Katie Von Holzen
@katievonholzen.bsky.social
Developmental Psycholinguist | Wiss. Mitarbeiterin @tuBraunschweig | Studying how we acquire language across the lifespan | IASCL Media Coordinator @iasclchildlang.bsky.social | she/her - sie/ihr
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I can’t believe my life is being affected by the former CEO of World Wrestling Entertainment
newrepublic.com/article/2013...
newrepublic.com/article/2013...
Why This Essay Could Cause the University of Virginia to Shut Down
How Linda McMahon’s latest “compact” would do deep and permanent harm to American higher education
newrepublic.com
October 7, 2025 at 11:06 AM
I can’t believe my life is being affected by the former CEO of World Wrestling Entertainment
newrepublic.com/article/2013...
newrepublic.com/article/2013...
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If you’ve been following the RFK Jr autism news, then you’ve probably heard that there’s a systematic review “proving” Tylenol causes autism.
Here’s my review of that paper👇🏼
open.substack.com/pub/epiellie...
Here’s my review of that paper👇🏼
open.substack.com/pub/epiellie...
The best evidence Tylenol causes autism isn't great
On Monday, RFK Jr announced Tylenol ‘causes’ autism referencing three studies as evidence. Let's dive in.
open.substack.com
September 25, 2025 at 8:20 PM
If you’ve been following the RFK Jr autism news, then you’ve probably heard that there’s a systematic review “proving” Tylenol causes autism.
Here’s my review of that paper👇🏼
open.substack.com/pub/epiellie...
Here’s my review of that paper👇🏼
open.substack.com/pub/epiellie...
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Furious American knitters cut off from EU yarn stores sit around fuming surrounded by sharp objects
September 8, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Furious American knitters cut off from EU yarn stores sit around fuming surrounded by sharp objects
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remember that word gap narratives and ideologies don’t just frame marginalised children as linguistically deficient but also point the finger at their parents for their allegedly inferior parenting skills. the stigma attached to the word gap is intergenerational.
August 16, 2025 at 10:59 AM
remember that word gap narratives and ideologies don’t just frame marginalised children as linguistically deficient but also point the finger at their parents for their allegedly inferior parenting skills. the stigma attached to the word gap is intergenerational.
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vocal fry implies the existence of vocal onion ring and vocal tater tot
July 24, 2025 at 12:57 AM
vocal fry implies the existence of vocal onion ring and vocal tater tot
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Reposted by Katie Von Holzen
Our (short) perspectives piece on challenging dyads as defaults in developmental psychology research is out (open access). Check it out here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
With Roman Stengelin (MPI EVA)
With Roman Stengelin (MPI EVA)
Challenging dyads as defaults in research on childhood social cognition
www.sciencedirect.com
July 18, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Our (short) perspectives piece on challenging dyads as defaults in developmental psychology research is out (open access). Check it out here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
With Roman Stengelin (MPI EVA)
With Roman Stengelin (MPI EVA)
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Misused terms in linguistics: a good link to put on the reading list for Child Language Acquisition—which I'm back to teaching this year
inference-review.com/article/misu...
inference-review.com/article/misu...
Misused Terms in Linguistics | Evelina Leivada | Inference
Evelina Leivada argues that an effort to improve the terminological clarity and coherence of theoretical and experimental linguistics is long overdue.
inference-review.com
July 11, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Misused terms in linguistics: a good link to put on the reading list for Child Language Acquisition—which I'm back to teaching this year
inference-review.com/article/misu...
inference-review.com/article/misu...
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I'm offering a 3-year PhD position with benefits (1-year extension possible). Research topic open but broadly in incremental sentence comprehension. If you're into eye-tracking, even better! No teaching until Summer 2027, light teaching after that (English). Official ad soon. Please share 🙏
July 9, 2025 at 11:05 AM
I'm offering a 3-year PhD position with benefits (1-year extension possible). Research topic open but broadly in incremental sentence comprehension. If you're into eye-tracking, even better! No teaching until Summer 2027, light teaching after that (English). Official ad soon. Please share 🙏
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Kennedy provides a bunch of references for his claim that thimerosal in vaccines (barely used anymore) is harmful.
If a high-school student submitted this as their reference list, they would fail.
I will do what Kennedy didn’t - actually look at them. 🧵
If a high-school student submitted this as their reference list, they would fail.
I will do what Kennedy didn’t - actually look at them. 🧵
June 25, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Kennedy provides a bunch of references for his claim that thimerosal in vaccines (barely used anymore) is harmful.
If a high-school student submitted this as their reference list, they would fail.
I will do what Kennedy didn’t - actually look at them. 🧵
If a high-school student submitted this as their reference list, they would fail.
I will do what Kennedy didn’t - actually look at them. 🧵
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📢 Researchers in bilingualism & word learning!
I'm doing a meta-analysis on the bilingual advantage & seeking unpublished data comparing bilinguals vs monolinguals.
Summary stats or raw data welcome (confidential).
Pre-reg 👉 osf.io/6a7yg/
DM me or share if you know someone! 🙏
I'm doing a meta-analysis on the bilingual advantage & seeking unpublished data comparing bilinguals vs monolinguals.
