Mikkel Wallentin
@mikkelwallentin.bsky.social
Professor of cognitive science, Aarhus University.
-Language, cognition & brain
-Inner speech, mood & physiology
-Sex/gender, language & brain
Try to do interesting things and not be too annoying.
-Language, cognition & brain
-Inner speech, mood & physiology
-Sex/gender, language & brain
Try to do interesting things and not be too annoying.
The 10th International Conference of the Scandinavian Association for Language and Cognition (SALC10)
We invite proposals for oral presentation sessions as part of SALC10: www.salc-sssk.org www.salc10.com at Umeå University, June 23-25, 2026.
We invite proposals for oral presentation sessions as part of SALC10: www.salc-sssk.org www.salc10.com at Umeå University, June 23-25, 2026.
The Scandinavian Association for Language & Cognition
www.salc-sssk.org
October 10, 2025 at 8:10 PM
The 10th International Conference of the Scandinavian Association for Language and Cognition (SALC10)
We invite proposals for oral presentation sessions as part of SALC10: www.salc-sssk.org www.salc10.com at Umeå University, June 23-25, 2026.
We invite proposals for oral presentation sessions as part of SALC10: www.salc-sssk.org www.salc10.com at Umeå University, June 23-25, 2026.
In our new paper Line Kruse shows that The Demonstrative Choice Task (DCT) can be used to predict depression across a number of languages. dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour...
This and that in depression: Cross-linguistic semantic effects
Demonstratives (in English “this” and “that”) are pivotal to human communication, facilitating joint attention and the establishment of a common ground of reference. All languages have at least two fo...
dx.plos.org
October 1, 2025 at 12:10 PM
In our new paper Line Kruse shows that The Demonstrative Choice Task (DCT) can be used to predict depression across a number of languages. dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour...
Heart talk! Does emotional inner speech have a direct influence on cadiac physiology? Across two experiments we test to see if emotional inner speech alters heart rate. The short version is: Yes! It does. (1/5)
September 4, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Heart talk! Does emotional inner speech have a direct influence on cadiac physiology? Across two experiments we test to see if emotional inner speech alters heart rate. The short version is: Yes! It does. (1/5)
Evidence for inner speech in reading!?
This 2021 paper by @benjamingagl.bsky.social and colleagues is full of important findings and ideas about the temporal structure of reading and speech. I keep coming back to these data.
Eye movements during text reading align with the rate of speech production
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Eye movements during text reading align with the rate of speech production
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Eye movements during text reading align with the rate of speech production - Nature Human Behaviour
Speech is produced and perceived at a rate of 4–5 Hz. Gagl et al. show that the temporal structure of our eye movements during reading is similar (3.9–5.2 Hz), suggesting a temporal link between readi...
www.nature.com
August 30, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Evidence for inner speech in reading!?
Reposted by Mikkel Wallentin
Vascular draining confounds laminar decoding in fMRI https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.08.26.672278v1
August 30, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Vascular draining confounds laminar decoding in fMRI https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.08.26.672278v1
In our new preprint we show (and replicate) that emotional inner speech leads to increased heart rate relative to non-emotional inner speech, while controlling for movement. With Line Kruse, Xinyi Yan, Paula Samide, Anja F. Meerwald, David T. Fjendbo & Johanne S.K. Nedergaard osf.io/preprints/ps...
March 25, 2025 at 2:22 PM
In our new preprint we show (and replicate) that emotional inner speech leads to increased heart rate relative to non-emotional inner speech, while controlling for movement. With Line Kruse, Xinyi Yan, Paula Samide, Anja F. Meerwald, David T. Fjendbo & Johanne S.K. Nedergaard osf.io/preprints/ps...
Reposted by Mikkel Wallentin
New paper out !!Children use spatial gestures to complement speech more for complex than simpler spatial relations - gestures might reduce mapping difficulties of complex spatial concepts to arbitrary speech symbols - in Cognitive Science !! @ercenurunal.bsky.social @dilaykaradoller @beyzasumer
Gesture Reduces Mapping Difficulties in the Development of Spatial Language Depending on the Complexity of Spatial Relations
In spoken languages, children acquire locative terms in a cross-linguistically stable order. Terms similar in meaning to in and on emerge earlier than those similar to front and behind, followed by l...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
February 24, 2025 at 7:48 PM
New paper out !!Children use spatial gestures to complement speech more for complex than simpler spatial relations - gestures might reduce mapping difficulties of complex spatial concepts to arbitrary speech symbols - in Cognitive Science !! @ercenurunal.bsky.social @dilaykaradoller @beyzasumer
Reposted by Mikkel Wallentin
Our Ready to Connect (eigsti.psy.uconn.edu/home-2/ready...) project is hiring a postdoc (at UConn): eigsti.psy.uconn.edu/open-postdoc...
