Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Reposted by Marco Calabria

Susanne Brouwer @susannebrouwer.bsky.social · 8d

PhD Position: Accented Speech Processing - Apply now!

Come work with Mirjam Broersma, @davidpeeters.bsky.social, and me at the Centre for Language Studies, Radboud University in the Netherlands.

Application deadline: 19 October 2025

For more information, see
www.ru.nl/en/working-a...

PhD Position: Accented Speech Processing | Radboud University

Do you want to work as a PhD: Accented Speech Processing at the Faculty of Arts? Check our vacancy!

www.ru.nl

31 25

Reposted by Marco Calabria

HUM.AI.N-ACCENT Project (MSCA Doctoral Network) @humain-accent.bsky.social · 3d

🎓 13 PhD POSITIONS available across Europe!

🌍 HUM.AI.N-ACCENT is an EU-funded research project that explores the impacts of foreign-accented speech in human-human and human-AI interactions.

More info: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

#PhD #MSCA #HorizonEurope #CognitiveScience #AI

This link will take you to a page that’s not on LinkedIn

lnkd.in

1 3 3

Reposted by Marco Calabria

Matt Goldrick @mattgoldrick.bsky.social · 10d

🚨Open immediately!! (rolling application review)🚨: Postdoc w/ the amazing Tamar Gollan, Uni. Cal. San Diego, bilingual speech production and cognitive control in aging and Alzheimer’s disease psychiatry.ucsd.edu/about/LAB_Go...

psychiatry.ucsd.edu

7 10

Reposted by Marco Calabria

Simon Fisher @profsimonfisher.bsky.social · 15d

New paper alert! Systematic epidemiological analyses of up to 39,000 people illuminate biological/clinical links between impaired musical rhythm abilities & disorders affecting speech-language development. International collaboration led by @drsrishtin.bsky.social, out in @natcomms.nature.com. 👇🧪

Musical rhythm abilities and risk for developmental speech-language problems and disorders: epidemiological and polygenic associations - Nature Communications

Impaired musical rhythm abilities and developmental speech-language related disorders are biologically and clinically intertwined. Here, the authors explore the correlation between the two traits, finding evidence of epidemiological associations and genetic overlap.

www.nature.com

1 15 36

Reposted by Marco Calabria

ISTAART @istaart.bsky.social · 23d

Behind every advance in Alzheimer’s research are members sharing ideas and data. See what the Neuropsychiatric Syndromes PIA has been working on in 2024-2025 🔍 istaart.alz.org/PIA-reports

1 2

Reposted by Marco Calabria

Matt Goldrick @mattgoldrick.bsky.social · Sep 8

Officially out! "Predicting relative intelligibility from inter-talker distances in a perceptual similarity space for speech" S.E Kim, B. R. Chernyak, @keshet.bsky.social, me, & A. Bradlow link.springer.com/article/10.3.... BONUS: free online similarity calculator so you can join in the fun! 1/

Predicting relative intelligibility from inter-talker distances in a perceptual similarity space for speech - Psychonomic Bulletin & Review

Researchers have generally assumed that listeners perceive speech compositionally, based on the combined processing of local acoustic–phonetic cues associated with individual linguistic units. Yet, th...

link.springer.com

1 9 29

Reposted by Marco Calabria

Nicola Rennie @nrennie.bsky.social · Aug 18

If you're interested in learning #JuliaLang and are currently an #RStats user (or even if you're not!), then here's a little introduction to getting started! 📊

Blog post: nrennie.rbind.io/blog/introdu...

#QuartoPub #Julia @tidierjl.bsky.social

Introduction to Julia for R users – Nicola Rennie

This blog post will give R users an overview of what Julia is and why they might want to use it, introduce some data processing Julia packages, and show how they can incorporate Julia into existing R ...

nrennie.rbind.io

6 44 130

Reposted by Marco Calabria

Alzheimer's Association @alzassociation.bsky.social · Aug 8

Calling all health care professionals: your new go-to resource is here. 🩺📚

ALZPro gives you centralized access to the latest science & practice tools—from clinical guidelines to continuing education to care pathways and more. Start exploring: alz.org/ALZPro

