The Cognition Group in the Psychology dept at Exeter are at risk of redundancy because "basic cognitive psychology research does not align with the current priorities of funding bodies" If you think this is overtly wrong and misguided, please sign this open letter docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Open Letter in Support of the Cognition Group, University of Exeter

To Executive members of the University of Exeter, including Vice Chancellor Prof. Lisa Roberts, Senior Vice-President and Provost Prof. Dan Charman, Pro Vice Chancellor and Executive Dean Prof. Sallie...

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First ever Warwick Text Analytics Workshop at @warwickpsych.bsky.social starting today. 40 attendees from all over the UK, funded by @britishacademy.bsky.social. Lecturers: myself, @lukaszwalasek.bsky.social, Simon Van Baal, Eric Yang, Peiqi Chen, and Jan Antkiewicz. Hope this will be first of many!

Finally out at @cp-trendscognsci.bsky.social. Everything I think I know about word meanings. Particular focus on words that are unfamiliar or ambiguous. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

My first first-author paper has just been published @JCgntn: doi.org/10.5334/joc.... - check it out below if you’re interested in prediction and/or word-meaning priming! ⬇️ Big thanks to my amazing co-authors/supervisors @mggaskell.bsky.social, @sacairney.bsky.social, @matthewmakpsy.bsky.social

No Effects of Predictability on Word-Meaning Priming and Incidental Memory | Journal of Cognition

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We’re recruiting 3 fully funded PhD Fellowships in Psychology at the University of Warwick. 🌟 Projects supervised by Dr Alice Chan, Dr Matthew Mak & Dr Marina Mendonca ⏳ Deadline: 15 March 2026 🔗 Apply here: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/D... #PhD #AcademicSky #Psychology 1/2

PhD Studentship: Three PhD Fellowships in Psychology at University of Warwick

Explore a PhD Studentship: Three PhD Fellowships in Psychology on jobs.ac.uk. Discover more PhD opportunities and apply today!

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@warwickpsych.bsky.social is recruiting an Assistant / Associate Professor (permanent post). Come join us! It's a great department. warwick-careers.tal.net/vx/appcentre...

To mark the 80th anniversary of the Experimental Psychology Society, we invite proposals for a special anniversary symposium reflecting on the current state of experimental psychology and its future trajectory. Please see below for information on how to submit a proposal! eps.ac.uk/eps-80th-ann...

EPS 80th Anniversary Symposium – Call for Proposals

To mark the 80th anniversary of the Experimental Psychology Society, we invite proposals for a special anniversary symposium that reflects on the current state of experimental psychology and its fu…

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Recruiting a #PhD student interested in cognitive psychology (language, memory) and AI. Come join me at @warwickpsych.bsky.social. Overseas students are welcome. Feel free to reach out to me to enquire. #PhD #Fellowship #academia #apply. Deadline in mid-March warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/psyc...

Recruiting a #PhD student interested in cognitive psychology (language, memory) and AI. Come join me at @warwickpsych.bsky.social. Overseas students are welcome. Feel free to reach out to me to enquire. #PhD #Fellowship #academia #apply. Deadline in mid-March warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/psyc...

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Thank you to everyone who attended, presented and helped organise #EPSLondon 2026! EPS meetings are coming up fast in 2026, with the next to be held at Newcastle University between Monday 30th March – Wednesday 1st April. Portals open on Monday 12th January, 10am UK time! eps.ac.uk/next-meeting/

Next Meeting

EPS Meeting: Newcastle University. Monday 30th March – Wednesday 1st April 2026. This meeting will include the 24th EPS Mid-Career Prize lecture by Elizabeth Jefferies (and accompanying sympo…

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Gave my last lecture of the year today. And my final-year project student made me cookies🤩 I think I have peaked now. Have a lovely Christmas y'all!