We investigate conversational success in autistic and non-autistic teenagers during realistic social interactions. Ideal start date: May 15, 2025
We investigate conversational success in autistic and non-autistic teenagers during realistic social interactions. Ideal start date: May 15, 2025
psy.uconn.edu
February 24, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Our Ready to Connect (eigsti.psy.uconn.edu/home-2/ready...) project is hiring a postdoc (at UConn): eigsti.psy.uconn.edu/open-postdoc...
We investigate conversational success in autistic and non-autistic teenagers during realistic social interactions. Ideal start date: May 15, 2025
We investigate conversational success in autistic and non-autistic teenagers during realistic social interactions. Ideal start date: May 15, 2025
PhD call: Investigate how spatial language and mental body maps are modulated by ageing. Behavioral exps and f/MRI & MEG used to map the structural and functional variability of brain regions known to be involved in linguistic and non-linguistic spatial processing.
Deadline 15 March.
Deadline 15 March.
The neural correlates of spatial communication and mental body map in typical and atypical ageing (5+3), 2025-4
phd.arts.au.dk
February 14, 2025 at 1:32 PM
PhD call: Investigate how spatial language and mental body maps are modulated by ageing. Behavioral exps and f/MRI & MEG used to map the structural and functional variability of brain regions known to be involved in linguistic and non-linguistic spatial processing.
Deadline 15 March.
Deadline 15 March.
Reposted by Mikkel Wallentin
A study with 5M+ data points explores the link between cognitive parameters and socioeconomic outcomes: The stability of processing speed was the strongest predictor.
BayesFlow facilitated efficient inference for complex decision-making models, scaling Bayesian workflows to big data.
🔗Paper
BayesFlow facilitated efficient inference for complex decision-making models, scaling Bayesian workflows to big data.
🔗Paper
February 3, 2025 at 12:21 PM
A study with 5M+ data points explores the link between cognitive parameters and socioeconomic outcomes: The stability of processing speed was the strongest predictor.
BayesFlow facilitated efficient inference for complex decision-making models, scaling Bayesian workflows to big data.
🔗Paper
BayesFlow facilitated efficient inference for complex decision-making models, scaling Bayesian workflows to big data.
🔗Paper
Reposted by Mikkel Wallentin
We have a new reproduction. Siepe et al. reproduce: "A systematic review and Bayesian meta-analysis of the acoustic features of infant-directed speech" by Cox et al. @naturehumbehav.bsky.social. Full report below.
February 3, 2025 at 1:15 PM
We have a new reproduction. Siepe et al. reproduce: "A systematic review and Bayesian meta-analysis of the acoustic features of infant-directed speech" by Cox et al. @naturehumbehav.bsky.social. Full report below.
Reposted by Mikkel Wallentin
We are looking for a Phd student for a project on modeling second language learning using adaptive cognitive tutors.
Please share with anyone who might be interested! phd.arts.au.dk/applicants/o...
Please share with anyone who might be interested! phd.arts.au.dk/applicants/o...
An investigation of cognitive processing in second-language learning using adaptive cognitive tutors (4+4 or 5+3), 2025-9
phd.arts.au.dk
January 31, 2025 at 12:56 PM
We are looking for a Phd student for a project on modeling second language learning using adaptive cognitive tutors.
Please share with anyone who might be interested! phd.arts.au.dk/applicants/o...
Please share with anyone who might be interested! phd.arts.au.dk/applicants/o...
PhD position to work on the neural correlates of spatial communication at Aarhus University and in a European Training Network. Please pass on. Deadline 15 March.
phd.arts.au.dk/applicants/o...
phd.arts.au.dk/applicants/o...
The neural correlates of spatial communication and mental body map in typical and atypical ageing (5+3), 2025-4
phd.arts.au.dk
January 31, 2025 at 1:31 PM
PhD position to work on the neural correlates of spatial communication at Aarhus University and in a European Training Network. Please pass on. Deadline 15 March.
phd.arts.au.dk/applicants/o...
phd.arts.au.dk/applicants/o...
Across nine single participant experiments, we investigated if emotional inner speech influences vascular physiology (heart rate and blood pressure) relative to a number of control conditions (inner speech rate, respiration, cognitive load and muscle tension. And it does. Next step: group studies.
Emotional inner speech influences heart rate and blood pressure - a case study: http://osf.io/vhn37/
January 23, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Across nine single participant experiments, we investigated if emotional inner speech influences vascular physiology (heart rate and blood pressure) relative to a number of control conditions (inner speech rate, respiration, cognitive load and muscle tension. And it does. Next step: group studies.
Reposted by Mikkel Wallentin
Just published! "Systematic Review and Meta-Analyses Reveal No Gender Difference in Neonatal Social Perception"
doi.org/10.1111/sode...
doi.org/10.1111/sode...
