We don't know a lot about pragmatics in aging. What predicts its decay? Dize showing that working memory plays a great role (with age and education). Nice data, very much in line with previous evidence we collected with Walter Schaeken #XPRAGit2021 GIPSI - Research Group

Spread the word: PhD position in #ExperimentalPragmatics available in Cologne. #XPRAGit2021 👇

The last announcement of #XPRAGit2021 was about the next event: an online symposium to celebrate 20 years of #ExperimentalPragmatics starting from the seminal papers of Ira Noveck on scalar implicatures and on metaphor. Happening next November. We will soon circulate more info.

Finally out! Maria Spychalska Markus Werning Petra B. Schumacher frontiersin.org/articles/10.33…

Treatment-resistant schizophrenia (TRS) still represents a main clinical issue, associated with worse course of illness and cognitive profile. Here’s a novel paper in which we evaluated long-term cognitive outcome in TRS (also in ultra-treatment resistant patients). Marta Bosia

Come work with us KU Leuven. We are recruiting a PhD student interested in social behavior and ultrasonic communication in rodents. How are ultrasonic vocalizations involved in emotional contagion in rats? We'll find out! Together! Pls RT Details here kuleuven.be/personeel/jobs…

We are looking for a postdoc that has experience with A.I. wizardry, neuro hocus pocus, and the magic potion obtained when you mix these two ingredients. Interested? All Harry Potters can submit their CV and motivation letter here: kuleuven.be/personeel/jobs…

Save the date and celebrate with us 20 years of #ExperimentalPragmatics with a two-day symposium on scalar implicatures and metaphors! The event will be held on-line on November 11-12, 2021. Valentina Bambini

Here it is, the inspiring program of the 20 Years of #ExperimentalPragmatics Symposium happening on November 11-12. What can we say today on metaphors and scalars 20 yrs after Ira Noveck's seminal works on it? Zoom link coming soon at xpragit.com/20-years.html #20yrsXPRAG

Walter Schaeken is looking for data on scalars and working memory for a meta analysis - unpublished work welcome! #XPrag, #20yrsXPRAG

Did you miss the #20yearsXPRAG event to discuss the last 20 years of research starting from the seminal works of Ira Noveck? Now you can find (some of) the talks on the brand new #XPRAGit youtube channel youtube.com/channel/UC5tIm… Richard Breheny Walter Schaeken Petra B. Schumacher @NGotzner

New year new #ExperimentalPragmatics event! Here's the announcement of the 9th #XPRAG conference, which we will organize at IUSS PAVIA. Stellar invited speakers @NGotzner, Stephen Levinson, Anna Papafragou, Marc Pell. CfP by the end of February! #XPRAG2022 xpragit.com/9th-xprag-conf…

Great conference, excellent invited speakers, superb venue; in other words, the ideal combination

Less than a week to submit your abstracts to #XPRAG2022 Invited speakers’ pictures below, just to increase motivation 😀 All infos here sites.google.com/iusspavia.it/x… IUSS PAVIA

I did not have many competing intuitions about this one: if you look for a slow-reading alternative for the classic fast-reading detective in the beach chair, this BBS-paper is strongly recommended. It nicely shows how to improve thinking about dual process models.

The PI-Lab working three days in Torino on their plans for next year Wong Wai Bojan Nys Felix Howard V. Hermans Midas Vanooteghem#bigbraintime

Psyched to announce this new publication in Cognition! 🎓In this systematic review, we investigate the relation between scalar implicature derivation and working memory. Full-text available here: authors.elsevier.com/a/1hxC%7E2Hx2t… Wong Wai Walter Schaeken

If some scalar inferences require cognitive effort, could that mean that all of them do? This systematic review explores the connection between implicature derivation and (available) Working Memory resources 📢New from: Bojan Nys Wong Wai Walter Schaeken sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Computational modeling meets #ExperimentalPragmatics Check our new preprint, where we propose a novel Rational Speech Act model of metaphor understanding to increase scalability arxiv.org/abs/2404.02983 W/ Gaia Carenini Dr. Luca Bischetti Walter Schaeken #RSA

Wij starten met onze nieuwe opleiding Master in het Basisonderwijs. Wil je ons docententeam komen versterken? Hieronder vind je twee ZAP-profielvacatures! Delen = 💙