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Nichol Castro

@nicholcastro.bsky.social
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Assistant Professor at University at Buffalo. Complexity of word retrieval and its rehabilitation. #aging #aphasia #dementia #netsci Cat mom of 2 🐈

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Dr. Natasha Rajah, Ph.D. @mnrajah.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Sad to hear of the passing of Dr. Denise Park, Center for Longevity, UT Dallas. Denise’s work on dedifferentiation, #memory & #cogaging were very important to the way many of us approach our research today. May she rest in peace 💐 #RIP
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Jefferson Moss Rehabilitation Research Institute @mossresearch.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Now published in Cortex! Drs. Laurel Buxbaum & postdoc Amy Lebkuecher provide overview of structure, organization, and neural substrates of action semantics in neuropsychological populations and discuss methodological approaches for future research 🧠📈 pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41411702
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Rachel Ryskin @ryskin.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
Does our "semantic space" get stuck in the past as we age? New work by @ellscain.bsky.social uses historical embeddings + behavioral data to show we are truly lifelong learners. Older adults don't rely on historical meanings—they update them to match current language! 🧠✨ doi.org/10.1162/OPMI...
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Semantic Representations Are Updated Across the Lifespan Reflecting Diachronic Language Change
Abstract. Humans learn the meanings of words from the contexts in which they are used. Patterns of language use change over time, suggesting that the contexts in which some words are experienced chang...
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Jose G Centeno @centenoj.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
Call for papers 👇👇👇🚨 clinicalaphasiologyconference.org/cac-2026/
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CAC 2026
The 55th Clinical Aphasiology Conference Tuesday May 26th – Friday May 29th, 2026Sheraton Hotel at Station Square, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA The annual Clinical Aphasiology Conference (CA…
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Nichol Castro @nicholcastro.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
PhD application deadline Dec 15th Excited to bring on a mentee to advance our precision rehabilitation of anomia research at the intersection of #cogsci and #aphasia
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Nichol Castro @nicholcastro.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
We are hiring for a Clinical Faculty member in our CDS department at #UBuffalo Support student supervision and education of MA SLP students #slpeeps Focus area - motor speech and dysphagia Start date in January Come join us in Buffalo! www.ubjobs.buffalo.edu/postings/59734
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Clinical Assistant or Clinical Associate Professor, Communicative Disorders and Sciences
The Department of Communicative Disorders and Sciences (CDS), University at Buffalo, The State University of New York invites applications to apply for a full-time, twelve-month, term position in Clin...
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Anne H. Charity Hudley @acharityhudley.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
It is the honor of my lifetime to share that @universitypress.cambridge.org will publish the @lingsocam.bsky.social's new Journal of Black Language & Culture. www.lsadc.org/content.asp?... JBLAC fosters a transdisciplinary conversation on Black language & culture through a global, diasporic lens.
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Nichol Castro @nicholcastro.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
I'm open to accepting a #PhD student in #CDS beginning Fall 2026 at #UBuffalo! Join me in tackling questions about precision rehab of #anomia to improve communication and quality of life of people living with #aphasia A few things to consider, but also *please* reach out
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Arturo Hernandez @draehernandez.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
We live in an era of overproduction—AI, social media, megaphones everywhere. My new piece, “The Whisperers,” is about choosing a different path: words that don’t scream, but whisper. open.substack.com/pub/arturoh/... #AI #SocialMedia #WritingCommunity #SubstackWriters
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The Whisperers
On bookstores, celebrity shelves, and what lingers beyond the noise
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Federica Bulgarelli @fedebulgarelli.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
Our department is hiring! We're looking for a cognitive/developmental psychologist who uses computational approaches to study human cognition and behavior to address learning, development, and education. Feel free to reach out with questions!
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Nichol Castro @nicholcastro.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
New paper! This was a passion project for me. As first gen who received no career counseling, it took me a bit to find my through college & into the CSD field. When I taught our Intro course, I incorporated a lot of career counseling based on student feedback. Happy to put some data behind it!
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Nichol Castro @nicholcastro.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
#UBuffalo Dept of Psychology is hiring as part of SUNY's Empire Innovation program Assoc or Full Prof at the intersection of behavioral development and AI models of detection and intervention Job ad: www.ubjobs.buffalo.edu/postings/58513 Buffalo is a great place to work and live!
