German Word Nerd Network
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Welcome to the official account of the #GermanWordNerdNetwork! Connecting language researchers around the globe.
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Posts by @leungyianna.bsky.social & @hannawoloszyn.bsky.social
Website: https://sites.google.com/view/gewonn/home
Posts by @leungyianna.bsky.social & @hannawoloszyn.bsky.social
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Welcome to join our upcoming Journal Club meetings in Oct & Nov! Happy to have @cyhsieh.bsky.social & Dr. Cosimo Iaia as our guest speakers!
Register to get the Zoom link or sign up as our next guest speaker:
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More exciting talks coming up. Please share & see you there!
Register to get the Zoom link or sign up as our next guest speaker:
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More exciting talks coming up. Please share & see you there!
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🚨Now out in *Open Mind* 🚨
"Can we utilize Large Language Models (LLMs) to generate useful linguistic corpora? A case study of the word frequency effect in young German readers"
direct.mit.edu/opmi/article...
with
@jobschepens.bsky.social @hannawoloszyn.bsky.social @nicolekmarx.bsky.social
"Can we utilize Large Language Models (LLMs) to generate useful linguistic corpora? A case study of the word frequency effect in young German readers"
direct.mit.edu/opmi/article...
with
@jobschepens.bsky.social @hannawoloszyn.bsky.social @nicolekmarx.bsky.social
November 13, 2025 at 2:02 PM
🚨Now out in *Open Mind* 🚨
"Can we utilize Large Language Models (LLMs) to generate useful linguistic corpora? A case study of the word frequency effect in young German readers"
direct.mit.edu/opmi/article...
with
@jobschepens.bsky.social @hannawoloszyn.bsky.social @nicolekmarx.bsky.social
"Can we utilize Large Language Models (LLMs) to generate useful linguistic corpora? A case study of the word frequency effect in young German readers"
direct.mit.edu/opmi/article...
with
@jobschepens.bsky.social @hannawoloszyn.bsky.social @nicolekmarx.bsky.social
Coming up next in our November's Journal Club meeting: We have happy to have Dr. Cosimo Iaia talk about the concreteness effect in representational alignment between human and language models. All are welcome to join us! Please share 😊
Registration link: forms.gle/8W6Xu9VK31df...
Registration link: forms.gle/8W6Xu9VK31df...
November 10, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Coming up next in our November's Journal Club meeting: We have happy to have Dr. Cosimo Iaia talk about the concreteness effect in representational alignment between human and language models. All are welcome to join us! Please share 😊
Registration link: forms.gle/8W6Xu9VK31df...
Registration link: forms.gle/8W6Xu9VK31df...
Great talk and discussion with @cyhsieh.bsky.social today, where we learnt about the impact of Chinese characters' semantic consistency on learning compound characters!
October 20, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Great talk and discussion with @cyhsieh.bsky.social today, where we learnt about the impact of Chinese characters' semantic consistency on learning compound characters!
Join our journal club next Monday! We're happy to have @cyhsieh.bsky.social to discuss "What Chinese Compounds Tell Us About Reading"! Scan the QR code to register or click here: forms.gle/JV5cp1RHHaH2...
October 15, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Join our journal club next Monday! We're happy to have @cyhsieh.bsky.social to discuss "What Chinese Compounds Tell Us About Reading"! Scan the QR code to register or click here: forms.gle/JV5cp1RHHaH2...
Welcome to join our upcoming Journal Club meetings in Oct & Nov! Happy to have @cyhsieh.bsky.social & Dr. Cosimo Iaia as our guest speakers!
Register to get the Zoom link or sign up as our next guest speaker:
forms.gle/TY6Cuxut87Ej...
More exciting talks coming up. Please share & see you there!
Register to get the Zoom link or sign up as our next guest speaker:
forms.gle/TY6Cuxut87Ej...
More exciting talks coming up. Please share & see you there!
October 2, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Welcome to join our upcoming Journal Club meetings in Oct & Nov! Happy to have @cyhsieh.bsky.social & Dr. Cosimo Iaia as our guest speakers!
Register to get the Zoom link or sign up as our next guest speaker:
forms.gle/TY6Cuxut87Ej...
More exciting talks coming up. Please share & see you there!
