João Veríssimo
@jverissimo.bsky.social
Assistant professor @ Uni of Lisbon. Psycholinguistics, lexicon/morphology, bilingualism, aging, statistics.
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WoProc 2026 | 13th International Word Processing Conference
Join WoProc 2026, the 13th International Word Processing Conference, in Lisbon, Portugal, from 6–8 July 2026.
www.woproc2026.com
Call for papers!📢
Join us in Lisbon next year for the International Word Processing Conference, on 6–8 July 2026!
We welcome contributions on all aspects of word processing. Submit by 6 Feb 2026!
www.woproc2026.com
Join us in Lisbon next year for the International Word Processing Conference, on 6–8 July 2026!
We welcome contributions on all aspects of word processing. Submit by 6 Feb 2026!
www.woproc2026.com
Call for papers!📢
Join us in Lisbon next year for the International Word Processing Conference, on 6–8 July 2026!
We welcome contributions on all aspects of word processing. Submit by 6 Feb 2026!
www.woproc2026.com
Join us in Lisbon next year for the International Word Processing Conference, on 6–8 July 2026!
We welcome contributions on all aspects of word processing. Submit by 6 Feb 2026!
www.woproc2026.com
WoProc 2026 | 13th International Word Processing Conference
Join WoProc 2026, the 13th International Word Processing Conference, in Lisbon, Portugal, from 6–8 July 2026.
www.woproc2026.com
December 23, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Call for papers!📢
Join us in Lisbon next year for the International Word Processing Conference, on 6–8 July 2026!
We welcome contributions on all aspects of word processing. Submit by 6 Feb 2026!
www.woproc2026.com
Join us in Lisbon next year for the International Word Processing Conference, on 6–8 July 2026!
We welcome contributions on all aspects of word processing. Submit by 6 Feb 2026!
www.woproc2026.com
Reposted by João Veríssimo
Proudly published with @andreaeyleen.bsky.social:
A metatheory of classical and modern connectionism. doi.org/10.1037/rev0...
We touch on what has been up with connectionism as a framework for computational modelling — & for everything it seems these days with AI and LLMs — pre-2010 vs post.
1/n
A metatheory of classical and modern connectionism. doi.org/10.1037/rev0...
We touch on what has been up with connectionism as a framework for computational modelling — & for everything it seems these days with AI and LLMs — pre-2010 vs post.
1/n
October 17, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Proudly published with @andreaeyleen.bsky.social:
A metatheory of classical and modern connectionism. doi.org/10.1037/rev0...
We touch on what has been up with connectionism as a framework for computational modelling — & for everything it seems these days with AI and LLMs — pre-2010 vs post.
1/n
A metatheory of classical and modern connectionism. doi.org/10.1037/rev0...
We touch on what has been up with connectionism as a framework for computational modelling — & for everything it seems these days with AI and LLMs — pre-2010 vs post.
1/n
Reposted by João Veríssimo
If you analyse time-resolved data (M/EEG, iEEG, pupillometry, force recordings…) and feel limited by cluster-based permutation tests (CBPTs); especially when trying to determine when an effect starts or ends; you may want to try our new R package: lnalborczyk.github.io/neurogam/
#rstats #brms #EEG
#rstats #brms #EEG
Modelling time-resolved electrophysiological data with Bayesian generalised additive multilevel models
Providing utility functions for fitting Bayesian generalised additive multilevel models (BGAMMs) to time-resolved data (e.g., M/EEG, pupillometry, mouse-tracking, etc) and identifying clusters.
lnalborczyk.github.io
December 11, 2025 at 11:38 AM
If you analyse time-resolved data (M/EEG, iEEG, pupillometry, force recordings…) and feel limited by cluster-based permutation tests (CBPTs); especially when trying to determine when an effect starts or ends; you may want to try our new R package: lnalborczyk.github.io/neurogam/
#rstats #brms #EEG
#rstats #brms #EEG
Reposted by João Veríssimo
📢 NEW PAPER OUT! We show that the masked frequency attenuation effect is real, but its magnitude is insensitive to prime duration. This strongly supports a two-stage model of word recognition.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
#Psycholinguistics #CognitiveScience #WordRecognition #NYU #NYUAD
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
#Psycholinguistics #CognitiveScience #WordRecognition #NYU #NYUAD
Stages in lexical decision: frequency attenuation in masked repetition priming is insensitive to prime duration
This study investigates the controversial Frequency Attenuation Effect (FAE), examining whether masked repetition priming is sensitive to word frequency. Early findings suggesting no interaction ha...
