Following the vote of the IASCL Executive Board, the IASCL is pleased to announce the 2027-2030 IASCL Officers (www.childlanguage.org/officers#off...). Congratulations to: - President: Aylin Küntay (Turkey) - Vice-President: Mele Taumoepeau (New Zealand) - Treasurer: Gary Morgan (Spain) (2ndTerm)

Julia Hermida delivers the #CogSci2026 keynote, exploring how socioeconomic status shapes cognitive development and what this relationship can teach us about reducing educational and social inequalities.

Huge congratulations to the recipient of the 2026 David E. Rumelhart Prize, Douglas Medin! Visit the Rumelhart Prize page on our website to learn more cognitivesciencesociety.org/rumelhart-pr...

2026 @fabbs.org Early Career Impact Award recipient Damián Blasi @damianblasi.bsky.social takes the #CogSci2026 stage to share research at the intersection of language, culture and human cognition.

Judith Fan @judithfan.bsky.social takes the #CogSci2026 stage for her Gleitman Prize Talk, exploring how drawings, data visualizations and physical representations help us uncover useful abstractions.

We're hiring a Research Assistant (Dutch, 32h/wk) in Nijmegen! • Lab exp. (VR, EEG, Motion Capture) • Annotating multimodal speech & gesture data • Starts between 1 Nov 2026 and 31 Jan 2027 • Ideal for grads in Psych, Ling, CogSci & related fields Apply by 15 Sep: www.mpi.nl/career-educa...

All-star lineup for this workshop! incl. @jsphillips.bsky.social @wbushong.bsky.social @andrecravo.bsky.social @drdyerit.bsky.social @mcxfrank.bsky.social Adrián Garcia-Sierra Sam Johnson @tiagotorrent.com @xygalatas.bsky.social and yours truly underline.io/events/516/s... #CogSci2026

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The 48th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society presents the latest research across cognitive science and highlights the theme of Cognition in Context.

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Event segmentation in language and cognition. New paper by Sarah Hye-Yeon Lee, @ercenurunal.bsky.social & Anna Papafragou doi.org/10.1111/cogs.70238

Event Segmentation in Language and Cognition

A hallmark of human cognition is the ability to segment streams of dynamic stimuli into discrete event units. Currently, most of the evidence about event segmentation comes from English speakers. Cou...

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Abstract submission for Many Paths to Language conference at fabulous @mpi-nl.bsky.social now extended until 20th May. This 3-day conference focuses on meaningful differences in the way children acquire language. With keynotes by Allison Fitch & Amanda Seidl. www.mpi.nl/events/many-...

We're inviting nominations for the next Executive Editor of Topics in Cognitive Science (TopiCS). This role helps shape the journal's direction, guiding editorial priorities, policies, and the broader agenda of the field. Learn more and nominate at: cognitivesciencesociety.org/topics-journal/

Development of event segmentation in language and cognition: Evidence from dwell times and eye movements. New paper by Bilge Tınaz & @ercenurunal.bsky.social doi.org/10.1111/cogs.70212

Development of Event Segmentation in Language and Cognition: Evidence From Dwell Times and Eye Movements

To navigate in and communicate about the continuous world we experience, our minds segment this experience into discrete event units. Yet, languages differ in how they package core aspects of events ...

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Gesture as a mechanism of change in the interface between spatial language and cognitive development. New paper by @dilaykaradoller.bsky.social , @ercenurunal.bsky.social , @beyzasumer.bsky.social , Demet Özer & @asliozyurek.bsky.social doi.org/10.1016/j.cogdev.2026.101694

New paper with @dilaykaradoller.bsky.social & @asliozyurek.bsky.social We show that multimodal message presentation in speech & gesture places different demands on children’s visual attention to spatial scenes than unimodal message preparation in speech

Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics@mpi-nl.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Children sustain their attention on spatial scenes when planning to describe spatial relations multimodally in speech and gesture. New paper by @ercenurunal.bsky.social , @dilaykaradoller.bsky.social & @asliozyurek.bsky.social doi.org/10.1111/desc.70128

Please join us in celebrating the 2026 CogSci Society Fellows: David Badre, David Barner, Nick C. Ellis, Matthew Goldrick, Ulrike Hahn, and Anna Papafragou. Congratulations to all! 👏 Visit cognitivesciencesociety.org/fellows to learn more about their research and impact on the field!

We’re looking for native Turkish speakers in the Netherlands for a fun study 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻

Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics@mpi-nl.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Native Turkish speaker in the NL? Join our eye-tracking study! 👀 You’ll wear glasses, play a game & help advance psycholinguistics. 18.75 € + travel reimbursed. More info: www.mpi.nl/news/call-tu...