Register to get the Zoom link or sign up as our next guest speaker:
forms.gle/TY6Cuxut87Ej...
More exciting talks coming up. Please share & see you there!
Great journal club meeting on @marcelbinz.bsky.social et al.'s "Centaur: a foundation model of human cognition", moderated by @ksenijamisic.bsky.social. Lots of discussions on the utility and the future of cognitive models!
Stay tuned for our next meeting announcement. DM or email us to join!
Stay tuned for our next meeting announcement. DM or email us to join!
June 5, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Great journal club meeting on @marcelbinz.bsky.social et al.'s "Centaur: a foundation model of human cognition", moderated by @ksenijamisic.bsky.social. Lots of discussions on the utility and the future of cognitive models!
Stay tuned for our next meeting announcement. DM or email us to join!
Stay tuned for our next meeting announcement. DM or email us to join!
We're happy to share a new preprint by our members, @jnpauli.bsky.social & @benjamingagl.bsky.social: "Understanding the Neuro-Cognitive Mechanisms of Orthographic Learning in Humans and Baboons: A Comparative Study Using Domain-Specific Mechanistic and Domain-General Connectionist Models"!
Understanding the Neuro-Cognitive Mechanisms of Orthographic Learning in Humans and Baboons: A Comparative Study Using Domain-Specific Mechanistic and Domain-General Connectionist Models
Script is a key technology for humans, as mastering reading is essential for successful social participation. Hence, understanding the neuro-cognitive mechanisms underpinning the processes of learning...
www.biorxiv.org
May 27, 2025 at 8:09 AM
We're happy to share a new preprint by our members, @jnpauli.bsky.social & @benjamingagl.bsky.social: "Understanding the Neuro-Cognitive Mechanisms of Orthographic Learning in Humans and Baboons: A Comparative Study Using Domain-Specific Mechanistic and Domain-General Connectionist Models"!
Welcome to join our journal club discussion tomorrow! 😄
Join our next journal club meeting on May 22 (Thur), 11am-12pm (CEST)! We'll discuss: @marcelbinz.bsky.social et al.'s (2024) "Centaur: a foundation model of human cognition"!
😊 Moderator: @ksenijamisic.bsky.social
👇 See link for more info. DM or email us for the Zoom link!
😊 Moderator: @ksenijamisic.bsky.social
👇 See link for more info. DM or email us for the Zoom link!
Journal Club
Welcome to the GeWoNN Journal Club! We meet once a month to discuss articles related to word and reading research. For more info, check out our past meetings or contact us at gewonn.contact.us@gmail.c...
sites.google.com
May 21, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Welcome to join our journal club discussion tomorrow! 😄
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This summer semester I'm very excited to teach a brand-new seminar on "Open Science practices in Applied Linguistics and Second Language Acquisition" @UniKoeln! ☀️
Some 20 B.A. and M.A. students studying #linguistics or a Romance language (+ one post-doc) […]
[Original post on fediscience.org]
Some 20 B.A. and M.A. students studying #linguistics or a Romance language (+ one post-doc) […]
[Original post on fediscience.org]
April 14, 2025 at 7:00 AM
This summer semester I'm very excited to teach a brand-new seminar on "Open Science practices in Applied Linguistics and Second Language Acquisition" @UniKoeln! ☀️
Some 20 B.A. and M.A. students studying #linguistics or a Romance language (+ one post-doc) […]
[Original post on fediscience.org]
Some 20 B.A. and M.A. students studying #linguistics or a Romance language (+ one post-doc) […]
[Original post on fediscience.org]
Join our next journal club meeting on May 22 (Thur), 11am-12pm (CEST)! We'll discuss: @marcelbinz.bsky.social et al.'s (2024) "Centaur: a foundation model of human cognition"!
😊 Moderator: @ksenijamisic.bsky.social
👇 See link for more info. DM or email us for the Zoom link!
😊 Moderator: @ksenijamisic.bsky.social
👇 See link for more info. DM or email us for the Zoom link!
Journal Club
Welcome to the GeWoNN Journal Club! We meet once a month to discuss articles related to word and reading research. For more info, check out our past meetings or contact us at gewonn.contact.us@gmail.c...
sites.google.com
May 13, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Join our next journal club meeting on May 22 (Thur), 11am-12pm (CEST)! We'll discuss: @marcelbinz.bsky.social et al.'s (2024) "Centaur: a foundation model of human cognition"!