www.tandfonline.com
December 3, 2025 at 5:56 AM
📢 NEW PAPER OUT! We show that the masked frequency attenuation effect is real, but its magnitude is insensitive to prime duration. This strongly supports a two-stage model of word recognition.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
#Psycholinguistics #CognitiveScience #WordRecognition #NYU #NYUAD
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
#Psycholinguistics #CognitiveScience #WordRecognition #NYU #NYUAD
Reposted by João Veríssimo
If you use divergence point analysis code from Stone et al. 2020 or 2021, note that we made a code revision recently, detailed in the Analysis folder: osf.io/exbmk/ Shouldn't majorly affect previous analyses, but the revised version should be used going forward.
OSF
osf.io
October 14, 2025 at 12:13 PM
If you use divergence point analysis code from Stone et al. 2020 or 2021, note that we made a code revision recently, detailed in the Analysis folder: osf.io/exbmk/ Shouldn't majorly affect previous analyses, but the revised version should be used going forward.
Reposted by João Veríssimo
Josh Tenenbaum's inspiring keynote at #cogsci2025 on growing vs scaling AI, the big questions of cognitive science, and the many open questions for the field.
August 1, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Josh Tenenbaum's inspiring keynote at #cogsci2025 on growing vs scaling AI, the big questions of cognitive science, and the many open questions for the field.
SAVE THE DATE! Join us in Lisbon next year for the International Word Processing Conference (6–8 July 2026)!
WoProc continues the legacy of MoProc―a conference that, since 1999, has brought together researchers working on morphological processing.
www.woproc2026.com
WoProc continues the legacy of MoProc―a conference that, since 1999, has brought together researchers working on morphological processing.
www.woproc2026.com
WoProc 2026 | 13th International Word Processing Conference
Join WoProc 2026, the 13th International Word Processing Conference, in Lisbon, Portugal, from 6–8 July 2026.
www.woproc2026.com
July 31, 2025 at 6:59 AM
SAVE THE DATE! Join us in Lisbon next year for the International Word Processing Conference (6–8 July 2026)!
WoProc continues the legacy of MoProc―a conference that, since 1999, has brought together researchers working on morphological processing.
www.woproc2026.com
WoProc continues the legacy of MoProc―a conference that, since 1999, has brought together researchers working on morphological processing.
www.woproc2026.com
New paper with Chao Zhou in BLC: doi.org/10.1017/S1366728925100114
What makes lexical tones challenging for L2 learners? Previous studies suggest that phonological universals are at play... In our perceptual study, we found little evidence for these universals.
What makes lexical tones challenging for L2 learners? Previous studies suggest that phonological universals are at play... In our perceptual study, we found little evidence for these universals.
L2 difficulties in the perception of Mandarin tones: Phonological universals or domain-general aptitude? | Bilingualism: Language and Cognition | Cambridge Core
L2 difficulties in the perception of Mandarin tones: Phonological universals or domain-general aptitude?
doi.org
June 16, 2025 at 6:24 PM
New paper with Chao Zhou in BLC: doi.org/10.1017/S1366728925100114
What makes lexical tones challenging for L2 learners? Previous studies suggest that phonological universals are at play... In our perceptual study, we found little evidence for these universals.
What makes lexical tones challenging for L2 learners? Previous studies suggest that phonological universals are at play... In our perceptual study, we found little evidence for these universals.
Reposted by João Veríssimo
How do memory retrieval and prediction work together during sentence comprehension?
We use computational modelling and visual world eye-tracking to unpack their interaction in German pronouns. New article led by Elise Oltrogge, together by João Veríssimo, and Umesh Patil: doi.org/10.1016/j.jm...
We use computational modelling and visual world eye-tracking to unpack their interaction in German pronouns. New article led by Elise Oltrogge, together by João Veríssimo, and Umesh Patil: doi.org/10.1016/j.jm...
Redirecting
doi.org
June 16, 2025 at 8:05 AM
How do memory retrieval and prediction work together during sentence comprehension?
