Reposted by Rósa S. GísladóttirYoïn van Spijk @yvanspijk.bsky.social · 31/10/2025Sometimes, a family company splits in two, each part getting its own specialisation. That’s what happened to ‘owe’ and ‘ought’, once the present and past tense of one and the same verb. Its original meaning was “to possess”. They’re also related to ‘own’. Zoom in on my graphic to learn more: 77519
Rósa S. Gísladóttir @rosagisladottir.bsky.social · 26/10/2025I don't know who needs to hear this, but Iceland now has a female President, Prime Minister, Bishop, Rectors of all major universities, Head of Police, Director of Health, Speaker of Parliament, and Mayor of Reykjavík. You do not mess with Icelandic women. www.inspiredbyiceland.com/society/gend...inspiredbyiceland.comIceland Gender Equality | History, Progress & ChallengesDive into Iceland gender equality. See the nation’s historic milestones, current leadership, pay equity efforts, and ongoing challenges toward full equality. 050
Reposted by Rósa S. GísladóttirSusanne Babl @susannebabl.bsky.social · 25/10/2025Our new paper is now in BioRxiv ☺️ See how the auditory cortex encodes vocalizations before the bat produces them 📣🦇🧠 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... with @talking-bat.bsky.social and Dennis Röhrig!biorxiv.orgNeurons in the bat auditory cortex encode class and complexity of future vocalizationsVocal production is a complex behavior across the animal kingdom that relies on coordinated motor and auditory networks. However, the contribution of sensory areas in vocal control remains poorly unde... 1104
Reposted by Rósa S. GísladóttirSimon Fisher @profsimonfisher.bsky.social · 22/10/2025Come join us for a 4-year PhD on effects of rare gene disruptions involved in speech disorder, investigated in human neuronal models (via gene-editing, tissue culture, brain organoids, high-res microscopy, transcriptomics, epigenomics). More info: www.mpi.nl/imprs-phd-fe... #AcademicJobs #PhDJobs 🧬🧪 11821
Reposted by Rósa S. GísladóttirSimon Fisher @profsimonfisher.bsky.social · 03/10/2025Unique opportunity to direct your own innovative long-term research programme on the psychology of language at @mpi-nl.bsky.social, a leading interdisciplinary Max Planck Institute in Nijmegen, the Netherlands. Nominate yourself or a colleague by 19 December 2025. Please help us spread the word. 👇🧪 076
Reposted by Rósa S. GísladóttirMax Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics @mpi-nl.bsky.social · 02/10/2025Recalling sequences from memory can explain the distribution of recursive structures in natural languages. New paper by Fenna H. Poletiek, Peter Hagoort & Bruno R. Bocanegra doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2025.106244 paper: tinyurl.com/mvy4jkb5 041
Rósa S. Gísladóttir @rosagisladottir.bsky.social · 28/09/2025So native speakers of English are basically Icelandic at heart...#ð 020
Rósa S. Gísladóttir @rosagisladottir.bsky.social · 16/09/2025If you're in Barcelona, check out this open MusicGens event happening tomorrow! A roundtable about the musical genome with @musiccognition.bsky.social and more inspiring speakers! 🎵 🎹palaumusica.catThe Musical Genome - Roundtable- Do we carry music in our genes?Do we carry music in our genes? 17th September 2025. 041
Reposted by Rósa S. GísladóttirMichel Nivard @michelnivard.bsky.social · 16/09/2025The Manhattanplot of every GWAS is evolving. the top cluster/horizontal band is proteins, the second protein ratio's the third all kinds of microbiome GWAS (which have smaller N and less power, hence the almost empty third horizondal band). I might make this into an interactive shiny website... 063
Reposted by Rósa S. GísladóttirEric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 13/09/2025We know GLP-1 drugs reduce brain inflammation. But I didn't anticipate bipolar disorder as a possible indication in the future www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comGlucagon-like Peptide-1 receptor agonists as emerging therapeutics in bipolar disorder: a narrative review of preclinical and clinical evidence - Molecular PsychiatryMolecular Psychiatry - Glucagon-like Peptide-1 receptor agonists as emerging therapeutics in bipolar disorder: a narrative review of preclinical and clinical evidence 1128975
Rósa S. Gísladóttir @rosagisladottir.bsky.social · 09/09/2025"Tell me you're a linguist without telling me you're a linguist"😃threads.comDanny Hieber, Ph.D. (@linguisticdiscovery) on ThreadsNew linguistics experiment just dropped 010
