✨ Building bridges between our MaSCo students! Last night, M1 and M2 students came together for an evening of exchange and connection. Great discussions, shared experiences, and a chance to strengthen solidarity across promotions. Big thanks to everyone who joined! #ILCB #MaSCo #StudentCommunity

📢 Seminar this Thursday (Sept 25, 1pm CET) 🎙️ Chloé Clavel (Inria Paris) Understanding Social Interactions in the Era of LLMs – the Challenges of Transparency 📍 LIS, Campus Luminy + online 🔗 Zoom: univ-amu-fr.zoom.us/j/8685209402...

New exciting work from Elin Runnqvist’s group 📝: Demonstrating that the brain’s medial frontal cortex monitors actions along a caudal-to-rostral gradient: simple movements at the back and complex speech errors at the front. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

🌍 Neurosciences of Tomorrow at +2° Oct 15–17, 2025 | #Marseille 3 days exploring: 🔹 Research & #ecology 🔹 Neuroscience & #societies 🔹 The future of #neuroscience 👉 Program & registration: neuro22m1a2deg.sciencesconf.org?lang=fr

📢 Registration open until September 14! #ESLP2025 Explore interdisciplinary approaches to language processing, grounding, and the interaction between language, sensory, and motor systems. 🔗 Details: eslp2025.sciencesconf.org #LanguageProcessing #CognitiveScience

🔬✨ New publication from one of our PhD students! Breathing is automatic—but during speech, the brain takes control. A new study in Scientific Reports reveals the neural mechanisms behind this shift. 👉 Read the article here: www.insb.cnrs.fr/fr/cnrsinfo/... #Cognition #Speech #Breathing

✨ The ILCB Summer School 2025 is officially underway! ✨ Day 1 at CIRM, Marseille brought together students, researchers, and lecturers from all over the world for a week dedicated to language, brain, and cognition. #SummerSchool #CognitiveScience #Language #Neuroscience #ScientificCommunity

✨ #ILCB Summer School 2025 – Just a few days to go! ✨ From September 1–5, we’ll welcome students, researchers, and lecturers at CIRM, #Marseille for a week of courses, workshops, and discussions on #language, #brain & #cognition. Looking forward to a stimulating week of scientific exchanges!

🌞 Back from the summer break! We kick off the new season with an exciting ILCB Talk by Simon Kirby (University of Edinburgh): 🗓️ Sept 26, 2025 – Marseille 🎙️ “Cultural evolution creates language-like structure: from humans to humpback whales and beyond” 🔗 ilcb.fr/event/simon-kirby #ILCB

🗣️ Final call! 📍 SIGDIAL 2025 — Avignon, Aug 25–27 Cutting-edge research in discourse & dialogue, keynotes, demos, and a banquet at the Palace of the Popes! 📅 Early reg. ends July 18 🔗 2025.sigdial.org #SIGDIAL2025 #NLP #DialogueSystems #AIConferences

📢 Save the date! 🧠🎭 The Festival of Science & Beliefs is back → Sept 16–20, 2025 (Aix, Marseille, Aubagne). Talks, performances, debates & more exploring where science meets belief. ☕ ILCB members: interested in joining the Science Café at the Mucem? Get in touch! www.linkedin.com/posts/instit...

🌿 Save the Date! Join us for the ILCB Garden Party on Friday, October 10 at the LPL garden! Featuring presentations by 🧠 Philippe Albouy (ILCB-Iméra Chair 2025–2026) 🔬 Simon Thibault (ILCB postdoc) A warm welcome to all our new members followed by a shared lunch in the garden.

👏 Congratulations to Christian-G. Bénar, recipient of a 2024 ERC Advanced Grant! He was awarded for his project OptiMEG: non-invasive recording of deep brain activity using mobile sensors optimized with intracerebral measures. www.linkedin.com/posts/inserm... #ERC #AdvancedGrant #amU #INS

🧠✨ Workshop Curiosity and Intrinsic Motivation in Infant-Child Learning To mark the end of his residency, Antoni Rodriguez-Fornells (ILCB-Iméra chair) is organizing a two-day internal workshop on June 27 & July 1, 2025, at Iméra (Maison Neuve). More info 👉 www.imera.fr/en/agenda/cu...

📢 The 2025 Amidex Research Equipment Call is open! Funding available to renew or acquire energy-efficient research equipment across AMU labs. Deadline: Jan 5, 2026. More info 👉 www.univ-amu.fr/fr/public/la...

