Category: n-code
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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.
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The lab at SNL 2023
Saloni, Amrita, and Nilgoun enjoyed presenting work at SNL 2023, against the backdrop of beautiful Marseille!
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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.
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New paper in eLife!
We are delighted to have a new paper out in eLife: https://elifesciences.org/articles/74242 You can read more about this research here, or see a Twitter thread by Saloni here.
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MRC New Investigator Research Grant Success
Congratulations to Saloni who has just been awarded a New Investigator Research Grant from the MRC. Her project is titled, “Reward and motivation mechanisms supporting language learning: a cross-syndrome investigation of developmental language disorder (DLD) and autism”. The grant uses cutting edge methods (new paradigms, computational models, and MRI) to understand the interplay between motivation…
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College teaching prize for Saloni
Lab director Dr. Saloni Krishnan, along with colleagues Dr. Nura Sidarus, Dr. Ilham Sebah, Professor Dawn Watling, and Professor Victoria Bourne have won a Royal Holloway College Team Teaching Prize for their project, “Establishing transparency and inclusivity in accessing and developing research experience.” These prizes recognise initiatives that have had a beneficial effect on student…
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Welcome Hannah!
We are delighted to welcome Hannah Jones, who joins the N-CoDe Lab with a summer bursary award from Royal Holloway. Hannah will be working on a project about motivation for reading, a topic close to her heart. Find out more about Hannah here!
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Welcome Desislava!
We warmly welcome Desislava Arabadzhiyska, our new postdoctoral research fellow joining the N-CoDe Lab today. Desi will be investigating intrinsic reward and motivation in children with reading disorders, funded by an Academy of Medical Sciences Springboard award. Desi completed her PhD at the University of Glasgow with Professor Marios Philiastides, where she was investigating social…
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PsychologiCALL podcast
Saloni recently discussed findings from lab paper, “Curiosity-driven learning in adults with and without dyslexia“ on the PsychologiCALL podcast. Listen here, or read the paper here. Thanks to Dr. Louisa Thomas for the invitation to participate in this incredible series, and for being an excellent host!
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Amrita wins a BACN grant
Congratulations to Amrita who has received a competitive travel award to attend the British Association of Cognitive Neuroscience Conference in May 2022!