About me

Hello! I am Sara Mazzini, welcome to my website!

I am currently a PhD student in The Communicative Brain Group at the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics. I have always been fascinated by languages and by how these are processed in the brain. Besides the curiosity for the neurobiological basis of language, I am intrigued by neural oscillations and their role in human cognition. Especially, how do neural oscillations support language processing and production in real-life communication? Within my PhD studies, I am investigating the role of neural synchrony both within and between conversational partners in naturalistic face-to-face communication using dual-EEG.

Previous to the start of my PhD, I obtained a Bachelor in Psychology (2018) at the University of Bologna and a Research Master in Cognitive Neuroscience (2020) at Maastricht University. Moreover, I worked as a research assistant for the Brain & Language Group at the Maastricht Brain Imaging Centre. In my previous research, I focused on the neural oscillations supporting language production in both typical and atypical populations, using EEG and non-invasive brain stimulation.

Besides research, I particularly enjoy getting involved in extra-curricular activities: I was a writer and editor at the MPITalkling, the institute’s science blog about language, I co-organized the IMPRS Conference 2022 and I covered the role of external PhD representative of the institute.