Sebastian Sauppe
@sebastiansauppe.bsky.social
SNSF Ambizione fellow & Research group leader «Cognitive & Developmental Neuroscience of Language» @ Developmental Psychology: Infancy and Childhood, Department of Psychology, University of Zurich | https://sites.google.com/site/sauppes
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Does anyone have or know of a version of Veronica Boyce's software for A-Maze stimuli that works with German?
November 14, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Does anyone have or know of a version of Veronica Boyce's software for A-Maze stimuli that works with German?
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110 million years ago, a spinosaur's dinner got the best of it. Turns out the dino's fossilized vomit contained a new species of filter-feeding pterosaur!
I came across this paper a few days ago on social media and had a blast covering it for @science.org: www.science.org/content/arti...
I came across this paper a few days ago on social media and had a blast covering it for @science.org: www.science.org/content/arti...
Fossil vomit contains new species of pterosaur from Brazil
Filter-feeding flying reptile was likely devoured by a dinosaur during the early Cretaceous
www.science.org
November 13, 2025 at 5:33 PM
110 million years ago, a spinosaur's dinner got the best of it. Turns out the dino's fossilized vomit contained a new species of filter-feeding pterosaur!
I came across this paper a few days ago on social media and had a blast covering it for @science.org: www.science.org/content/arti...
I came across this paper a few days ago on social media and had a blast covering it for @science.org: www.science.org/content/arti...
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“Despite needing more sleep at this stage of life, many teenagers don’t get enough.”
Chiara Staub, Alessia Colacino, Sarah Zurmühle, & David Bürgin explain that working with teenagers’ body clocks can yield academic and emotional benefits.
@jacobscenteruzh.bsky.social boldscience.org/how-schools-...
Chiara Staub, Alessia Colacino, Sarah Zurmühle, & David Bürgin explain that working with teenagers’ body clocks can yield academic and emotional benefits.
@jacobscenteruzh.bsky.social boldscience.org/how-schools-...
How schools can adapt to teens’ sleep rhythms
Working with, not against, teenagers’ body clocks can yield academic and emotional benefits
boldscience.org
September 23, 2025 at 9:17 AM
“Despite needing more sleep at this stage of life, many teenagers don’t get enough.”
Chiara Staub, Alessia Colacino, Sarah Zurmühle, & David Bürgin explain that working with teenagers’ body clocks can yield academic and emotional benefits.
@jacobscenteruzh.bsky.social boldscience.org/how-schools-...
Chiara Staub, Alessia Colacino, Sarah Zurmühle, & David Bürgin explain that working with teenagers’ body clocks can yield academic and emotional benefits.
@jacobscenteruzh.bsky.social boldscience.org/how-schools-...
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Vielfältig, aktuell, lebendig – das neue Studienbuch Linguistik ist da!
Mehr als 30 Jahre nach der ersten Auflage blickt es auf eine Disziplin im Wandel.
Wie hat sich die #Linguistik seitdem verändert – und wie spiegelt sich dieser Wandel im neuen Studienbuch wider?
Die Autor*innen antworten:
Mehr als 30 Jahre nach der ersten Auflage blickt es auf eine Disziplin im Wandel.
Wie hat sich die #Linguistik seitdem verändert – und wie spiegelt sich dieser Wandel im neuen Studienbuch wider?
Die Autor*innen antworten:
November 6, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Vielfältig, aktuell, lebendig – das neue Studienbuch Linguistik ist da!
Mehr als 30 Jahre nach der ersten Auflage blickt es auf eine Disziplin im Wandel.
Wie hat sich die #Linguistik seitdem verändert – und wie spiegelt sich dieser Wandel im neuen Studienbuch wider?
Die Autor*innen antworten:
Mehr als 30 Jahre nach der ersten Auflage blickt es auf eine Disziplin im Wandel.
Wie hat sich die #Linguistik seitdem verändert – und wie spiegelt sich dieser Wandel im neuen Studienbuch wider?
Die Autor*innen antworten:
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Rhythmic Speech Facilitates Turn-Taking, finds @juletzky.bsky.social. See osf.io/preprints/ps....
OSF
osf.io
November 7, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Rhythmic Speech Facilitates Turn-Taking, finds @juletzky.bsky.social. See osf.io/preprints/ps....
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LLMs are now widely used in social science as stand-ins for humans—assuming they can produce realistic, human-like text
But... can they? We don’t actually know.
