The 10th International Conference of the Scandinavian Association for Language and Cognition (SALC10) We invite proposals for oral presentation sessions as part of SALC10: www.salc-sssk.org www.salc10.com at Umeå University, June 23-25, 2026.

In our new paper Line Kruse shows that The Demonstrative Choice Task (DCT) can be used to predict depression across a number of languages. dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour...

Heart talk! Does emotional inner speech have a direct influence on cadiac physiology? Across two experiments we test to see if emotional inner speech alters heart rate. The short version is: Yes! It does. (1/5)

Evidence for inner speech in reading!?

Vascular draining confounds laminar decoding in fMRI https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.08.26.672278v1

In our new preprint we show (and replicate) that emotional inner speech leads to increased heart rate relative to non-emotional inner speech, while controlling for movement. With Line Kruse, Xinyi Yan, Paula Samide, Anja F. Meerwald, David T. Fjendbo & Johanne S.K. Nedergaard osf.io/preprints/ps...

New paper out !!Children use spatial gestures to complement speech more for complex than simpler spatial relations - gestures might reduce mapping difficulties of complex spatial concepts to arbitrary speech symbols - in Cognitive Science !! @ercenurunal.bsky.social @dilaykaradoller @beyzasumer

Our Ready to Connect (eigsti.psy.uconn.edu/home-2/ready...) project is hiring a postdoc (at UConn): eigsti.psy.uconn.edu/open-postdoc... We investigate conversational success in autistic and non-autistic teenagers during realistic social interactions. Ideal start date: May 15, 2025

PhD call: Investigate how spatial language and mental body maps are modulated by ageing. Behavioral exps and f/MRI & MEG used to map the structural and functional variability of brain regions known to be involved in linguistic and non-linguistic spatial processing. Deadline 15 March.

A study with 5M+ data points explores the link between cognitive parameters and socioeconomic outcomes: The stability of processing speed was the strongest predictor. BayesFlow facilitated efficient inference for complex decision-making models, scaling Bayesian workflows to big data. 🔗Paper

We have a new reproduction. Siepe et al. reproduce: "A systematic review and Bayesian meta-analysis of the acoustic features of infant-directed speech" by Cox et al. @naturehumbehav.bsky.social. Full report below.

We are looking for a Phd student for a project on modeling second language learning using adaptive cognitive tutors. Please share with anyone who might be interested! phd.arts.au.dk/applicants/o...

PhD position to work on the neural correlates of spatial communication at Aarhus University and in a European Training Network. Please pass on. Deadline 15 March. phd.arts.au.dk/applicants/o...

Across nine single participant experiments, we investigated if emotional inner speech influences vascular physiology (heart rate and blood pressure) relative to a number of control conditions (inner speech rate, respiration, cognitive load and muscle tension. And it does. Next step: group studies.

Just published! "Systematic Review and Meta-Analyses Reveal No Gender Difference in Neonatal Social Perception" doi.org/10.1111/sode...

Setting up an fMRI model and getting hit with collinearity errors? Been there! 😢 Try removing regressors? Orthogonal regressors? Other tricks to resolve collinearity errors? Guess what—those fixes might make things worse. We explore why and propose recommendations. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Plz RP My excellent colleague @Andreas Hoejlund and I are recruiting 2 PhD students for a project on the neural correlates of spatial communication and mental body map in typical and atypical ageing. phd.arts.au.dk/applicants/o... Start date: Feb 1 ‘25 Appl deadline: Oct 1 ‘24

Want to know what inner speech does to your heart? Or just want to chat with Johanne Nedergaard and yours truly at #CogSci2024? Come by our poster (P2-EE-386) 13-14.15 and/or read the proceedings here: escholarship.org/content/qt8f...

“This pain” or “that pain”? Can simple lexical choices be used to infer maladaptive mental states such as depression? Our new work hindawi.com/journals/da/... based on the Demonstrative Choice Task (DCT) suggests so. By Line Kruse with @rockberta.bsky.social and me. Thread in X x.com/LineKruse4/s...

amazing department at Aarhus University is looking for an associate or full prof in cognitive science and/or computational linguistics international.au.dk/about/profil...

I'll be advertising a 2-year postdoc in a few weeks supported by an ESRC grant. An interesting project looking at the role of narratives in the learning and retention of educational material. Feel free to get in touch via email if you are interested! #neuroskyence #cognition #psychscisky