#Alzsky #AlzResearch @alzpro.bsky.social

Alzheimer's Association ALZPro
Empowering Professionals in the Fight Against Dementia

3 8

Marco Calabria @marcocalabria.bsky.social · Jul 25

🧠 At #AAIC in Toronto and curious about #bilingualism and #dementia?
Join us at our #FRS "Language as a Lens: Investigating Cognitive Processes Across Linguistic Contexts"
and don’t miss our poster presentations! 🚀

@istaart.bsky.social #PIADiversityandDisparities

2

Reposted by Marco Calabria

Emma James @emljames.bsky.social · Jul 17

📣 New job alert! I'm looking for a 2-year research assistant for a project on word learning from childhood to adulthood. Come and join us in lovely York! Please RT 🙏 @yorkpsychology.bsky.social jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/rese...

Jobs - The University of York

jobs.york.ac.uk

1 43 33

Reposted by Marco Calabria

Davide Bruno @davidebrunophd.bsky.social · Jul 3

Simple item-based analysis for detection of Alzheimer’s pathology - from the Newsletter of the Society for Clinical Neuropsychology @kmueller123.bsky.social @ljmuimpact.bsky.social @ljmu-ris.bsky.social @dementiaresearcher.bsky.social

Link from my blog: dbrunolab.wordpress.com/2025/07/03/s...

Simple item-based analysis for detection of Alzheimer’s pathology

By Davide Bruno1 2, Ainara Jauregi-Zinkunegi1 & Kimberly D. Mueller2 1: School of Psychology, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, UK 2: University of Wisconsin – Madison, WI, USA We wr…

dbrunolab.wordpress.com

3 6

Reposted by Marco Calabria

European Society for Cognitive Psychology @escop.bsky.social · Jul 1

Call for Papers for a new Special Issue of Cortex on Concept Knowledge

The editors, Penny Pexman, Richard Binney, Veronica Diveica, and Emiko Muraki welcome original empirical research articles, as well as reviews and perspectives.
The last date for submissions will be March 10th 2026.

The multidimensionality, variability and flexibility of concepts: Opening editorial

www.sciencedirect.com

3 2

Reposted by Marco Calabria

INS @insneuro.bsky.social · Jul 1

🌟✨ Don’t miss our Masterclasses on July 5, 2025! ✨🌟
Join us for sessions on neuroaffirming autism assessment, cognitive assessment in minimally conscious state, and addiction neuropsychology! 🧠🚀
Check the link for more info! 📚
mers.cventevents.com/event/bdc91d...

2

Reposted by Marco Calabria

Mike Frank @mcxfrank.bsky.social · Jul 1

Experimentology is out today!!! A group of us wrote a free online textbook for experimental methods, available at experimentology.io - the idea was to integrate open science into all aspects of the experimental workflow from planning to design, analysis, and writing.

Experimentology cover: title and curves for distributions.

10 230 530

Reposted by Marco Calabria

Matteo Lisi @mlisi.bsky.social · Jun 27

Just learned that Carlo Umiltà has passed away — a giant of Italian neuroscience 🧠 I was lucky to learn from him during my PhD (not my advisor, but a regular presence in the lab).

2 6 13

Reposted by Marco Calabria

JASP @jaspstats.bsky.social · Jun 27

Our workshop series starts next week!

Monday: Discovering Statistics;
Tuesday: State-of-the-art meta-analysis;
Wednesday: Machine learning without tears
Thursday & Friday: Bayesian hypothesis testing

Attend one or all of them, in person or online
jasp-stats.org/2025/06/27/l...

Last-Minute Alert: The JASP Workshop Series Starts this Monday. Join us in Amsterdam or Online! - JASP - Free and User-Friendly Statistical Software

Still no plans for next week? Then join us for one of our JASP workshops, either in Amsterdam or online. Next Monday we kick things off with “Discovering Statistics Using JASP.” Guided by Andy Field’s...

jasp-stats.org

5 10

Reposted by Marco Calabria

Davide Bruno @davidebrunophd.bsky.social · Jun 25

Pre-print! Proper name recall and early Alzheimer's pathology:
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1... @kmueller123.bsky.social @ccandl.bsky.social 🧠🧪

Proper Name Recall as an Early Indicator of Preclinical Alzheimer’s Disease Pathology

Background Early detection of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is crucial; however, standard neuropsychological tests often lack sensitivity. Process scores, such as proper name (PN) recall from Logical Memor...

www.medrxiv.org

2 6

Reposted by Marco Calabria

WiCS+ Europe @wicseurope.bsky.social · Jun 25

Congratulations to all Early Career awardees!