Reposted by Rósa S. GísladóttirThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 03/09/2025Breaking News: In a win for Harvard University, a judge said that the government broke the law by freezing billions of dollars in research funds.nyti.msJudge Issues Ruling Helpful to Harvard in Case Against TrumpHarvard had sued the Trump administration in an effort to restore billions in research funds that the government canceled this spring. 2037376
Reposted by Rósa S. Gísladóttirandrea e. martin @andreaeyleen.eurosky.social · 03/09/2025Interested in doing a PhD with me and lacns.github.io? Or with any of the incredible fellows in the IMPRS School of Cognition www.maxplanckschools.org/cognition-en - apply before Dec 1st at cognition.maxplanckschools.org/en/applicationlacns.github.ioLanguage and Computation in Neural SystemsWe are an international group of scientists consisting of linguists, cognitive scientists, cognitive neuroscientists, computational neuroscientists, computational modellers, computational scientists, ... 23536
Reposted by Rósa S. GísladóttirCedric Boeckx @cedricboeckx.bsky.social · 01/09/2025Nice piece by @mathiesoniain.bsky.social on polygenic prediction of human complex traits using ancient DNA (h/t @evobioclio.bsky.social ) 🧪🧬 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...sciencedirect.comPolygenic prediction of human complex traits using ancient DNAAncient DNA has revolutionized our understanding of human history and clarified many aspects of human evolution on a molecular level. In this article,… 073
Reposted by Rósa S. GísladóttirMorgan Robertson @morganrobertson.bsky.social · 31/08/2025Important reading as you prepare for your semester 7367104
Reposted by Rósa S. GísladóttirAlbert Vilella, PhD. @albertvilella.bsky.social · 25/08/2025Different results than those found in preserved samples www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comA study of gene expression in the living human brain - Molecular PsychiatryMolecular Psychiatry - A study of gene expression in the living human brain 1155
Reposted by Rósa S. GísladóttirDorothy Bishop @deevybee.bsky.social · 24/08/2025The full story on "stem-cell-based, tissue engineered trachea replacements" by @pmurray65.bsky.social and Peter Wilmshurst. Whistelblowers met with a wall of silence from the establishment drpeterwilmshurst.wordpress.com/2025/08/19/s...drpeterwilmshurst.wordpress.comStem cell scandal: prison for one surgeon, pay bonus for anotherThis is a joint blog by Professor Patricia Murray and Peter Wilmshurst. Summary We question the contrasting responses of legal and regulatory bodies in Sweden and the UK to deaths of patients that … 1125
Reposted by Rósa S. GísladóttirSteve Smith @fmrib-steve.bsky.social · 22/08/2025Latest processing of UK Biobank brain imaging data - now with 82,000 usable first-scan datasets. Correlating brain IDPs with 13,000 non-imaging variables gives a rich manhattan-stye plot. 324,000 Bonferroni-significant associations. 2267
Reposted by Rósa S. GísladóttirSimon Fisher @profsimonfisher.bsky.social · 20/08/2025Developmental stuttering involves speech disfluencies (blocks, prolongations, repetitions). We sequenced all protein-coding genes of 85 parent-child trios in which the child stuttered, & found (likely) pathogenic DNA variants in 4 genes also implicated in neurodevelopmental disorders. New paper:👇🗣️🧬🧪nature.comDe novo protein-coding gene variants in developmental stuttering - Molecular PsychiatryMolecular Psychiatry - De novo protein-coding gene variants in developmental stuttering 2248
Reposted by Rósa S. GísladóttirMichelle Luciano @drmluciano.bsky.social · 18/08/2025Delighted to see work led by Hayley Mountford @hayleymountford.bsky.social published today. rdcu.be/eA8G0 We used MTAG to increase gene discovery for dyslexia: 36 new regions; ~30 new genes from gene-based tests; several sig biological pathways @profsimonfisher.bsky.social @schoolofppls.bsky.socialrdcu.beMultivariate genome-wide association analysis of dyslexia and quantitative reading skill improves gene discoveryTranslational Psychiatry - Multivariate genome-wide association analysis of dyslexia and quantitative reading skill improves gene discovery 0199
Reposted by Rósa S. GísladóttirTheo Nash @theonash.bsky.social · 13/08/2025This isn’t an impoverished regional school – this is the University of Chicago. Devastating. 13537461192
Reposted by Rósa S. GísladóttirDr Katie Twomey @k2mey.eurosky.social · 13/08/2025Hello it is possible to have a background in both the humanities and STEM (👋) and I'd argue that being interdisciplinary leads to a more broad-ranging set of ideas. The STEM/Hums boundaries are imposed top-down and we need all of us to advance human knowledge. 712923
