TooledUp Education – Parenting Podcast
Dec 17, 2024
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
Welcome Sana!
Dec 6, 2024
We are delighted to welcome Sana Chugtai to the lab. Sana joins us as an RA on the PROPEL project.
Cambridge Language Sciences
Nov 23, 2024
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,
New paper in Mind, Brain and Education!
Nov 21, 2024
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
Visit to NYU
Nov 21, 2024
Saloni visited the Ripollés Lab @ NYU, interacting with academics in the Department of Psychology and MARL. This was a fantastic, interesting visit, allowing us
Visit to Groningen
Oct 23, 2024
Saloni was delighted to receive an Erasmus Mundus scholar grant to visit the University of Groningen. As part of the visit, Saloni gave lectures on
DLD Day 2024
Oct 19, 2024
This year, members of the N-CoDe Lab and UCL Language and Cognition delivered treats and facts about DLD to schools in our local community. Schools
Congratulations Dr. Bains!
Oct 1, 2024
We are delighted to announce that Amrita has passed her viva. We celebrated her achievement with some fizz and dinner with colleagues from Royal Holloway.
The lab at BACN24
Sep 11, 2024
It was great to see Sonia and Hannah present new work from the PROPEL project at the British Association of Cognitive Neuroscience conference in London.
Summer Science Exhibition
Jul 4, 2024
Saloni gave a talk at the Summer Science Exhibition, which is the Royal Society’s annual celebration of cutting edge science. Saloni spoke about the intrinsic
Moving to UCL
Jul 4, 2024
We are delighted to announce that the lab is moving to UCL in September 2024. We will be based in the Department of Language and
Working together
Jun 21, 2024
We were delighted to be part of RHUL’s Psychology Working Together Event, which attracts a diverse group of educational professionals from the South East Research
The lab at #BDA24
Jun 21, 2024
We were very excited to present our work on various facets of #dyslexia at BDA24 in Surrey. Nilgoun Bahar gave a talk on her new
Farewells
May 15, 2024
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
Hannah presents at Pint of Science
May 15, 2024
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
Knowledge exchange workshop (SLTs and language researchers)
May 7, 2024
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)
Workshop on Language and Cognitive Development in deafness
May 7, 2024
Dr. Valeria Vinogradova, ESRC Postdoctoral Fellow, has organised a workshop for professionals supporting deaf children. Find out more below!
New paper in Developmental Science!
Mar 9, 2024
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.
Hannah Jones awarded the Dorothy Farrar Research Prize
Feb 26, 2024
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
Welcome Valeriia and Darius!
Feb 1, 2024
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
Christmas 2023
Dec 5, 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,
The lab at SNL 2023
Oct 27, 2023
Saloni, Amrita, and Nilgoun enjoyed presenting work at SNL 2023, against the backdrop of beautiful Marseille!
Effective Grant Writing workshop
Jun 10, 2023
Saloni, with Dr. Kaili Rimfeld and Dr. Kyle Jasmin, organised a grant writing workshop, hosting panel members and successful applicants to the MRC, BBSRC, ESRC,
MRC Fellows Day
Jun 10, 2023
Saloni was delighted to be at the MRC Fellows Day, learning about the MRC’s perspective on industrial collaboration and patient involvement in research. It was