Congratulations to Kirsty Green on passing her viva! Kirsty’s PhD, supervised by Prof. Sotaro Kita, explored how iconicity - when a word or gesture resembles what it means - supports early communication. She found caregivers using iconic words sparked greater engagement from infants.

Congratulations to Mingtong Li on a successful PhD viva! Her work, supervised by Dr. Suzanne Aussems and Prof. Sotaro Kita, examined how iconic temporal modulations in gesture and speech help learners interpret new verbs across development and what this reveals about iconicity comprehension.

Excited to share my first PhD article, published in Scientific Data 👉 rdcu.be/eIRqD We present the Shared Book Reading Corpus: 44 caregiver-infant dyads, 3 camera views (headcams + overview), speech transcriptions & developmental measures. Access on Databrary for discovery & reuse! ✨ #OpenScience

ManyBabies 3: A Multi-Lab Study of Infant Algebraic Rule Learning: https://osf.io/ghrdt

Thrilled to see my PhD supervisor, Dr Suzanne Aussems @suzanneaussems.bsky.social , promoted to Associate Professor! 🥳An exceptional researcher, dedicated mentor, and invaluable member of our department 🌟

🌟Deeply honoured to have been selected as the 1st-Place Winner in the Interdisciplinary category of the Warwick Open Research Awards 2025, for my open-approach work on infants’ comprehension of pointing gestures 👶👉 Excited to keep pushing for open, rigorous, and collaborative science!💡🔍 #OpenScience

Very grateful to the organisers for pulling off such a wonderful three days. We had a great time at #ISGS10 @isgs2025.bsky.social and are already looking forward to ISGS11 in Hong Kong!

Had some great discussions today at poster session 2 at ISGS 2025 on my work studying caregiver iconic gestures produced during shared book reading with infants! @isgs2025.bsky.social

Had a wonderful time presenting my poster on infants’ understanding of index-finger and thumb pointing gestures at ISGS 2025! @isgs2025.bsky.social

Bright and early at the first day of ISGS10! @isgs2025.bsky.social with @teruniahamat.bsky.social and @sotarokita.bsky.social

Next up @teruniahamat.bsky.social presenting preliminary data from her brand new corpus of shared book reading in 13-14 mo! @warwickpsych.bsky.social #LLGAwayDay