Important update regarding UMUCU strike action

My family has been taken to Gaza. We don't know their medical condition, we know that if my uncle isn't released soon he could die, he has a degenerative disease and needs treatment. They are European citizens. I need anyone with any contacts to get in touch with me ASAP.

The UoM Child Study Centre is in Toronto for the Cognitive Neuroscience Society conference! We’ve had fun explaining how infants and adults process language 🤗 #CNS2024

🚨We’re hiring! 🚨 Our Leverhulme Trust funded project looking is hiring a postdoctoral researcher! The project will use eye-tracking and EEG to look at how 6- to 18-month-olds learn words. The position is based at Lancaster University. Please share! Info: hr-jobs.lancs.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx?r…

The project is led by Jill Lany Lancaster University, Perrine Brusini University of Liverpool and Alissa Ferry Alissa Ferry The University of Manchester. Informal enquiries are welcome and should be addressed to Jill Lany at  [email protected].

Join us as a full-time Research Assistant with the UoM Child Study Centre & LuCiD to help with participant recruitment and ongoing projects from infancy to preschool years. Apply by 21/5/2024. Details: jobs.manchester.ac.uk/internal/Job/J…

Another fascinating study for the adults, looking at what our brains are doing as we process sounds 👂 If you are interested in taking part or have any questions, please drop us a message or email [email protected] ✨

Looking for a postdoc? CIMeC UniTrento we will investigate the cognitive and neural basis of communication in newborns (EEG) and adults (fMRI). Get in touch if interested: [email protected] Research group cimec.unitn.it/en/1589/brain-… Application lavoraconnoi.unitn.it/en/research-co…

🎓 Exciting PhD Opportunity! Study risk & protective factors in spoken language acquisition for deaf children The University of Manchester. Supervised by Prof. Theakston, Dr Burgoyne & Dr Jones. Apply by 28 June 2024. Details & apply:findaphd.com/phds/project/r…

After coming down with covid for the first time, I received a special delivery of a life-sized Danny DeVito cutout to “keep an eye on me”. I feel safe now.

I’ve been down with a bad dose of covid, but that had given me a chance to read my cousin’s first novel. An excellent book about the drama of friendship in high school sports with some PA flair (fancy camo for the dance? Of course!). Excellent debut novel by Shannon

We are looking for 2 research assistants based in Turkey in a very exciting cross-cultural longitudinal project on language and socio-cognitive development working with me, Henriette Zeidler, and Manuel Bohn!! More information on manuelbohn.github.io/vw-add.html

A unique study has thrown fascinating new light on how young children begin to understand the meaning of words. The researchers set up a study in Manchester Museum, working with a group of three to eight-year olds🔤🗣️ Alissa Ferry UoM Biology, Medicine and Health manchester.ac.uk/about/news/res…

My marking of essays about cultural evolution in non-humans was interrupted by a squirrel innovating a new way to access my bird feeder (jumping down from the roof). Let’s hope this behaviour doesn’t spread to the other squirrels. #culturalevolution #squirrels

Alessandra Valentini and I are looking for a postdoc for a 31-month UK Research and Innovation project Uni of Greenwich on the inferential skills of multilingual children in spoken and written language.  Please RT! 🙏🙏 The deadline for applications is 10th December. tinyurl.com/3xh75hsu