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Professor OR Associate Professor, Psychology
The Department of Psychology at the University at Buffalo (UB). The State University of New York, is recruiting for a SUNY Empire Innovation faculty hire at the rank of Professor or Associate Professo...
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Matt Goldrick @mattgoldrick.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
Important to check out if you're interested in discrete vs. gradient representations and notions like 'cascading activation' in speech production
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Samuel Aeschbach @aeschbach.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
New semantic network paper in @plosone.org with @ruimata.bsky.social at @unibas.ch and @dirkwulff.bsky.social at @arc-mpib.bsky.social! We ran large-scale simulations to test how well common behavioral tasks measure a person's semantic network. doi.org/10.1371/jour...
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Measuring individual semantic networks: A simulation study
Accurately capturing individual differences in semantic networks is fundamental to advancing our mechanistic understanding of semantic memory. Past empirical attempts to construct individual-level sem...
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Nichol Castro @nicholcastro.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
Check out our new paper on #phonological treatments for #anomia in #aphasia. Lots of good data to support phonological treatment but more work needed for maximizing treatment generalization, expanding outcome measures, and assessing treatment ingredients for patient matching.
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ASHA Journals @ashajournals.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
Treatment characteristics, participant demographic characteristics, and outcomes in the research literature for phonological treatment for anomia are summarized in this new #AJSLP scoping review. on.asha.org/3HahgRY @sigperspectives.bsky.social
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Phonological Treatment for Anomia: A Scoping Review
Purpose: The aim of this scoping review was to summarize treatment characteristics (with a focus on treatment ingredients), participant demograph...
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Nichol Castro @nicholcastro.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
I'm open to accepting a #PhD student in #CDS beginning Fall 2026 at #UBuffalo! Join me in tackling questions about precision rehab of #anomia to improve communication and quality of life of people living with #aphasia A few things to consider, but also *please* reach out
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Brielle Stark, PhD {she} @briellestark.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
I'm delighted to share my picture book written for young kids who are experiencing a loved one with #aphasia. Filled with inclusive language as well as resources, it's made for young kids (3 - 10 years old). More info & how to buy: www.neuralresearchlab.com/childrens-book
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Children's Book — NEURAL Research Lab
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Chujun Lin @chujunlin.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
First paper from my lab out @commspsychol.nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s44271-025-00275-w Latent factor models are popular for mental representation of people, e.g. warmth & competence But we show in naturalistic contexts, more complex representations are needed: high-dimensional networks
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Ayanna Kim Thomas @ayannakim.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
Happy to report that the @sparksociety.bsky.social NSF grant has been reinstated!
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Nichol Castro @nicholcastro.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
I received the Human Resources' Pillars of Pride Employee Recognition Award for Inclusion! #UBuffalo #UBTrueBlue @ubartsandsciences.bsky.social @ubuffalo.bsky.social Thank you to Jon Chirico for the nomination, my department for engaging in DEI work, and my mentors for guiding me on this path!
Nichol with Pillars of Pride lanyard and pin
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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Important update about local impacts of funding cuts. Depressing but compelling... Thanks to @joshuasweitz.bsky.social and his team for putting this together. scienceimpacts.org
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SCIMaP - Impacts of Federal Cuts to Science and Medical Research
Developed by an interdisciplinary research team, this website shows how funding cuts reduce economic activity and employment nationwide
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Caroline Bowen, Speech-Language Pathologist 🇦🇺🇳🇿🌻 @carolinebowen.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
🆓🔓in @sigperspectives.bsky.social Adithya Chandregowda writes, "speech-language pathologist" represents our role as diagnosticians (pathologists). "We need a title that emphasizes on our role in promoting communication regardless of one's “diagnosis.”" pubs.asha.org/doi/full/10.... 🦋 #bskySPEECHIES
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Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist: Time to Revise Our Titles?
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Nichol Castro @nicholcastro.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Brian is living with #aphasia and is a research participant in my lab. Learn about Brian and why he participates: stream.asha.org/ashfoundatio... Brian and all our participants with aphasia inspire me to persist, no matter the obstacles! @ubuffalo.bsky.social @ubartsandsciences.bsky.social
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ASHFoundation Impact: Brian Paterson
In 2017, Brian Paterson suffered a hemorrhagic stroke, leaving him with aphasia—a condition that...
