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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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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 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

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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

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