We are delighted to announce the appointment of Professor Niels Schiller as the new Editor-in-Chief of Language, Cognition and Neuroscience as of 1st January 2026.
Niels Schiller is currently Chair Professor of Psycho- and Neurolinguistics at City University of Hong Kong and Head of Department of Linguistics and Translation.
Niels Schiller was a post-doctoral research fellow with the Cognitive Neuropsychology Laboratory of the Psychology Department at Harvard University (1998-2000) and research scientist of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) at Maastricht University and the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics (2000-2003). In 2004, he was appointed professor of psycholinguistics at Maastricht University. In 2006 he became professor of psycho- and neurolinguistics at Leiden University.
“I am very honoured to take on the role of Editor-in-Chief as of January 2026. I witnessed the development of Language, Cognition and Neuroscience for the last 30 years as a reader, an author, and a reviewer, and I look forward to taking on this task for one of the most reputable journals in the field of psycho- and neurolinguistics.” Niels Schiller
The team at Taylor & Francis would like to take this opportunity to express our sincere thanks and gratitude to both Professor Lorraine Tyler, who served as Editor-in-Chief for over thirty years, and Professor Pienie Zwiterslood, who took over as Editor-in-Chief for an interim term in 2024. We are deeply indebted to both of them for their service to the journal.
Niels will continue to develop the journal and build on their excellent stewardship; we wish him a very warm welcome to the role.
“I am very pleased that Niels Schiller is taking over as Editor-in-Chief of Language, Cognition and Neuroscience. With his background in (psycho-)linguistics and neurocognition of language, he is a worthy successor of Lorraine Tyler, who founded, shaped and guided the journal to what it stands for today.” Pienie Zwitserlood
Language, Cognition and Neuroscience is an international peer-reviewed journal promoting integrated cognitive theoretical studies of language and its neural bases.
The journal takes an interdisciplinary approach to the study of brain and language, aiming to integrate excellent cognitive science and neuroscience to answer key questions about the nature of language and cognition in the mind and the brain. It aims to engage researchers and practitioners alike in how to better understand cognitive language function, including:
Language cognition
Neuroscience
Brain and language
The journal publishes high-quality, theoretically-motivated cognitive behavioral studies of language function, and papers which integrate cognitive theoretical accounts of language with its neurobiological foundations.