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Prof Kate Watkins

@kateewatkins.bsky.social

Brain, speech and language research. Works @StAnnesCollege and @OxExpPsy University of Oxford. Co-E-i-C @jneurolang. Owned by Koko.

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Asifa Majid@asifamajid.bsky.social · last mo.

It's hard to believe that OECS has now published 200 articles!🎉 A huge thank you to everyone who has contributed to OECS—our authors, reviewers, readers, and fantastic section editors, and especially @mcxfrank.bsky.social frank.bsky.social and @hbaum.bsky.social Excited for the next chapter!

Philip Laughlin@philiplaughlin.bsky.social · last mo.

Today's #OA spotlight is extra special. Just this week, @mitpress.bsky.social published the 200th article in our OPEN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF COGNITIVE SCIENCE. Congrats to @mcxfrank.bsky.social & @asifamajid.bsky.social! We've come far since the 2023 @cogscisociety.bsky.social in Rotterdam! oecs.mit.edu

Toby Miller@tobytram.bsky.social · last mo.

I’ve been standing stock still in this wood for about 10 minutes while I mess about with a photo on my phone. I look up, notice the shape, and slowly crouch down to film This has made me so happy I feel I could cry. It’s as close to magic as I hope to get.

Per Ahlberg@perahlberg.bsky.social · 2mo ago

The strangest thing happened today. We went to the uninhabited island of Lunga, west of Mull, to look at the puffins nesting there. I was just taking photos when I felt a thump as something landed quite heavily in my head. It was a puffin! It stayed for about a minute before flying off.

A man with his back to the camera, wearing a blue jacket and a grey woolen hat. A puffin is sitting on top of his head. On the left, an arm holding a mobile phone can be seen. In the background, a green slope and the sea beyond.In this photo the puffin is taking off.
Prof Kate Watkins@kateewatkins.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Thrilled to receive this support and excited to start! @stannescollege.bsky.social @oxexppsy.bsky.social

European Research Council (ERC)@erc.europa.eu · 2mo ago

Stuttering affects up to 8% of children, with 1 in 5 continuing to stutter into adulthood. Using a new ERC Advanced Grant, Kate Watkins will research how to better understand it, and explore innovative therapies. Read more 👉 link.europa.eu/6b9pgV #ERCAdG @kateewatkins.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk

Auditory-Visual Speech Association (AVISA)@avsp.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Embodied Speech: Sensorimotor Contributions to Native and Non-Native Phoneme Processing and Learning direct.mit.edu/nol/article/... Reviews training paradigms, especially those that incorporate manual gestures -> highlights strength/weaknesses -> aim: to optimise foreign phoneme learning

Embodied Speech: Sensorimotor Contributions to Native and Non-Native Phoneme Processing and Learning

Abstract. Learning to recognize and produce foreign speech sounds can be challenging, particularly when only subtle differences distinguish these new sounds from phonemes in the native language. Funct...

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Prof Kate Watkins@kateewatkins.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Grateful to have received this award and meet all the other awardees. Thank you @faranehvargha.bsky.social for the nomination and also all the inspirational women in our lineage. Will treasure this very special jewellery until it is my turn to pass it on.

Jewellery and pin for suffrage science awards
Oxford Biochemistry @oxfordbiochemistry.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Another fantastic evening celebrating truly inspirational women at the Suffrage Science Awards in Life Sciences 2026. Read about the awardees and what the nominators - previous recipients - had to say about why they nominated these exceptional women: bit.ly/LifeSciences2026

Some of the awardees and their nominators stand at the stairs in the Department of Biochemistry after the awards ceremony
Simon Fisher@profsimonfisher.bsky.social · 7mo ago

The course, now in its 6th iteration, covers key questions in speech & language research, with interdisciplinary perspectives spanning development, cognitive modeling, neural bases, gene identification, functional genomics, model systems & comparative/evolutionary studies. Applications due April 10.

Flyer with information about the Genetics & Neurobiology of Language summer course at Cold Spring Harbor, held on July 27th to August 3rd 2026, applications due by April 10th 2026. Instructors are Simon Fisher from the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Netherlands, David Poeppel from New York University and Kate Watkins from the University of Oxford, UK. The course description is as follows: Why are children able to acquire highly sophisticated language abilities without needing to be taught? What are the neurobiological and neurophysiological processes that underpin human speech and language, and how do they go awry in developmental and acquired disorders? Which genetic factors contribute to this remarkable suite of human skills, and are there evolutionary precursors that we can study in other species? This unique CSHL course, in its sixth iteration, addresses these core questions about the bases and origins of speech and language, through talks, interactive sessions, keynotes and debates, involving leading experts from a range of disciplines. It integrates the state-of-the-art from complementary perspectives, including development, cognitive models, neural basis, gene identification, functional genomics, model systems and comparative/evolutionary studies. The invited speakers are: Jennifer Below, Vanderbilt University Elika Bergelson, Harvard University Esti Blanco-Elorrieta, New York University Jonathan Brennan, University of Michigan Karen Emmorey, San Diego State University Evelina Fedorenko, MIT Julia Fischer, Cognitive Ethology Laboratory, Germany Tecumseh Fitch, University of Vienna, Austria Adeen Flinker, NYU Langone Timothy Gentner, University of California, San Diego Liberty Hamilton, UC Berkeley Catherine Hobaiter, Wild Minds Lab, University of St. Andrews, UK Sonja Vernes, The University of St. Andrews, UK Sandra Waxman, Northwestern University For funding opportunities and additional course information, please go to: meetings.cshl.edu/courses
Shaun Lintern@shaunlintern.bsky.social · last yr.

Doctors at one of England’s leading cancer hospitals have launched a clinical trial of headgear that emits electric fields. The pulses disrupt cell division in glioblastoma — one of the deadliest forms of brain cancer www.thetimes.com/article/23d3...

Electric ‘swimming cap’ could combat brain tumours

The NHS is trialling a headset that emits electrical fields that disrupt cell division, and it may improve survival rates if used early in treatment

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Simon Fisher@profsimonfisher.bsky.social · last yr.

"Findings suggest that compositionality [the capacity to combine meaningful elements into larger meaningful structures] is a prominent feature of the bonobo vocal system revealing stronger parallels with human language than previously thought." Fascinating work by @berthetmelissa.bsky.social et al.🧪

Extensive compositionality in the vocal system of bonobos

Compositionality, the capacity to combine meaningful elements into larger meaningful structures, is a hallmark of human language. Compositionality can be trivial (the combination’s meaning is the sum ...

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Neurobiology of Language@jneurolang.bsky.social · last yr.

Did you know that @jneurolang allows you to submit your manuscript your way? We only require journal specific formatting once your manuscript is accepted. Put your figures in the text and keep reviewers happy 😃 direct.mit.edu/nol/pages/su...

submission-guidelines | Neurobiology of Language | MIT Press

submission-guidelines | Neurobiology of Language | MIT Press Submit Your Article Submission Guidelines All submissions should be made via the Neurobiology of Language online su...

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