We use computational modelling and visual world eye-tracking to unpack their interaction in German pronouns. New article led by Elise Oltrogge, together by João Veríssimo, and Umesh Patil: doi.org/10.1016/j.jm...
We use computational modelling and visual world eye-tracking to unpack their interaction in German pronouns. New article led by Elise Oltrogge, together by João Veríssimo, and Umesh Patil: doi.org/10.1016/j.jm...
Reposted by João Veríssimo
🚀Postdoc position @unimarburg.bsky.social in the project:
"Bridging the Gap Between Verbal Psychological Theories & Formal Statistical Modeling with Large Language Models"
(funded by @volkswagenstiftung.de)
📅Start: 01.10.2025 | ⏳4 years
🔗 Apply now: uni-marburg.de/jhbCen
🔄 Thanks for sharing!
"Bridging the Gap Between Verbal Psychological Theories & Formal Statistical Modeling with Large Language Models"
(funded by @volkswagenstiftung.de)
📅Start: 01.10.2025 | ⏳4 years
🔗 Apply now: uni-marburg.de/jhbCen
🔄 Thanks for sharing!
Postdoc
uni-marburg.de
May 28, 2025 at 11:52 AM
🚀Postdoc position @unimarburg.bsky.social in the project:
"Bridging the Gap Between Verbal Psychological Theories & Formal Statistical Modeling with Large Language Models"
(funded by @volkswagenstiftung.de)
📅Start: 01.10.2025 | ⏳4 years
🔗 Apply now: uni-marburg.de/jhbCen
🔄 Thanks for sharing!
"Bridging the Gap Between Verbal Psychological Theories & Formal Statistical Modeling with Large Language Models"
(funded by @volkswagenstiftung.de)
📅Start: 01.10.2025 | ⏳4 years
🔗 Apply now: uni-marburg.de/jhbCen
🔄 Thanks for sharing!
New paper!
"A gentle introduction to bayesian statistics, with applications to bilingualism research", now out in LAB: doi.org/10.1075/lab....
"A gentle introduction to bayesian statistics, with applications to bilingualism research", now out in LAB: doi.org/10.1075/lab....
doi.org
May 24, 2025 at 4:19 PM
New paper!
"A gentle introduction to bayesian statistics, with applications to bilingualism research", now out in LAB: doi.org/10.1075/lab....
"A gentle introduction to bayesian statistics, with applications to bilingualism research", now out in LAB: doi.org/10.1075/lab....
Reposted by João Veríssimo
Ok frequentists, let’s call a truce. This has gone too far.
May 15, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Ok frequentists, let’s call a truce. This has gone too far.
Reposted by João Veríssimo
3rd Workshop on Eye Movements & the Assessment of Reading Comprehension 👁️📖
The full program with abstracts is now online!
🔗 tmalsburg.github.io/Comprehensio...
The full program with abstracts is now online!
🔗 tmalsburg.github.io/Comprehensio...
The 3rd Workshop on Eye Movements and the Assessment of Reading Comprehension 👁️📖
tmalsburg.github.io
May 21, 2025 at 12:27 PM
3rd Workshop on Eye Movements & the Assessment of Reading Comprehension 👁️📖
The full program with abstracts is now online!
🔗 tmalsburg.github.io/Comprehensio...
The full program with abstracts is now online!
🔗 tmalsburg.github.io/Comprehensio...
Reposted by João Veríssimo
NEW paper! 💭🖥️
“Combining Psychology with Artificial Intelligence: What could possibly go wrong?”
— Brief review paper by @olivia.science & myself, highlighting traps to avoid when combining Psych with AI, and why this is so important. Check out our proposed way forward! 🌟💡
osf.io/preprints/ps...
“Combining Psychology with Artificial Intelligence: What could possibly go wrong?”
— Brief review paper by @olivia.science & myself, highlighting traps to avoid when combining Psych with AI, and why this is so important. Check out our proposed way forward! 🌟💡
osf.io/preprints/ps...
May 14, 2025 at 9:23 PM
NEW paper! 💭🖥️
“Combining Psychology with Artificial Intelligence: What could possibly go wrong?”
— Brief review paper by @olivia.science & myself, highlighting traps to avoid when combining Psych with AI, and why this is so important. Check out our proposed way forward! 🌟💡
osf.io/preprints/ps...
