Category: n-code
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The lab at NDAS25
Sana and Hannah presented work from the lab at NDAS25, talking about curiosity and enjoyment in language and literacy. We’re very grateful for the excellent questions and feedback!
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A Royal Occasion at the Academy of Medical Sciences
Saloni was honoured to attend the Helix Reception at the Academy of Medical Sciences, an event celebrating the generosity of donors who support the Academy’s impactful programmes such as FLIER. Saloni was delighted to speak with HRH The Princess Royal about some of the lab’s work on dyslexia and reading motivation. Saloni and other Springboard…
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World Book Night
Saloni was delighted to be invited to World Book Night celebrations, where the Reading Agency Launched their new Quick Reads for 2025. It was a pleasure to meet some of the authors and understand why they (and so many at the event!) are trying to make reading accessible to everyone.
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Damo Quinn visits the lab
We were delighted to have Damo Quinn come and visit the lab. Damo spoke about his experience of DLD and his desire for everyone to know what DLD was as soon as he said it. We learned so much from this visit and were inspired by his activism. Damo recommended his book “Finding A Voice”…
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New paper in Dyslexia
Congratulations to Hannah Jones, whose paper “Investigating Reading Enjoyment in Adults with Dyslexia” has just been published in the journal Dyslexia! Hannah also wrote a blog post summarising these results: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/when-words-fail-us/202502/new-research-challenges-stereotype-about-dyslexia
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TooledUp Education – Parenting Podcast
Saloni and Pablo are delighted to be featured as TooledUp Education‘s Researchers of the Month, discussing their work on intrinsic reward during word learning. You can read more here or listen to them talking with Dr. Rhodes on the parenting podcast below.
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Welcome Sana!
We are delighted to welcome Sana Chugtai to the lab. Sana joins us as an RA on the PROPEL project.
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Cambridge Language Sciences
Saloni was delighted to be invited to speak at the Cambridge Language Sciences Annual symposium. She spoke about the role of reward in language learning, pointing to the role of both intrinsic and extrinsic reward as well as some of the lab’s new findings about how ability can influence the experience of reward. She was…
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New paper in Mind, Brain and Education!
We are delighted that Dr. Holly Coates McDowall’s DClinPsy research project, “Cognitive reappraisal reduces academic anxiety in university students with dyslexia”, has been accepted for publication in Mind, Brain and Education. We hope these results will prompt the use of cognitive reappraisal to help university students with dyslexia. Here is our blog summarising the results:…
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Visit to NYU
Saloni visited the Ripollés Lab @ NYU, interacting with academics in the Department of Psychology and MARL. This was a fantastic, interesting visit, allowing us to generate lots of new ideas. Saloni and Pablo also spoke on a podcast together!