That’s very kind Saloni. thank you.
Grateful to have received this award and meet all the other awardees. Thank you @faranehvargha.bsky.social for the nomination and also all the inspirational women in our lineage. Will treasure this very special jewellery until it is my turn to pass it on.
Delighted with the fruits of this collaboration.
The course, now in its 6th iteration, covers key questions in speech & language research, with interdisciplinary perspectives spanning development, cognitive modeling, neural bases, gene identification, functional genomics, model systems & comparative/evolutionary studies. Applications due April 10.
Please tell friends & colleagues about our unique course “Genetics & Neurobiology of Language” July 27-Aug 3 2026. Expert tutors, interactive talks, panel discussions, all in a beautiful setting. Scholarships available: meetings.cshl.edu/courses.aspx...
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Last week to apply! Cognitive Neuroscience Research Laboratory Manager at @oxexppsy.bsky.social (with links to @oxcin.bsky.social and @ox.ac.uk)
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As well as a new name, OxCIN also has a brand new Director: Karla Miller! @fmrib-karla.bsky.social We are grateful for 10 years of superb leadership by Heidi Johansen-Berg @heidijoberg.bsky.social and excited to see the new ideas Karla will bring. More about Karla: oxcin.ox.ac.uk/people/karla...
We're excited to announce that WIN is now the Oxford University Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging: OxCIN! Our mission: developing and deploying neuroimaging and related technology to solve big challenges in basic neuroscience and brain health. oxcin.ox.ac.uk/about/vision
Watery water lillies.
A curious robin
Doctors at one of England’s leading cancer hospitals have launched a clinical trial of headgear that emits electric fields. The pulses disrupt cell division in glioblastoma — one of the deadliest forms of brain cancer www.thetimes.com/article/23d3...
Here's a helpful article with background on the new study of compositionality of bonobo calls, & why findings might be of interest for (at least some) scientists investigating evolution of human language. From the excellent @carlzimmer.com in @nytimes.com .🧪
"Findings suggest that compositionality [the capacity to combine meaningful elements into larger meaningful structures] is a prominent feature of the bonobo vocal system revealing stronger parallels with human language than previously thought." Fascinating work by @berthetmelissa.bsky.social et al.🧪
A sad day for the world of great ape language research.
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Did you know that @jneurolang allows you to submit your manuscript your way? We only require journal specific formatting once your manuscript is accepted. Put your figures in the text and keep reviewers happy 😃 direct.mit.edu/nol/pages/su...
Camouflage not always a good thing. Almost squished Toady on my walk this morning.
Does your research investigate how the brain communicates using language? Consider the Neurobiology of Language journal for your next submission. We are fully open access with reasonable APCs. Check out our latest papers direct.mit.edu/nol
New Call for Papers for a Special Issue: The Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience of Language Disorders: Exploring the Biological Foundations of Primary Progressive Aphasias direct.mit.edu/DocumentLibr...
New review on the neurobiology of sentence production by my grad student Jeremy Yeaton. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
The Afasic helpline is open Mondays & Wednesdays 10.30am till 4.00pm to discuss difficulties your child may have with speech & language. 📞 0300 666 9410
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Ever wonder how the brain works to _stop_ your speech midway?🤫🧠
Our latest work on the neural mechanism for stopping speech production is now out @naturehumbehav.bsky.social! See a brief summary below and the original paper here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Great to see wonderful Irene Tracey on top of the league www.timeshighereducation.com/student/best...
For social psychologists looking for a more permanent home in the UK, Oxford Experimental Psychology Department @oxexppsy.bsky.social is hiring. my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...
Another proud supervisor moment yesterday. Congratulations Dr Nilgoun Bahar (not yet on bsky). Celebrated with brain-themed pav (of which I’m also proud 😊)
Thanks to examiners Gaia Scerif and Frédérique Liégeois.
1st preprint of 2025! @jamielmitchell.bsky.social found that as children with dyslexia improve their reading ability, their reading area in the brain grows, yet remains markedly different from their peers. So excited to see this after years of data collection with this great team! Feedback welcome!
Interesting new work by Kimi Akita: Ideophones more reliable than metaphors in Japanese pain descriptions www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Do you want to do a phd on #speech and #song and how we use our brain for it #electrophysiology #neuroimaging #motor #rhythm ? Come work with us at the MPI_ae ! Apply here and contact me for questions.
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Please forward to everyone interested!
First obituary of Eleanor Maguire
Fitting that it comes from a neuroscience community publication. Very grateful to Calli McMurray for writing this lovely piece on who Eleanor was and what she achieved in her dazzling career:
Thank you!
