William Matchin
@wmatchin.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Communication Sciences and Disorders at the University of South Carolina. Bridging the gaps between linguistic theory, neuroscience, and aphasia. Chief Editor of @jocnforum.bsky.social
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William Matchin
@wmatchin.bsky.social
· Sep 9
University of South Carolina has *7* tenure-track faculty positions in Neurobiology of Language:
tinyurl.com/USC-Faculty-...
Positions in COMD, Psych, Linguistics, School of Medicine.
@snlmtg.bsky.social #SNL2025, we will have a booth.
w/@rutvikdesai.bsky.social @imb-uofsc.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/USC-Faculty-...
Positions in COMD, Psych, Linguistics, School of Medicine.
@snlmtg.bsky.social #SNL2025, we will have a booth.
w/@rutvikdesai.bsky.social @imb-uofsc.bsky.social
Ahmadenijad was Iran’s Trump. Populist, jingoistic right winger who upset the apple cart. His reelection, that so many people could have voted for him, fried the brains of liberals so much that conspiracy theories were invented to explain it. Strong parallels with Trump 2016
November 12, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Ahmadenijad was Iran’s Trump. Populist, jingoistic right winger who upset the apple cart. His reelection, that so many people could have voted for him, fried the brains of liberals so much that conspiracy theories were invented to explain it. Strong parallels with Trump 2016
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Neurocomputational architecture for syntax/language
Neuroscience & Philosophy Salon video.
Great presentation by @elliot-murphy.bsky.social and discussion with @wmatchin.bsky.social and @sandervanbree.bsky.social
Bonus: Check the first 17 min or so on Large Language Models
youtu.be/K5wd7nHxzNw
Neuroscience & Philosophy Salon video.
Great presentation by @elliot-murphy.bsky.social and discussion with @wmatchin.bsky.social and @sandervanbree.bsky.social
Bonus: Check the first 17 min or so on Large Language Models
youtu.be/K5wd7nHxzNw
Brain architecture for syntax and language by Elliot Murphy with William Matchin and Sander van Bree
YouTube video by Neuroscience & Philosophy Salon
youtu.be
November 7, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Neurocomputational architecture for syntax/language
Neuroscience & Philosophy Salon video.
Great presentation by @elliot-murphy.bsky.social and discussion with @wmatchin.bsky.social and @sandervanbree.bsky.social
Bonus: Check the first 17 min or so on Large Language Models
youtu.be/K5wd7nHxzNw
Neuroscience & Philosophy Salon video.
Great presentation by @elliot-murphy.bsky.social and discussion with @wmatchin.bsky.social and @sandervanbree.bsky.social
Bonus: Check the first 17 min or so on Large Language Models
youtu.be/K5wd7nHxzNw
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Big thank you to @pessoabrain.bsky.social for hosting me yesterday in the Neuroscience & Philosophy Salon!
The lecture focused on how properties of human language like syntax might be neurally enforced, and included some critical discussion of the LLM literature.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5wd...
The lecture focused on how properties of human language like syntax might be neurally enforced, and included some critical discussion of the LLM literature.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5wd...
Brain architecture for syntax and language by Elliot Murphy with William Matchin and Sander van Bree
YouTube video by Neuroscience & Philosophy Salon
www.youtube.com
November 6, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Big thank you to @pessoabrain.bsky.social for hosting me yesterday in the Neuroscience & Philosophy Salon!
The lecture focused on how properties of human language like syntax might be neurally enforced, and included some critical discussion of the LLM literature.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5wd...
The lecture focused on how properties of human language like syntax might be neurally enforced, and included some critical discussion of the LLM literature.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5wd...
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Looking for graduate students for next year! We have fully-funded positions open to study signed languages, cognitive/educational neuroscience, development, and educational technology! Email me for more info or see here: tinyurl.com/EdNeuro2026
Please share!!
Please share!!
Educational Neuroscience PhD: Application Information
Fully-Funded Ph.D. Positions in Educational Neuroscience At Gallaudet University in Washington, DC The Ph.D. in Educational Neuroscience (PEN) Program at Gallaudet University invites prospective st...
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November 6, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Looking for graduate students for next year! We have fully-funded positions open to study signed languages, cognitive/educational neuroscience, development, and educational technology! Email me for more info or see here: tinyurl.com/EdNeuro2026
Please share!!
Please share!!
It’s astonishing how much better the early seasons of love is blind are relative to the later ones.
October 31, 2025 at 1:39 AM
It’s astonishing how much better the early seasons of love is blind are relative to the later ones.
