Today’s the day! THE NOVA INCIDENT is on shelves everywhere. I’m delighted to continue the adventures of Simon Kovalic and friends. I’m also excited for this other little new release, which showed up a few days ago. So now you know what your book purchase will be supporting. 😄

.The MARCS Institute Conference on #Ageing last week. Western Sydney University on #brain #health, #cognition, #interventions, #Wellbeing, care. Celia Harris Katherine Kent A/Prof Genevieve Steiner-Lim Sandra Garrido A/Prof Joyce Siette Mark Antoniou & many colleagues from 5 Schools & 2 Institutes. A lab warming!

💬New research by The MARCS Institute research sammy confirms young Australian adults diagnosed with autism process speech differently due to significant social isolation and limited variety of in-person social interactions 👉MORE bit.ly/3KNxduC

.@ISB14MQ #ISB14 Call for individual papers/posters is now open. For more information, see here > isb14.com/call-for-paper…

We are at the new WSU Westmead campus for the 2022 The MARCS Institute Conference Series: Speech Processing… we start the day honouring the work, talent and wit of Anne Cutler

Also wonderful to hear the announcement by Western Sydney University of the Anne Cutler International Visiting Fellowship

Last week, we held our 3rd MARCS Conference Series 2022 event - a day-long #SpeechProcessing conference that began with a special session, Remembering & Celebrating Anne Cutler. Click below to watch our tribute to a beloved colleague, supervisor, & friend: youtube.com/watch?v=Xz8WtY…

Hoping to learn another language in the new year? Polyglots may hold the key to success theguardian.com/science/2022/d…

Harnessing automatic speech recognition to realise Sustainable Development Goals 3, 9, and 17 through interdisciplinary partnerships for children with communication disability Elise Baker RosieHodges Prof Natalie Munro Sarah Masso @MaryAlt14 The MARCS Institute Mark Antoniou

Our Frontiers Research Topic "New Approaches To How Bilingualism Shapes Cognition And The Brain Across The Lifespan: Beyond The False Dichotomy Of Advantage Versus No Advantage" is now complete and fully available! frontiersin.org/articles/10.33…, with Mark Antoniou and Scott R Schroeder

Our 1st paper on a NSW Govt funded project- watch the space on how this literature review informed the interventions we’ve developed to address contemporary issues of ageing clinical nurses The MARCS Institute Ageing & Aged Care Research Group - sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

I’m so thrilled about this project and my first publication in a #Nursing journal! Keeping nurses safe and well at work is an issue dear to my heart ♥️ Thanks A/Prof Jed Montayre and team! Mark Antoniou International Journal of Nursing Studies

Congratulations to everyone whose submissions to #ISB14 have been accepted! We are very grateful to the Scientific Committee chairs Mark Antoniou and Dr Laurence Bruggeman and area chairs isb14.com/about/scientif…; and the reviewers all around the world for making this possible

How do target stimulus variability & memory load interact w/the tone systems of disparate languages to affect non-native, L2 imitation of lexical #tones? Results point to both phonetic & phonological modes of perception. doi.org/10.16995/labph… #LabPhon #openaccess Mark Antoniou

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Variation, gender and perception: the social meaning of Japanese linguistic variables Stacey Sherwood, Jason A. Shaw, Shigeto Kawahara (Shigeto Kawahara@当面の間、マネージャー管理), Robert Mailhammer  (Robert Mailhammer) and Mark Antoniou  (Mark Antoniou) buff.ly/45u1KXP

Just realised that Dropbox doesn’t list Paper under its “Products” on the website. Future not looking too good for Dropbox Paper fans.

Our heartiest congratulations to A/Prof Mark Antoniou [Mark Antoniou] for being named Field Leader in #Language & #Linguistics by The Australian for the 2nd consecutive year! Read more about A/Prof Antoniou’s research journey & aspirations: tinyurl.com/mrxm54w8

Regularly speaking multiple languages may be especially beneficial for brain health in old age, experts say. nyti.ms/48MAq8y

Western's Associate Professor Mark Antoniou The MARCS Institute explains how bilingualism benefits the aging brain 🧠👇