{"id":1023,"date":"2025-07-31T12:33:31","date_gmt":"2025-07-31T12:33:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dcc.ru.nl\/babybrain\/?page_id=1023"},"modified":"2025-07-31T12:33:31","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T12:33:31","slug":"jule-hafermann","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.dcc.ru.nl\/babybrain\/our-team\/jule-hafermann\/","title":{"rendered":"Jule Hafermann"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:25%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dcc.ru.nl\/babybrain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/1739438928562.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1002\" style=\"width:163px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dcc.ru.nl\/babybrain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/1739438928562.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.dcc.ru.nl\/babybrain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/1739438928562-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.dcc.ru.nl\/babybrain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/1739438928562-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left titel_naam\">Jule Hafermann, MSc<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left functie wp-block-paragraph\"><em>PhD student<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"mailto:jule.hafermann@mpi.nl\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"101\" height=\"69\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dcc.ru.nl\/babybrain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/mail.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-337\" style=\"width:51px;height:35px\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:75%\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">About me<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I am a PhD student in the BabyBRAIN group and the Language Development Department at the Max Planck Institute in Nijmegen. Before starting my PhD in October 2024, I did a research masters in Cognitive Neuroscience, specializing in language and communication. My research therefore lies at the intersection of learning, attention, language, and the brain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During my PhD, I investigate the mechanisms underlying infants language development. I am fascinated by how quickly infants learn to understand their first language and aim to better understand how they do this. In my first project, I look at predictive processing as a potential learning mechanism. I ask whether infants and children are sensitive to how predictable speech is and whether this is modulated by factors like age and language skills. To answer my research questions, I combine computational modeling with neuroimaging and behavioral data. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Moreover, I am interested in how the way caregivers talk to their infants, also called infant-directed speech, shapes infants&#8217; attention and language learning. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dcc.ru.nl\/babybrain\/our-team\/#staff\">Team overview<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jule Hafermann, MSc PhD student About me I am a PhD student in the BabyBRAIN group and the Language Development Department at the Max Planck Institute in Nijmegen. Before starting my PhD in October 2024, I did a research masters in Cognitive Neuroscience, specializing in language and communication. 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