short bio marte

Hello
My name is Marte, I am 21 years old and I am from the Netherlands. Currently I am in the Cognitive Science track. I am born and raised in Alphen a/d Rijn where I specialized in ‘beta’ subjects during my High School education. Although I really liked biology and chemistry I started with a Bachelor in Dutch language and culture, because I was really into Dutch literature as well. During my bachelors I moved to Amsterdam, which was one of the best decisions I made in my life. After taking courses in (Dutch) linguistics I figured out that I was more into linguistics than into literature. I did a minor in Practical Philosophy and took electives in (Psycho)Linguistics. After that I wrote my Bachelor thesis on verb agreement with disjunctively conjoined subjects in Dutch. During this period I rediscovered my interest in Biology and Chemistry (especially in the brain) as well, so I decided to apply for the Brain and Cognitive science master.
In this block I will follow the courses Brain, Development Plasticity and Repair and Hot Topics in Linguistics and Cognition.
My ultimate goal is to combine the study of the biology of the brain with (psycho)linguistics, because I think the gap between the study of language and the study of the brain is too big. In order to do this I am very interested in studying children with SLI and aphasia patients.

Best,
Marte