Now published in Cortex! Drs. Laurel Buxbaum & postdoc Amy Lebkuecher provide overview of structure, organization, and neural substrates of action semantics in neuropsychological populations and discuss methodological approaches for future research 🧠📈 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41411702/

Does our "semantic space" get stuck in the past as we age? New work by @ellscain.bsky.social uses historical embeddings + behavioral data to show we are truly lifelong learners. Older adults don't rely on historical meanings—they update them to match current language! 🧠✨ doi.org/10.1162/OPMI...

Call for papers 👇👇👇🚨 clinicalaphasiologyconference.org/cac-2026/

PhD application deadline Dec 15th Excited to bring on a mentee to advance our precision rehabilitation of anomia research at the intersection of #cogsci and #aphasia

We are hiring for a Clinical Faculty member in our CDS department at #UBuffalo Support student supervision and education of MA SLP students #slpeeps Focus area - motor speech and dysphagia Start date in January Come join us in Buffalo! www.ubjobs.buffalo.edu/postings/59734

It is the honor of my lifetime to share that @universitypress.cambridge.org will publish the @lingsocam.bsky.social's new Journal of Black Language & Culture. www.lsadc.org/content.asp?... JBLAC fosters a transdisciplinary conversation on Black language & culture through a global, diasporic lens.

I'm open to accepting a #PhD student in #CDS beginning Fall 2026 at #UBuffalo! Join me in tackling questions about precision rehab of #anomia to improve communication and quality of life of people living with #aphasia A few things to consider, but also *please* reach out

We live in an era of overproduction—AI, social media, megaphones everywhere. My new piece, “The Whisperers,” is about choosing a different path: words that don’t scream, but whisper. open.substack.com/pub/arturoh/... #AI #SocialMedia #WritingCommunity #SubstackWriters

Our department is hiring! We're looking for a cognitive/developmental psychologist who uses computational approaches to study human cognition and behavior to address learning, development, and education. Feel free to reach out with questions!

New paper! This was a passion project for me. As first gen who received no career counseling, it took me a bit to find my through college & into the CSD field. When I taught our Intro course, I incorporated a lot of career counseling based on student feedback. Happy to put some data behind it!

#UBuffalo Dept of Psychology is hiring as part of SUNY's Empire Innovation program Assoc or Full Prof at the intersection of behavioral development and AI models of detection and intervention Job ad: www.ubjobs.buffalo.edu/postings/58513 Buffalo is a great place to work and live!

Important to check out if you're interested in discrete vs. gradient representations and notions like 'cascading activation' in speech production

New semantic network paper in @plosone.org with @ruimata.bsky.social at @unibas.ch and @dirkwulff.bsky.social at @arc-mpib.bsky.social! We ran large-scale simulations to test how well common behavioral tasks measure a person's semantic network. doi.org/10.1371/jour...

Check out our new paper on #phonological treatments for #anomia in #aphasia. Lots of good data to support phonological treatment but more work needed for maximizing treatment generalization, expanding outcome measures, and assessing treatment ingredients for patient matching.

Treatment characteristics, participant demographic characteristics, and outcomes in the research literature for phonological treatment for anomia are summarized in this new #AJSLP scoping review. on.asha.org/3HahgRY @sigperspectives.bsky.social

I'm open to accepting a #PhD student in #CDS beginning Fall 2026 at #UBuffalo! Join me in tackling questions about precision rehab of #anomia to improve communication and quality of life of people living with #aphasia A few things to consider, but also *please* reach out

I'm delighted to share my picture book written for young kids who are experiencing a loved one with #aphasia. Filled with inclusive language as well as resources, it's made for young kids (3 - 10 years old). More info & how to buy: www.neuralresearchlab.com/childrens-book

First paper from my lab out @commspsychol.nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s44271-025-00275-w Latent factor models are popular for mental representation of people, e.g. warmth & competence But we show in naturalistic contexts, more complex representations are needed: high-dimensional networks

Happy to report that the @sparksociety.bsky.social NSF grant has been reinstated!

I received the Human Resources' Pillars of Pride Employee Recognition Award for Inclusion! #UBuffalo #UBTrueBlue @ubartsandsciences.bsky.social @ubuffalo.bsky.social Thank you to Jon Chirico for the nomination, my department for engaging in DEI work, and my mentors for guiding me on this path!

Important update about local impacts of funding cuts. Depressing but compelling... Thanks to @joshuasweitz.bsky.social and his team for putting this together. scienceimpacts.org

🆓🔓in @sigperspectives.bsky.social Adithya Chandregowda writes, "speech-language pathologist" represents our role as diagnosticians (pathologists). "We need a title that emphasizes on our role in promoting communication regardless of one's “diagnosis.”" pubs.asha.org/doi/full/10.... 🦋 #bskySPEECHIES

Brian is living with #aphasia and is a research participant in my lab. Learn about Brian and why he participates: stream.asha.org/ashfoundatio... Brian and all our participants with aphasia inspire me to persist, no matter the obstacles! @ubuffalo.bsky.social @ubartsandsciences.bsky.social

Super excited for our annual Aphasia Health Fair at #UBuffalo on June 14th in Buffalo, NY! This is a FREE event, open to the public ✅Learn about aphasia from two people living with aphasia ✅Receive health and wellness resources ✅Get a hearing check-up

After you review >5 times for a journal ask the EIC to add you to their editorial review board. You can indeed self nominate your way to the excellence.

"Women are PIs on 58% of the canceled grants, although they are PIs on only 34% of all active NSF grants. Similarly, Blacks are PIs on 17% of the terminated grants, although they make only 4% of the total pool. Hispanic PIs and those with disabilities were twice as likely to lose a grant."

