--- title: "Dirk U. Wulff · Max Planck Society — author profile and papers" description: "Dirk U. Wulff, Max Planck Society: 2 papers on Elamur Research (2026), h-index 22 — affiliations, topics, co-authors and who cites them in…" canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/dirk-u-wulff/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/dirk-u-wulff/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Dirk U. Wulff # Dirk U. Wulff Dirk U. Wulff has 2 papers in our library, in 2026, most of them on [Language models & pretraining](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/language-models/), [Psycholinguistics & language acquisition](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/psycholinguistics/); often with [Simon De Deyne](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/simon-de-deyne/). 2 papers in our library · 2026 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5006793496) · [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4008-8022) · [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q89634136) · [**h-index 22**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5006793496) · [139 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5006793496) · [2,360 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5006793496&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 2 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/dirk-u-wulff/#papers) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #11953](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/120/#star-11953) The profile is the library's match of the name; two people with one name are not always told apart. Elsewhere: [Google Scholar](https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=search_authors&mauthors=Dirk+U.+Wulff) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Dirk+U.+Wulff) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Dirk+U.+Wulff) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Dirk+U.+Wulff) ## Affiliations [🔬**Max Planck Institute for Human Development** Berlin · Germany 2012–2026 · 96 papers*current*](https://ror.org/02pp7px91) · [🎓**University of Basel** Basel · Switzerland 2015–2026 · 82 papersEmployment since 2016*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-basel/) · [🔬**Max Planck Society** Munich · Germany 2012–2026 · 14 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/labs/max-planck-society/) · [🎓**Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey** New Brunswick · United States 2023 · 3 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/rutgers-the-state-university-of-new-jersey/) · [🎓**University of Amsterdam** Amsterdam · Netherlands 2018–2019 · 2 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-amsterdam/) From the bylines of their papers (OpenAlex, 2026-10-14), ORCID and Wikidata; institutions on papers are matched by machine. 2 more institutions on single bylines are not listed. ## Fields, topics and concepts Of its works in our library, with the number of works on each. 📚 Shelves 9 The field of science this work belongs to (OpenAlex fields).[Arts and Humanities · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/) · [Cognitive Neuroscience · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/neuroscience/cognitive-neuroscience/) · [Language and Linguistics · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/language-and-linguistics/) · [Neuroscience · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/neuroscience/) · [Artificial Intelligence · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/artificial-intelligence/) · [Computer Science · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/) · [Developmental and Educational Psychology · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/psychology/developmental-and-educational-psychology/) · [Experimental and Cognitive Psychology · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/psychology/experimental-and-cognitive-psychology/) · [Psychology · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/psychology/) 🧭 Topics 2 Research subjects and languages the work is about.[Language models & pretraining · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/language-models/) · [Psycholinguistics & language acquisition · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/psycholinguistics/) ## Works by year ### 2020s [**2026** 2 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/dirk-u-wulff/year/2026/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[The "Small World of Words" German Free-Association Norms](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/aeschbach-2026-small-world-words-german-free/)** *(2026)* German has lacked a large free-association resource, although such norms exist for English, Dutch, Spanish, Mandarin and Slovene. 2. **[Where meaning lives: Layer-wise accessibility of psycholinguistic features in encoder and decoder language models](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/tikhomirova-2026-where-meaning-lives-layer-wise/)** *(2026)* This study asks at which depth transformer language models make psychologically meaningful word properties most accessible, and whether the answer depends on how embeddings are extracted. ## Co-authors here 1 co-author with a page, the most papers together first. - [Simon De Deyne](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/simon-de-deyne/) ## Venues Where their works here were published, the most works first, with the editions of those that have a page. - [Findings of the Association for Computational Linguistics](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/findings/): [Findings of the Association for Computational Linguistics 2026](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/findings/2026/) Updated 1 November 2026