Professor of Psychology at the University of East Anglia in Norwich, UK
Norwich, England
Joined October 2012
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Gregor Schöner will be giving a keynote talk at #CogSci2024. Check the link for the title and the abstract of the talk. #DynamicFieldTheory dynamicfieldtheory.org/news/…
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Our @DurhamBabylab team at #ICIS2024
This week Durham Babylab is at ICIS 2024 where we will be presenting our research 👶🧠🧮 @Infantstudies @lauryn_clucas @LucyEdgar13 @NinaJost_ @GiuliaDAvino19 @samhforbes
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Ever wondered what makes human intelligence so powerful? We thought 👉compositionality in babies👈 might be part of the answer: our new paper just out in @PNASNews explores how babies build symbolic mental models 🧩 combinatorial thought 🧩 number 🧵 1/n doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2315149…
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How do spatially uninformative audio cues affect visual orientation in infants? Glad you asked! PhD student @sklstuart presents her research on the topic at #icis2024 !
👂 ➡️ 👀
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the amazing @EmilyDevNeuro talking about developmental cascades in neurodiversity @Infantstudies #ICIS2024
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Well done to @aimeetheyer and @davidsonchri on their posters yesterday. @GhadaAmaireh will present her work on @NeurosyncP today at P3-F-545 at 10:15.
Larissa Samuelson kickin’ it in Scotland at #ICIS2024. Where did this weather come from?!
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The Developmental Dynamics Lab @DDPSYUEA and the Theory of Cognitive Systems Group will be contributing to the #Cogsci2024 conference program , including 2 organized symposiums, 2 talks, and 3 posters. #DynamicFieldTheory
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Last week, the Theory of Cognitive Systems group from Bochum visited @DDPSYUEA at @UEAPsychology! The main agenda of the visit was to discuss the joint projects funded by @LeverhulmeTrust. #DynamicFieldTheory
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We just had a paper come out in Nature Human Behaviour showing brain and cognitive differences in infants with stunted growth. Our results reveal working memory differences as early as 6 months of age. rdcu.be/dpypD
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How do the neural networks of the human brain generate the processes on which higher cognition is based? Check out our new review paper just published in Cognitive Neurodynamics!
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🚨 NEXT WEEK
Join the discussion with @FiblaLaia and @DeltaSpencer and #JNeurosci Reviewing Editor @ElanaZGolumbic on July 25 at 12PM ET
Register now for the #ResearchInConversation webinar: neuronline.sfn.org/scientifi…
Catch up on the webinar topic ⬇️
#JNeurosci: @FiblaLaia, @samhforbes, @DeltaSpencer et al. @uniofeastanglia show that 30-month-old toddlers who heard more adult language input had more myelin in language-related brain areas, likely supporting more sophisticated language processing.
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I enjoyed the thoughtful questions about my academic journey and research in @NeurosyncP from @psychmag. Hope you find it interesting!
‘How caregivers regulate their behaviours is impacting how their babies detect change…’
I met @DrSWijeakumar @UniofNottingham @NeurosyncP
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John Spencer retweeted
Join the discussion with @FiblaLaia, @DeltaSpencer, and #JNeurosci Reviewing Editor @ElanaZGolumbic on July 25 at 12PM ET
Register now for the #JNeurosci #ResearchInConversation webinar: neuronline.sfn.org/scientifi…
Catch up on the webinar topic ⬇️
#JNeurosci: @FiblaLaia, @samhforbes, @DeltaSpencer et al. @uniofeastanglia show that 30-month-old toddlers who heard more adult language input had more myelin in language-related brain areas, likely supporting more sophisticated language processing.
jneurosci.org/lookup/DOI/10.…
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WATCH: How talking to toddlers boosts early brain development 👶
Learn more about Prof John Spencer's research: uea.ac.uk/news/-/article/how…
@UEAPsychology @uniofeastanglia @Cambridge_Uni @durham_uni #psychology
John Spencer retweeted
#JNeurosci: @FiblaLaia, @samhforbes, @DeltaSpencer et al. @uniofeastanglia show that 30-month-old toddlers who heard more adult language input had more myelin in language-related brain areas, likely supporting more sophisticated language processing.
jneurosci.org/lookup/DOI/10.…
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I can imagine, and understand, that these strike dates will be greeted with a fair amount of shock, surprise, and concern from students and their parents. £9k a year on university fees is a lot. So I want to explain just how much these institutions value students. 1/
BREAKING: NOTICE SERVED ON UNIVERSITY EMPLOYERS
18 days of strike action in February and March
1 Feb
9, 10 Feb
14, 15, 16 Feb
21, 22, 23 Feb
27, 28 Feb. 1, 2 March
16, 17 March
20, 21, 22 March
RT if you back our members
UCU and PROUD
#ucuRISING
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🚨BREAKING: UCEA IMPROVE PAY OFFER BUT IT IS NOT ENOUGH
PLEASE RT
Play this important update from @DrJoGrady
It’s not enough but our collective strength is moving them. Our strategy is working.
Keep going. Keep recruiting. Keep backing action.
UCU and Proud
#ucuRISING
John Spencer retweeted
UPDATE ON PAY NEGOTIATIONS
@UCEA1 has again demanded that unions suspend action to receive an offer
We will not do this
@UCEA1 is putting the entire university sector on a collision course with unprecedented disruption
#ucuRISING
ALT ‘UCU yesterday went into negotiations to reach a deal on pay and conditions. Disappointingly, UCEA refused to make an offer for 2022/23 and again demanded that UCU suspend planned industrial action as a pre-condition to even receiving one. This is a deeply unserious way to negotiate. ‘The trade unions present agreed to bring forward the 23/24 pay round and we expect UCEA to make a serious offer before our next meeting on the 16 January. UCU STATEMENT ON PAY NEGOTIATIONS ‘The joint trade unions are eager to resolve the disputes but can only do so if offers for both 2022/23 and 2023/24 are forthcoming. By not even providing a starting offer, UCEA is putting the entire university sector on a collision course with unprecedented industrial action.’ Jo Grady, UCU general secretary
John Spencer retweeted
Brand new research from @lksamueltweet and colleagues, examining early predictors of childhood language delays. The team found that the specific types of words children first know can be an early indicator of language difficulties.
See more here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