😊 Moderator: @ksenijamisic.bsky.social
👇 See link for more info. DM or email us for the Zoom link!
😊 Moderator: @ksenijamisic.bsky.social
👇 See link for more info. DM or email us for the Zoom link!
Join our lecture on #standardisation in research this afternoon in Cologne or remotely! Registration still available - More info here: sites.google.com/view/gewonn/...
March 31, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Join our lecture on #standardisation in research this afternoon in Cologne or remotely! Registration still available - More info here: sites.google.com/view/gewonn/...
Three more days for registration! 😊
🚨 TRUST Open Lecture – Join Us! 🚨
Is #standardisation in research boosting #replicability or slowing scientific progress? 🤔
📅 March 31 (Mon), 2025
⏰ 16:00–18:00 CET
📍 Hörsaal H112, IBW-Gebäude, University of Cologne
💻 Live-stream available! Registration info here:
sites.google.com/view/gewonn/...
Is #standardisation in research boosting #replicability or slowing scientific progress? 🤔
📅 March 31 (Mon), 2025
⏰ 16:00–18:00 CET
📍 Hörsaal H112, IBW-Gebäude, University of Cologne
💻 Live-stream available! Registration info here:
sites.google.com/view/gewonn/...
March 28, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Three more days for registration! 😊
Reposted by German Word Nerd Network
Hasenäcker, J., Wettmann, J. & Domahs, F.(2025).Kann leichte Sprache zu leicht sein? Eine zielgruppenorientierte Studie zur Wirksamkeit der Genitivvermeidung. Linguistische Berichte,281,39-59. Die Publikation ist aus dem Abschlussprojekt von Juliane Wettmann hervorgegangen. Herzlichen Glückwunsch!
March 26, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Hasenäcker, J., Wettmann, J. & Domahs, F.(2025).Kann leichte Sprache zu leicht sein? Eine zielgruppenorientierte Studie zur Wirksamkeit der Genitivvermeidung. Linguistische Berichte,281,39-59. Die Publikation ist aus dem Abschlussprojekt von Juliane Wettmann hervorgegangen. Herzlichen Glückwunsch!
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🚀 My first PhD paper is out! 🚀
"How do multiple meanings affect word learning and remapping?" was published in Memory & Cognition!
Big thanks to my supervisors and co-authors (Iring Koch & @troembke.bsky.social).
Curious? Read it here: rdcu.be/eeY9o
#CognitivePsychology #WordLearning #Bilingualism
"How do multiple meanings affect word learning and remapping?" was published in Memory & Cognition!
Big thanks to my supervisors and co-authors (Iring Koch & @troembke.bsky.social).
Curious? Read it here: rdcu.be/eeY9o
#CognitivePsychology #WordLearning #Bilingualism
How do multiple meanings affect word learning and remapping?
rdcu.be
March 25, 2025 at 10:20 AM
🚀 My first PhD paper is out! 🚀
"How do multiple meanings affect word learning and remapping?" was published in Memory & Cognition!
Big thanks to my supervisors and co-authors (Iring Koch & @troembke.bsky.social).
Curious? Read it here: rdcu.be/eeY9o
#CognitivePsychology #WordLearning #Bilingualism
"How do multiple meanings affect word learning and remapping?" was published in Memory & Cognition!
Big thanks to my supervisors and co-authors (Iring Koch & @troembke.bsky.social).
Curious? Read it here: rdcu.be/eeY9o
#CognitivePsychology #WordLearning #Bilingualism
🚨 TRUST Open Lecture – Join Us! 🚨
Is #standardisation in research boosting #replicability or slowing scientific progress? 🤔
📅 March 31 (Mon), 2025
⏰ 16:00–18:00 CET
📍 Hörsaal H112, IBW-Gebäude, University of Cologne
💻 Live-stream available! Registration info here:
sites.google.com/view/gewonn/...
Is #standardisation in research boosting #replicability or slowing scientific progress? 🤔
📅 March 31 (Mon), 2025
⏰ 16:00–18:00 CET
📍 Hörsaal H112, IBW-Gebäude, University of Cologne
💻 Live-stream available! Registration info here:
sites.google.com/view/gewonn/...
