Category: n-code

  • Farewells

    We recently said goodbye to Valeriia and Darius, who leave us to take their next steps in science. Valeriia leaves us to take up a long-term postdoctoral fellowship in Russia and Darius is starting a PhD in Australia. We wish the best of luck in their new academic roles!

  • Hannah presents at Pint of Science

    Hannah presents at Pint of Science

    Hannah Jones provocatively talked about “Why read when we have Netflix?” featuring insights from her PhD at Royal Holloway’s Pint of Science, held at the Red Lion Pub in Egham.

  • Knowledge exchange workshop (SLTs and language researchers)

    On 28th June 2024, we are hosting a workshop at Royal Holloway bringing together language researchers and speech-language therapists. Speakers will include Becky Clark (ClarkSLT) and members of the lab, with plenty of room for discussion. This event is organised by PhD student Hannah Jones. Please do sign up below if you are interested.

  • Workshop on Language and Cognitive Development in deafness

    Dr. Valeria Vinogradova, ESRC Postdoctoral Fellow, has organised a workshop for professionals supporting deaf children. Find out more below!

  • New paper in Developmental Science!

    New paper in Developmental Science!

    Ever wondered why we love learning new words? Recent experiments have shown that adults experience intrinsic reward when they successfully learn new words from context. Moreover, this sense of reward significantly enhances long-term memory retention of newly acquired words. But what about children and teenagers? Do they feel the same way about learning new words?…

  • Hannah Jones awarded the Dorothy Farrar Research Prize

    Hannah Jones awarded the Dorothy Farrar Research Prize

    We’re thrilled to announce Hannah Jones has won the 2023 Dorothy Farrar Research Prize. This prize is awarded annually to a student in the Department of Psychology, Royal Holloway for the best research project. Hannah completed her project in the lab last year, working with Laura Randall, Ellie Hawkes, and Jenin Joumma. Hannah used the…

  • Welcome Valeriia and Darius!

    Welcome Valeriia and Darius!

    The lab has recently become a little bigger. Valeriia Vinogradova joins the lab as an ESRC postdoctoral research fellow. Valeriia plans to work on the interactions between language and cognition in deaf individuals. Valeriia did her PhD at UEA with Dr. Velia Cardin and Prof. John Spencer; you can read some of her impressive work here.…

  • Christmas 2023

    Christmas 2023

    It was fantastic to have an end of 2023 celebration with the lab! We found Moriarty’s lair in London, winning some chocolate in the process, followed by a lovely meal in a festive pub! Happy holidays to everyone celebrating.

  • The lab at SNL 2023

    The lab at SNL 2023

    Saloni, Amrita, and Nilgoun enjoyed presenting work at SNL 2023, against the backdrop of beautiful Marseille!

  • Visit from Dr. Caicai Zhang

    It was great to host Dr. Caicai Zhang from Hong Kong Polytechnic at Royal Holloway, we spent time discussing Developmental Language Disorder, imaging, and presentation across cultures. Thanks also to Caicai for her amazing talk focusing on reading and writing in Mandarin speaking children, and how her results connected to our understanding of sequencing.