Psychonomic Society @psychonomicsociety.bsky.social · Jun 24

It is our pleasure to announce the 2025 Early Career Award recipients! These awards are given in recognition of scientists who have made significant contributions to the field of cognitive psychology early in their careers. bit.ly/3HTjCVi ‪@nadiabrashier @angeladebruin @yorkpsychology

1 5

Reposted by Marco Calabria

Helena Klara Jambor @helenajambor.bsky.social · Jun 18

I gave in! After students asking for it, I now made a simple figure design checklist.
To help all scientists w/o graphic skills create clear, accessible, and truthful charts!
-> Out in @nature Cell Biology: rdcu.be/erwl4

#DataVisualization #PhD #SciComm

Thx for review @bethcimini.bsky.social + 2

A checklist for designing and improving the visualization of scientific data

Nature Cell Biology - Creating clear and engaging scientific figures is crucial to communicate complex data. In this Comment, I condense principles from design, visual perception and data...

rdcu.be

15 120 300

Reposted by Marco Calabria

Mind, Brain and Behavior Research Center - CIMCYC @cimcyc.bsky.social · May 28

🧠 Looking to advance your career in neuroscience?

👉 Train at the CIMCYC, one of Europe’s top brain research centers.

📢 Applications now open for the Master’s Degree in Cognitive and Behavioral Neuroscience at the @universidadgranada.bsky.social

1-year official program - 60 ECTS

1 13 11

Reposted by Marco Calabria

Simona Mancini @simomancini.bsky.social · May 30

Zorionak to Dr. Karen Arellano, who today defended her PhD thesis "Domain general mechanisms and language recovery after stroke: a longitudinal study”. Congratulations on a job well done!!! 👏👏👏

1 3

Reposted by Marco Calabria

Basque Center on Cognition, Brain and Language (BCBL) @bcbl.bsky.social · May 30

🔝 We have a new PhD in #BCBL!

Congratulations to Karen Arellano on the successful defense of her PhD thesis, ‘Domain-general mechanisms and #language recovery after #stroke: a longitudinal study’. 🎉

✅ @dsotob.bsky.social & @simomancini.bsky.social ancini have been the directors of her work.

3 7

Reposted by Marco Calabria

Prof. Dr. Asli Ozyurek @asliozyurek.bsky.social · May 22

There is still chance to get the best rate and attend our cutting edge conference on recent advances on multimodal language and gesture studies👍👍👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼@isgs2025

ISGS2025 @isgs2025.bsky.social · May 20

⏰ The deadline for EARLY BIRD registration for #ISGS2025 is approaching!

🗓️Register by May 31st to get the best rate for registration.

For more information & to register: isgs10.nl/registration

2 1

Reposted by Marco Calabria

European Society for Cognitive Psychology @escop.bsky.social · May 22

PhD Candidate Position – ERC Consolidator Grant - BIBALANCE, BCBL, Donostia-San Sebastian, Spain

The project aims to investigate the impact of early bilingualism on the brain’s resilience to dyslexia.
Application deadline: 30 June 2025

PhD CANDIDATE POSITION – ERC CONSOLIDATOR GRANT - BIBALANCE

at the BCBL- Basque Center on Cognition Brain and Language (San Sebastián, Basque Country, Spain) www.bcbl.eu

www.bcbl.eu

2 2

Reposted by Marco Calabria

Violeta Pina 🦋 @violetapina.bsky.social · May 13

¿Te gusta la #ornitología? Tenemos un libro que te puede gustar. La Sociedad de Estudios Ornitológicos de Ceuta compila en este libro décadas de investigaciones sobre la ornitología de esta región. Un manual con toda la info de las aves de la península tingitana (Tánger, Fahs Anjra, Tetúan y Ceuta).

1 1