@ingridvilag.bsky.social
Assistant Professor at Universitat de Girona. Research member of the Comparative Minds research group (UdG) and the Prosodic and Gestural Studies Group (GrEPG, UPF). www.ingridvilagimenez.com
🗞️ Read the full interview here (Spanish version):
www.elperiodico.com/es/sociedad/...
🗞️ Read the full interview here (Catalan version): www.elperiodico.cat/ca/societat/...
06.11.2025 18:47 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
➕ More information:
www.udg.edu/ca/grupsrece...
🗣️👋 Our member @ingridvilag.bsky.social joined Prof. Pilar Prieto (ICREA–UPF) and @juliafloritpons.bsky.social (UPF) in El Periódico to discuss how speech, gesture, and bodily expression are key to early language learning and inclusion, underscoring the central role of orality in education. ✨🧒
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🧒 Interested in multimodal communication in early childhood?
🧠 The @comparative-minds.bsky.social research group is looking for a new PhD student to join a project integrating linguistics, human development, and cross-cultural psychology.
Come join us in lovely Girona!
www.udg.edu/ca/grupsrece...
🎓💡 Do you want to pursue a PhD with us? We aim to sponsor a candidate for an Inphinit Predoctoral Retaining Fellowship, a competitive call for predoctoral fellowships awarded by La Caixa. 📅 Deadline for application: 14/11/2025.
More information here: www.udg.edu/ca/grupsrece...
Our co-PI Dr. Miquel Llorente shares a heartfelt reflection on Jane Goodall in elDiario.es ✨
Goodall transformed how we understand chimpanzees —and ourselves— while inspiring generations to take action for a more sustainable and compassionate world. 🌍
📰 www.eldiario.es/sociedad/reg...
New book alert! 📚 Prof. Héctor Marín Manrique explores the evolutionary roots of conformity in "El cerebro… ¿tu peor enemigo?" (Editorial Adarve, 2025). Discover how the human brain can sometimes act against our own best interests.
#Neuroscience #Psychology #Behavior #HumanMind
Register to the talk and/or to stay alert on future events by clicking here: forms.gle/LtA8oEuBH9Uu...
23.09.2025 07:51 — 👍 4 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0
Poster announcing an online talk by Prof. Sotaro Kita of the University of Warwick taking place on Friday 26th September at 12:30pm (GMT+2). The title of the talk is Gesture, Language, and Thought. It is part of the online lecture series organised by ISGS Catalonia a hub of the International Society for Gesture Studies. The talk is hosted by the Prosody and Gesture Study Group at University Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona and is also broadcasted online. Registration is possible by clicking on a link in the post.
We are pleased to announce the establishment of ISGS-Catalonia, a hub of the International Society of Gesture studies (ISGS) based in Catalonia. Our inaugural event will feature alecture by Prof. Sotaro Kita on September 26, 2025 at 12:30 pm (GMT+2).
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🎤 Inaugural lecture:
Gesture, Language and Thought – Prof. Sotaro Kita @sotarokita.bsky.social, University of Warwick
📅 September 26, 2025 | 12:30 pm (GMT+2)
📍 Universitat Pompeu Fabra & online (hybrid)
Sign up for the talk & future events 🖐️: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Excited to share that ISGS-Catalonia is now officially established! 🎉😁 This new hub of the International Society of Gesture Studies (ISGS), coordinated by a steering group from 5 Catalan universities, aims to promote gesture research locally and internationally. 🌍
(website coming soon!)
🚨 New paper in Computers in Human Behavior: Artificial Humans! Dr. Llorente and Dr. Castelain, in collaboration with Dr. Guitton, propose viewing robots as “technological primates”, suggesting that primatology offers a unifying framework to study robot psychology and social interactions. 🐒🤖
15.09.2025 10:34 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0Excited to be part of this project! 🥳
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Your baby knows your voice, even before they enter the world.
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Congratulations!!! 😁
16.07.2025 12:37 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
We are in the 10th Conference of the International Society for Gesture Studies #ISGS2025!
@jiali-li.bsky.social presented about the impact of character viewpoint gestures in adults. A study in collaboration with Pilar Prieto and @ingridvilag.bsky.social
Fabulous blog about screentime from Gonzales, Golinkoff & Hirsh-Pasek here 1/ childandfamilyblog.com/children-and...
02.07.2025 14:58 — 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
📍 Host Institution: Universitat de Girona (UdG), Spain
🌐 Research Group: Comparative Minds – More info on EURAXESS euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/hosting...
🗓️ Internal deadline to express interest: 1 Jul 2025 - 16:00h
Don't miss out! Join us! 😃👇🏻
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🔍 Our main lines of research:
- Comparative Psychology and Animal Behavior 🦧
- Socio-cognitive Development and Communication 💬👩🏽🤝👨🏾
- Multimodal Language Development and Learning 🗣️🤚🏻
- Cognitive Neuroscience 🧠
Meet our interdisciplinary team! 👋🏼
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Today, @jiali-li.bsky.social is presenting at the the International Workshop on Multimodal Language.
The study, in collaboration with @ingridvilag.bsky.social, Sara Coego and Pilar Prieto, investigates the differences in gesture and speech in child-directed and adult-directed speech in narratives.