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*Neurocomputational architecture for syntax/learning*
Neuroscience & Philo Salon: join our discussion with @elliot-murphy.bsky.social with commentaries by @wmatchin.bsky.social and @sandervanbree.bsky.social
Nov 5, 10:30 am eastern US
Register:
umd.zoom.us/my/luizpesso...
#neuroskyence
Neuroscience & Philo Salon: join our discussion with @elliot-murphy.bsky.social with commentaries by @wmatchin.bsky.social and @sandervanbree.bsky.social
Nov 5, 10:30 am eastern US
Register:
umd.zoom.us/my/luizpesso...
#neuroskyence
October 27, 2025 at 4:52 PM
*Neurocomputational architecture for syntax/learning*
Neuroscience & Philo Salon: join our discussion with @elliot-murphy.bsky.social with commentaries by @wmatchin.bsky.social and @sandervanbree.bsky.social
Nov 5, 10:30 am eastern US
Register:
umd.zoom.us/my/luizpesso...
#neuroskyence
Neuroscience & Philo Salon: join our discussion with @elliot-murphy.bsky.social with commentaries by @wmatchin.bsky.social and @sandervanbree.bsky.social
Nov 5, 10:30 am eastern US
Register:
umd.zoom.us/my/luizpesso...
#neuroskyence
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Is the the neuroimaging community (broadly conceived) submitting to 𝗡𝗲𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗲 again?????
Not to be publication police but the shift had seemed major 1-2 years ago.
Looking at the editorial board it seems to have serious scientists once more.
Curious about thoughts of the community.
Not to be publication police but the shift had seemed major 1-2 years ago.
Looking at the editorial board it seems to have serious scientists once more.
Curious about thoughts of the community.
October 21, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Is the the neuroimaging community (broadly conceived) submitting to 𝗡𝗲𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗲 again?????
Not to be publication police but the shift had seemed major 1-2 years ago.
Looking at the editorial board it seems to have serious scientists once more.
Curious about thoughts of the community.
Not to be publication police but the shift had seemed major 1-2 years ago.
Looking at the editorial board it seems to have serious scientists once more.
Curious about thoughts of the community.
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Let this be a motto for all of us, when we peer review:
“Review the manuscript in front of you, not the one you wish existed.”
@earlkmiller.bsky.social
“Review the manuscript in front of you, not the one you wish existed.”
@earlkmiller.bsky.social
New post in @jocnforum.bsky.social by Early Miller @earlkmiller.bsky.social: "Principles for proper peer review"
doi.org/10.21428/8e6...
doi.org/10.21428/8e6...
Principles for proper peer review
doi.org
October 7, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Let this be a motto for all of us, when we peer review:
“Review the manuscript in front of you, not the one you wish existed.”
@earlkmiller.bsky.social
“Review the manuscript in front of you, not the one you wish existed.”
@earlkmiller.bsky.social
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For all the knucklehead reviewers out there.
Principles for proper peer review - Earl K. Miller
jocnf.pubpub.org/pub/qag76ip8...
#neuroscience
Principles for proper peer review - Earl K. Miller
jocnf.pubpub.org/pub/qag76ip8...
#neuroscience
Principles for proper peer review
jocnf.pubpub.org
October 6, 2025 at 7:59 PM
For all the knucklehead reviewers out there.
Principles for proper peer review - Earl K. Miller
jocnf.pubpub.org/pub/qag76ip8...
#neuroscience
Principles for proper peer review - Earl K. Miller
jocnf.pubpub.org/pub/qag76ip8...
#neuroscience
With so much (boring!) AI/computational work, these positions sound quite refreshing
Are you looking for a post-doc position where you can apply your neuroimaging expertise to neuroaesthetics and poetic language processing? Do you like working in interdisciplinary teams? Then come work with us!
🧠 1 post for researchers w/ neuroimaging and behavioral psychology experience, w/ interest in neuroaesthetics, poetic language processing & sharing/collaborating with researchers across multiple disciplines – more info in link or project website elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
October 2, 2025 at 9:42 PM
With so much (boring!) AI/computational work, these positions sound quite refreshing
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Posting on behalf of Tamar Gollan, who is not on Bluesky:
A postdoc position is open and available immediately in Dr. Tamar Gollan’s Laboratory of Aging Bilingualism at the University of California, San Diego, funded by NIH & NSF. See link for details!
psychiatry.ucsd.edu/about/LAB_Go...
A postdoc position is open and available immediately in Dr. Tamar Gollan’s Laboratory of Aging Bilingualism at the University of California, San Diego, funded by NIH & NSF. See link for details!
psychiatry.ucsd.edu/about/LAB_Go...
psychiatry.ucsd.edu
September 30, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Posting on behalf of Tamar Gollan, who is not on Bluesky:
A postdoc position is open and available immediately in Dr. Tamar Gollan’s Laboratory of Aging Bilingualism at the University of California, San Diego, funded by NIH & NSF. See link for details!
psychiatry.ucsd.edu/about/LAB_Go...