“Combining Psychology with Artificial Intelligence: What could possibly go wrong?”
— Brief review paper by @olivia.science & myself, highlighting traps to avoid when combining Psych with AI, and why this is so important. Check out our proposed way forward! 🌟💡
osf.io/preprints/ps...
Reposted by João Veríssimo
Remember when you first learned about genetics at school? All those fascinating examples of human traits that are each apparently determined by just a single gene? Time to check in on some of your favourites to see how they’re doing. 🧬🧵🧪 1/n
May 2, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Remember when you first learned about genetics at school? All those fascinating examples of human traits that are each apparently determined by just a single gene? Time to check in on some of your favourites to see how they’re doing. 🧬🧵🧪 1/n
New preprint! (w/ @sollago.bsky.social )
We tackle a key challenge in the analysis of visual world data: when do experimental effects first emerge?
We tackle a key challenge in the analysis of visual world data: when do experimental effects first emerge?
A novel method for detecting the onset of experimental effects in visual world eye-tracking
Determining the onset of experimental effects in timeseries data is important in psycholinguistics, because it allows for a more precise evaluation of accounts of the timecourse of different types of…
osf.io
May 5, 2025 at 9:22 PM
New preprint! (w/ @sollago.bsky.social )
We tackle a key challenge in the analysis of visual world data: when do experimental effects first emerge?
We tackle a key challenge in the analysis of visual world data: when do experimental effects first emerge?
Reposted by João Veríssimo
SIX YEARS after the initial blog post, this paper is finally published.. what a wild ride
- the blog: bit.ly/3GbOqQa
- original tweet thread: x.com/Nate__Haines...
- published (open access) paper: doi.org/10.1037/met0...
- the blog: bit.ly/3GbOqQa
- original tweet thread: x.com/Nate__Haines...
- published (open access) paper: doi.org/10.1037/met0...
April 17, 2025 at 1:22 PM
SIX YEARS after the initial blog post, this paper is finally published.. what a wild ride
- the blog: bit.ly/3GbOqQa
- original tweet thread: x.com/Nate__Haines...
- published (open access) paper: doi.org/10.1037/met0...
- the blog: bit.ly/3GbOqQa
- original tweet thread: x.com/Nate__Haines...
- published (open access) paper: doi.org/10.1037/met0...
Reposted by João Veríssimo
Applications for the ninth summer school on statistical methods for linguistics and psychology close on April 1, 2025. Every year people contact me saying they missed the call, so here it is again :)
vasishth.github.io/smlp2025/
vasishth.github.io/smlp2025/
The Ninth Summer School on Statistical Methods for Linguistics and Psychology
vasishth.github.io
February 13, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Applications for the ninth summer school on statistical methods for linguistics and psychology close on April 1, 2025. Every year people contact me saying they missed the call, so here it is again :)
vasishth.github.io/smlp2025/
vasishth.github.io/smlp2025/
Reposted by João Veríssimo
Bilingualism: Language and Cognition is looking for a new Co-Editor-in-Chief!
We are looking for someone with expertise in experimental linguistics and psycholinguistics and a focus on the linguistic side of bilingualism research. See
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
We are looking for someone with expertise in experimental linguistics and psycholinguistics and a focus on the linguistic side of bilingualism research. See
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Call for applications for Co-Editor of Bilingualism: Language and Cognition
Deadline: 30 April 2025
www.cambridge.org
January 28, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Bilingualism: Language and Cognition is looking for a new Co-Editor-in-Chief!
We are looking for someone with expertise in experimental linguistics and psycholinguistics and a focus on the linguistic side of bilingualism research. See
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
We are looking for someone with expertise in experimental linguistics and psycholinguistics and a focus on the linguistic side of bilingualism research. See
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Reposted by João Veríssimo
New paper with @casillas.bsky.social on Generalised Additive Models for bilingualism research: www.jbe-platform.com/content/jour...
A tutorial on generalised additive mixed effects models for bilingualism research | John Benjamins
Abstract
While recent years have seen a shift towards random effects modelling, particularly in areas of linguistics in
which nested structure is the norm (e.g., trial repetitions nested within partic...
www.jbe-platform.com
December 4, 2024 at 1:01 PM
New paper with @casillas.bsky.social on Generalised Additive Models for bilingualism research: www.jbe-platform.com/content/jour...