ESLP 2026 call for abstracts is open! 🧠
Can LLMs challenge embodied language processing? Join us in Lancaster (29-31 July) to explore abstraction, grounding & AI.
Keynotes: Evelina Fedorenko (MIT), Sotaro Kita (Warwick), Marianna Bolognesi (Bologna)
Deadline: 3 May
eslp2026.sciencesconf.org
@apajournals.bsky.social
Why do we talk to ourselves in our heads? New paper: it's how your brain handles uncertainty - turning sensations into words ("Mona Lisa") and vague goals into steps ("Exercise!"). Gets more noticeable when stressed, fades away when problems are solved.
doi.org/10.1037/rev0...
🚀 Job alert for ML researchers who love "impossible" problems:
Detect inner speech from EEG signals. No labels. Lots of noise.
Standard methods failed. We will invent something new.
Deadline: Jan 4, 2026
hr-jobs.lancs.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
#DeepLearning #Neuroscience #AIResearch
Methodologically, we used Bayesian ex-Gaussian mixed models to separate effects on the centres vs. tails of reading time distributions, with empirically informed priors. This approach revealed nuances traditional analyses miss! Paper: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #BayesianStats
🧠 We found those first few letters (trigrams) were crucial for all words during foveal processing, regardless of preview condition. This reveals the dynamic role of word beginnings across different stages of reading - different effects in peripheral vs. direct vision! #Psycholinguistics
parafoveal text is dynamically magnified during reading
New paper @cognitionjournal.bsky.social! 🔎 We investigated how readers process word beginnings using a novel gaze-contingent magnification technique. Magnifying peripheral text helped readers identify word-initial letters, but mainly for unpredictable or difficult words. #ReadingResearch
Later this week is #EPSLancaster25! ☀️🧠😎
For all the up to date information, please check our website.
eps.ac.uk/next-meeting/
