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HYPIA is comprised of fascinating individuals. We have begun to interview our members and post a collection of rich discussions with them on YouTube as part of HYPIA's public outreach. See the interviews here.

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HYPIA Directors participated in the Polyglot Gathering 2024.

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A HYPIA Reunion! Members of HYPIA attended the 2023 Polyglot Gathering in Teresin, Poland. A first in-person encounter for some, familiar faces for others (see details).

Media Office

HYPIA strives to spread the positive message of hyperplogtism to a wider audience. The following small but growing collection of material across various media showcase the outreach efforts of HYPIA

HYPIA on SBS Spanish - HYPIA
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RTS (Radio) CQFD (French) [02/2023]
Dr. Eduardo Teiga, Director of Communications Outreach, was part of a study at the Centre of Language and the Brain at the University of Geneva and the Centre for Cognitive Sciences at the University of Vienna. This podcast covers the study.

Grunge [08/2022]
This article in Grunge covers the hyperpolyglot space and discusses HYPIA in that context.

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Brain & Language Lab [02/2023]
The Brain & Language Lab has been undertaking groundbreaking neuroscience research with respect to hyperpolyglotswith the participation of some HYPIA members as subjects. This video explains part of the Brain & Language Lab's work.

Polyglot Gathering 2019
Dr. Eduardo Teiga
(Spanish) [11/2019]

Dr. Eduardo Teiga, Director of Communications Outreach, spoke brilliantly at the Polyglot Gathering about the cognitive advantages of polyglots in the labor market.

[1] SBS Espanol (Spanish) [11/2016]

HYPIA was interviewed on mainstream Australian radio, on SBS Espanol, to discuss hyperpolyglotism and the objectives of the institution

[2] BBC World Service (English) [01/2017]

HYPIA President Usman W. Chohan was interviewed on the largest radio service in the world, BBC World Radio, to discuss HYPIA and the objectives of the institution, among other interesting themes.

[3] SBS Francais (French) [04/2017]

HYPIA was interviewed on mainstream Australian radio, on SBS Francais, to discuss hyperpolyglotism and the objectives of the institution

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[Book Mention]
Superhuman: Life at the Extremes of Mental and Physical Ability.

HYPIA is mentioned in Chapter 3 regarding superhuman language achievement in Rowan Hooper's Sunday Times Book of the Year Superhuman: Life at the Extremes of Mental and Physical Ability.

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