Summary stats or raw data welcome (confidential).
Pre-reg 👉 osf.io/6a7yg/
DM me or share if you know someone! 🙏
The “Bilingual Advantage” in Word Learning: A Meta-Analysis
Hosted on the Open Science Framework
osf.io
June 25, 2025 at 12:33 PM
📢 Researchers in bilingualism & word learning!
I'm doing a meta-analysis on the bilingual advantage & seeking unpublished data comparing bilinguals vs monolinguals.
Summary stats or raw data welcome (confidential).
Pre-reg 👉 osf.io/6a7yg/
DM me or share if you know someone! 🙏
I'm doing a meta-analysis on the bilingual advantage & seeking unpublished data comparing bilinguals vs monolinguals.
Summary stats or raw data welcome (confidential).
Pre-reg 👉 osf.io/6a7yg/
DM me or share if you know someone! 🙏
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Sie ist überall: die Rede vom #Spitzenforscher. Nur: Was soll das überhaupt sein? Über einen Begriff, der das Gros der Wissenschaftler_innen als zweitklassig degradiert & einem Geniekult zuarbeitet, der der Arbeitsrealität in der Wissenschaft weder angemessen noch zuträglich ist. ⬇️ #ArbeitInDerWiss
Keine Spitze ohne Berg: Zum Begriff des „Spitzenforschers“
Der Begriff des Spitzenforschers degradiert das Gros der Wissenschaftler_innen als zweitklassig und stützt einen Geniekult, der der Arbeitsrealität in der Wissenschaft weder angemessen noch zuträglich...
arbeitinderwissenschaft.substack.com
June 17, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Sie ist überall: die Rede vom #Spitzenforscher. Nur: Was soll das überhaupt sein? Über einen Begriff, der das Gros der Wissenschaftler_innen als zweitklassig degradiert & einem Geniekult zuarbeitet, der der Arbeitsrealität in der Wissenschaft weder angemessen noch zuträglich ist. ⬇️ #ArbeitInDerWiss
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In my opinion, Trump's shift on this issue ("stop raiding farms and hotels") demonstrates the US needs to have an honest conversation about the role of undocumented immigrants in this country. And who constitutes this population. I'm afraid the rhetoric has already poisoned the well.
SCOOP: The Trump admin has abruptly shifted the focus of its mass deportation campaign, telling ICE officials to largely pause raids and arrests in the agricultural industry, hotels and restaurants, according to an internal email and three officials with knowledge.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/13/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/13/u...
Trump Shifts Deportation Focus, Pausing Raids on Farms, Hotels and Eateries
www.nytimes.com
June 14, 2025 at 3:46 AM
In my opinion, Trump's shift on this issue ("stop raiding farms and hotels") demonstrates the US needs to have an honest conversation about the role of undocumented immigrants in this country. And who constitutes this population. I'm afraid the rhetoric has already poisoned the well.
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its amazing how chatgpt knows everything about subjects I know nothing about, but is wrong like 40% of the time in things im an expert on. not going to think about this any further
March 8, 2025 at 12:13 AM
its amazing how chatgpt knows everything about subjects I know nothing about, but is wrong like 40% of the time in things im an expert on. not going to think about this any further
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Updated Preprint: We added 5 high-profile psycholinguistic journals to the sample. Numbers stay the same and are now based on >85k statistical tests in >13k articles across 13 different experimental linguistic journals.
🚨🚨🚨New preprint up🚨🚨🚨
"Statistical Reporting Inconsistencies in Experimental Linguistics", led by the fantastic Dara Etemady!
tl/dr: similar to other fields, half of all articles that used NHST contained at least one inconsistent p-value 🤯🤯🤯
osf.io/preprints/ps...
"Statistical Reporting Inconsistencies in Experimental Linguistics", led by the fantastic Dara Etemady!
tl/dr: similar to other fields, half of all articles that used NHST contained at least one inconsistent p-value 🤯🤯🤯
osf.io/preprints/ps...
OSF
osf.io
May 20, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Updated Preprint: We added 5 high-profile psycholinguistic journals to the sample. Numbers stay the same and are now based on >85k statistical tests in >13k articles across 13 different experimental linguistic journals.
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Reposted by Katie Von Holzen
“There is far too much power in the hands of professors in the German system,” says @leising.bsky.social.
My latest @nature.com story digs into efforts to tackle the entrenched structural heirarchy that enables academic bullies.
My latest @nature.com story digs into efforts to tackle the entrenched structural heirarchy that enables academic bullies.
Can Germany rein in its academic bullying problem?
Researchers and administrators are exploring ways to restructure a rigid hierarchy that can breed power abuses.
www.nature.com
May 6, 2025 at 3:02 PM
“There is far too much power in the hands of professors in the German system,” says @leising.bsky.social.
My latest @nature.com story digs into efforts to tackle the entrenched structural heirarchy that enables academic bullies.
My latest @nature.com story digs into efforts to tackle the entrenched structural heirarchy that enables academic bullies.
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Last night was the 250th anniversary of Paul Revere's midnight ride to warn the Minutemen of approaching British troops.
