📢 Applications now open for the Anne Cutler International Visiting Fellowship 2027. Open to researchers in #Linguistics, #SpeechScience, #Developmental & #Experimental Psychology, #Psycholinguistics, #ComputationalLinguistics, & #CommunicationEngineering. Learn more: tinyurl.com/5fy6bmt2

New paper from the Special Issue on Conceptual Knowledge, published in Cortex! ✨ Greig de Zubicaray et al. show that statistical knowledge about non-arbitrary form–meaning mappings is a core component of how the brain represents the concreteness of concepts. 🧠 1/🧵

Pleased to see this paper with @jarciuli.bsky.social @profkatie.bsky.social @vtolkacheva.bsky.social out now in Cortex: doi.org/10.1016/j.co... Using fMRI, we show non-arbitrary sublexical mappings between concrete/abstract meanings in words and nonwords activate the semantic network similarly

August Seminar Registration open now. A little help from my friends: Researching and promoting social connection in people with aphasia. Presentation by: Prof Brent Archer, A/Prof Jamie Hartwell Azios Register here - latrobe.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Is it possible to create a 'pants on fire' badge for the papers in which authors state their raw fMRI data are openly available at an OSF or other repository link and the only thing they provide there is a text file stating "the data will be made available upon request".

New commentary article in which I reveal my hitherto unknown, glass half-empty perspective on the empirical evidence for embodied action semantics (warning: includes a rant about research practices): doi.org/10.1080/2327...

Modelling in the midst of a replication crisis for embodied action semantics: a commentary on Carriere et al. (2026)

A substantial body of research has demonstrated that the motor system is involved in language processing, prompting questions about its role. Carriere et al. revisit the claim that the motor cortex...

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⚠️ LAST CHANCE to submit your abstract. Submissions close 30 April 2026.

New peer-reviewed paper w/ @mheilbron.bsky.social, @predictivebrain.bsky.social & Jakub Szewczyk! Pre-onset brain encoding has been taken as evidence that brains–like LLMs–predict upcoming words. We show that the same signatures arise in systems that cannot predict. (elifesciences.org) (1/8)

🚨Job alert 🚨 Continuing Senior Lecturer/Lecturer in Psychology at the University of Sydney. Beaches, mountains, psychophysics... what more could you want? (mountains are optional) usyd.wd105.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/USYD_E...

Senior Lecturer/Lecturer in Psychology

1 full-time continuing position available, located on the Camperdown Campus at the School of Psychology Opportunity to contribute to research and teaching in a world leading Psychology department Base...

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📢 Rare academic 💎 alert 📢 We’re hiring a Lecturer/Senior Lecturer (Level B/C) in Psychology & Cognitive Neuroscience @ Swinburne (Melbourne). Teach a brand‑new degree + access MRI, MEG, EEG & TMS/tDCS. ⏰ Apply by 17 May 2026, 11 pm 🔗 swinjobs.nga.net.au/cp/index.cfm... Reach out for more info.

New paper exploring how shape features of white matter tracts predict post-operative speech production outcomes (open access): www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Shape features of white matter tracts associated with post-surgical speech production outcomes

Impairments in speech production occur at a high rate after surgical resection of primary brain tumours. Due to their spatial heterogeneity, tumours c…

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Very happy to see @vtolkacheva.bsky.social's paper on the role of premotor cortex in perception and misperception of speech now open access in Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience: direct.mit.edu/jocn/article...

No Causal Role for Premotor Cortex in the Perception or Misperception of Degraded Speech: Evidence from Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation

Abstract. Although listeners can enhance perception by using prior knowledge to predict the content of degraded speech signals, this process can also elicit “misperceptions.” The neurobiological mecha...

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Please tell friends & colleagues about our unique course “Genetics & Neurobiology of Language” July 27-Aug 3 2026. Expert tutors, interactive talks, panel discussions, all in a beautiful setting. Scholarships available: meetings.cshl.edu/courses.aspx... @cshlnews.bsky.social @cshlbanbury.bsky.social

We have an opening for a postdoc research fellow on our NIH-funded study "Neural correlates of recovery from aphasia after stroke" in Brisbane, Australia. Ideal for anyone passionate about neuroimaging of language/brain. International applicants welcome! uq.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-GB/uqcare...

Very happy to see this paper wth José Antonio out now. Iconicity ratings in 2 languages and the phonological variables that predict them. #openaccess doi.org/10.1177/1747...

Relationships Between Subjective Iconicity Ratings and Phonological Variables in English and Spanish - Greig I. de Zubicaray, José A. Hinojosa, 2025

Iconicity (the extent to which word forms resemble their meanings) is proposed to be based on universally accessible form mappings that depict/express sensory i...

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Very happy to see @vtolkacheva.bsky.social's paper on the role of sublexical information in perception and misperception of speech now open access in Journal of Memory & Language: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @profkatie.bsky.social (7 experiments!!)

Exploring the role of sublexical information in speech perception and misperception

Listeners are able to use previously acquired knowledge to predict the content of upcoming speech when the latter signal is distorted or degraded. How…

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If you’re attending the ICONice workshop in Nice this week, please go and see Gustavo Estivalet’s talk on “Systematicity in the Phonology of French Words: From Lexical to Semantic Categories” sites.google.com/view/iconice...

New chapter on sentence production in "Speaking: The Free Book" bookdown.org/v_piai_resea... beautifully written by @drlearnasaurus.bsky.social Go check, very useful resource for free (!) for teaching & initiating folks on topic of language production (usually missing from textbooks on "language"!)

Very happy to see Angelique's paper on semantic processing and the ATL with @vipiai.bsky.social, @profkatie.bsky.social out now in Cortex : www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Are the ventral anterior temporal lobes involved in accessing conceptual knowledge during spoken word production? fMRI evidence from auditory naming

There is ongoing debate about the role of ventral anterior temporal lobe (vATL) regions in the initial stages of production, particularly in accessing…

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Linguistic structure as a guiding principle for human neuroscience. New paper by @annamai.bsky.social & @andreaeyleen.bsky.social doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2025.106322

If you’re attending #AMLaP2025 in Prague, please go see Gustavo’s talk on form typically of French nouns and verbs! New work with @jarciuli.bsky.social

Incredibly proud of @vtolkacheva.bsky.social who has been awarded her PhD for her research on the neurobiology of speech perception and misperception!

Looking forward to this morning’s session on Language: Anatomy, Networks and Pathology! #OHBM2025

Just a reminder that our annual PhD scholarship round is open now, and we're recruiting! If you have undergraduate and Masters degrees in psychology/cognitive science/linguistics we'd love to hear from you! www.qut.edu.au/research/stu...

QUT - Applying for a research scholarship

Each year we accept applications for our research scholarship rounds. If you're an aspiring research student, make sure you apply.

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Just a reminder that our annual PhD scholarship round is open now, and we're recruiting! If you have undergraduate and Masters degrees in psychology/cognitive science/linguistics we'd love to hear from you! www.qut.edu.au/research/stu...

QUT - Applying for a research scholarship

Each year we accept applications for our research scholarship rounds. If you're an aspiring research student, make sure you apply.

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New preprint by PhD student @vtolkacheva.bsky.social reporting results from 7 (!) experiments investigating the role of phonotactics in perceiving degraded speech: osf.io/preprints/ps...