March 24, 2025 at 3:23 PM
🚨 TRUST Open Lecture – Join Us! 🚨
Is #standardisation in research boosting #replicability or slowing scientific progress? 🤔
📅 March 31 (Mon), 2025
⏰ 16:00–18:00 CET
📍 Hörsaal H112, IBW-Gebäude, University of Cologne
💻 Live-stream available! Registration info here:
sites.google.com/view/gewonn/...
Is #standardisation in research boosting #replicability or slowing scientific progress? 🤔
📅 March 31 (Mon), 2025
⏰ 16:00–18:00 CET
📍 Hörsaal H112, IBW-Gebäude, University of Cologne
💻 Live-stream available! Registration info here:
sites.google.com/view/gewonn/...
Great discussion today on how to teach & set standards for #exploratoryresearch, & how exploratory research can be facilitated through collaborations!
Stay tuned & join our next journal club meeting! More info available on our website.🙂
Stay tuned & join our next journal club meeting! More info available on our website.🙂
Let #data talk! Our next journal club meeting will discuss @balazsaczel.bsky.social's commentary, "Let the data talk: embrace #exploratoryresearch".
March 20 (Thurs), 11 am-12 pm (CET), Zoom
Welcome to join us! Check out our website for more info!
sites.google.com/view/gewonn/...
March 20 (Thurs), 11 am-12 pm (CET), Zoom
Welcome to join us! Check out our website for more info!
sites.google.com/view/gewonn/...
Journal Club
Welcome to the GeWoNN Journal Club! We meet once a month to discuss articles related to word and reading research. For more info, check out our past meetings or contact us at gewonn.contact.us@gmail.c...
sites.google.com
March 20, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Great discussion today on how to teach & set standards for #exploratoryresearch, & how exploratory research can be facilitated through collaborations!
Stay tuned & join our next journal club meeting! More info available on our website.🙂
Stay tuned & join our next journal club meeting! More info available on our website.🙂
What's your stance on the #standardisation of #research processes? Join our pre-event discussion for the "TRUST Open Lecture: Standardisation in Research: Increasing Replicability or Stalling Scientific Progress?"!
March 17, 2025 at 5:14 PM
What's your stance on the #standardisation of #research processes? Join our pre-event discussion for the "TRUST Open Lecture: Standardisation in Research: Increasing Replicability or Stalling Scientific Progress?"!
More event highlights from our symposia at #teap2025 are now available on our website: sites.google.com/view/gewonn/...
Photos featuring: @jnpauli.bsky.social, @hannawoloszyn.bsky.social, @boevesam.bsky.social & @aakashagr.bsky.social.
Photos featuring: @jnpauli.bsky.social, @hannawoloszyn.bsky.social, @boevesam.bsky.social & @aakashagr.bsky.social.
March 14, 2025 at 4:33 PM
More event highlights from our symposia at #teap2025 are now available on our website: sites.google.com/view/gewonn/...
Photos featuring: @jnpauli.bsky.social, @hannawoloszyn.bsky.social, @boevesam.bsky.social & @aakashagr.bsky.social.
Photos featuring: @jnpauli.bsky.social, @hannawoloszyn.bsky.social, @boevesam.bsky.social & @aakashagr.bsky.social.
Reposted by German Word Nerd Network
Check out this cool Python package by @jacketaylor.bsky.social for creating Gaussian Bubble image stimuli for #vision & #neuroscience research!
I made a teeny Python package for creating Gaussian Bubble image stimuli, e.g. for reverse correlation studies github.com/JackEdTaylor...
March 14, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Check out this cool Python package by @jacketaylor.bsky.social for creating Gaussian Bubble image stimuli for #vision & #neuroscience research!
✨Playback of #teap2025 (Part 3)
A cool symposium on #OrthographicProcessing, chaired by
@jacketaylor.bsky.social & @jnpauli.bsky.social! Thanks to our very cool speakers, @merferlo.bsky.social, @aakashagr.bsky.social & @benjamingagl.bsky.social!
A cool symposium on #OrthographicProcessing, chaired by
@jacketaylor.bsky.social & @jnpauli.bsky.social! Thanks to our very cool speakers, @merferlo.bsky.social, @aakashagr.bsky.social & @benjamingagl.bsky.social!