A postdoc position is open and available immediately in Dr. Tamar Gollan’s Laboratory of Aging Bilingualism at the University of California, San Diego, funded by NIH & NSF. See link for details!
psychiatry.ucsd.edu/about/LAB_Go...
Important paper by Sarah Schneck, @smwilson.bsky.social et al. "We found strong evidence that left posterior temporal cortex is the most critical region for language processing in post-stroke aphasia...right posterior temporal cortex made an independent contribution"
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
Independent contributions of language activations in left and right temporal cortex to aphasia outcomes after stroke
Recovery from aphasia after stroke is thought to depend on functional reorganization of language processing in surviving brain regions. Many studies have investigated this process, but progress has be...
www.medrxiv.org
September 26, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Important paper by Sarah Schneck, @smwilson.bsky.social et al. "We found strong evidence that left posterior temporal cortex is the most critical region for language processing in post-stroke aphasia...right posterior temporal cortex made an independent contribution"
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
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As it's hiring season again I'm resharing the NeuroJobs feed. Add #NeuroJobs to your post if you're recruiting or looking for an RA, PhD, Postdoc, or faculty position in Neuro or an adjacent field.
bsky.app/profile/did:...
bsky.app/profile/did:...
September 3, 2025 at 3:25 PM
As it's hiring season again I'm resharing the NeuroJobs feed. Add #NeuroJobs to your post if you're recruiting or looking for an RA, PhD, Postdoc, or faculty position in Neuro or an adjacent field.
bsky.app/profile/did:...
bsky.app/profile/did:...
Five years ago, I pulled my hair out over the cancel culture being promulgated by liberals. Now cancel culture has returned with a vengeance, perpetrated by the right and bolstered by the full weight of state power. Depressing. The solution is robust protections for free speech.
September 18, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Five years ago, I pulled my hair out over the cancel culture being promulgated by liberals. Now cancel culture has returned with a vengeance, perpetrated by the right and bolstered by the full weight of state power. Depressing. The solution is robust protections for free speech.
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We’re searching for TWO tenure-track cognitive neuroscientists here in the Wesleyan University Psychology Department! Apply here wesleyan.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/careers
Careers at Wesleyan
We welcome your interest in Wesleyan’s diverse, energetic community of employees who, by their creativity, innovative thinking, and generosity of spirit, help make Wesleyan a great place to work. In t...
wesleyan.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com
September 17, 2025 at 9:52 PM
We’re searching for TWO tenure-track cognitive neuroscientists here in the Wesleyan University Psychology Department! Apply here wesleyan.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/careers
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UCDavis Psych is hiring an Assistant Professor in Human Cognition or Cognitive Neuroscience 🧠✨
Come join a vibrant, collaborative dept and live in a fun college town near Sacramento, San Francisco, Napa, and Lake Tahoe. Applications due Oct.21.
Please share widely!
recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07300
Come join a vibrant, collaborative dept and live in a fun college town near Sacramento, San Francisco, Napa, and Lake Tahoe. Applications due Oct.21.
Please share widely!
recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07300
Assistant Professor of Psychology - Human Cognition or Cognitive Neuroscience
University of California, Davis is hiring. Apply now!
recruit.ucdavis.edu
September 8, 2025 at 8:57 PM
UCDavis Psych is hiring an Assistant Professor in Human Cognition or Cognitive Neuroscience 🧠✨
Come join a vibrant, collaborative dept and live in a fun college town near Sacramento, San Francisco, Napa, and Lake Tahoe. Applications due Oct.21.
Please share widely!
recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07300
Come join a vibrant, collaborative dept and live in a fun college town near Sacramento, San Francisco, Napa, and Lake Tahoe. Applications due Oct.21.
Please share widely!
recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07300
In my opinion, one constructive way to engage positively is to join your local union. At the university of South Carolina, this means United Campus Workers ucwsc.org
and also @aaup.org Free speech rights are being eroded, workers rights attacked, and the only way forward is to fight together
and also @aaup.org Free speech rights are being eroded, workers rights attacked, and the only way forward is to fight together
September 15, 2025 at 8:01 PM
@davidpoeppel.bsky.social receiving the well-deserved @snlmtg.bsky.social Distinguished Career Award
David has had a lasting and deep impact on the field and on his many successful trainees. David is also known for his enjoinders to engage positively with the world.
#SNL2025
David has had a lasting and deep impact on the field and on his many successful trainees. David is also known for his enjoinders to engage positively with the world.
