@jonasnoelle

🧑🏼‍🔬@cles_ncu @UofG_MOSAIC: lang evolution, multimodal social interactions, #VR, experimental Semiotics. Formerly: @UoE_CLE, @interact_minds, @UofGPsychNeuro

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Join our October Grand Challenge with Severine Hex & Louise Peckre: “Analysing Multimodal Communication: Networks, Repertoires, and Communicative Complexity”. All welcome! DM @jonasnoelle for the Zoom link. 🗓️29 Oct | 14:00-15:30 (GMT) | Zoom mosaicseminar.uk/events/2026…
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This work has gotten quite a bit of coverage in UK (see article below). If you're in Scotland🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿, tune in for News at Seven on @BBCScotland tonight to hear me speak about conversational facial expressions. 📰Written news piece: bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ck3r…

Want to look confident when you speak? It's all in the eyebrows

Researchers in Glasgow say raised eyebrow or a slow blink could project self- assurance to your audience.

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Jonas Nölle @[email protected]@jonasnoelleOct 22
Same word. Same voice. Different meaning. 👀 When you answer a question, your face can change how confident your answer seems — even when the words and voice stay the same. Our new study (@royalsociety Proc B) maps exactly which facial movements do it. 🧵 royalsocietypublishing.org/r…
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Same word. Same voice. Different meaning. 👀 When you answer a question, your face can change how confident your answer seems — even when the words and voice stay the same. Our new study (@royalsociety Proc B) maps exactly which facial movements do it. 🧵 royalsocietypublishing.org/r…
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In conclusion, the face isn't just along for the ride in conversation. Facial movements actively shape how we interpret spoken responses — showing that understanding speech is about more than words and voice alone. 🔓📄 Get the open-access pdf: royalsocietypublishing.org/r…

Dynamic facial movements shape how confident speakers appear

Abstract. Human communication is inherently multimodal, relying on signals conveyed through speech, vocal tone and facial movements. While gestures and voc

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Massive thanks to my co-authors, @Wuyiiichen @pablo_arias_sar, Oliver Garrod, @SchynsPhilippe, @rachaelejack as well as many others who have helped this research over the past years.
We thank Jack E. Taylor, Robin A. A. Ince and Christoph Daube for statistical advice; Yueyao Yang for assistance with data collection; and Niamh Mary McLaughlin, Jude Kiltie, Yuxi Jiang, Jinyu Yao, Gaby Mahrholz and Phil McAleer for assistance with audio recordings.

ALT We thank Jack E. Taylor, Robin A. A. Ince and Christoph Daube for statistical advice; Yueyao Yang for assistance with data collection; and Niamh Mary McLaughlin, Jude Kiltie, Yuxi Jiang, Jinyu Yao, Gaby Mahrholz and Phil McAleer for assistance with audio recordings.

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How does the architecture of a city shape the way we think, talk, and draw space? And how do spatial conventions travel across cultural generations? New paper in Open Mind: direct.mit.edu/opmi/article/… #openaccess @fusaroli @jonasnoelle

When the City Speaks: How Urban Form Shapes the Cultural Transmission of Spatial Conceptualization

Abstract. How do urban environments shape the way people conceptualize and communicate space? Using a cultural transmission experiment in virtual reality, we asked participants to navigate one of two...

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Excited to share our preprint! w/@martin_hebart To understand how primates visually process objects in the world, we rely on both research in human and macaque IT. But what representations of object space are actually shared between them? biorxiv.org/content/10.64898… Quick thread🧵
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🔎What is evolutionary linguistics? In this brief article for the International Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics (with @hartmast @AndresKarjus), we cover the key questions and methodologies of the field. sciencedirect.com/science/ch…
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📄🔓 Preprint (open access): osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/rt… Published citation: doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-9… Ideal intro/read for students, @evolang researchers & anyone curious about how language evolved. #LanguageEvolution #Evolang

Evolutionary Linguistics

Evolutionary linguistics studies the origins and evolution of human language using a broad variety of approaches and methods from multiple different disciplines. This chapter reviews current approa...

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📄🔓New preprint with Alex Titus, @chen_zhou151, and @Peeters_David! We showcase Virtual Reality as a powerful method for studying language and cognition. We discuss key concepts, map out current research areas, and provide a practical starter guide. osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/s2…
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By combining rigorous exp control with the ecological validity of immersive, multimodal 3D envs, #VR lets us investigate real-world communicative behaviour (bilingual language switching, predictive processing, social presence, gesture etc) in ways traditional paradigms cannot.
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The final version will appear in the upcoming Bloomsbury Handbook of Language and Cognition, edited by @hartmast & @laurajspeed . Very excited to be part of this collection!
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Join our MOSAIC May Grand Challenge tomorrow with Sławomir Wacewicz & Severine Hex: "Honest Signals, Costly Lies: Trust, Deception, and the Evolution of Communication". All welcome! Reply for the link or DM @jonasnoelle. 🗓️21 May | 14:00-15:30 (BST) | Zoom Abstracts below 👇
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Chen Zhou, @PrzemekGurgyn & @jonasnoelle alked about "A field-based framework to model multimodal value-governed exchange in human social interaction" evolang.org/2026/proceedings…
Jonas presenting

ALT Jonas presenting

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Been having a lot of fun with the Varjo XR-3 at CLES! Curious: has anyone done #eyetracking with it through #Unity ? #VR #Unity3D #gamedev
CLES NCU@cles_ncuFeb 16
Thought we were asleep, didn't you? 😅 No, we have been conducting a new study using VR. 💻🤓More info in a few weeks! Stay tuned for #science! @antonijordanz @jonasnoelle @CenterImsert @UMK_Torun
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