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Nichol Castro @nicholcastro.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
Super excited for our annual Aphasia Health Fair at #UBuffalo on June 14th in Buffalo, NY! This is a FREE event, open to the public ✅Learn about aphasia from two people living with aphasia ✅Receive health and wellness resources ✅Get a hearing check-up
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Jamie Reilly 🦜 @reilly-coglab.com · 23/05/2025
After you review >5 times for a journal ask the EIC to add you to their editorial review board. You can indeed self nominate your way to the excellence.
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Needhi Bhalla 💅🏽 @needhibhalla.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
"Women are PIs on 58% of the canceled grants, although they are PIs on only 34% of all active NSF grants. Similarly, Blacks are PIs on 17% of the terminated grants, although they make only 4% of the total pool. Hispanic PIs and those with disabilities were twice as likely to lose a grant."
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Nichol Castro @nicholcastro.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Proud of Gabi and Peyton for their hardwork this semester providing Phonomotor Treatment to a person with aphasia as a part of a larger clinic-research partnership. They gave a phenomenal poster presentation last week!
Gabi and Peyton presenting their clinic-research project.
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Debra Titone @dtitone.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
Language matters: training care staff to minimize elderspeak in assisted living/nursing homes led to reductions in non-compliance and use of antipsychotics among patients. Sometimes the “affected” person isn’t the problem. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/03/h...
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Honey, Sweetie, Dearie: The Perils of Elderspeak (Gift Article)
A new training program teaches aides to stop baby talk and address older people as adults.
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CSDisseminate @csdisseminate.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
We’ve got some exciting news: OpenCSD and CSDisseminate are joining forces and becoming 1 working group! Our mission is still the same: to spread the word about #OpenScience in communication sciences and disorders. But now we’re doing it together. www.csdisseminate.com/Announcement... #SLP #AuD #CSD
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Anne Pisor @annepisor.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
📢 Today I was supposed to be in DC, highlighting what the NSF Social, Behavioral, & Economic Sciences delivers to US taxpayers. NSF had one of the highest returns on investment (ROIs) of federal grantors 👏🏻 (1) and NSF SBE funded 63% of US social and psychological science research (2). 🧵
The NSF building, photo courtesy of Duke University
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Laurel Brehm @drlearnasaurus.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
The closing statement:“We want scientists who hold identities that may be under attack to know that we are proud to be your colleagues, and that our science is stronger as a result of your being in this field. We will advocate for you, and we stand ready to assist you in whatever ways we can.”
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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
ACTION ITEM-----ACTION ITEM Implementation of Schedule F This is what a lot of us have been worried about. This allows for many civil service positions to replaced with political appointees. This could include NIH institute directors and even POs. BUT THERE IS A COMMENT PERIOD... 1/n
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Adele Goldberg @adelegoldberg.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
Thanks to Evan Kidd, @mcxfrank.bsky.social & @asifamajid.bsky.social (Eds) for organizing the awesome *Open* Encyc. of Cog. Sci. and entrusting me with/ the honor of penning the entry on "Language" (in < 3500 words, so do see other entries for much, MUCH more!) oecs.mit.edu/pub/ho9e9c80...
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Language
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The Spark Society @sparksociety.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
The Spark Society appreciates your support. Thank you all for your donations. In addition to donations, I encourage those who study animal or human cognition to become a member of the Spark Society. If you support diverse voices and building inclusive spaces in Cognitive Psy/Sci, you belong!
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Nichol Castro @nicholcastro.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
What can you do to support scholars of color in the cognitive sciences? JOIN! $25/yr www.sparksociety.org/join-renew It's not just about the money... membership numbers matter too! I do it for my students, my colleagues, and all those who deserve to be here but haven't (yet) made it in
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Nichol Castro @nicholcastro.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
This is such a cool tool to see how much NIH has done for different medical conditions. I research aphasia. Here's what it says... just wow!