Reposted by Rósa S. GísladóttirGiacomo Bignardi @giacomobignardi.bsky.social · 10/08/2025Third: forum piece on the genetics of human communication, by @rosagisladottir.bsky.social 053
Reposted by Rósa S. GísladóttirGiacomo Bignardi @giacomobignardi.bsky.social · 10/08/2025Some August highlights from Trends on music, communication, and genetics. First up: the review on music reward sensitivity as a model for understanding reward processing, by Mas-Herrero, Zatorre & Marco-Pallarés. www.cell.com/trends/cogni... 1114
Reposted by Rósa S. GísladóttirEngLangBlog @englangblog.bsky.social · 08/08/2025This looks like a good read with lots of potential for Paper 2 discussion. www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...theguardian.comIs it, like, OK to say ‘like’ now?A new book argues the long despised word associated with valley girls is now essential to the way we communicate 1112
Reposted by Rósa S. GísladóttirJ. Emory Parker 🏳️🌈 @jaspar.bsky.social · 07/08/2025“GPT-5 is the first time that it feels like talking to an expert in any topic — a Ph.D.-level expert,” OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said. 42765734
Rósa S. Gísladóttir @rosagisladottir.bsky.social · 05/08/2025Look at that cool cover of @cp-trendsgenetics.bsky.social featuring my forum article on genetics of human communication 🎯 The article is short and accessible, see link in 🧵 1113
Reposted by Rósa S. GísladóttirVeni Kunche @veni.dev · 31/07/2025Well this is bad. Google is indexing ChatGPT conversations exposing sensitive user data I tried a few quick searches. I found someone's chat where I can see their api key I found some building their resume. Their name, email and phone numbers are exposed. www.fastcompany.com/91376687/goo...fastcompany.comExclusive: Google is indexing ChatGPT conversations, potentially exposing sensitive user dataThousands of shared ChatGPT chats are now appearing in Google search results. 7525661755
Reposted by Rósa S. GísladóttirMegan Fox @glassbottommeg.bsky.social · 28/07/2025Holy shit. This guy saved a PNG to a bird. (he drew a bird into a spectrogram, played that sound to a starling, and the starling reproduced it back to him with enough accuracy he got his bird drawing back in their call's spectrogram) www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCQC...youtube.comI Saved a PNG Image To A BirdYouTube video by Benn Jordan 10543491355
Reposted by Rósa S. GísladóttirBecause Language (becauselangpod) @becauselanguage.com · 12/07/2025Language is a wonder. As in: We wonder what makes it all work. So we're talking to linguistic lion Stephen Levinson of @mpi-nl.bsky.social about his new book The Interaction Engine. (The book is open source, by the way!) Episode coming soon. 14410
Reposted by Rósa S. GísladóttirTrends in Genetics @cp-trendsgenetics.bsky.social · 27/06/2025We're happy to share that TiG's Impact Factor is now 16.3 -- the highest it's been in 25 years! Many thanks to our dedicated authors, reviewers, and readers for continuing to make TiG a favorite source of thought-provoking and forward-looking reviews and commentaries. 131
Reposted by Rósa S. GísladóttirSimon Fisher @profsimonfisher.bsky.social · 21/06/2025Highly recommend this superb forum article on genomics of human communication traits, free to read in @cp-trendsgenetics.bsky.social. Beautifully succinct & accessible overview by @rosagisladottir.bsky.social on where the field is now & where it's heading. 🗣️💬🧠🧬🧪 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 24317
Rósa S. Gísladóttir @rosagisladottir.bsky.social · 18/06/2025I sincerely hope that biobanks start considering language and communication as important phenotypes for GWAS. I outline the way forward in the TiGs Forum piece below. Special thanks to Kári Stefánsson, who introduced me to genetics 10 years ago 🫶 0176
Rósa S. Gísladóttir @rosagisladottir.bsky.social · 18/06/2025I'm so excited to see this online now in TRENDS IN GENETICS: Advancing GWAS of Human Communication. I review latest developments in genetics of speech and language and highlight opportunities for research on genetics and evolution of human communication. authors.elsevier.com/a/1lHgMcQbJF...authors.elsevier.com 194
Reposted by Rósa S. GísladóttirEmily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 08/06/2025As I've been saying over and over on our book tour for The AI Con, the inevitability argument (including in the form of "AI is here to stay") is an attempt to steal our agency. We don't have to accept that and I encourage everyone to refuse it. 423989
