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Barbara Zapiór

@barbarazapior.bsky.social

PhD student at UEA researching infant category learning in the real world | head-mounted eye-tracking | machine learning

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The BLoCKS team (PI: Prof Teodora Gliga, Dr Nadja Althaus, Barbara Zapior, Jade Archer & Dr Kelsey Frewin) at the 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐄𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 @lcicd.bsky.social, sharing their latest work on how babies learn object categories
www.gligalab.co.uk

05.09.2025 17:10 — 👍 7    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0
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Diverse language experiences in deaf infants and in hearing infants with deaf parents: 25 years of improved understanding and recognition - PubMed Most infants first encounter language through the words spoken in their environment. However, for a smaller number of deaf and hearing infants, language can be presented in different sensory modalitie...

Why does learning sign language benefit later spoken language acquisition? In this review we suggest potential routes for amodal language transfer. With Evelyne Mercure and Rain Bosworth

18.07.2025 12:40 — 👍 7    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Had a great time at SENSS @thesenssdtp.bsky.social conference at Cranfield! Inspiring theme, "Social Sciences Beyond Academia", with great discussions on impact, non-conventional research communication and policy. I also presented my work using head-mounted eye-tracking & ML to study infant learning

16.07.2025 14:57 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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New study for parents of deaf children at @psychologyuea.bsky.social - please share!

11.07.2025 14:43 — 👍 2    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0
A photo of an attendee of the 2025 EnvisionBox Summer School in Amsterdam, pointing at a screen with the Summer School's logo.

A photo of an attendee of the 2025 EnvisionBox Summer School in Amsterdam, pointing at a screen with the Summer School's logo.

A group photo of all attendees and organisers of the 2025 EnvisionBox Summer School in Amsterdam.

A group photo of all attendees and organisers of the 2025 EnvisionBox Summer School in Amsterdam.

Back from Amsterdam, having learned tons about multimodal analyses and computer vision at EnvisionBox Summer School. Huge thanks to the organisers and everyone who made it such a great experience!
@wimpouw.bsky.social
@jamestrujillo.bsky.social
@sarkadava.bsky.social
@babajideowoyele.bsky.social

29.06.2025 14:14 — 👍 8    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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𝐃𝐫. 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐧 𝐃𝐨𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐲 (UEA, School of Psychology) was recently featured in an interview with CBS – and it's gone global!
His new findings challenge long-held beliefs about perception – and show how expertise can literally change what we see.

12.06.2025 07:33 — 👍 5    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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New paper alert! (and the first from my PhD 🥳)
With @glmalcolm.bsky.social and Louise Ewing

When children get the gist: The development of rapid scene categorisation is now available in Vision Research

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

17.05.2025 14:20 — 👍 11    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0

Marie Curie post-doctoral fellowship call opening soon. Get in touch if you're interested in applying with us (conceptual or communicative development, sleep)

01.05.2025 10:20 — 👍 7    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0

Significant update: turns out international candidates **are eligible** in principle for this PhD position.

Deadline imminent: 30th April.

PhD position in cognitive computational neuroscience available
@psychologyuea.bsky.social

Pls retweet.

#neuroskyence
#VisionScience
#compneurosky

24.04.2025 08:54 — 👍 11    🔁 9    💬 0    📌 1
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Can a night in a Norwich laboratory help me sleep better? New dad Robby West turns to science in his search for a good night's sleep.

BBC reporter 𝐑𝐨𝐛𝐛𝐲 𝐖𝐞𝐬𝐭 joined our researchers at the 𝐒𝐥𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐁𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐭 for an overnight stay, experiencing first-hand how we monitor brain activity during sleep and picking up some expert tips for better rest along the way.

Find out more:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

17.04.2025 12:49 — 👍 8    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 0
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Come find our stands at the Norwich Science Festival 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝟭𝟬 𝗮𝗺 to discover the amazing research happening in our Labs!
@developmentuea.bsky.social
@uniofeastanglia.bsky.social

17.02.2025 09:55 — 👍 2    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Research Associate (0.65 FTE, Fixed-term for 18 months) (RA2298) in University of East Anglia | UEA View details and apply for this Research Associate (0.65 FTE, Fixed-term for 18 months) (RA2298) vacancy in University of East Anglia. Faculty of Social Sciences School of Psychology Research...

New RA position! We are looking for an excellent graduate/MSc student with some experience in developmental psy and interest in language, deafness, conceptual knowledge, infancy @psychologyuea.bsky.social

13.02.2025 10:43 — 👍 4    🔁 8    💬 0    📌 1

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