Brand new research from @lksamueltweet and colleagues, examining early predictors of childhood language delays. The team found that the specific types of words children first know can be an early indicator of language difficulties. See more here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.111…

UPDATE ON PAY NEGOTIATIONS UCEA has again demanded that unions suspend action to receive an offer We will not do this UCEA is putting the entire university sector on a collision course with unprecedented disruption #ucuRISING

🚨BREAKING: UCEA IMPROVE PAY OFFER BUT IT IS NOT ENOUGH PLEASE RT Play this important update from Jo Grady It’s not enough but our collective strength is moving them. Our strategy is working. Keep going. Keep recruiting. Keep backing action. UCU and Proud #ucuRISING

I can imagine, and understand, that these strike dates will be greeted with a fair amount of shock, surprise, and concern from students and their parents. £9k a year on university fees is a lot. So I want to explain just how much these institutions value students. 1/

WATCH: How talking to toddlers boosts early brain development 👶 Learn more about Prof John Spencer's research: uea.ac.uk/news/-/article… UEA Psychology UEA Cambridge University Durham University #psychology

#JNeurosci: Laia Fibla, Sam Forbes, John Spencer et al. UEA show that 30-month-old toddlers who heard more adult language input had more myelin in language-related brain areas, likely supporting more sophisticated language processing. jneurosci.org/lookup/DOI/10.…

Join the discussion with Laia Fibla, John Spencer, and #JNeurosci Reviewing Editor Elana Zion Golumbic on July 25 at 12PM ET Register now for the #JNeurosci #ResearchInConversation webinar: neuronline.sfn.org/scientific-res… Catch up on the webinar topic ⬇️

I enjoyed the thoughtful questions about my academic journey and research in Project NeuroSync @Nottingham from The Psychologist. Hope you find it interesting!

🚨 NEXT WEEK Join the discussion with Laia Fibla and John Spencer and #JNeurosci Reviewing Editor Elana Zion Golumbic on July 25 at 12PM ET Register now for the #ResearchInConversation webinar: neuronline.sfn.org/scientific-res… Catch up on the webinar topic ⬇️

How do the neural networks of the human brain generate the processes on which higher cognition is based? Check out our new review paper just published in Cognitive Neurodynamics! dynamicfieldtheory.org/news/dynamic_f…

We just had a paper come out in Nature Human Behaviour showing brain and cognitive differences in infants with stunted growth. Our results reveal working memory differences as early as 6 months of age. rdcu.be/dpypD

Last week, the Theory of Cognitive Systems group from Bochum visited UEA Developmental Dynamics Lab at UEA Psychology! The main agenda of the visit was to discuss the joint projects funded by The Leverhulme Trust. #DynamicFieldTheory dynamicfieldtheory.org/news/the_theor…

The Developmental Dynamics Lab UEA Developmental Dynamics Lab and the Theory of Cognitive Systems Group will be contributing to the #Cogsci2024 conference program , including 2 organized symposiums, 2 talks, and 3 posters. #DynamicFieldTheory dynamicfieldtheory.org/news/publicati…

Larissa Samuelson kickin’ it in Scotland at #ICIS2024. Where did this weather come from?!

Our Durham University Babylab team at #ICIS2024

the amazing Emily Jones talking about developmental cascades in neurodiversity ICIS #ICIS2024

How do spatially uninformative audio cues affect visual orientation in infants? Glad you asked! PhD student Stacey Stuart presents her research on the topic at #icis2024 ! 👂 ➡️ 👀

Ever wondered what makes human intelligence so powerful? We thought 👉compositionality in babies👈 might be part of the answer: our new paper just out in PNASNews explores how babies build symbolic mental models 🧩 combinatorial thought 🧩 number 🧵 1/n doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2…

Well done to Aimee Theyer and Christina Davidson 🧠 on their posters yesterday. Ghada Saleem GMBPsS will present her work on Project NeuroSync @Nottingham today at P3-F-545 at 10:15.

Gregor Schöner will be giving a keynote talk at #CogSci2024. Check the link for the title and the abstract of the talk. #DynamicFieldTheory dynamicfieldtheory.org/news/prof_dr_g…