Dissertation

Gender and aging effects on the recognition of emotional speech

C.V.

2010 - present Linguistics and Psychology

PhD Freie Universität of Berlin, Cluster "Languages of Emotion", Berlin (Germany)

Thesis: Gender and Aging Effect on the Recognition of Emotional Speech; Supervisors: Prof. Gisela Klan Delius, Prof. Maria Macuch, Dr. Moharram Esmali

2008 - 2010 European Masters in Clinical Linguistics (EMCL)

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M.A. University of Groningen, Faculty of Arts, Department of Linguistics, Groningen (The Netherlands),

MSc. Universität Potsdam, Faculty of Letters, Linguistics Department, Potsdam (Germany)

Thesis: The Effect of Re-Activation on Dependency Resolution in Farsi; Supervisor: Prof. Shravan Vasishth, Dr. Reza Nilipour

2000 - 2002 Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL)

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M.A. Azad University, Science and Research Campus, Faculty of Arts, Department of Linguistics, Tehran (Iran)

Thesis: On the Relationship between Intelligence and Essay Writing; Supervisor: Prof. Seyed Ali Mir Emadi, Dr. Parviz Maftoon

1995 - 1999 English Translation Studies

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B.A. Azad University, Tehran Central Branch, Faculty of Foreign Languages, Department of English Studies, Tehran (Iran)

Scholarships

2010 - 2013 Cluster "Languages of Emotion", Freie Universität Berlin

2008 - 2010 Erasmus Mundus European Scholarship (EMCL), University of Groningen and Potsdam University

Publications

Niloofar Keshtiari and Shravan Vasishth. Reactivation of antecedents by overt vs null pronouns: Evidence from Persian. MS (submitted), 2012.