CV

Education

• Ph.D in Version Control Theory, GitHub University, 2018 (expected)
• M.S. in Jekyll, GitHub University, 2014
• B.S. in GitHub, GitHub University, 2012

Work experience

• Spring 2024: Academic Pages Collaborator
  • GitHub University
  • Duties includes: Updates and improvements to template
  • Supervisor: The Users
• Fall 2015: Research Assistant
  • GitHub University
  • Duties included: Merging pull requests
  • Supervisor: Professor Hub
• Summer 2015: Research Assistant
  • GitHub University
  • Duties included: Tagging issues
  • Supervisor: Professor Git

Skills

• Skill 1
• Skill 2
  • Sub-skill 2.1
  • Sub-skill 2.2
  • Sub-skill 2.3
• Skill 3

Publications

Neural tracking of language emerges from distributed synchronization, sensitivity to syntax, and statistics

Structural and sequential regularities modulate phrase-rate neural tracking

Zhao, J., Martin, A. E., & Coopmans, C. W. (2024). Structural and sequential regularities modulate phrase-rate neural tracking. Scientific Reports, 14, 16603.

With(out) a trace: Trace reactivation in Dutch A-scrambling.

Prosody vs. syntax, or prosody and syntax? Evaluating accounts of delta-band tracking

Comparing syntactic and discourse accounts of islands and parasitic gaps: Experimental evidence from acceptability judgments.

Coopmans, C. W., Ligtenberg, K., Suijkerbuijk, M., & Schoenmakers, G. (2025). Comparing syntactic and discourse accounts of islands and parasitic gaps: Experimental evidence from acceptability judgments. The Linguistic Review, 42(2), 139-187.

Language-specific neural dynamics extend syntax into the time domain

Coopmans, C. W., de Hoop, H., Tezcan, F., Hagoort, P., & Martin, A. E. (2025). Language-specific neural dynamics extend syntax into the time domain. PLOS Biology, 23(1), e3002968.

Diverging views on the role of structured representations in linguistics and language modeling

“Not” in the brain and behavior.

Coopmans, C. W., Mai, A., & Martin, A. E. (2024). "Not" in the brain and behavior. PLOS Biology, 22(5), e3002656.

Three conceptual clarifications about syntax and the brain.

Coopmans, C. W., & Zaccarella, E. (2023). Three conceptual clarifications about syntax and the brain. Frontiers in Language Sciences, 2, 1218123.

What oscillations can do for syntax depends on your theory of structure building

Coopmans, C. W., Mai, A., Slaats, S., Weissbart, H., & Martin, A. E. (2023). What oscillations can do for syntax depends on your theory of structure building. Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 24, 723.

Hierarchical structure in language and action: A formal comparison

Coopmans, C. W., Kaushik, K., & Martin, A. E. (2023). Hierarchical structure in language and action: A formal comparison. Psychological Review, 130(4), 935-952.

Processing of Grammatical Agreement in the Face of Variation in Lexical Stress: A Mismatch Negativity Study

Coopmans, C. W., Struiksma, M., Coopmans, P. H. A., & Chen, A. (2022). Processing of grammatical agreement in the face of variation in lexical stress: A Mismatch Negativity (MMN) study. Language and Speech, 66(1), 202-213.

An electrophysiological investigation of co-referential processes in visual narrative comprehension

Coopmans, C. W., & Cohn, N. (2022). An electrophysiological investigation of co-referential processes in visual narrative comprehension. Neuropsychologia, 172, 108253.

Effects of structure and meaning on cortical tracking of linguistic units in naturalistic speech

Coopmans, C. W., de Hoop, H., Hagoort, P., & Martin, A. E. (2022). Effects of structure and meaning on cortical tracking of linguistic units in naturalistic speech. Neurobiology of Language, 3(3), 386-412.

Hierarchy in language interpretation: evidence from behavioural experiments and computational modelling

Coopmans, C. W., de Hoop, H., Kaushik, K., Hagoort, P., & Martin, A. E. (2022). Hierarchy in language interpretation: evidence from behavioural experiments and computational modelling. Language, Cognition and Neuroscience, 37(4), 420-439.

Structure-(in)dependent Interpretation of Phrases in Humans and LSTMs

Coopmans, C. W., de Hoop, H., Kaushik, K., Hagoort, P., & Martin, A. E. (2021). Structure-(in)dependent Interpretation of Phrases in Humans and LSTMs. Proceedings of the Society for Computation in Linguistics, 4, 459-463.

Incremental structure building of preverbal PPs in Dutch

Coopmans, C. W. & Schoenmakers, G. (2020). Incremental structure building of preverbal PPs in Dutch. Linguistics in the Netherlands, 37, 38-52.

Dissociating activation and integration of discourse referents: Evidence from ERPs and oscillations.

Coopmans, C. W. & Nieuwland, M. S. (2020). Dissociating activation and integration of discourse referents: Evidence from ERPs and oscillations. Cortex, 126, 83-106.

Distinguishing Old From New Referents During Discourse Comprehension: Evidence From ERPs and Oscillations.

Nieuwland, M. S., Coopmans, C. W., & Sommers, R. P. (2019). Distinguishing Old From New Referents During Discourse Comprehension: Evidence From ERPs and Oscillations. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 13.

Talks

Conference Proceeding talk 3 on Relevant Topic in Your Field

March 01, 2014

Conference proceedings talk at Testing Institute of America 2014 Annual Conference, Los Angeles, CA, USA

Talk 2 on Relevant Topic in Your Field

February 01, 2014

Talk at London School of Testing, London, UK

Tutorial 1 on Relevant Topic in Your Field

March 01, 2013

Tutorial at UC-Berkeley Institute for Testing Science, Berkeley, CA, USA

Talk 1 on Relevant Topic in Your Field

March 01, 2012

Talk at UC San Francisco, Department of Testing, San Francisco, CA, USA

Teaching

Teaching experience 1

Service and leadership

• Currently signed in to 43 different slack teams