ChatGPT brought ‘delve’ to life, but students have now killed it. A large-scale analysis of students' writing from the past 10 years on how GenAI is shaping undergraduate writing: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #AI #GenAI #ChatGPT #studentwriting #delve #intricate #academia

We are pleased to announce a call for papers for a QJEP special issue: New Perspectives on the Mental Lexicon, guest edited by Jo Taylor, Kathy Rastle and Matthew Mak. Expressions of interest are due by 20th December 2025. Further details can be found here: journals.sagepub.com/pb-assets/PD...

I am guest editing a special issue—"New Perspectives on the Mental Lexicon" in @qjep.bsky.social with @kathyrastle.bsky.social and Jo Taylor. Expression of interest until 20th Dec. Get in touch!

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Call for papers now published for an upcoming special issue—"New Perspectives on the Mental Lexicon"—at QJEP (@qjep.bsky.social): journals.sagepub.com/pb-assets/PD...

New blogpost on my concerns about Wellcome LEAP new $50m program on autism/microbiome links. deevybee.blogspot.com/2025/10/a-le... #autism #microbiome #biomarkers #diagnostic

Killing 'delve': We analysed 4,800+ student-authored reports across a decade to uncover how ChatGPT is shaping undergrad writing—style, sentiment, and quality. 📉📈 GenAI isn't just a tool. It's a co-author. 📝 #Preprint: www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-7...

Looking for a departmental seminar speaker for the coming academic year? Look no further! Am available to give a talk on how GenAI is shaping undergraduate writing — we analysed 4800+ authentic submissions from the last 10 years!

Going to @exppsychsoc.bsky.social meeting next week. Gonna be my first time in Scotland! Will give a talk on my latest work analysing >4000 authentic student-authored reports to shed light on GenAI's influence on linguistic style and quality. Can't wait to share this work with the world!

What initiatives in your department bring people together and encourage collaboration? Looking for fresh ideas to connect people! #AcademicChatter

Adult vs. children in word learning: Our latest study suggests that the effect of prior knowledge and consolidation may differ between adults and children in word learning. Noel Lam tested over 60+ kids! Impressive work.

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New article with Dr. Mak (@matthewmakpsy.bsky.social) examines the timecourse of word learning across development -- now out in Journal of Experimental Child Psychology! (1/3) www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #AcademicSky #PsychSky

@warwickpsych.bsky.social is hiring two 1-year teaching-focussed assistant professors/teaching fellows (open to PhD students close to submission). Open area but one of the posts will likely be in social psy. Come join us! warwick-careers.tal.net/vx/appcentre...

accidentally logged into my Twitter account. Had to log out after a minute of scrolling through my thread...

Tens of thousands of psychological measures have been created, but 79% are not reused more than twice. In a new article in NHB lead by @faridanvari.bsky.social and @ruben.the100.ci we quantify this fragmentation in psychology's measures and propose solutions. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Very proud of this latest paper, which shows that reading two unrelated words in a meaningful sentence will push these words closer in semantic space—an effect observed 5min, 20min, and 12 hrs after initial exposure. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Involvement of episodic memory in language comprehension: Naturalistic comprehension pushes unrelated words closer in semantic space for at least 12 h

Recent experience with a word significantly influences its subsequent interpretation. For instance, encountering bank in a river-related context biase…

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ex-student emailed to say they won full PhD scholarships at Oxford *AND* Cambridge, then thanked me for supervision over the years. #ProudSupervisorMoment

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Very happy to share our new preprint revealing no evidence for a targeted memory reactivation (TMR) effect on word-meaning priming (1/8): osf.io/preprints/ps...

Important new evidence published today: large-scale DofE trial (N=12,166) found that two universal MH awareness interventions, in secondary schools, led to an *increase* in emotional symptoms at long term (9-12 month) follow up tinyurl.com/4ffday8y Thread below /1

On Tues 29 Apr, Warwick Uni's COPR is hosting a free 1-day seminar for postgrads/ECRs conducting police research. Build networks & present to a friendly multidisciplinary audience. Travel bursaries available. Abstract deadline: 7 Mar warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fa... @mgsesrcdtp.bsky.social

PhD scholarship announcement 📣 www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLI727/p... Come and join my lab at U of Warwick. DM me for details and to discuss project ideas. Please RT!