Systematic Review and Meta‐Analyses Reveal no Gender Difference in Neonatal Social Perception
Women score higher than men on measures of social cognition such as empathy and reading non-verbal cues. How early does this gender difference emerge? Systematic review and meta-analyses were used to...
doi.org
January 16, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Just published! "Systematic Review and Meta-Analyses Reveal No Gender Difference in Neonatal Social Perception"
doi.org/10.1111/sode...
doi.org/10.1111/sode...
Reposted by Mikkel Wallentin
Setting up an fMRI model and getting hit with collinearity errors? Been there! 😢 Try removing regressors? Orthogonal regressors? Other tricks to resolve collinearity errors? Guess what—those fixes might make things worse. We explore why and propose recommendations.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
January 15, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Setting up an fMRI model and getting hit with collinearity errors? Been there! 😢 Try removing regressors? Orthogonal regressors? Other tricks to resolve collinearity errors? Guess what—those fixes might make things worse. We explore why and propose recommendations.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Plz RP
My excellent colleague @Andreas Hoejlund and I are recruiting 2 PhD students for a project on the neural correlates of spatial communication and mental body map in typical and atypical ageing.
phd.arts.au.dk/applicants/o...
Start date: Feb 1 ‘25
Appl deadline: Oct 1 ‘24
My excellent colleague @Andreas Hoejlund and I are recruiting 2 PhD students for a project on the neural correlates of spatial communication and mental body map in typical and atypical ageing.
phd.arts.au.dk/applicants/o...
Start date: Feb 1 ‘25
Appl deadline: Oct 1 ‘24
The neural correlates of spatial communication and mental body map in typical and atypical ageing (5+3), 2024-15
phd.arts.au.dk
August 22, 2024 at 11:03 AM
Plz RP
My excellent colleague @Andreas Hoejlund and I are recruiting 2 PhD students for a project on the neural correlates of spatial communication and mental body map in typical and atypical ageing.
phd.arts.au.dk/applicants/o...
Start date: Feb 1 ‘25
Appl deadline: Oct 1 ‘24
My excellent colleague @Andreas Hoejlund and I are recruiting 2 PhD students for a project on the neural correlates of spatial communication and mental body map in typical and atypical ageing.
phd.arts.au.dk/applicants/o...
Start date: Feb 1 ‘25
Appl deadline: Oct 1 ‘24
Want to know what inner speech does to your heart? Or just want to chat with Johanne Nedergaard and yours truly at #CogSci2024? Come by our poster (P2-EE-386) 13-14.15 and/or read the proceedings here: escholarship.org/content/qt8f...
July 25, 2024 at 9:01 PM
Want to know what inner speech does to your heart? Or just want to chat with Johanne Nedergaard and yours truly at #CogSci2024? Come by our poster (P2-EE-386) 13-14.15 and/or read the proceedings here: escholarship.org/content/qt8f...
“This pain” or “that pain”? Can simple lexical choices be used to infer maladaptive mental states such as depression? Our new work hindawi.com/journals/da/... based on the Demonstrative Choice Task (DCT) suggests so. By Line Kruse with @rockberta.bsky.social and me. Thread in X
x.com/LineKruse4/s...
x.com/LineKruse4/s...
April 8, 2024 at 1:21 PM
“This pain” or “that pain”? Can simple lexical choices be used to infer maladaptive mental states such as depression? Our new work hindawi.com/journals/da/... based on the Demonstrative Choice Task (DCT) suggests so. By Line Kruse with @rockberta.bsky.social and me. Thread in X
x.com/LineKruse4/s...
x.com/LineKruse4/s...
Reposted by Mikkel Wallentin
amazing department at Aarhus University is looking for an associate or full prof in cognitive science and/or computational linguistics international.au.dk/about/profil...
Re-advertisement — Associate or Full Professor of Cognitive Science and/or Computational Linguistics - Vacancy at Aarhus University
Vacancy at School of Communication and Culture - Linguistics, Cognitive Science and Semiotics, Dept. of, Aarhus University
international.au.dk
February 15, 2024 at 9:32 AM
amazing department at Aarhus University is looking for an associate or full prof in cognitive science and/or computational linguistics international.au.dk/about/profil...
Reposted by Mikkel Wallentin
I'll be advertising a 2-year postdoc in a few weeks supported by an ESRC grant. An interesting project looking at the role of narratives in the learning and retention of educational material. Feel free to get in touch via email if you are interested!
#neuroskyence #cognition #psychscisky
#neuroskyence #cognition #psychscisky
January 26, 2024 at 1:45 PM
I'll be advertising a 2-year postdoc in a few weeks supported by an ESRC grant. An interesting project looking at the role of narratives in the learning and retention of educational material. Feel free to get in touch via email if you are interested!
#neuroskyence #cognition #psychscisky
#neuroskyence #cognition #psychscisky