On June 8, 2022, the MPI Comparative Bioacoustics Group (Comparative Bioacoustics Group) invites you to attend, in person, the Animal Bioacoustics and Human Speech symposium. More info en to register: mpi.nl/events/abhs2022

CCILE 2022 is approaching and the program is ready! Registration is free. Official languages: English and International sign. To view the program and register, please visit ccile2022.com. We look forward to your attendance! 🌸☺️

CCILE 2022 is next week! 🥳 We look forward to seeing you joining us. Registration is FREE. Invited speakers: Profs. Ray Jackendoff, Adele Goldberg, Simon Kirby, Ann Senghas. Official languages: English and International Sign🌸 Pls, RT to spread the word. ccile2022.com

What a fantastic workshop this was! The discussion/question sessions were mind expanding (at least for me…). So happy to have a video record of all the great talks and super smart questions: youtube.com/channel/UCIXph…

I remember breaking down to my Ph.D. advisor about how stupid I felt while troubleshooting a problem in my project when she handed me this paper. Years later it is still relevant to young students starting off in Science. It's ok to feel stupid, we all do on a regular basis.

We all like to ❤ chimpanzees, but did you know some social content that you “like” is harmful? For #WorldChimpanzeeDay (& every day) think twice before you like that great ape social media post. RT!

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I am excited to announce we’re hiring a permanent lecturer in Sign Language Linguistics! Research in development, acquisition, bimodal bilingualism or BSL, desirable. Applicants with a lived experience of deafness particularly encouraged. Please RT widely! elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candidat…

Come work with me Warwick Psychology! I’m looking for a research assistant for a Leverhulme-funded fellowship on the role of interaction on language learning in a digital environment. It’s a 9-month job (short grant unfortch) at post MSc or UG. Closing Aug 18! atsv7.wcn.co.uk/search_engine/…

New paper with Yasamin Motamedi Lucie Wolters Marieke Schouwstra We find that previously observed word order alternations in the improvised gestural modality disappear in the presence of a conventionalised lexicon, but are not affected by iconicity. doi.org/10.1111/cogs.1…

🚨PAID field assistant positions MPI-EVA Leipzig!🚨 Join us for 3-6 months (March-Sep 2023), to study the cognition and foraging behaviour of tool-using New Caledonian crows - apply here: bit.ly/3GAb1Ud International applicants encouraged! Please Retweet!

Voila 🪄 My first tweet 🐦 Had a wonderful time presenting my research on verbal communication and joint action at MPI MaxPlanck-Psycholinguistics MEDAL @medallinguist.bsky.social Thank you all for the exciting discussion! Prof. Asli Ozyurek @ozyurek_a Sho Akamine Thank you so much for your comments and suggestions!

Great workshop with David Peeters on using VR for experiments. Thank you so much for this surprising gift!! 😎I’ll treasure this for sure ✔️