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Dr. Dave Kenneth Tayao Cayado @dkcayado.bsky.social · 1d

I will be giving a talk at Oxford (@education.ox.ac.uk) on the 21st of October! Very excited! Drop by if you’re in the area.

www.education.ox.ac.uk/event/tracki...

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Kathy Rastle @kathyrastle.bsky.social · 7d

** New ** Seeking Postdoctoral Research Fellow (3 yrs) for ESRC project on skilled reading in Arabic. Based in my lab at @rhulpsychology.bsky.social and collaborating with @denisdrieghe.bsky.social (Soton) and Sami Boudelaa (UAE). Please share! jobs.royalholloway.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...

Job Opportunity at Royal Holloway University of London: Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Applications are invited for a 3-year, full-time Postdoctoral Research Fellow position in the Department of Psychology at Royal Holloway, University of London.This position is funded by an ESRC resear...

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Felicia Bisnath @fbisnath.bsky.social · 27d

Our paper is finally out online! Find it here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

#linguistics

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Phil Durrant @phil-durrant.bsky.social · 27d

I am seeking a Postdoctoral Research Associate to work on the ESRC-funded project 'Writing Tasks at School and University'.
The post is full-time and will run from 1st November 2025 to 31st January 2029. See below for a brief overview of the project.
jobs.exeter.ac.uk/hrpr_webrecr...

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ERCbravenewword @ercbravenewword.bsky.social · 29d

For those who couldn't attend, the recording of Prof. Harald Baayen's seminar on morphological productivity and the Discriminative Lexicon Model is now available on our YouTube channel.

Watch the full presentation here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zN7G...

The Computational Approach to Morphological Productivity | Harald Baayen at Bicocca

YouTube video by Mbs Vector Space Lab

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The Experimental Psychology Society @exppsychsoc.bsky.social · Sep 8

The portals for the next EPS scientific meeting (University College London, between 7th – 9th January 2026) are now open!

The portals for this meeting opened on Monday 8th September at 10am (UK time) and will remain open for at least 24 hours.

eps.ac.uk/next-meeting/

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Liina Pylkkänen @liinapy.bsky.social · Sep 3

At-a-glance processing of syntactic dependencies in minimal DANISH two-word sentences by @simonekrogh.bsky.social!
Sentence-superiority and dependency effects emerge in fronto-temporal cortex from ~230ms.

Simone Moeller Krogh @simonekrogh.bsky.social · Sep 3

Excited to share my first PhD paper with @liinapy.bsky.social! From rapid flashes of Danish two-word stimuli, left fronto-temporal areas detect not only sentence–list contrasts but also grammatical details like syntactic frame. Huge thanks to the Danes who volunteered their 🧠 to make this possible!

Manipulating syntax without taxing working memory: MEG correlates of syntactic dependencies in a verb-second language

The neural basis of syntax is notoriously difficult to study without working memory and lexico-semantic confounds. To tackle these challenges, we presented syntactic dependencies in minimal Danish ...

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The Experimental Psychology Society @exppsychsoc.bsky.social · Sep 3

The next EPS scientific meeting will be held at University College London, between 7th – 9th January 2026.

The portals for this meeting will open on Monday (8th September) at 10am (UK time)!

eps.ac.uk/next-meeting/

Next Meeting

EPS Meeting: University College London. 7th – 9th January 2026. This meeting will include the 54th EPS Bartlett Prize Lecture by Matthew Botvinick (with an accompanying symposium organised by Patri…

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Dr. Dave Kenneth Tayao Cayado @dkcayado.bsky.social · Aug 12

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Breaking down prefixed words is unaffected by morphological boundary opacity: Evidence from behavioral and MEG experiments - Psychonomic Bulletin & Review

Previous experiments support an initial stage of early, form-based visual word recognition, where morphologically complex words like adorable are segmented into morphemes {adore}+{-able}, despite an o...

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Dr. Dave Kenneth Tayao Cayado @dkcayado.bsky.social · Aug 12

New paper out in Psychonomic Bulletin & Review (open access)!

Using behavioral masked priming and single word reading with concurrent MEG recording, we investigate how our brain spots the tiny pieces of words (a.k.a. morphemes)—even when they’re playing hide-and-seek. 👀

Link ⬇️

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Aidan Horner @aidanhorner.bsky.social · Jul 21

2 Lecturer (Assistant Prof) positions available @yorkpsychology.bsky.social! Come join our department!

#neuroskyence #cognition #psychscisky #neurojobs

jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/lect...

Jobs - The University of York

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João Veríssimo @jverissimo.bsky.social · Jul 31

SAVE THE DATE! Join us in Lisbon next year for the International Word Processing Conference (6–8 July 2026)!

