Omg! Be careful though, I found the praise box once, sent one praise (to you 😂) and then never saw it again. Maybe it is a random event? You can only give praise when Microsoft decides?

The recently accepted ManyLanguages project CLAPS - A Crosslinguistic Approach to Passive Semantics led by @ambridge.bsky.social is looking to fill four key leadership roles (Analysis Lead, Scaling Coordinator, Translation Coordinator, Ethics Coordinator). ⏰Deadline: 30th Jan.

A PowerPoint slide about Washoe the chimpanzee and the Design feature of PowerPoint helpfully added in a photo of laundry

I really do love when the Design feature on PowerPoint helpfully selects an image to go with your slides.

A ballot with the Spanish translation of the Green Party to Fiesta Verde

It’s election day which means it’s time for my reminder that you shouldn’t just chuck everything into google translate. #fiestaverde

(International Strategic Partnership) Do you hear what I hear? Tracking the development of how the brain encodes temporal information in language and birdsong at The University of Manchester on FindAP... PhD Project - (International Strategic Partnership) Do you hear what I hear? Tracking the development of how the brain encodes temporal information in language and birdsong at The University of Manche...

We are recruiting a PhD student in Manchester and with the University of Padua. We will be looking at auditory processing in newborns, infants, and adults using EEG and fNIRS. International students can apply and the deadline is 6 December. Please share! #Devpsychsci #devpsychsky #infantstudies

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Curious about the human ability to extract regularities from sensory input (i.e., “statistical learning”) and individual differences therein? #CognitiveScience #Learning

Our #Consensus paper presents the collective insights of 27 researchers worldwide 🌎 💬 🌍 💬 🌏 💬:
🔗 doi.org/10.31234/osf...

A year after getting covid, which resulted in Long Covid, I was finally able to mostly breathe again after various rehab programs. I’ve now got Covid and can’t breathe again. I was vaccinated 4 weeks ago and mask regularly. Can we please stop doing this to each other? 😞 #LongCovid

The solution: Chomsky!

A hint from ChatGPT

Sound It Out:
1. 🧀 = “Chee”
2. 🐝 = “Bee”
3. 👂 = “Ear” or “Hear”
4. 🔑 = “Key”

It still fails the Ferry rebus puzzle test:

Today’s puzzle from ChatGPT:

🎯 Goal: Solve the rebus to find a theory of language development.

🧀 ➕ 🐝 ➕ 👂 ➕ 🔑

Perhaps making all assignments rebus puzzles is the way forward.

A screenshot of ChatGPT nonsensically explaining the answer : Breakdown: 1. 🧠 (Brain) → “Mind” or “Cognitive” 2. 👶 (Baby) → “Child” or “Development” 3. 🔄 (Cycle/Change) → “Change” or “Development” 4. “Pi” → Sounds like Piaget (key developmental psychologist) 5. 👂👁️ (Ear + Eye) → “Observe” or “Perception” or “Sensation” ⸻ Interpretation: Putting it all together: • Mind + Child + Development + Pi + Observation = Cognitive Development (Theory) or Piaget’s Theory of Cognitive Development

The answer according to ChatGPT?

I have been having ChatGPT generate rebus puzzles for me to solve. Today’s psychology related puzzle:

🧠 + 👶 + 🔄 + “Pi” + 👂👁️

Funded PhD opportunity with @sjblakemore.bsky.social and I, at Cambridge. We are looking for someone interested in developmental science, to start in the coming academic year. Please share it with anyone you think might be interested (see details attached 😁).
drive.google.com/file/d/1RIvg...

A form where the word “neuroscience” is highlighted as a misspelling with the suggestion to replace it with “pseudoscience”

Adobe has strong opinions on the standing of neuroscience as a scientific field.

We've got quite a few different studies going on at the Child Study Centre at the minute! Here's two of our studies. If you want to get involved send us a message or email childstudycentre@manchester.ac.uk :)

bit of good news: approved technical staff position! link below. please be in touch if this matches your skills & interests! drive.google.com/file/d/16J2J... (hr listing posted harvard-internal now; external soon, per guidelines), happy for ?s & plan on quick turnaround! #CogSciSky #PsychSciSky 🐦🐦

A screenshot from the Guardian saying that immigration has done incalculable damage to the UK.

Should I stand on a street corner with an apology banner?

An otter along the River Mersey! 😍😍😍 #Didsbury #RiverMersey

An online form asking me to pick which region I am located in with options being : England, England & Wales, Great Britain, Northern Ireland, Scotland, United Kingdom, or Wales.

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The CSC is excited to learn about dyslexia in monolingual and bilingual children from Prof. Manon Jones at out LuCiD seminar this morning! Find out more about our seminar series here: www.lucid.ac.uk/seminars-new...

New study for 3- and 4-year-olds at Manchester’s Child Study Centre!

A advert for a University of Manchester Child study Centre study! Join our study! Is your child between the ages of 3 to 4.5 years? Get involved in our study investigating child development! This 30 minute study involves a fun, game-based activity using stickers and blocks!

Is your child 3- to 4.5-years-old? Take part in our study to help our understanding of language development! This 30-minute study will use a fun, game-based activity using stickers and blocks. To find out more information, please email: dania.elayan@student.manchester.ac.uk.

PhD - Lancaster University

Come join us! We (me, Jill Lany, Perrine Brusini, and Gert Westermann) are recruiting a #devpsych PhD student to Lancaster Uni to join our ongoing Levehulme funded research project on how word learning shapes visual representations in infants! Please share! More info : tinyurl.com/ynbfkhbj

📢 We are delighted to announce our keynote speakers for LCICD 2025! We will be joined by Karen Adolph, Diane Poulin-Dubois, and Judit Gervain.

Abstract submission is OPEN now. Submit: wp.lancs.ac.uk/lcicd/abstra...

#PsychSciSky
Thank you to sponsors @nirx-nirs.bsky.social

NIH In Your State - United For Medical Research Select a state on the map to see the impact of NIH funding across America.

If you live in AK, AL, IN, FL, KS, KY, LA, ME, MO, OH, and SC, your reps are on the Senate HELP Committee which has jurisdiction over NIH.
Write to them pointing out the jobs and money coming to your state from NIH: www.unitedformedicalresearch.org/nih-in-your-...
describe impact of NIH cuts on....

Around 10,000 research grants have been flagged for review and distributed to various programme directors. Grants in one area of science are being distributed to directors in a separate area of science. For instance, the geosciences division is examining grants from the division of social, behavioural and economic sciences. The grants are being reviewed independently by two staff members instructed to indicate any potential violations of Trump’s orders. They will submit their reviews in a spreadsheet by 5 p.m. today.

Send help to the geologists trying to review the linguistic grants about grammatical gender 🫣

A European robin, peering in through the window.

I took the window bird feeder down because of the storm. This decision was not appreciated by everyone. #birds