In our new study, we develop a Computational Turing Test.
And our findings are striking:
LLMs may be far less human-like than we think.🧵
But... can they? We don’t actually know.
In our new study, we develop a Computational Turing Test.
And our findings are striking:
LLMs may be far less human-like than we think.🧵
Computational Turing Test Reveals Systematic Differences Between Human and AI Language
Large language models (LLMs) are increasingly used in the social sciences to simulate human behavior, based on the assumption that they can generate realistic, human-like text. Yet this assumption rem...
arxiv.org
November 7, 2025 at 11:13 AM
LLMs are now widely used in social science as stand-ins for humans—assuming they can produce realistic, human-like text
But... can they? We don’t actually know.
In our new study, we develop a Computational Turing Test.
And our findings are striking:
LLMs may be far less human-like than we think.🧵
But... can they? We don’t actually know.
In our new study, we develop a Computational Turing Test.
And our findings are striking:
LLMs may be far less human-like than we think.🧵
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Postdoc, bilingualism, social interaction, behavioral/EEG/fMRI methods, Aachen Univ. w/ A. Kuhlen jobs.rwth-aachen.de/index.php?ac...
November 7, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Postdoc, bilingualism, social interaction, behavioral/EEG/fMRI methods, Aachen Univ. w/ A. Kuhlen jobs.rwth-aachen.de/index.php?ac...
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Do you teach #rstats? Do your students complain about how lame and old-fashioned dplyr is? Don't worry: I have the solution for you: github.com/hadley/genzp....
genzplyr is dplyr, but bussin fr fr no cap.
genzplyr is dplyr, but bussin fr fr no cap.
GitHub - hadley/genzplyr: dplyr but make it bussin fr fr no cap
dplyr but make it bussin fr fr no cap. Contribute to hadley/genzplyr development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
November 6, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Do you teach #rstats? Do your students complain about how lame and old-fashioned dplyr is? Don't worry: I have the solution for you: github.com/hadley/genzp....
genzplyr is dplyr, but bussin fr fr no cap.
genzplyr is dplyr, but bussin fr fr no cap.
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Academics in Assyria in the 7th c BC complain that admin is preventing them from doing research and teaching
November 3, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Academics in Assyria in the 7th c BC complain that admin is preventing them from doing research and teaching
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OPEN PHD POSITION - Come join our group! The IMPRS at @mpi-nl.bsky.social is offering an PhD position on modelling structured meaning in the brain, supervised by me and Helen De Hoop at the Centre for Language Studies in the @dondersinst.bsky.social -
www.mpi.nl/imprs-phd-fe... #NeuroJobs #cogsci
www.mpi.nl/imprs-phd-fe... #NeuroJobs #cogsci
IMPRS PhD Fellowships 2026 | Max Planck Institute
www.mpi.nl
October 23, 2025 at 9:05 AM
OPEN PHD POSITION - Come join our group! The IMPRS at @mpi-nl.bsky.social is offering an PhD position on modelling structured meaning in the brain, supervised by me and Helen De Hoop at the Centre for Language Studies in the @dondersinst.bsky.social -
www.mpi.nl/imprs-phd-fe... #NeuroJobs #cogsci
www.mpi.nl/imprs-phd-fe... #NeuroJobs #cogsci
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#JNeurosci: When we produce words, what processing steps does our brain take?
@glicalzi.bsky.social Meyer & @stan-vd-burght.bsky.social show subtle characteristics of a word’s sound structure can be predicted before we start to speak @mpi-nl.bsky.social
https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0546-25.2025
@glicalzi.bsky.social Meyer & @stan-vd-burght.bsky.social show subtle characteristics of a word’s sound structure can be predicted before we start to speak @mpi-nl.bsky.social
https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0546-25.2025
October 31, 2025 at 2:29 PM
#JNeurosci: When we produce words, what processing steps does our brain take?
@glicalzi.bsky.social Meyer & @stan-vd-burght.bsky.social show subtle characteristics of a word’s sound structure can be predicted before we start to speak @mpi-nl.bsky.social
https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0546-25.2025
@glicalzi.bsky.social Meyer & @stan-vd-burght.bsky.social show subtle characteristics of a word’s sound structure can be predicted before we start to speak @mpi-nl.bsky.social
https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0546-25.2025
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The German company that makes the mechanical ladder used in the Louvre heist has used the image to advertise, with the text 'When you need to move fast'
10/10 response, no notes
10/10 response, no notes
October 24, 2025 at 8:27 AM
The German company that makes the mechanical ladder used in the Louvre heist has used the image to advertise, with the text 'When you need to move fast'
10/10 response, no notes
10/10 response, no notes
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Many thanks to Lilián Guerrero for inviting me to give lectures at UNAM in Mexico City! (The lecture materials are here: zenodo.org/records/1743...)