Proud of Gabi and Peyton for their hardwork this semester providing Phonomotor Treatment to a person with aphasia as a part of a larger clinic-research partnership. They gave a phenomenal poster presentation last week!

Language matters: training care staff to minimize elderspeak in assisted living/nursing homes led to reductions in non-compliance and use of antipsychotics among patients. Sometimes the “affected” person isn’t the problem. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/03/h...

We’ve got some exciting news: OpenCSD and CSDisseminate are joining forces and becoming 1 working group! Our mission is still the same: to spread the word about #OpenScience in communication sciences and disorders. But now we’re doing it together. www.csdisseminate.com/Announcement... #SLP #AuD #CSD

📢 Today I was supposed to be in DC, highlighting what the NSF Social, Behavioral, & Economic Sciences delivers to US taxpayers. NSF had one of the highest returns on investment (ROIs) of federal grantors 👏🏻 (1) and NSF SBE funded 63% of US social and psychological science research (2). 🧵

The closing statement:“We want scientists who hold identities that may be under attack to know that we are proud to be your colleagues, and that our science is stronger as a result of your being in this field. We will advocate for you, and we stand ready to assist you in whatever ways we can.”

ACTION ITEM-----ACTION ITEM Implementation of Schedule F This is what a lot of us have been worried about. This allows for many civil service positions to replaced with political appointees. This could include NIH institute directors and even POs. BUT THERE IS A COMMENT PERIOD... 1/n

Thanks to Evan Kidd, @mcxfrank.bsky.social & @asifamajid.bsky.social (Eds) for organizing the awesome *Open* Encyc. of Cog. Sci. and entrusting me with/ the honor of penning the entry on "Language" (in < 3500 words, so do see other entries for much, MUCH more!) oecs.mit.edu/pub/ho9e9c80...

The Spark Society appreciates your support. Thank you all for your donations. In addition to donations, I encourage those who study animal or human cognition to become a member of the Spark Society. If you support diverse voices and building inclusive spaces in Cognitive Psy/Sci, you belong!

What can you do to support scholars of color in the cognitive sciences? JOIN! $25/yr www.sparksociety.org/join-renew It's not just about the money... membership numbers matter too! I do it for my students, my colleagues, and all those who deserve to be here but haven't (yet) made it in

This is such a cool tool to see how much NIH has done for different medical conditions. I research aphasia. Here's what it says... just wow!

The SPARK Society supports scholars of color in the cognitive sciences. Learn about the SPARK Society and get involved if you can! www.sparksociety.org You can also help the SPARK Society achieve their mission by donating at buy.stripe.com/3cs03h1be38D...

New paper in Stroke led by Andrea Jones, MD-PhD #Multilayer #networks used to examine social determinants of health on stroke outcomes. Data from >2.9 million patients in GTWG-Stroke Registry 👀 Key nodes: county-level poverty, health insurance, homelessness, race @ahajournals.bsky.social Link⬇️

Does the mind degrade or become enriched as we grow old? To explain healthy aging effects, the evidence supports enrichment. Indeed, the evidence suggests changes in crystallized (enrichment) and fluid intelligence (slowing) share a common cause. psycnet.apa.org/record/2026-...

We're celebrating #aphasia awareness month with our annual Aphasia Health Fair 🗣️💬 at #UBuffalo Save the date! 📆Saturday, June 14 | 10 a.m.–12 p.m. 📍 403 Hayes Hall, University at Buffalo South Campus, Buffalo, NY @ubuffalo.bsky.social @ubartsandsciences.bsky.social

Any have leads on postdoc, faculty, research staff position for an amazing postdoc whose #NIH Diversity Supplement was terminated? They work at the nexus of #linguistics, #aphasia, and #multilingualism. Any tips appreciated!

Our goose couple has returned. They come back every year

New special issue of @cjep.bsky.social on network science in experimental psychology, covering topics such as collective #cognition, vocabulary learning, and socially based #language entropy bit.ly/4hkQv9s, guest edited by @yoedkenett.bsky.social et al. @canadianpsychology.bsky.social

Our Special Issue 'Network Science in Experimental Psychology' is out now! We will be featuring articles all week @dtitone.bsky.social Check out the table of contents here: psycnet.apa.org/PsycARTICLES...

Huge congrats to Peyton Tripp, MA student in Speech-Language Pathology at University at Buffalo, for receiving an #ASHFoundation Graduate Student Scholarship! 🎉 She's passionate about advancing #bilingual services for #Aphasia and is providing phonomotor treatment for one of our research studies

@nunetsi.bsky.social hosted the "2025 Future of Network Science Summit & Collabathon", bringing together junior scholars from across the U.S. and Europe, with a focus on advancing the research around multi-layer and higher-order networks. More about the Summit + Collabathon ➡️ bit.ly/4hZoYvf

KEEP CALLING. PEEL OFF ALL DEM SENATORS YOU CAN. ☎️: (202) 224-3121 Tell them to vote NO on Cloture and NO on CR. Vote is pushed to after 1:15ish for now. Situation is fluid. The only public YES votes are Schumer and Fetterman. They need 7-8 total. KEEP CALLING. Call retiring Senators too!

Apply to University at Buffalo’s Visiting Future Faculty program which brings outstanding URM doctoral candidates to UB Sept 14-19, 2025 to engage with UB faculty & students, meet other scholars in the program, and tour the region. Apply here: www.buffalo.edu/inclusion/st... Deadline March 28, 2025

“Staying engaged in policy discussions and advocating for equitable health care and education is a part of our scope of practice. … We are supposed to be protectors and advocates for our clients’ voices. It would be ironic if we allowed our own to be silenced.” #SLPeeps #advocacy

I am teaching a writing workshop for PhD students this Spring quarter. The syllabus is here if you think it might be useful for creating your own writing workshop: www.michaelwkraus.com/teaching