About the Group

The Research Group of Developmental Psychophysiology was founded by Valéria Csépe in January 2000. The focus of the research is the developmental cognitive psychophysiology, first undertaken in Hungary by our research group. The main research method in our laboratory is the measurement of event-related brain potentials, i.e. the time-locked, synchronized electrical activity of the human brain, elicited by various stimuli. Our primary research topics include the processing of auditory events, language processing, reading and number processing. These topics are studied in both adults and infants, and several other methods of cognitive psychophysiology, experimental and cognitive psychology and cognitive neuropsychology are applied.

We use multichannel electrophysiological measurements to explore the mechanisms of basic auditory processing, which help to understand the organization and neural representation of sounds, speech and music. The research of developmental and acquired speech perception disorders has leaded to important new findings in recent years. Our clinical studies, based on the results of basic research, include the study of neurocognitive characteristics of aphasia, acquired childhood aphasia, dyslexia, dyscalculia and specific language impairment.

Important findings

We explored the critical deviations in speech perception abilities in the developmental disorders of language representation, using the method of event-related brain potentials. The development of digital assessment and training programs, based on our research findings, is in progress under several national cooperation.

We published several internationally appreciated findings in the psychophysiological research of linguistic and non-linguistic processing characteristics of dyslectic reading disorders. One of our current international projects aims at the same processing characteristics in dyslexia. In recent years, the research of reading disorders has been accompanied by the cognitive psychophysiological and neuropsychological research of number processing, and arithmetic disabilities (dyscalculia).

Research about brain electrical correlates of the key processing stages of linguistic structures characteristic of Hungarian language, leaded to insights that are important both theoretically and practically, as they can be applied in the rehabilitation of language impaired persons.