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Panos Athanasopoulos

@panosathanas.bsky.social
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linguist researching language-cognition interactions and multilingualism; decision-making; linguistic relativity | musician and keen rock n roller | views own

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Panos Athanasopoulos @panosathanas.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
A computational analysis of lexical elaboration across languages | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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Michael Chesnut @michaelchesnut.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
Always nice to see more multilingualism in the pub #LinguisticLandscape of Seoul, and especially nice to see some Irish here!
A Guinness advert with Slainte written on it
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Daniel Lakens @lakens.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
The idea that replication is a 'cardinal rule' or 'cornerstone' of the scientific method follows directly from a methodological falsificationist philosophy of science. Popper (1959) discusses how we increase our confidence in theories that make predictions that withstand >
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Thomas Wolf @thomwolf.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
Exponentially growing number of open-source AI models over the course of the past 30 months – from a few thousands to over 1 million and more Interactive data viz: huggingface.co/spaces/huggi...
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Kevin McManus @kmcmanus.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
"A #Bayesian approach to (re)examining learning effects of cognitive linguistics–inspired instruction. A close #replication of Wong, Zhao, and MacWhinney (2018)" by Wong & Prange (2024, SSLA) doi.org/10.1017/S027... #skyling #skylang
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A Bayesian approach to (re)examining learning effects of cognitive linguistics–inspired instruction | Studies in Second Language Acquisition | Cambridge Core
A Bayesian approach to (re)examining learning effects of cognitive linguistics–inspired instruction
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Ramón Alvarado @ramonalvarado.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Week 9 of Francis Bacon’s epistemology: it is conventionally understood that Bacon championed experimental observation. What is often neglected is that his empiricism was EXTREMELY cautious. E.g. he describes in detail and w/examples ~30 DISTINCT KINDS of observation. #philsci #sts
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Konrad Kording @kordinglab.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Finding weaknesses in the Bayesian Confidence hypothesis: www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1... - are we pushing normative models too far?
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Vicky Loras @vickyloras.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
My first Starter Pack called Linguists is absolutely full! But I have more amazing people for you to connect with in my new Starter Pack, More Linguists! If you want to be added, let me know 📚 go.bsky.app/Fg8An3G
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Panos Athanasopoulos @panosathanas.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
Super useful list, resonates with my experience at both ends of the process
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Lingthusiasm @lingthusiasm.com · 22/11/2024
Humans learn a new word by attaching it to a set of concepts in the real world. Computers “learn” a new word by creating associations with other words In this episode we get enthusiastic about how computers process language with @emilymbender.bsky.social
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98: Helping computers decode sentences - Interview with Emily M. Bender
When a human learns a new word, we're learning to attach that word to a set of concepts in the real world. When a computer
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Dr. Ethan Kutlu @ethankutlu.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
I am thrilled to share our new paper which investigates the role of continuous measures in linguistic diversity research. We found that children who are exposed to more linguistic diversity (e.g., language, dialect, accent) are perceptually more flexible. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Linguistic diversity shapes flexible speech perception in school age children - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Linguistic diversity shapes flexible speech perception in school age children
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Prof Andy Field @profandyfield.com · 18/11/2024
Want to learn/teach R? I'm still actively developing my package of learnr tutorials at github.com/profandyfiel... Just added a tutorial on multilevel models and repeated measures.
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GitHub - profandyfield/discovr: discovr package for R to accompany Discovering Statistics Using R and RStudio
discovr package for R to accompany Discovering Statistics Using R and RStudio - profandyfield/discovr
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Judith Holler @judithholler.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Come join us as a post-doc on NWO project 'Multimodal Signalling in Face-to-Face Communication' 😃 at the Donders Centre for Cognition. Deadline 8th December! Dutch language proficiency required. ru.varbi.com/what:job/job...
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Postdoc Position: Multimodal Signalling in Face-to-Face Communication at the Donders Centre for Cognition
1. Introduction How do we communicate our intentions to one another in conversational face-to-face interaction? What role do visual bodily signals play in this process, and how do they interact with l
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Lingthusiasm @lingthusiasm.com · 17/11/2024
PSA: starter packs are capped at 150 people, so we're following back everyone we find who has linguist (or a subfield/interdisciplinary field thereof) in their bio to try to help create a longer list so people can find each other! So far over 600, yay! If we've missed you let us know! #linguistics
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Altmetric @altmetric.com · 18/11/2024
We strongly suggest that academic publishers and other platforms that host research rapidly implement a Share to Bluesky button for their articles. Here's how: docs.bsky.app/docs/advance... #AcademicSky #HigherEd #Altmetrics
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Action Intent Links | Bluesky
Authors, websites, and apps can use action intent links to implement "Share on Bluesky" buttons, or similar in-app actions. Logged-in users will be directed to the corresponding action view in the Blu...
