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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!
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Saloni named an APS rising star
Saloni has been named a 2022 Rising Star by the Association of Psychological Science. This prestigious international designation is presented to outstanding early-career psychologists, whose innovative work has already advanced the field and signals great potential for their continued contributions. You can find out more about Saloni’s research here and the full list of 2022 Rising Stars is…
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BBC Tiny Happy People
Earlier this year, Saloni received an invitation to present research on language development for the BBC’s Tiny Happy People. This website aims to support parents in developing their children’s communication skills, and an incredible resource for parents of 0-5 year olds. Saloni worked on the series “The Speech Lab” and the following episodes have now been released…
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Postdoc opportunity!
Thanks to funding from an Academy of Medical Sciences for the project “The neural and cognitive basis of motivation for reading”, we’re looking for a postdoc to join the lab. Over the course of the project, we plan to empirically assess motivation for reading, and assess if motivation might differ in those with reading disorders such…
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Language Neuroscience podcast
Stephen Wilson (Vanderbilt) is hosting the language neuroscience podcast (https://langneurosci.org/podcast/), a wonderful series focusing on leading and early career scientists in the field of language neuroscience. Saloni recently featured on the podcast (Episode 7), talking about initial findings from the Oxford BOLD study, as well as her journey into the field of language neuroscience, and…
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AMS Springboard Award
Dr. Saloni Krishnan is one of this year’s AMS Springboard Awardees. This prestigious grant from the Academy of Medical Sciences provides £100,000 of funding over two years, and a personalised package of career support to independent biomedical researchers to help them launch their research careers. With the support of this grant, Saloni will be investigating the…