M., Detecting inherent bias in the lexical decision task. Annual Conference on Architectures and Mechanisms for Language Processing (AMLaP), Paris, September 1-3, 2011.
  • Brysbaert, M., Keuleers, E., Lacey, P,. & Rastle, K., The British Lexicon Project: A new database of lexical decision times for 28K monosyllabic and disyllabic English words. Experimental Psychology Society Oxford Meeting. Oxford, April 13-15, 2011.
  • Keuleers, E., Brysbaert, M., & New, B. An evaluation of the Google Books ngrams for psycholinguistic research. Lexical Resources in Psycholinguistic Research. Berlin, March 28, 2011.
  • Ferrand, L., New, B., Brysbaert, M., Keuleers, E., Bonin, P., Méot, A., Augustinova, M., & Pallier, C. The French Lexicon Project. 51st Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society. St. Louis, November 18-21, 2010.
  • Diependaele, K., Duñabeitia, J. A., Morris, J., & Keuleers, E. Fast Morphological Effects in First and Second Language Word Recognition.51st Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society. St. Louis, November 18-21, 2010.
  • Keuleers, E. Using machine-learning algorithms for word/non-word discrimination to detect decision biases in lexical decision tasks. (Symposium-Megastudies : A new approach in word recognition studies). 52e congrès de la Société Française de Psychologie. Lille, September 7-9, 2010.
  • Keuleers. E, & Brysbaert, M. Using Machine-Learning Algorithms for Word/Nonword Discrimination to Detect Decision Biases in Lexical Decision Tasks, Seventh International Conference on the Mental Lexicon, June 30 – July 3, 2010.
  • Keuleers. E, & Brysbaert, M. Wuggy: A Powerful Pseudoword Generator for Different Languages, Seventh International Conference on the Mental Lexicon, June 30 – July 3, 2010.
  • Brysbaert, M. & Keuleers, E. Can childhood frequencies replace age-of-acquisition ratings? First joint meeting of the Experimental Psychology Society (EPS) and the Spanish Experimental Psychological Society (SEPEX), Granada, April 15 – 17, 2010
  • Brysbaert, M. & Keuleers, E. What do nonword rejection times tell us about the orthographic code? First joint meeting of the Experimental Psychology Society (EPS) and the Spanish Experimental Psychological Society (SEPEX), Granada, April 15 – 17, 2010
  • Diependaele, K., Duñabeitia, J.A., Morris, J., & Keuleers, E. Automatic morphological decomposition in first and second language word recognition, 15th Annual Conference on Architectures and Mechanisms for Language Processing, Barcelona, 7-9 September 2009.
  • Keuleers, E., & Brysbaert, M., Gent-generator: a powerful pseudo-word generator and matcher, 15th Annual Conference on Architectures and Mechanisms for Language Processing, Barcelona, 7-9 September 2009.
  • Keuleers, E., Continuous measures of regularity-irregularity in morphological processing and production, 6th International Morphological Processing Conference, Turku, Finland, June 14-17, 2009.
  • Keuleers, E. Inflectional productivity in the English past tense: A comparison of two computational approaches, The Mental Lexicon, Banff, October 7-10, 2008.
  • Keuleers, E. Predicting exceptions may be harmful. In A. Arppe, K. Sinnemäki, & U. Nikanne (Eds.), Third workshop on Quantitative Investigations in Theoretical Linguistics (QITL 3), Helsinki, June 2-4, 2008.
  • Vandekerckhove, B., Keuleers, E., & Sandra, D. The role of phonological distance and relative support in the productivity of the Dutch simple past tense. Third workshop on Quantitative Investigations in Theoretical Linguistics (QITL 3), Helsinki, June 2-4, 2008.
  • Keuleers, E. Similarity and productivity in inflectional morphology: A comparison of minimal generalization and memory-based learning. International Morphology Meeting, Vienna, February 3–6, 2008.
  • Daelemans, W. & Keuleers, E. Machine Learning and Cognitive Science of Language Acquisition (MLCS 07), London, June 21-22.
  • Keuleers, E., Mortelmans, J., & Brisard, F. From corpus to model: Two examples of usage-based learning with pragmatic information. International Pragmatics Conference, Göteborg, July 8–13, 2007.
  • Keuleers, E. & Sandra, D. Generalization of regular and irregular inflection in a memory-based learning model, The Mental Lexicon, Montreal, October 11–13, 2006.
  • Keuleers, E. & Sandra, D. Exemplar effects in Dutch plural and past tense inflection. Architectures and Mechanisms in Language Processing (AMLaP), Ghent, September 5–7, 2005.
  • Keuleers, E. & Sandra, D. Pragmatic information in models of inflectional morphology. The Mental Lexicon. Windsor, Ontario, June 30–July 3, 2004.
  • Keuleers, E. & Sandra, D. A memory-based learning account of Dutch plural inflection. Architectures and Mechanisms in Language Processing (AMLaP), Aix-en-Provence, September 16–18, 2004.
  • Keuleers, E., Durieux, G., & Martens, E. What information do we use in producing inflected word forms? The case of Dutch plural inflection, Conference of the European Society for Cognitive Psychology (ESCOP), Granada. September 17–20, 2003.

V. Other

  • Keuleers E. (2008) Memory-based learning of inflectional morphology. PhD dissertation. University of Antwerp. [pdf]
  • Keuleers E. (2000) Distribution of items in depth and breadth of menu structures in function of task and user dependent variables. Unpublished Master’s Thesis. Ghent University.