Rósa S. Gísladóttir @rosagisladottir.bsky.social · 05/06/2025End of an era. I spent 10 years working with Kári at deCODE and will always be grateful for the opportunity to do research in such a creative and free-spirited place.nature.comGenomics pioneer fired from firm he founded: ‘It was not easy to domesticate me’Kári Stefánsson, who last month left the Icelandic genetics company deCODE, spoke to Nature about his legacy. 060
Reposted by Rósa S. GísladóttirAdam Gitner @thesaurosaur.bsky.social · 22/05/2025New TLL podcast episode with the talented Sólveig Hilmarsdottir on the complexities of Latin FEMVR! tllpod.podbean.com/e/femvr-solv...tllpod.podbean.comFEMVR: Sólveig Hilmarsdottir | TLL Podcast: Ut silvae foliisSólveig Hilmarsdottir (Cambridge University) discusses the complex paradigm of femur (gen. feminis or femoris?), its historical origin, and surprising variation in Latin texts. To consult the TLL arti... 1125
Reposted by Rósa S. GísladóttirSimon Fisher @profsimonfisher.bsky.social · 02/06/2025Our manuscript is desk-rejected; editor says it doesn't fit journal scope. We submit elsewhere. [days pass] Unsolicited email from editor of original journal; they stumbled on our exciting BioRxiv preprint, think it's a great fit, & would we consider submitting to them? Reader, it's the same paper.🙄 2816
Reposted by Rósa S. GísladóttirJoel Snyder @auditoryjoel.bsky.social · 23/05/2025Looking at promising ERPs is a great way to enter the weekend 🤩 #auditory #neuroscience #misophonia 151
Reposted by Rósa S. GísladóttirDavid Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 23/05/2025Trump in 2024: we are going to deport illegal immigrants, who committed crimes, to their home country Trump in early 2025: we are sending legal immigrants, with no criminal record, to random foreign gulags Trump in midway through 2025: we are going to deport legal visitors studying at Harvard 215555
Reposted by Rósa S. GísladóttirBenjamin Kay @benjaminkay.bsky.social · 22/05/2025Stimulants helped children with ADHD or insufficient sleep do better on cognitive tasks. They seem to mask the effects of fatigue and elevate the perceived salience of goal-oriented actions, helping you do tasks you find boring without directly affecting your capacity to pay attention. 1211
Reposted by Rósa S. GísladóttirBenjamin Kay @benjaminkay.bsky.social · 22/05/2025My med school textbook says stimulants like Ritalin treat hyperactivity by “stimulating” the brain’s attention and cognitive control systems. We studied children taking stimulants in the ABCD Study, and the largest differences were actually in arousal and reward networks! Check out our preprint! 1114356
Reposted by Rósa S. GísladóttirSimon J. Greenhill @simongreenhill.bsky.social · 20/05/2025Apparently people who take lots of drugs like complex music... I also appreciate the 'Groove Rating' metric. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... 062
Rósa S. Gísladóttir @rosagisladottir.bsky.social · 19/05/2025Nominations are now open for the 2025 International Vigdís Prize! The prize (6 million Icelandic kronas) spotlights exceptional achievements in the promotion of cultural and linguistic diversity, multilingualism, and translation. vigdis.hi.is/en/vigdisprize #LinguisticDiversity #Literaturevigdis.hi.isThe International Vigdís Prize | vigdis.hi.is 000
Reposted by Rósa S. GísladóttirDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 18/05/2025Oooof. Those direct air capture machines built by Climeworks in Iceland, to pull carbon dioxide out of the air? Turns out ... they have generated more CO2 than they have captured.heimildin.isClimeworks’ capture fails to cover its own emissionsThe carbon capture company Climeworks only captures a fraction of the CO2 it promises its machines can capture. The company is failing to carbon offset the emissions resulting from its operations – wh... 671066387
Reposted by Rósa S. GísladóttirNeedhi 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." 311285939
Reposted by Rósa S. GísladóttirLior Pachter @lpachter.bsky.social · 04/05/2025Kári Stefánsson, founder and CEO of deCODE Genetics, the Icelandic company wholly owned by Amgen but operated largely independently, has been fired. www.mbl.is/frettir/innl...mbl.isHoppuðu upp í einkaþotu til að vera komnir til Íslands á undan mér„Þetta er ósköp einfalt, ég var boðaður á fund og sagt að ég væri rekinn,“ sagði Kári Stefánsson, sem staddur var í Kaliforníu þegar náðist í hann. „Síðan var ég skilinn eftir inni í herbergi, stjórne... 21310
Reposted by Rósa S. GísladóttirJonathan Peelle @jpeelle.bsky.social · 05/05/2025The CEO of Ikea was just elected Prime Minister of Sweden. The first thing she’ll do, obviously, is assemble her cabinet. 916827