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.

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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.

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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)

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

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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.

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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

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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

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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,

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

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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,

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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

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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

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Saloni has written a piece for the BOLD blog on reading motivation, covering how research in the lab is allowing us to compare what people

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Saloni was asked to provide expert commentary on a new paper showing talking to babies could help to shape brain structure. You can find her

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Saloni was part of the opening session “The Change makers (and how to keep up with them): Credibility in practice across different neuroscience settings”, alongside

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Saloni spoke about brains and language on a rainy Soapbox in Brighton. This was a great opportunity to raise awareness of Developmental Language Disorder, as

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We are delighted that Amrita has just had her first paper accepted at npj Science of Learning. This called for a celebration! We have been

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We went to afternoon tea to say goodbye to Desi. Desi has led the Academy of Medical Sciences Springboard project and will be a familiar

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