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PsyArXivBot @psyarxivbot.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Hierarchical Factor Models For Analysis in Experimental Designs: osf.io/cetwz
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michael veale @michae.lv · 15/11/2024
In response to OpenAI’s recent ‘A Student’s Guide to Writing with ChatGPT’, Arthur Perret (maître de conferénces, Jean Moulin Lyon 3) writes a line-by-line rebuttal — A Student’s Guide to Not Writing with ChatGPT www.arthurperret.fr/blog/2024-11...
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A Student’s Guide to Not Writing with ChatGPT
Site web d’Arthur Perret, enseignant-chercheur en SIC.
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Dan Quintana @dsquintana.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Zotero is great and I think that anyone who needs to organise and cite more than a handful of references should be using it. Here's an intro to Zotero that I made for my undergrad students (but the info is relevant for anyone new to Zotero). Full vid [13 mins]: youtu.be/SlUHjOqVCyU Preview ⬇️
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Debra Titone @dtitone.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
Doing #bilingualism or #multilingualism research and wondering which lang background measure to use? We examined if #language solidarity biased self-evaluation accuracy. doi.org/nrvz Bottom line: %use self-evals were less biased than value-laden (how good am I?) self-evals. %use wins, to us!
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Self-evaluations and the language of the beholder: objective performance and language solidarity predict L2 and L1 self-evaluations in bilingual adults - Cognitive Research: Principles and Implication...
People are often asked to self-evaluate their abilities, and these evaluations may not always reflect objective reality. Here, we investigated this issue for bilingual adults’ self-evaluations of lang...
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Debra Titone @dtitone.bsky.social · 12/11/2024
A bilingualism/multilingualusm starter pack! Reach out if you’d like me to add or remove you. go.bsky.app/C5Lhp1C
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Miquel Llompart @mllompart.bsky.social · 11/11/2024
Our department is looking for a tenure-track faculty member in Language Learning & English Linguistics! apply.interfolio.com/158799 I'll be happy to answer any questions re: my experience at UPF, the department, Barcelona, etc. All help spreading the word will be appreciated😁
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Panos Athanasopoulos @panosathanas.bsky.social · 10/05/2024
Now hiring! I'm looking to recruit a full-time Postdoc researcher to join projects on language-cognition interactions in speakers of different languages and multilinguals. The ideal candidate has a PhD in Psycholinguistics/CogLing/ExpPsych. Apply here! lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
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Postdoc in language and cognition
Description of the workplace The successful applicant will be working in the English unit at the Centre for Languages and Literature , the largest department in the Joint Faculties of Humanities and T
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Panos Athanasopoulos @panosathanas.bsky.social · 19/03/2024
Research participants wanted! We are looking for Spanish native speakers who are teachers living in a non-Spanish speaking country. For more info click below! forms.gle/jjGFTse9HNi7...
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Panos Athanasopoulos @panosathanas.bsky.social · 17/01/2024
Had a lot of fun presenting our latest linguistic relativity findings to philosophers and philosophy students at Madrid Complutense. Out of my comfort zone, for sure, but the discussions were extremely fruitful. And I learned a lot about experimental philosophy! filosofia.ucm.es/congreso-rel...
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Congreso: Relatividad Lingüística y Filosofía Experimental | Facultad de Filosofía
Facultad de Filosofía, 15 y 16 de enero de 2024
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Panos Athanasopoulos @panosathanas.bsky.social · 16/01/2024
A doctoral position in English Language and Linguistics at Lund University, Sweden - application period ends 15 February 2024 lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
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Panos Athanasopoulos @panosathanas.bsky.social · 26/11/2023
How movies use music to manipulate your memory theconversation.com/how-movies-u...
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How movies use music to manipulate your memory
A sad song coupled with a happy movie scene can become strangely memorable.
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Doğuş Can Öksüz @doguscan.bsky.social · 14/11/2023
We are still (desperately!!!) looking for participants for this study, Please help me spread the word! #linguistics #bilingualism #heritage #Turkish
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PsyArXivBot @psyarxivbot.bsky.social · 14/11/2023
Mental representation of words and concepts in late multilingualism: A replication and extension of the Revised Hierarchical Model: osf.io/yfktw
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PsyArXivBot @psyarxivbot.bsky.social · 11/11/2023
The linguistic elephant in scientific publishing: osf.io/5zxaf
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PsyArXivBot @psyarxivbot.bsky.social · 08/11/2023
An Integrated Bayesian-Heuristic semiotic model for understanding human and SARS-CoV-2 representational structures: osf.io/x86yt
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PsyArXivBot @psyarxivbot.bsky.social · 08/11/2023
The semiotics of language change: A cognitive semiotic analysis of phrasal-verb meaning in Early English: osf.io/5hdsy
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PsyArXivBot @psyarxivbot.bsky.social · 07/11/2023
Metacognitive Awareness and the Subjective Experience of Remembering in Aphantasia: osf.io/gx4yw
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Sam Schwarzkopf @sampendu.bsky.social · 26/09/2023
Many psychophysics & brain mapping studies use small samples. This often deeply confuses editors & reviewers trained on population statistics. It can also make it difficult to preregister & interpret such studies. Here we attempt to change that: doi.org/10.1101/2023... #neuroscience #visionscience
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A simple statistical framework for small sample studies
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Bodo Winter @bodowinter.bsky.social · 26/10/2023
University of Murcia is offering a 4-year full-time PhD position to work on time and emotion. Applicants should have background in linguistics, psych, cogsci or equivalent. Deadline is Nov 15/11/2023 More info here: daedalus.um.es?p=2890
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Elaine Francis @ejfranci2.bsky.social · 23/10/2023
Just posted! A two-year postdoc position in corpus linguistics *starting in January* . My colleague Bradley Dilger will be the PI and I expect to also collaborate. (Apologies for the tight timeline. We had no control over that.) Here’s the link. careers.purdue.edu/job/West-Laf...