Know someone whose excellence in research and contributions to the CogSci community should be recognized? Nominate them to be a Fellow of the Cognitive Science Society! Deadline: Nov 1 More info: cognitivesciencesociety.org/fellows/

Cognitive Science Society@cogscisociety.bsky.social · 10mo ago

The CogSci Society is accepting nominations for 🌟Fellows of the Society🌟 Fellows are individuals whose research has exhibited sustained excellence and had sustained impact on the #CogSci community. Visit cognitivesciencesociety.org/fellows/ and submit your nomination until November 1st!

The CogSci Society is accepting nominations for 🌟Fellows of the Society🌟 Fellows are individuals whose research has exhibited sustained excellence and had sustained impact on the #CogSci community. Visit cognitivesciencesociety.org/fellows/ and submit your nomination until November 1st!

Huge congratulations to the brilliant Nora Newcombe, recipient of the 2025 David E. Rumelhart Prize! 🏅#CogSci2025

We had a fantastic start to #ISGS2025 and we are ready for Day2! ⏰ Check out today’s detailed schedule: www.isgs10.nl/conference-p... Highlights include: 🌟 Keynote by Johanna Mesch 🔍Symposia, talk and poster sessions 🌟 Keynote by Mark Turner 🕺🏽Conference Dinner & Dancing

Full room for Tilbe Göksun’s keynote on multifunctionality of gesture processing & use with an individual differences approach #ISGS2025 @tilbegoksun.bsky.social

We're pleased to announce an in-person event celebrating 25 years of the Rumelhart Prize at #CogSci2025 Join us to celebrate the impact of the Rumelhart Prize on Cognitive Science! 🗓️ July 30, 2025 📍The Internet Archive, San Francisco Learn more at cognitivesciencesociety.org/rumelhart-25...

Gesture reduces mapping difficulties in the development of spatial language depending on the complexity of spatial relations. New paper by @ercenurunal.bsky.social & al. with @dilaykaradoller.bsky.social , Beyza Sümer, @asliozyurek.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Gesture Reduces Mapping Difficulties in the Development of Spatial Language Depending on the Complexity of Spatial Relations

In spoken languages, children acquire locative terms in a cross-linguistically stable order. Terms similar in meaning to in and on emerge earlier than those similar to front and behind, followed by l...

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The Cognitive Science Society's Broadening Participation Grant is entering its 3rd year, funding initiatives that expand global participation in Cognitive Science! We're excited to share updates on our 2024 recipients—each with a dedicated blog post. Follow along! 🧵👇 #CogSci

New paper in Cognitive Science! We show evidence for the joint role of cognitive complexity & modality of expression for the development of spatial language. @cogscisociety.bsky.social

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New paper out !!Children use spatial gestures to complement speech more for complex than simpler spatial relations - gestures might reduce mapping difficulties of complex spatial concepts to arbitrary speech symbols - in Cognitive Science !! @ercenurunal.bsky.social @dilaykaradoller @beyzasumer

⏰ONE WEEK left to submit your abstracts for #ISGS2025 Deadline: January 31 Don’t miss our great line up of keynote speakers and three days full of the latest multimodal language research!

ISGS2025@isgs2025.bsky.social · 2y ago

📢DEADLINE EXTENSION!!! 🗓️ Submission deadline for #ISGS2025 has been extended to January 31, 2025 🔎 For submission guidelines, see: www.isgs10.nl/abstract-sub... @mpi-nl.bsky.social @asliozyurek.bsky.social

Introduction to #ISGS2025 in IS

We’re pleased to announce the winners of the 2024 #CogSciMindChallenge 🧠🧩 🥇Ryan Rhodes - Rutgers University 🥈John Hollander and Zoey Sanders - Arkansas State University 🥉Nidhi Sinha - Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad 🏅Raunak Pillai - New York University Check out their amazing videos ⬇️

Call for submissions open for 10th Conference of the International Society for Gesture Studies at Nijmegen, the Netherlands on July 9-11 2025 Submission guidelines and more info: www.isgs10.nl/abstract-sub... Deadline: January 15,2025

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⏰Deadline approaching! Just 3 weeks left to recognize leading researchers by nominating them as Fellows of the Cognitive Science Society. Deadline is November 1st! 🗓️ Don’t miss out! cognitivesciencesociety.org/fellows/

Join us in celebrating David Rumelhart, James McClelland, and Geoffrey Hinton — winners of the 2024 Golden Goose Award 👏👏👏 Learn more about their groundbreaking work and its lasting impact on science and society at cognitivesciencesociety.org/golden-goose-award #GoldenGooseAward #CogSci