October 25, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Many thanks to Lilián Guerrero for inviting me to give lectures at UNAM in Mexico City! (The lecture materials are here: zenodo.org/records/1743...)
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Sentence Processing by Matthew Wagers: https://doi.org/10.21428/e2759450.624d819a
October 13, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Sentence Processing by Matthew Wagers: https://doi.org/10.21428/e2759450.624d819a
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"A compelling and thought-provoking analysis of human sociality and the origins of language."
The Interaction Engine by Stephen C. Levinson (@mpi-nl.bsky.social), Out Now & #OpenAccess
https://cup.org/4nusznG
#OA #Linguistics #LangSky 🐦🐦
The Interaction Engine by Stephen C. Levinson (@mpi-nl.bsky.social), Out Now & #OpenAccess
https://cup.org/4nusznG
#OA #Linguistics #LangSky 🐦🐦
October 1, 2025 at 9:05 PM
"A compelling and thought-provoking analysis of human sociality and the origins of language."
The Interaction Engine by Stephen C. Levinson (@mpi-nl.bsky.social), Out Now & #OpenAccess
https://cup.org/4nusznG
#OA #Linguistics #LangSky 🐦🐦
The Interaction Engine by Stephen C. Levinson (@mpi-nl.bsky.social), Out Now & #OpenAccess
https://cup.org/4nusznG
#OA #Linguistics #LangSky 🐦🐦
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The time course of phonological encoding: Insights from time-resolved MVPA. New paper by @glicalzi.bsky.social , Antje S. Meyer & @stan-vd-burght.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0546-25.2025
Paper: tinyurl.com/yjw47vzz
doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0546-25.2025
Paper: tinyurl.com/yjw47vzz
The Time Course of Phonological Encoding: Insights from Time-Resolved MVPA
To produce a word, speakers need to decide which concept to express, select an appropriate item from the mental lexicon, and spell out its phonological form. The temporal dynamics of these processes r...
doi.org
October 9, 2025 at 10:08 AM
The time course of phonological encoding: Insights from time-resolved MVPA. New paper by @glicalzi.bsky.social , Antje S. Meyer & @stan-vd-burght.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0546-25.2025
Paper: tinyurl.com/yjw47vzz
doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0546-25.2025
Paper: tinyurl.com/yjw47vzz
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If you have a syllabus for a psych grad methods course that covers both experimental and non-experimental methods, I'd love to take a peek! 👀
October 8, 2025 at 10:31 PM
If you have a syllabus for a psych grad methods course that covers both experimental and non-experimental methods, I'd love to take a peek! 👀
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If you don’t teach your students your subject, you’re not doing your job.
If you teach your students to ask AI first, you’re ensuring they’ll never be *needed* for any job.
You’re also guaranteeing that knowledge of your subject slowly dies.
Asking ChatGPT is gaining neither knowledge nor skills.
If you teach your students to ask AI first, you’re ensuring they’ll never be *needed* for any job.
You’re also guaranteeing that knowledge of your subject slowly dies.
Asking ChatGPT is gaining neither knowledge nor skills.
If you don’t teach your students how to use AI, you’re doing them a huge disservice because they won’t have jobs in the future.
September 28, 2025 at 12:51 PM
If you don’t teach your students your subject, you’re not doing your job.
If you teach your students to ask AI first, you’re ensuring they’ll never be *needed* for any job.
You’re also guaranteeing that knowledge of your subject slowly dies.
Asking ChatGPT is gaining neither knowledge nor skills.
If you teach your students to ask AI first, you’re ensuring they’ll never be *needed* for any job.
You’re also guaranteeing that knowledge of your subject slowly dies.
Asking ChatGPT is gaining neither knowledge nor skills.