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Efthymia Kapnoula @effiekapnoula.bsky.social · 24/10/2023
The Basque Center on Cognition Brain and Language (BCBL) in Spain is offering a 4-year funded PhD opportunity. The PhD student will work on a project examining speech processing in children with and without dyslexia. Info: www.bcbl.eu/en/join-us/j...
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FUNDED PHD CANDIDATE POSITION (BILREAD) – EDUCATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE
at the BCBL- Basque Center on Cognition Brain and Language (San Sebastián, Basque Country, Spain) www.bcbl.eu
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Pernelle Lorette @pernellel.bsky.social · 24/10/2023
Our department at the University of Mannheim is looking for an English language lecturer. Do you know of / Are you a potential candidate? www.uni-mannheim.de/media/Univer...
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Asifa Majid @asifamajid.bsky.social · 24/10/2023
Great article! And aligns with a recent study that shows speakers of different European languages conceptualize "gender" in different ways, with Italians being more social-constructivist and Dutch more essentialist www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Gender is conceptualized in different ways across cultures | Language and Cognition | Cambridge Core
Gender is conceptualized in different ways across cultures
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Eric Smalley @ericsmalley.bsky.social · 25/08/2023
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Social media algorithms warp how people learn from each other, research shows
Social media companies’ drive to keep you on their platforms clashes with how people evolved to learn from each other. One result is more conflict and misinformation.
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Rob Hartsuiker @roberthartsuiker.bsky.social · 23/10/2023
Very pleased to announce a conference organised by our Productivity@Work consortium at Ghent University: Unraveling Linguistic Productivity: Insights into usage, processing, and variability – Ghent, May 21–23, 2024 www.languageproductivity.ugent.be/conference/
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Dr. Sarah Gaither @sarahegaither.bsky.social · 20/10/2023
Looking to learn more about what it is like to be an AE? Apply to be an Editorial Fellow with us at JEP: General that comes with training, a mentor, and a stipend! Applications due Nov 1! www.apa.org/pubs/journal...
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Elaine Francis @ejfranci2.bsky.social · 19/10/2023
My PhD student Vanessa Sheu is looking for advanced L2 Mandarin learners (L1 English) to participate in an experiment over Zoom. She is currently looking for L2 learners with no early exposure to Mandarin. Please share widely! Thank you! cla.purdue.edu/english/fran...
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Recruitment – ExLing
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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 20/10/2023
Great news. I can't imagine a higher ROI investment to advance scientific research. Kudos to the NSF and the Simons Foundation for seeing the enormous value of what the arXiv provides us all.
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Research repository arXiv receives $10M for upgrades | Cornell Chronicle
Cornell Tech has announced a total of more than $10 million in gifts and grants from the Simons Foundation and the National Science Foundation, respectively, to support arXiv, a free distribution serv...
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Adam Schembri (ˈʃɛmbɹi/ˈʃkɛmbri) @adamcschembri.bsky.social · 19/10/2023
www.scientificamerican.com/article/gram...
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Grammar Changes How We See, an Australian Language Shows
An Aboriginal language provides unexpected insight into how language influences perception
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Cognitive Science Society @cogscisociety.bsky.social · 19/10/2023
We are pleased to announce that we are accepting nominations for 🌟The Lila R. Gleitman Prize for Early-Career Contributions to Cognitive Science 🌟 Visit cognitivesciencesociety.org/gleitman-pri... for details on the nomination and selection process. #GleitmanPrize #CogSci
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Panos Athanasopoulos @panosathanas.bsky.social · 18/10/2023
Job alert! Joint postdoctoral position in electrophysiology (EEG) at Lund University Humanities Lab and the Faculty of Medicine. Apply by 23 November! www.humlab.lu.se/about/work-a...
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Work at the Humanities Lab
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