🎉 ILCB Newsletter #50 coming in September! Got an idea for a special edition? Let us know! 🧠✨ We'll be discussing them at the next steering committee meeting in early July. Past issues here: www.ilcb.fr/newsletter-2/ #ILCB #science #newsletter

Researchers at Aix-Marseille: your voice matters! 🧠📊 Take part in this foresight initiative led by @amU and partners to help shape the university’s future strategy. #SciencePolicy #ResearchStrategy #amU

🚀 Excited to share that Abdellah Fourtassi (@fourtassi.bsky.social) will speak at the IA & Education workshop in Marseille on June 30! Topic: "Can Large Language Models learn like children?" More info 👉https://ia-edu.lis-lab.fr/ #AI #Education #LLM #Marseille

🧠✨ The #ExploreFestival is back in #Marseille, June 10–15! 🔍 Meet researchers in parks, bars & boats – incl. ILCB members Isabelle Dautriche, Clément François, Bruno Torresani, Benjamin Morillon & more! 📍 Free, fun & science-packed 🔗Full program: explore.univ-amu.fr #ILCB #ScienceForAll #amU

🧠 New study from researchers at LPL, ILCB & CRPN: Learning to read reshapes how we hear words! After consolidation, spelling influences how similar-sounding words are processed in the brain. 📄 hal.science/hal-04975350v1 #Neuro #Cogsci #EEG #Reading #Psycholinguistics

#PhDPosition available at #LPL in #AixEnProvence

📢 24-month postdoc at LPL (Aix-en-Provence) in NLP/Educational Tech on multimodal resources for LfPC (Cued Speech). Start: late 2025. Contact: [email protected]. #postdoc #NLP #EIAH #TAL +INFO: www.linkedin.com/posts/n%C3%B...

🎓⏰ Last call! Only a few hours left to apply for the ILCB Summer School 2025 in Aix-Marseille (Sept 1–5)! Join researchers from around the world to explore the mind & brain through lectures, courses, and discussions. Apply now 👉 columbo.univ-amu.fr/index.php/53... #Neuro #Ling #PhD #Postdoc

🚀 Opportunities at the Max Planck Institute for #Psycholinguistics, Nijmegen! 🔹 2 #PhD positions 🔹 2 #Postdoc positions Explore spoken language processing in the brain and AI with cutting-edge neuroscience and computational methods. Apply by June 23, 2025. Learn more 👉 www.mpi.nl/career-educa...

🚨 5 days left to apply for the ILCB Summer School 2025! 🚀 Join us in Marseille to explore the latest in Language, Communication & the Brain with top experts! 🗓️ Dates: Sept 1-5, 2025
📍 Location: CIRM, Marseille, France
🔗 Apply now: columbo.univ-amu.fr/index.php/53... #SummerSchool #Neuroscience

🚨 Only 4 days left! 🚨 Don't miss this chance: The ILCB is offering 1 postdoc position (2 years) in Language, Communication & the Brain. 🗓️ Deadline: May 20, 2025 👉 Apply now: www.ilcb.fr/postdoc-call/ #PostdocOpportunity #CognitiveScience #Neuroscience #LanguageResearch #ScienceJobs #AcademicJobs

🎓🚀 #PhDOpportunity in Psychology! Study social cognition in teens (w/ & w/o traumatic brain injury) at Aix-Marseille & Rennes 2. 📅 Start: Sept-Oct 2025 ✅ Master’s in Psychology (Neuropsychology a plus) 🌐 French required 📩 Apply by May 31 ➕info below

🔔 Don’t miss our Lunchtalk on May 23! 🗣️ Steve Majorus (Université de Liège) will explore how verbal working memory is shaped by our language system. 📍 Espace Pouillon, St Charles, Marseille 🕛 12:00 PM 👉 RSVP: www.ilcb.fr/event/the-fo... #CognitiveScience #Neuroscience #Psycholinguistics

🎤 Abstract submissions are now open for ESLP2025! 🗓️ Sept 23–26, Aix-en-Provence 🌍 A unique conference on embodied language, communication & cognition 🔬 Focus on comparative research: primates, cetaceans, genetics ➡️ eslp2025.sciencesconf.org #ESLP2025 #ILCB #Language #Cognition #Embodiment

🧠 Lunchtalk in Marseille – May 23 The Foundations of Verbal Working Memory in the Language System 📍 Espace Pouillon – St Charles 🎙️ With Steve Majorus (Université de Liège) How is language knowledge involved in working memory? Come find out! 👉 RSVP: www.ilcb.fr/event/the-fo... #CognitiveScience

🎤 Join the TALEP team for Benoît Favre’s talk: “What Do Multimodal Tokenizers Understand About Conversation?” 🗓 May 13, 10 AM 📍 FRUMAM, Saint-Charles campus #AI #Multimodal #NLP #ConversationAnalysis #CognitiveScience #LIS— don’t miss it!