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Wenn sich Bevölkerungsgruppen miteinander vermischen, nähern sich auch ihre Sprachen an. Genetische Analysen liefern Hinweise darauf, wie linguistische Entlehnungen entstehen. #repost
Linguistik: Wie sich Sprachen in der Vergangenheit vermischt haben
Genetische Analysen liefern Hinweise darauf, wie linguistische Entlehnungen entstehen.
www.spektrum.de
September 23, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Wenn sich Bevölkerungsgruppen miteinander vermischen, nähern sich auch ihre Sprachen an. Genetische Analysen liefern Hinweise darauf, wie linguistische Entlehnungen entstehen. #repost
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"How I, a non-developer, read the tutorial you, a developer, wrote for me, a beginner" by Annie Mueller 😅 😂 😭
anniemueller.com/posts/how-i-...
anniemueller.com/posts/how-i-...
How I, a non-developer, read the tutorial you, a developer, wrote for me, a beginner - annie's blog
“Hello! I am a developer. Here is my relevant experience: I code in Hoobijag and sometimes jabbernocks and of course ABCDE++++ (but never ABCDE+/^+ are you kidding? ha!) and I like working with ...
anniemueller.com
September 23, 2025 at 7:57 AM
"How I, a non-developer, read the tutorial you, a developer, wrote for me, a beginner" by Annie Mueller 😅 😂 😭
anniemueller.com/posts/how-i-...
anniemueller.com/posts/how-i-...
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Seit 1949 haben 52 Jahre lang Regierungen unter CDU-Kanzlerschaft regiert, wie derzeit auch. CDU/AfD liegen im aktuellen Stimmungsbild bei weit über 50 %. Ganze Talkshowformate (Lanz!) sind inzwischen konservative Heimspiele. Wo drückte sich in der BRD je der Mangel an konservativen Meinungen aus?
September 21, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Seit 1949 haben 52 Jahre lang Regierungen unter CDU-Kanzlerschaft regiert, wie derzeit auch. CDU/AfD liegen im aktuellen Stimmungsbild bei weit über 50 %. Ganze Talkshowformate (Lanz!) sind inzwischen konservative Heimspiele. Wo drückte sich in der BRD je der Mangel an konservativen Meinungen aus?
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📢Out now! @jixingli.bsky.social, @lamb-cityuhk.bsky.social and colleagues assess whether instruction tuning can enhance LLM's ability to capture linguistic information in the human brain. www.nature.com/articles/s43... #compneuro #ArtificialIntelligence
Increasing alignment of large language models with language processing in the human brain - Nature Computational Science
Larger LLMs’ self-attention more accurately predicts readers’ regressive saccades and fMRI responses in language regions, whereas instruction tuning adds no benefit.
www.nature.com
September 16, 2025 at 1:35 PM
📢Out now! @jixingli.bsky.social, @lamb-cityuhk.bsky.social and colleagues assess whether instruction tuning can enhance LLM's ability to capture linguistic information in the human brain. www.nature.com/articles/s43... #compneuro #ArtificialIntelligence
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🏛️ Der Bundesrat will im BFI-Bereich trotz zahlreicher Einwände sparen. Auch beim SNF sind in den nächsten Jahren Kürzungen von jeweils über 10 Prozent vorgesehen. Dies gefährdet vor allem die Innovationskraft und Wettbewerbsfähigkeit der Wirtschaft.
ℹ️ sohub.io/4pv7
ℹ️ sohub.io/4pv7
SNF fordert Verzicht auf Kürzungen
In seiner Stellungnahme zum «Entlastungspaket 27» spricht sich der SNF gegen die vorgeschlagenen Kürzungen von zehn Prozent pro Jahr aus.
sohub.io
September 19, 2025 at 1:04 PM
🏛️ Der Bundesrat will im BFI-Bereich trotz zahlreicher Einwände sparen. Auch beim SNF sind in den nächsten Jahren Kürzungen von jeweils über 10 Prozent vorgesehen. Dies gefährdet vor allem die Innovationskraft und Wettbewerbsfähigkeit der Wirtschaft.
ℹ️ sohub.io/4pv7
ℹ️ sohub.io/4pv7
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It is with deep sorrow that we bid farewell to Prof. Dr. Martin Volk, who passed away on 15 September 2025 at the age of 64 after a brief and sudden illness. www.cl.uzh.ch/en/about-us/...
September 19, 2025 at 12:14 PM
It is with deep sorrow that we bid farewell to Prof. Dr. Martin Volk, who passed away on 15 September 2025 at the age of 64 after a brief and sudden illness. www.cl.uzh.ch/en/about-us/...