I want to take a moment to share an excerpt from the Declaration of Independence's grievances against King George III.
Remind you of anyone?
I want to take a moment to share an excerpt from the Declaration of Independence's grievances against King George III.
Remind you of anyone?
April 19, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Last night was the 250th anniversary of Paul Revere's midnight ride to warn the Minutemen of approaching British troops.
I want to take a moment to share an excerpt from the Declaration of Independence's grievances against King George III.
Remind you of anyone?
I want to take a moment to share an excerpt from the Declaration of Independence's grievances against King George III.
Remind you of anyone?
Dafür bin ich auch dankbar, der Nordcampus sieht sehr schön aus!
Es blüht gelb auf dem Campus der #TUBraunschweig! 🌼
Vielen Dank an die knapp 130 Studierenden der Fakultät Architektur, Bauingenieurwesen und Umweltwissenschaften, die insgesamt etwa 30.000 Blumenzwiebeln auf dem Zentral- und Nordcampus gepflanzt haben. ☀️
Vielen Dank an die knapp 130 Studierenden der Fakultät Architektur, Bauingenieurwesen und Umweltwissenschaften, die insgesamt etwa 30.000 Blumenzwiebeln auf dem Zentral- und Nordcampus gepflanzt haben. ☀️
April 15, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Dafür bin ich auch dankbar, der Nordcampus sieht sehr schön aus!
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We recently sat down with Dr. Celia Rosemberg, Principal Researcher at CONICET & Prof. at the University of Buenos Aires. Here Celia shares recent findings on children learning from overheard speech, highlighting the importance of considering children's entire environment.
youtu.be/6ZlfJ_lmw1c?...
youtu.be/6ZlfJ_lmw1c?...
Interview with Dr. Celia Rosemberg
IASCL Media Coordinator Dr. Katie Von Holzen interviewed Dr. Celia Rosemberg, Principal Researcher at the Research Council of Argentina (CONICET, Consejo Nac...
youtu.be
April 15, 2025 at 7:00 AM
We recently sat down with Dr. Celia Rosemberg, Principal Researcher at CONICET & Prof. at the University of Buenos Aires. Here Celia shares recent findings on children learning from overheard speech, highlighting the importance of considering children's entire environment.
youtu.be/6ZlfJ_lmw1c?...
youtu.be/6ZlfJ_lmw1c?...
🚨4-5 new postdoc positions in language & cognition🚨
😇 One postdoc will work specifically with Eon-Suk Ko and I on the ManyBabies-AtHome project, focusing on infant word recognition in global, remote settings using collaborative, open science practices [https://shorturl.at/5l3tW]. @manybabies.org
😇 One postdoc will work specifically with Eon-Suk Ko and I on the ManyBabies-AtHome project, focusing on infant word recognition in global, remote settings using collaborative, open science practices [https://shorturl.at/5l3tW]. @manybabies.org
April 14, 2025 at 1:09 PM
🚨4-5 new postdoc positions in language & cognition🚨
😇 One postdoc will work specifically with Eon-Suk Ko and I on the ManyBabies-AtHome project, focusing on infant word recognition in global, remote settings using collaborative, open science practices [https://shorturl.at/5l3tW]. @manybabies.org
😇 One postdoc will work specifically with Eon-Suk Ko and I on the ManyBabies-AtHome project, focusing on infant word recognition in global, remote settings using collaborative, open science practices [https://shorturl.at/5l3tW]. @manybabies.org
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The meta-analysis on the relationship between Fluoride and IQ by Taylor et al. (2025) that RFK Jr. has cited contains major methodological flaws and data integrity issues that we describe in the following pre-print (submitted to meta-psychology): osf.io/preprints/os...
April 8, 2025 at 4:58 PM
The meta-analysis on the relationship between Fluoride and IQ by Taylor et al. (2025) that RFK Jr. has cited contains major methodological flaws and data integrity issues that we describe in the following pre-print (submitted to meta-psychology): osf.io/preprints/os...
A Boca Mexa burrito to end an amazing day visiting and giving a talk at my old lab at the INCC CNRS in Paris. Also got to see how well Marie (Flohr) is getting along collecting data for her PhD. Delicious day for the mind and stomach!
April 3, 2025 at 6:51 PM
A Boca Mexa burrito to end an amazing day visiting and giving a talk at my old lab at the INCC CNRS in Paris. Also got to see how well Marie (Flohr) is getting along collecting data for her PhD. Delicious day for the mind and stomach!
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Ever stuck choosing the right plot or trying to figure out how to make it look just right? My go-to resource is the R Graph Gallery (r-graph-gallery.com), which is full of examples and clear code for everything from scatterplots to Sankey diagrams! #dataviz #rstats #rladies
The R Graph Gallery – Help and inspiration for R charts
The R graph gallery displays hundreds of charts made with R, always providing the reproducible code.
r-graph-gallery.com
April 1, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Ever stuck choosing the right plot or trying to figure out how to make it look just right? My go-to resource is the R Graph Gallery (r-graph-gallery.com), which is full of examples and clear code for everything from scatterplots to Sankey diagrams! #dataviz #rstats #rladies