WoProc continues the legacy of MoProc―a conference that, since 1999, has brought together researchers working on morphological processing.
www.woproc2026.com

WoProc 2026 | 13th International Word Processing Conference

Join WoProc 2026, the 13th International Word Processing Conference, in Lisbon, Portugal, from 6–8 July 2026.

www.woproc2026.com

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Marco Chia-Ho Lai @marcochlai.bsky.social · Jul 28

Excited to share that our work, "Changes in auditory evoked responses at different levels of linguistic processing in adults and school-age children: An MEG study," is now out in Neuropsychologia!
authors.elsevier.com/a/1lVCr_fKKp...

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Dr. Dave Kenneth Tayao Cayado @dkcayado.bsky.social · Jun 28

Thank you!

Dr. Dave Kenneth Tayao Cayado @dkcayado.bsky.social · Jun 28

My 2nd MEG paper just got accepted for publication at Psychonomic Bulletin & Review! 🕺🏻

Using Tagalog as a test-case, we show that the brain can break down complex words into morphemes, despite obscured/opaque morphological boundaries.

Can’t wait to share this paper.

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Dr. Dave Kenneth Tayao Cayado @dkcayado.bsky.social · May 1

Congratulations, Dr. Lai! @marcochlai.bsky.social

Liina Pylkkänen @liinapy.bsky.social · Apr 30

Today Marco Lai @marcochlai.bsky.social successfully defended his dissertation "Developing Language in the Brain: The Neural Development of Language Processing in School-Age Children"! Congratulations Dr. Lai!!

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Ryan M.C. Law @rmc-law.bsky.social · Apr 15

New preprint ✨ w/ @olafhauk.bsky.social and Matt Lambon Ralph @mrccbu.bsky.social @cambridgeuni.bsky.social @gatescambridge.bsky.social

The anterior temporal lobe (ATL) seems crucial for both semantic memory and semantic composition. How to make sense of this neuroanatomical alignment? 🧠

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bioRxiv Neuroscience @biorxiv-neursci.bsky.social · Apr 12

A common framework for semantic memory and semantic composition https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.04.11.648390v1

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Dr. Dave Kenneth Tayao Cayado @dkcayado.bsky.social · Apr 4

Had an amazing time talking about my work on visual word recognition and Tagalog morphology @exppsychsoc.bsky.social! 🧠🔤🔡 Thanks to everyone who attended my talk. 🫶🏻

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Xinchi Yu @xinchiyu.bsky.social · Apr 1

Lau, E. (2025). How single-neuron computation matters for cognitive neuroscience. JoCN Forum. jocnf.pubpub.org/pub/vhhe4nh9

How single-neuron computation matters for cognitive neuroscience

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Aakash Agrawal @aakashagr.bsky.social · Mar 31

Latest updates on the neural basis of invariant letter position coding in the brain

bioRxiv Neuroscience @biorxiv-neursci.bsky.social · Mar 30

Dissecting the cortical stages of invariant word recognition https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.03.28.645903v1

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Sebastian Sauppe @sebastiansauppe.bsky.social · Mar 19

But we can do something! If you also work on language processing or first language acquisition focussing on cross-linguistic variation, then submit an abstract to *Crosslinguistic Perspectives on Processing and Learning 2025* #X_PPL2025!

Call for abstracts: easyabs.linguistlist.org/conference/X...

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Oscar Woolnough @owoolnough.bsky.social · Feb 24

Out now in Nature Comms. To learn a new word, we need to remember it. We track factors driving memory of novel words, showing which words we remember or forget is predictable across people, and isolate a distinct region of fusiform cortex sensitive to this memorability.

🧠📈 #VisionScience 🧠💬

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Memorability of novel words correlates with anterior fusiform activity during reading - Nature Communications

To learn new written words, we need to be able to remember their associated letters. Here, the authors show the factors that predict how memorable or forgettable new words are and show a region of hum...

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Dustin A. Chacón @lingdustin.bsky.social · Feb 4

It's up!

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Disentangling semantic prediction and association in processing filler-gap dependencies: an MEG study in English

Understanding language is facilitated by prediction of upcoming words. Sentences with filler-gap dependencies can provide sophisticated cues about an upcoming verb. A sentence beginning with which ...

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The Experimental Psychology Society @exppsychsoc.bsky.social · Jan 20

The portals for the next EPS Meeting at Lancaster University, 2nd – 4th April, will be opening shortly!

To submit for a talk or a poster for this meeting, please use the link below. The portals will open at 10am (UK time) on 20.01.25 and remain open for at least 24 hours.

eps.ac.uk/next-meeting/

Next Meeting

EPS Meeting: Lancaster University. 2nd – 4th April 2025. This meeting will include the joint 23rd EPS Mid-Career Prize Lecture by Jennifer Rodd (with an accompanying symposium organised by Jo …

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