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Photo of Paola (right) in front of her poster "Immigrant Roots, Cognitive Fruits: Does the bilingual advantage in theory of mind relate to immigration generation?"

Photo of Paola (right) in front of her poster "Immigrant Roots, Cognitive Fruits: Does the bilingual advantage in theory of mind relate to immigration generation?"

Photo of Paola presenting her poster "Immigrant Roots, Cognitive Fruits: Does the bilingual advantage in theory of mind relate to immigration generation?" to a session attendee

Photo of Paola presenting her poster "Immigrant Roots, Cognitive Fruits: Does the bilingual advantage in theory of mind relate to immigration generation?" to a session attendee

So unbelievably proud of @alexusgramirez.bsky.social and my mentee Paola for her first ever poster presentation at UMD's SRI/REACH poster session today! Yay Paola!! 🥳🎉

24.07.2025 17:55 — 👍 6    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Grant due today

25.07.2025 18:07 — 👍 11    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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Recordings from the Conference on Human Sentence Processing are officially on our YouTube channel. Watch them all here: www.youtube.com/@umd_lsc

04.06.2025 16:04 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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LSC Coffee Hours are back! Stop by on Tuesdays from 9:30 AM to 12:00 PM for ✨free✨ coffee and pastries 🥐☕️ Come get some work done!

26.05.2025 22:36 — 👍 6    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
The Language Science Center presents... Language Science Lunch Talks: Kuan-Jung Huang. Understand Child Sentence Processing in Reading: Computational and Experimental Approaches. May 1, 2025. Lunch served at 12:15 PM. Language Science Center. 2130 HJ Patterson Hall.

The Language Science Center presents... Language Science Lunch Talks: Kuan-Jung Huang. Understand Child Sentence Processing in Reading: Computational and Experimental Approaches. May 1, 2025. Lunch served at 12:15 PM. Language Science Center. 2130 HJ Patterson Hall.

We're kicking off May with our next LSLT, "Understand child sentence processing in reading: computational and experimental approaches" with Kuan-Jung Huang 🗣️📚

28.04.2025 13:28 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Join Dr. Jordan Boyd-Graber for a talk on why AI tools still struggle with questions, from movie plots to art descriptions. Stick around to test your knowledge against a trivia-playing robot! 🤖

📅 Sat, May 10 | Language Science Fair
📍 Planet Word | Free + all ages
🔗 Link in bio to register

24.04.2025 20:17 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Thanks to all the @umdleadlab.bsky.social friends who wrote the nomination letter!
@gavkhar-a.bsky.social
@ellroche.bsky.social
@elliektaylor.bsky.social
@alexamcd.bsky.social
@alexusgramirez.bsky.social
Victoria Terry (HDQM)
Mariah Egerton (HDQM)
Alicia Mortimer (HDQM)
Deena Shariq (PSYC)

24.04.2025 18:03 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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LSC member @rachelromeo.bsky.social received the Graduate Mentor of the Year Award, awarded by the UMD Graduate School! Congratulations Rachel 🥳

24.04.2025 17:57 — 👍 13    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 2
The Language Science Center presents... Language Science Lunch talks: Susannah Paletz. From New Methods to New Findings: A Multidisciplinary Meander. APRIL 17TH, 2025. LUNCH SERVED AT 12:15 PM. LANGUAGE SCIENCE CENTER. 2130 HJ PATTERSON HALL

The Language Science Center presents... Language Science Lunch talks: Susannah Paletz. From New Methods to New Findings: A Multidisciplinary Meander. APRIL 17TH, 2025. LUNCH SERVED AT 12:15 PM. LANGUAGE SCIENCE CENTER. 2130 HJ PATTERSON HALL

We're back! Join us this week for our latest LSLT with Susannah Paletz 🎉 Click the link to read her full abstract on our events calendar 📅
🔗 Learn more: languagescience.umd.edu/events/langu...

14.04.2025 16:06 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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🚨Reminder🚨 This week's LSLT has been canceled, but here's a Minecraft movie meme to make you feel better. See everyone next week!

08.04.2025 19:39 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Shout out to Rochelle Nelson, our Admin and Finance Coordinator, for letting us display our stickers in her gorgeous handmade bowl! 🎨

07.04.2025 15:03 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Who doesn't love stickers? Here's a sneak peek at some of the ✨exclusive✨ freebies the LCC team has created for the 11th Language Creation Conference (LCC11), happening April 11–13 at UMD! Visit conlang.org to learn more about LCC11.

07.04.2025 15:03 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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It was a privilege to host Julie Sedivy, author of Linguaphile: A Life of Language Love, at our most recent Language Science Lunch Talk. Until next time!

📸 Beautiful photo by Andrea Zukowski

03.04.2025 19:12 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Now that we’ve found our UMD language friends, who should we add next? go.bsky.app/75ZZntU

01.04.2025 13:34 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Maryland Language Science Center’s albums | Flickr

We’re seeing tons of awesome #HSP2025 posts! Don’t forget to check out all the awesome photos from the event on our Flickr www.flickr.com/photos/umd-l...

01.04.2025 13:32 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Maryland Language Science Center’s albums | Flickr

Check out our Flickr page, we have some 🔥 photos from the conference and the social www.flickr.com/photos/umd-l...

01.04.2025 13:31 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

You heard her!

01.04.2025 13:28 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I am also very bad at this but if you missed out at #HSP2025, don’t worry—register for #LingComm25 TODAY! Registration ends 3/31 👀

31.03.2025 21:56 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 1

We love to see it 👏

01.04.2025 13:27 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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How single-neuron computation matters for cognitive neuroscience

Lau, E. (2025). How single-neuron computation matters for cognitive neuroscience. JoCN Forum. jocnf.pubpub.org/pub/vhhe4nh9

01.04.2025 11:09 — 👍 14    🔁 6    💬 0    📌 1

Were you at #HSP2025? Tag us in your social media posts on Bluesky, Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn!

31.03.2025 21:23 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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#HSP2025, where language science meets photo booths. It was fun!

30.03.2025 20:31 — 👍 8    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

“Science has a sociology” -Philip Resnik #hsp2025

29.03.2025 19:04 — 👍 8    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

We’re glad you enjoyed!

31.03.2025 21:16 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
From left to right: Grace deMeurisse, Hannah Treadway, and Edith Kaan standing in front of a large illuminated blue and white globe at Planet Word in DC.

From left to right: Grace deMeurisse, Hannah Treadway, and Edith Kaan standing in front of a large illuminated blue and white globe at Planet Word in DC.

The view from the fourth floor of Planet Word, overlooking an urban skyline and green space.

The view from the fourth floor of Planet Word, overlooking an urban skyline and green space.

The library at Planet Word, with colorful books lining floor-to-ceiling shelves and several illuminated work stations.

The library at Planet Word, with colorful books lining floor-to-ceiling shelves and several illuminated work stations.

Leaving #HSP2025 thankful for the community we have in language science. Coming away with new ideas, connections, and inspiration for community engagement. Thanks to UMD for hosting! Missed my poster on cognitive control adaptation in code-switching? See it here: drive.google.com/drive/folder...

30.03.2025 14:20 — 👍 9    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

It was great to have you at #HSP2025 💛🖤

31.03.2025 21:15 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I am very bad at live-skeeting BUT Charlotte Vaughn gave a FANTASTIC, thought-provoking invited talk on outreach/research engagement yesterday at #HSP2025

29.03.2025 12:54 — 👍 18    🔁 1    💬 2    📌 1

Be sure to follow her work @langscistation.bsky.social ! Charlotte is the best

31.03.2025 21:14 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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