March 12, 2025 at 8:15 PM
✨Playback of #teap2025 (Part 3)
A cool symposium on #OrthographicProcessing, chaired by
@jacketaylor.bsky.social & @jnpauli.bsky.social! Thanks to our very cool speakers, @merferlo.bsky.social, @aakashagr.bsky.social & @benjamingagl.bsky.social!
A cool symposium on #OrthographicProcessing, chaired by
@jacketaylor.bsky.social & @jnpauli.bsky.social! Thanks to our very cool speakers, @merferlo.bsky.social, @aakashagr.bsky.social & @benjamingagl.bsky.social!
✨Playback of #teap2025 (Part 2)
A thought-provoking symposium on #StatisticalLearning & its role in #language & #reading, chaired by @troembke.bsky.social & @xeniaschmalz.bsky.social. Great contributions by @mireiamarimon.bsky.social, Haoyu Zhou, Lukas Hauser & @matildellen.bsky.social!
A thought-provoking symposium on #StatisticalLearning & its role in #language & #reading, chaired by @troembke.bsky.social & @xeniaschmalz.bsky.social. Great contributions by @mireiamarimon.bsky.social, Haoyu Zhou, Lukas Hauser & @matildellen.bsky.social!
March 12, 2025 at 8:02 PM
✨Playback of #teap2025 (Part 2)
A thought-provoking symposium on #StatisticalLearning & its role in #language & #reading, chaired by @troembke.bsky.social & @xeniaschmalz.bsky.social. Great contributions by @mireiamarimon.bsky.social, Haoyu Zhou, Lukas Hauser & @matildellen.bsky.social!
A thought-provoking symposium on #StatisticalLearning & its role in #language & #reading, chaired by @troembke.bsky.social & @xeniaschmalz.bsky.social. Great contributions by @mireiamarimon.bsky.social, Haoyu Zhou, Lukas Hauser & @matildellen.bsky.social!
✨Playback at #teap2025 (Part 1)
Thanks to the amazing speakers and the audience for the successful symposium on #languagemodels in #psycholinguistics!
Katharina Menn, @hannawoloszyn.bsky.social, @boevesam.bsky.social, Marco Marelli, Fritz Günther, @benjamingagl.bsky.social
Thanks to the amazing speakers and the audience for the successful symposium on #languagemodels in #psycholinguistics!
Katharina Menn, @hannawoloszyn.bsky.social, @boevesam.bsky.social, Marco Marelli, Fritz Günther, @benjamingagl.bsky.social
March 12, 2025 at 7:52 PM
✨Playback at #teap2025 (Part 1)
Thanks to the amazing speakers and the audience for the successful symposium on #languagemodels in #psycholinguistics!
Katharina Menn, @hannawoloszyn.bsky.social, @boevesam.bsky.social, Marco Marelli, Fritz Günther, @benjamingagl.bsky.social
Thanks to the amazing speakers and the audience for the successful symposium on #languagemodels in #psycholinguistics!
Katharina Menn, @hannawoloszyn.bsky.social, @boevesam.bsky.social, Marco Marelli, Fritz Günther, @benjamingagl.bsky.social
Excited for tomorrow's symposium on #OrthographicProcessing at #teap2025! ☺️
Check out our symposium on levels of #OrthographicProcessing at #teap2025!
March 12 | 11:00–12:30
Chairs: @jacketaylor.bsky.social, @jnpauli.bsky.social
Speakers: Aakash Agrawal, @merferlo.bsky.social, Jack E. Taylor, Janos Pauli, @benjamingagl.bsky.social
March 12 | 11:00–12:30
Chairs: @jacketaylor.bsky.social, @jnpauli.bsky.social
Speakers: Aakash Agrawal, @merferlo.bsky.social, Jack E. Taylor, Janos Pauli, @benjamingagl.bsky.social
Congratulations to our #GeWoNN members on their accepted symposia at the #teap2025 Conference! Special thanks to the organising committee @teap2025.bsky.social, and we're looking forward to the event next week in Frankfurt!
Check out our website below for more news on our symposia!
Check out our website below for more news on our symposia!
March 11, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Excited for tomorrow's symposium on #OrthographicProcessing at #teap2025! ☺️