**DEADLINE EXTENDED** to 7 Jan 2025.
Interested in doing a PhD on how to help people learn a new language?
We have an ESRC-funded PhD studentship available, to work on the project ‘Individualised second language learning’ from Oct 2025.
www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/49367/
Mirjana Bozic
Interested in doing a PhD on how to help people learn a new language?
We have an ESRC-funded PhD studentship available, to work on the project ‘Individualised second language learning’ from Oct 2025. Application deadline is 3 Dec. More information at
www.findaphd.com/phds/program...
Apply for a PhD: Funded studentships available with the CAM-Doctoral Training Partnership at University of Cambridge
Join us tonight for Neurotalks on Understanding Language.
How do we ascribe meaning to sounds, and pick out the important bits in a noisy world? Join us to find out!
🗓️ Wed 12 March
🕐 7pm-9pm, or as late as you like
🗺️ Cambridge Tap, upstairs
CamBRAIN | The Cambridge Neuroscience Society
To accompany all those Bluesky science/academia #starterpacks, how about we also share introductions to the literature of our different fields. I present here a handy guide to main types of papers in the language sciences (inspired by the amazing @xkcd.com).
#language #linguistics #science #academia
Announcing a new endowed Chair in Young People's Mental Health at @campsydept.bsky.social. An exciting opportunity to shape mental health strategy and conduct world-leading research in one of the most intellectually vibrant places in the world. Please share!
Simon Fisher
Speech processing is adaptive, shaped by development and experience. Studying speech processing in dyslexia gives us a unique window into the neural mechanisms of this flexibility.
@nicolaml.bsky.social @marielallierbcbl.bsky.social
@mirjanabozic.bsky.social
#Neuroscience #Language #Dyslexia #TINs
For colleagues working on morphological processing:
The use of fMRI in research on language morphology
osf.io/preprints/ps...
The chapter gives an overview of fMRI research on the processing of morphologically complex words across inflection, derivation, and compounding.
🚀 Seven new AI-powered projects have been selected to tackle some of society’s most pressing challenges.
These projects will use #AI to deliver real-world impact - from improving women’s health outcomes to supporting global food security.
➡️ Read more: www.ai.cam.ac.uk/news/from-di...
The Dawson Professorship of Young People's Mental Health in the Department of Psychology at the University of Cambridge.
www.jobs.cam.ac.uk
📢 New in Trends in Neurosciences
Dyslexia shows atypical phonological processing and speech tracking, yet comprehension is preserved. We argue this reflects adaptive compensation, via hemispheric rebalancing and greater reliance on lexico-semantic processing.
authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...
ai@cam
CAM-DTP ESRC Studentship, 2025 PhD ENTRY (Fixed Term) in the Department of Psychology at the University of Cambridge.
