Julia Chauvet

About Me

I'm a Ph.D. student working in the Psychology of Language department under the supervision of dr. Andrea E. Martin and prof. dr. Antje S. Meyer.

How do we articulate a thought into a sequence of spoken sounds? In my research, I aim to bridge neurocognitive computational models of lexical access and speech motor control. By integrating these models, we can uncover several key questions at their interface. These include: (i) Identifying elements of linguistic planning that are relevant for—and cascade to—motor planning, and understanding their hierarchical relationship. (ii) Determining critical features of the different levels of self-monitoring, the conditions under which they occur, and the interplay between mechanisms of motor control and language monitoring.

I employ theoretical, behavioural, electrophysiological, and (neurocognitive) computational work to investigate these questions. Preliminary findings from my first project replicate that syllable frequency plays a facilitatory role in motor planning, with less frequent syllables resulting in slower reaction times and diverging ERP waveforms during planning. Surprisingly, we observe more variability in speech duration for frequent syllables. In the second chapter, computational work simulates how elements of phonological planning are carried forward from linguistic planning to motor control.

Previously, I was affiliated at the Ernst Strüngmann Institute for Neuroscience and worked as a research assistant at the Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition, and Behaviour. I graduated from the Research Master's Neuroscience at the Free University of Amsterdam, and the Bachelor’s Linguistics at the University of Amsterdam. I was also trained at Sorbonne Université and the Ecole Normale Supérieure, Ulm.

Research Interests

Language and speech production
Theories of language production and speech motor control
Electrophysiology
Neurocognitive computational modeling

Publications

Form to Articulation

Chauvet, J., & Niziolek, C. (2025). Form to articulation. In V. Piai (Ed.), Speaking: The Free Book.

doi:10.17605/OSF.IO/9UM3Y

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CLaP

Roos, N., Chauvet, J., & Piai, V. (2024). The concise language paradigm (CLaP), a framework for studying the intersection of comprehension and production: Electrophysiological properties. Brain Structure and Function.

doi:10.1007/s00429-024-02801-8

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Presentations

Posters

Chauvet, J., Slaats, S., Poeppel, D., Meyer, A. S. (2023). The syllable frequency effect before and after speaking. Poster presented at the 19th NVP Winter Conference on Brain and Cognition, Egmond aan Zee, The Netherlands. PDF OSF
Roos, N., Chauvet, J., Piai, V. (2023). Electrophysiology of the concise language paradigm (CLaP): At the intersection of comprehension and production. Poster presented at the 19th Winter Conference of the Dutch Society for Brain and Cognition (NVP 2023), Egmond Aan Zee, the Netherlands. PDF OSF
Chauvet, J., Slaats, S., Poeppel, D., Meyer, A. S. (2023). The syllable frequency effect before and after speaking. Poster presented at the 15th Annual Meeting of the Society for the Neurobiology of Language (SNL 2023), Marseille, France. PDF
Roos, N., Chauvet, J., Piai, V. (2023). Electrophysiology of the concise language paradigm (CLaP): At the intersection of comprehension and production. Poster presented at the 15th Annual Meeting of the Society for the Neurobiology of Language (SNL 2023), Marseille, France. PDF OSF

Slide presentations

2024

Chauvet, J. Introduction to Electrophysiology. Leiden University. Slides
Chauvet, J. Lexical Generation in Speech Production. Flinker Lab, New York University.

2023

Chauvet, J. Brain Rhythms and Cognition. University of Amsterdam. Slides
Chauvet, J. Phonetic encoding and efference copies in speech production: Effects of Syllable Frequency in Dutch. Poeppel Lab, Ernst Strüngmann Institute for Neuroscience.

2022

Chauvet, J. Brain Rhythms and Language. University of Amsterdam.