Programme length: Three years The Aston Institute of Forensic Linguistics invites applications for a fully funded PhD studentship starting in January 2027. The studentship provides a full tuition fee ...

Abstract: The present paper advocates for incorporating Big Team Science practices into the language sciences. Big Team Science is a promising mode of collaborative research in which top-down coordina...

Contrast coding in regression models, including mixed-effect models, changes what the terms in the model mean. In particular, it determines whether or…

AbstractBackground and Objectives. Over the past decade, ageing clocks have become widely adopted as important tools for understanding biological ageing an

Humanities and Social Sciences Communications - Grammar as a behavioral biometric: using cognitively motivated grammar models for authorship verification

Looking for love this holiday season? Science suggests first-glance impressions may offer tiny signals about personality, trust, and even cheating tendencies.

Do women’s attraction to certain faces really change across the menstrual cycle? A long-running theory meets modern data.

New analysis of recently published British Social Attitudes Survey data by Humanists UK has shown that churchgoing, including among Gen Z, has continued its long-term decline. The findings are consist...

Abstract. Survey experiments have become a popular methodology for causal inference across the social sciences. We study the efficacy of survey experiment

Omnisis poll suggests opposition to free movement was based on lack of awareness and the UK government failing to enforce the rules