📢 Two calls for young researchers in PACA: 👉 jDI (🗓️15/06) 👉 i-PhD (🗓️16/05) Boost your research or launch your startup! 🔗 jDI: maregionsud.fr/vos-aides/de... 🔗 i-PhD: bpifrance.fr/nos-appels-a... 🚀 Go for it! #PhD #Innovation #Research #Startup

Researchers from various disciplines in Aix-Marseille University gathered to share their perspectives on language and communication in a truly memorable event ! Huge thanks to Lilia Mena-Gomez and Nadera Bureau; the MVPs behind the scenes, and to our international board for their inspiring talks!

Grateful to all participants of the ILCB Retreat 2025. Special thanks to Abdellah Fourtassi and Nadera Bureau for the excellent program and organization. #ILCB #Retreat

👏 Congratulations to @Clément François (LPL-ILCB) for receiving the 2nd Prize in Scientific Research from the 5 Senses for Kids Foundation in partnership with the Société des Neurosciences! www.linkedin.com/posts/instit... #neuroscience #languagelearning #5SensesforKids #LPL

Don't miss this #PhDOpportunity at our university — there's still time to apply!

👉 Know someone who might be interested in our Summer School? Don’t hesitate to share!

📢 New publication alert! 📢 👂Ever struggled to understand natural speech in a noisy environment? 🤔 Our new research shows that moving rhythmically can actually help you hear better! royalsocietypublishing.org/eprint/ZWRPM... with: @strijkers.bsky.social & Noémie teRietmolen 🧵👇

📢 Call for proposals – Pépinière d’Excellence 2025 (AMIDEX) Funding for emerging/underfunded research @univ-amu.fr (esp. humanities & social sciences). 🗓️ April 25: Intent | June 2: Full proposal 🔗More information & application: www.univ-amu.fr/en/node/10954 #ResearchFunding #Humanities

Funded PhD at LPL (CNRS & AMU) on Bilingualism & Lexical Stress Processing (ANR FRENCHMELO) 📍Aix-en-Provence 📅 Apply by April 30, 2025 (CV) ✉️ [email protected] & [email protected] #PhD #Linguistics

🗣️ New in Nature Communications!
 James S. German & team reveal how Heschl’s gyrus encodes pitch accents as abstract prosodic units—unlike in primates. A key insight into human speech processing! 🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#Neuroscience #Speech #Prosody #Cognition #Brain

I’m sponsoring one candidate. If you’re interested in joining our team in Marseille as a postdoc to work on children’s social interaction & learning, feel free to send me an email! All backgrounds are welcome, the project will be developed collaboratively with the candidate! (deadline: May, 20th)

🚀 Exciting opportunity! The ILCB is offering 1 postdoc (2 years) on Language, Communication & the Brain. Deadline: May 20, 2025 👉 www.ilcb.fr/postdoc-call/ 🔄 Spread the word! #PostdocOpportunity #CognitiveScience #Neuroscience #LanguageResearch #ScienceJobs #AcademicJobs

🚨 PhD position 🚨 Join an ERC project exploring the format of thought without language in baboons & bees 🐒🐝 Interested in cognition, language origins & comparative research? Apply here 👉 emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/Docto... #PhDOpportunity #Cogsci #Marseille #ResearchOpportunity

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🚀 #ILCB #SummerSchool 2025 – Apply Now! 🌞🧠 Join us Sept 1-5, 2025 at CIRM, Marseille to explore Language, Cognition & the Brain! 🗣 Language & Cognition | 🧠 Neuroscience 🤖 AI & Machine Learning | 📊 Math & Stats 📅 Apply by May 23 → www.ilcb.fr/2025-2/ Know someone interested? Tag & share! 📢

🔊 Language of Sounds & Sounds of Language 🎶🧠 The 2025 #ILCB Docs & Postdocs #Workshop is coming soon! A day of talks on language & sound, with young researchers & a keynote by Jean-Julien Aucouturier. 📅 March 27 🔗 Info & sign-up: www.ilcb.fr/event/the-an... #Language #Sound #Neuroscience

🚨 PhD Position Alert! 🚨 Join the Move to Tell project at Aix-Marseille University! Study infant communicative development & motor activity with Dr. Marianne Jover and Dr. Céline Scola. Fully funded, 3-year contract. Apply by May 1st! + info: [email protected] #PhDAlert #InfantDevelopment

Aix-Marseille University launches Safe Place For Science to support US researchers. €15M funding, up to €300K research budget, and 3-year contracts. Apply today! More info: www.univ-amu.fr/en/public/ac... #ResearchOpportunities #USResearchers

🧠🔊 New study! Reconstructing voice identity from brain activity using fMRI & deep learning. Findings show how the brain encodes speaker identity & enable voice reconstruction from noninvasive recordings! 📄 Read more: hal.science/hal-04483262v1 #Neuroscience #AI #VoiceProcessing #BCI