Greig de Zubicaray
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Professor of Psychology @ QUT. Psycholinguistics, neurobiology of language, etc. Husband & father.
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Australasian Society for Experimental Psychology
about 1 month ago
⚠️ LAST CHANCE to submit your abstract. Submissions close 30 April 2026.
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ines-schoenmann.bsky.social
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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
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Reuben Rideaux
about 1 month ago
🚨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...
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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...
https://usyd.wd105.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/USYD_EXTERNAL_CAREER_SITE/details/Senior-Lecturer-Lecturer-in-Psychology_0150353-1
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Dragan Rangelov
about 2 months ago
📢 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.
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New paper exploring how shape features of white matter tracts predict post-operative speech production outcomes (open access):
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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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…
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0093934X26000489
about 2 months ago
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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...
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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...
https://direct.mit.edu/jocn/article/doi/10.1162/JOCN.a.2402/133668/No-Causal-Role-for-Premotor-Cortex-in-the
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Simon Fisher
4 months ago
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
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Stephen Wilson
5 months ago
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...
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow/Research Fellow – Neural Correlates of Recovery from Aphasia
Language Neuroscience Laboratory | School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences Full-time, fixed-term position for 2 years commencing April 2026 (negotiable) Base salary will range from $83,698 - $138...
https://uq.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-GB/uqcareers/job/St-Lucia-Campus/Postdoctoral-Research-Fellow-Research-Fellow---Neural-Correlates-of-Recovery-from-Aphasia_R-57519-1
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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...
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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...
https://doi.org/10.1177/17470218251407555
5 months ago
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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!!)
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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…
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0749596X25001196
6 months ago
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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...
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ICONice workshop
A workshop on words and interfaces between representations
https://sites.google.com/view/iconiceworkshop/homepage
8 months ago
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VitĂłria Piai
8 months ago
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"!)
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Very happy to see Angelique's paper on semantic processing and the ATL with
@vipiai.bsky.social
,
@profkatie.bsky.social
out now in Cortex :
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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…
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0010945225002369
9 months ago
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Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics
9 months ago
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
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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
9 months ago
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Incredibly proud of
@vtolkacheva.bsky.social
who has been awarded her PhD for her research on the neurobiology of speech perception and misperception!
9 months ago
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Looking forward to this morning’s session on Language: Anatomy, Networks and Pathology!
#OHBM2025
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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...
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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.
https://www.qut.edu.au/research/study-with-us/scholarships/applying-for-scholarships
about 1 year ago
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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...
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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.
https://www.qut.edu.au/research/study-with-us/scholarships/applying-for-scholarships
about 1 year ago
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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...
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https://osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/rnx8m_v2
about 1 year ago
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Very happy to see this paper on the phonological structure of polysemous words now in press and open access:
psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/202...
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APA PsycNet
https://psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/2025-99361-001.html
about 1 year ago
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Masud Husain
about 1 year ago
Why academia is sleepwalking into self-destruction. My editorial
@brain1878.bsky.social
If you agree with the sentiments please repost. It's important for all our sakes to stop the madness
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Brielle Stark, PhD {she}
over 1 year ago
We are recruiting persons with
#aphasia
for a study taking place (in person!) at University of Tech
#Sydney
! Please spread to your network. It's all about user experience; no tech expertise required!
#SLPeeps
#SLP
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Matt Goldrick
over 1 year ago
Come hang out with me and Kong Meng Liew -- will share what I've learned working with
@reviewerzero.bsky.social
about giving and receiving peer reviews
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Alas, my summer holiday is over and hinting that I should check in to see what I've missed here...
over 1 year ago
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Does anyone know a database with French semantic neighbourhood density or diversity norms for a large set of words?
over 1 year ago
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Laura Gwilliams
over 1 year ago
✨i'm hiring a lab manager, with a start date of ~September 2025! to express interest, please complete this google form:
forms.gle/GLyAbuD779Rz...
looking for someone to join our multi-disciplinary team, using OPM, EEG, iEEG and computational techniques to study speech and language processing! đź§
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Could discussions about editorial board composition include geographic diversity, please?
over 1 year ago
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This article is just super. Table 2 made my day.
arxiv.org/pdf/2406.01538
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over 1 year ago
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Thank you to everyone who ventured down under for
#SNL2024
! I feel blessed working in a field with such great people.
over 1 year ago
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Safe travels to all making their way to Brisbane for the Neurobiology of Language conference. History is made by those who turn up. See you in a day or so!
over 1 year ago
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jim magnuson
over 1 year ago
Looking for a PhD student to join my Comp Neuro group at BCBL in Spain for a funded position investigating the bases of human statistical learning using neural networks, EEG, and MEG:
www.bcbl.eu/en/join-us/j...
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FUNDED Ph.D. CANDIDATE POSITION – FUNDED PROJECT – RECURRENT NETWORK MODELS OF STATISTICAL LEARNING
at the BCBL- Basque Center on Cognition Brain and Language (San Sebastián, Basque Country, Spain) www.bcbl.eu
https://www.bcbl.eu/en/join-us/job-offers/funded-phd-candidate-position-funded-project-recurrent-network-models-statistical
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Very happy to see this paper in press and Open Access:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
We show that English words’ concreteness ratings are strongly related to their surface form features. With special thanks to
@jamiereillycog.bsky.social
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Revisiting the concreteness effect: Non-arbitrary mappings between form and concreteness of English words influence lexical processing
How do we represent and process abstract and concrete concepts? The “concreteness effect”, in which words with more concrete meanings are processed mo…
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0010027724002580
over 1 year ago
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Matt Goldrick
over 1 year ago
Come join us! Review begins immediately:2-year visiting assist. prof., "meaning and sentence-structure (broadly construed)…particularly interested in candidates who pursue interdisciplinary approaches", Linguistics, Northwestern University
linguistics.northwestern.edu/about/open-p...
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Asifa Majid
over 1 year ago
Great opportunity for a short visit to an experimental psychology lab in the UK for researchers from the Global South!
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