Invited Lectures

  • On visual word recognition, megastudies, nonwords, and decision bias Seminars of the Research Center in Cognition and Neurosciences (CONNEX), Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Brussels , January 18, 2012.
  • The British Lexicon Project. School of Psychology, University of Birmingham, December 9, 2011.
  • On lazy learning, irregularity, and lexical decision megastudies. School of Psychology, University of Liverpool, December 7, 2011.
  • Regularity/irregularity in morphological processing. First NetWordS Workshop on Understanding the Architecture of the Mental Lexicon: Integration of Existing Approaches, Pisa (Italy), November 24-26, 2011.
  • Over ongelijkheid, woorden tellen, reactietijden en het leren van taal. (On inequality, counting words, reaction times and learning a language). NTRO Taaltrainersdag, Breukelen (The Netherlands), November 19, 2011. Keynote Lecture
  • Detecting inherent bias in the lexical decision task Laboratoire de Psychologie Cognitive, Université de Provence, Marseille, June 3, 2011.
  • New Directions in Visual Word Processing Research. Institute of Psychology, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, March 22, 2011.
  • Tools of the Trade: Some Advice on Setting up Large Psycholinguistic Experiments and Putting Together Many Sources of Lexical Data. Institute of Psychology, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, March 22-24, 2011.
  • Lexical databases. Experimental Methods in Language Aquisition Research (EMLAR VII), Utrecht, February 2-4, 2011.
  • Detecting Inherent Biases in the Lexical Decision Task. Center for Cognitive Sciences, University of Allahabad, February 10, 2011.
  • Applications of lazy learning in psycholinguistics. Spoken Syntax Lab, Stanford University, June 24, 2010.
  • An introduction to lexical databases. Experimental Methods in Language Aquisition Research (EMLAR VI), Utrecht, February 3-5, 2010.
  • Advanced methods for lexical databases. Experimental Methods in Language Aquisition Research (EMLAR VI), Utrecht, February 3-5, 2010.
  • Practical Python for Psycholinguistics. University of Novi Sad, Serbia, April 10 2009.
  • Similarity and Productivity in Inflectional Morphology. University of Belgrade, April 9, 2009.
  • Language Learning as Categorization. University of Novi Sad, April 8, 2009.
  • A general introduction to the CELEX lexical database. Experimental Methods in Language Aquisition Research (EMLAR V), Utrecht, November 7-9, 2008.
  • Advanced methods for working with CELEX. Experimental Methods in Language Aquisition Research (EMLAR V), Utrecht, November 7-9, 2008.
  • A general introduction to the CELEX lexical database. Experimental Methods in Language Aquisition Research (EMLAR IV), Utrecht, November 6-8, 2007.
  • Advanced methods for working with CELEX. Experimental Methods in Language Aquisition Research (EMLAR IV), Utrecht, November 6-8, 2007.
  • Machine learning for modeling in psycholinguistics (with Walter Daelemans). LOT Summer School, Leuven, June 11–15, 2007.
  • Leanlex: Lexical objects for Python. Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Nijmegen, May 4, 2006.

Education and Qualifications

  • 2008 PhD in Linguistics, University of Antwerp, Dissertation title — Memory-based learning of inflectional morphology.
  • 2003-2008 Doctoral program in Linguistics, University of Antwerp.
  • 1997-2000 MA, Theoretical and Experimental Psychology, Ghent University.
  • 1992-1995 BA, Psychology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel.

Employment

  • October 2008-Present, Post-doctoral Research Fellow – Center for Reading Research, Dep. of Experimental Psychology, Ghent University.
  • January 2008-July 2008, Researcher on the BioGRAPH project — CNTS Language Technology Group, University of Antwerp.
  • January 2004–December 2007, PhD Researcher — Center for Psycholinguistics, University of Antwerp.
  • November 2001–December 2003, Research Assistant — Center for Psycholinguistics, University of Antwerp.

Teaching Experience

  • Interdisciplinary Linguistics: Psycholinguistics and Language Aquisition. University of Antwerp BA program in Linguistics (15 hours), 2006–2007.
  • Frequency, productivity, and analogy. University of Antwerp BA program in Linguistics (30 hours), 2004-2005.
  • Rules and analogy in language production. University of Antwerp BA program in Linguistics (30 hours), 2003-2004.

Dissertations Supervised

  • Friederike Niedtner (MA, Computational Linguistics, with Walter Daelemans). A Computational Analysis of the Contextual Diversity Measure and Its Relation to Visual Word Recognition Reaction Times. Presented August 2010.
  • Bram Vandekerckhove (MA, Linguistics, with Dominiek Sandra). The productivity of morphological patterns in the Dutch past tense. Presented June 2007.
  • Ellen De Visscher (BA, Linguistics, with Dominiek Sandra). An analogical model for predicting spelling mistakes with the Dutch diminutive. Presented June 2007.
  • An Van Den Brande. (BA, Linguistics, with Dominiek Sandra) dissertation. A literature review of stress assignment in aphasia. Presented June 2007.

Reviewing

  • Ad hoc reviewer for Behavior Research Methods, Frontiers in Neuroscience, Frontiers in Psychology, Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, Language and Cognitive Processes, L’Année Psychologique, Research on Language and Computation, Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, Psihologija, The Mental Lexicon.

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