Jean-Remy Hochmann

Who is Jean-Remy Hochmann?

Jean-Remy Hochmann is a French cognitive scientist and developmental psychologist. His early research focused on the role of word frequency and the functional distinction between consonants and vowels in early language acquisition. Hochmann argues against the idea put forth by Noam Chomsky, W. Tecumseh Fitch & Marc Hauser that recursion is the only uniquely human cognitive ability for language.

Jean-Remy Hochmann obtained his doctoral degree from SISSA/ISAS in Italy in 2010 and is currently continuing his studies as a post-doctoral fellow working with Dr. Susan Carey at Harvard University.