NIH impact summary for Aphasia. 3564 research projects, 22300 peer-reviewed publications, 25 patented discoveries and 575 clinical trials
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Nichol Castro @nicholcastro.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
The SPARK Society supports scholars of color in the cognitive sciences. Learn about the SPARK Society and get involved if you can! www.sparksociety.org You can also help the SPARK Society achieve their mission by donating at buy.stripe.com/3cs03h1be38D...
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SPARK Society
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Nichol Castro @nicholcastro.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
New paper in Stroke led by Andrea Jones, MD-PhD #Multilayer #networks used to examine social determinants of health on stroke outcomes. Data from >2.9 million patients in GTWG-Stroke Registry 👀 Key nodes: county-level poverty, health insurance, homelessness, race @ahajournals.bsky.social Link⬇️
This study used complexity science techniques to examine network differences in individual- and county-level factors in people with unfavorable vs favorable outcomes after stroke. Image depicts multilayered networks of those with and without favorable outcomes. Hub nodes noted in pink and high closeness centrality nodes noted in yellow.
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Thomas Hills @thomhills.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
Does the mind degrade or become enriched as we grow old? To explain healthy aging effects, the evidence supports enrichment. Indeed, the evidence suggests changes in crystallized (enrichment) and fluid intelligence (slowing) share a common cause. psycnet.apa.org/record/2026-...
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APA PsycNet
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Nichol Castro @nicholcastro.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
We're celebrating #aphasia awareness month with our annual Aphasia Health Fair 🗣️💬 at #UBuffalo Save the date! 📆Saturday, June 14 | 10 a.m.–12 p.m. 📍 403 Hayes Hall, University at Buffalo South Campus, Buffalo, NY @ubuffalo.bsky.social @ubartsandsciences.bsky.social
Aphasia Health Fair
June 14th from 10a-12p
Hayes Hall, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY

Aphasia affects language, not intellect!
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Nichol Castro @nicholcastro.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Any have leads on postdoc, faculty, research staff position for an amazing postdoc whose #NIH Diversity Supplement was terminated? They work at the nexus of #linguistics, #aphasia, and #multilingualism. Any tips appreciated!
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Nichol Castro @nicholcastro.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
Our goose couple has returned. They come back every year
Goose couple returns
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APA Journals @apajournals.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
New special issue of @cjep.bsky.social on network science in experimental psychology, covering topics such as collective #cognition, vocabulary learning, and socially based #language entropy bit.ly/4hkQv9s, guest edited by @yoedkenett.bsky.social et al. @canadianpsychology.bsky.social
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Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology @cjep.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Our Special Issue 'Network Science in Experimental Psychology' is out now! We will be featuring articles all week @dtitone.bsky.social Check out the table of contents here: psycnet.apa.org/PsycARTICLES...
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Nichol Castro @nicholcastro.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
Huge congrats to Peyton Tripp, MA student in Speech-Language Pathology at University at Buffalo, for receiving an #ASHFoundation Graduate Student Scholarship! 🎉 She's passionate about advancing #bilingual services for #Aphasia and is providing phonomotor treatment for one of our research studies
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Network Science Institute @nunetsi.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
@nunetsi.bsky.social hosted the "2025 Future of Network Science Summit & Collabathon", bringing together junior scholars from across the U.S. and Europe, with a focus on advancing the research around multi-layer and higher-order networks. More about the Summit + Collabathon ➡️ bit.ly/4hZoYvf
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
KEEP CALLING. PEEL OFF ALL DEM SENATORS YOU CAN. ☎️: (202) 224-3121 Tell them to vote NO on Cloture and NO on CR. Vote is pushed to after 1:15ish for now. Situation is fluid. The only public YES votes are Schumer and Fetterman. They need 7-8 total. KEEP CALLING. Call retiring Senators too!
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Lora Park @lorapark.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Apply to University at Buffalo’s Visiting Future Faculty program which brings outstanding URM doctoral candidates to UB Sept 14-19, 2025 to engage with UB faculty & students, meet other scholars in the program, and tour the region. Apply here: www.buffalo.edu/inclusion/st... Deadline March 28, 2025
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Visiting Future Faculty Program
The Visiting Future Faculty Program (VITAL) is an exciting and rewarding four-day program that brings promising doctoral scholars from all disciplines to UB.
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