#SNL2025
September 15, 2025 at 4:03 PM
@davidpoeppel.bsky.social receiving the well-deserved @snlmtg.bsky.social Distinguished Career Award
David has had a lasting and deep impact on the field and on his many successful trainees. David is also known for his enjoinders to engage positively with the world.
#SNL2025
David has had a lasting and deep impact on the field and on his many successful trainees. David is also known for his enjoinders to engage positively with the world.
#SNL2025
Provocative piece and more interesting than most that have been written about this topic. I greatly encourage people to weigh in!
My own perspective is that while there is utility to LMs, the scientific insights are greatly overstated.
My own perspective is that while there is utility to LMs, the scientific insights are greatly overstated.
📣@futrell.bsky.social and I have a BBS target article with an optimistic take on LLMs + linguistics. Commentary proposals (just need a few hundred words) are OPEN until Oct 8. If we are too optimistic for you (or not optimistic enough!) or you have anything to say: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
How Linguistics Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Language Models
How Linguistics Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Language Models
www.cambridge.org
September 15, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Provocative piece and more interesting than most that have been written about this topic. I greatly encourage people to weigh in!
My own perspective is that while there is utility to LMs, the scientific insights are greatly overstated.
My own perspective is that while there is utility to LMs, the scientific insights are greatly overstated.
Winners of the @SNLmtg #SNL2025 fitness challenge: Sigfus Kristinsson and Vaishak Harish
Spirit awards:
Cody Zhewei Cao
@kjobson.bsky.social
Hope to continue this next year at #SNL2026 in Geneva :)
Spirit awards:
Cody Zhewei Cao
@kjobson.bsky.social
Hope to continue this next year at #SNL2026 in Geneva :)
September 15, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Winners of the @SNLmtg #SNL2025 fitness challenge: Sigfus Kristinsson and Vaishak Harish
Spirit awards:
Cody Zhewei Cao
@kjobson.bsky.social
Hope to continue this next year at #SNL2026 in Geneva :)
Spirit awards:
Cody Zhewei Cao
@kjobson.bsky.social
Hope to continue this next year at #SNL2026 in Geneva :)
Starting in less than an hour!
Just a reminder: fitness challenge at #SNL2025 is tomorrow!
September 14, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Starting in less than an hour!
Watching one of my heroes Carol Padden presenting now on emerging sign languages. Rare contexts in which we can study the emergence of novel languages! @snlmtg.bsky.social #SNL2025
Padden authored the classic book Deaf in America, required reading for communication disorders students in my view.
Padden authored the classic book Deaf in America, required reading for communication disorders students in my view.
September 14, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Watching one of my heroes Carol Padden presenting now on emerging sign languages. Rare contexts in which we can study the emergence of novel languages! @snlmtg.bsky.social #SNL2025
Padden authored the classic book Deaf in America, required reading for communication disorders students in my view.
Padden authored the classic book Deaf in America, required reading for communication disorders students in my view.
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Day 2 of #snl2025 featured wonderful talk from Dave Poeppel, interesting keynote, posters from my team, and a thought provoking panel. My brain and heart are full!
September 14, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Day 2 of #snl2025 featured wonderful talk from Dave Poeppel, interesting keynote, posters from my team, and a thought provoking panel. My brain and heart are full!
@drdyerit.bsky.social asking how we can bridge the gaps between inclusion of deaf people in discussions of cochlear implants while respecting hearing families of deaf children
@snlmtg.bsky.social #SNL2025
@snlmtg.bsky.social #SNL2025
September 13, 2025 at 8:34 PM
@drdyerit.bsky.social asking how we can bridge the gaps between inclusion of deaf people in discussions of cochlear implants while respecting hearing families of deaf children
@snlmtg.bsky.social #SNL2025
@snlmtg.bsky.social #SNL2025
Let me emphasize that the three positions in my department, communication sciences and disorders, are flexible in area of research and are open rank. Lots of opportunities and support for diverse research programs, from aphasia to developmental disabilities to cochlear implants to sign language
University of South Carolina has *7* tenure-track faculty positions in Neurobiology of Language:
tinyurl.com/USC-Faculty-...
Positions in COMD, Psych, Linguistics, School of Medicine.
@snlmtg.bsky.social #SNL2025, we will have a booth.
w/@rutvikdesai.bsky.social @imb-uofsc.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/USC-Faculty-...
Positions in COMD, Psych, Linguistics, School of Medicine.
@snlmtg.bsky.social #SNL2025, we will have a booth.
w/@rutvikdesai.bsky.social @imb-uofsc.bsky.social
September 13, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Let me emphasize that the three positions in my department, communication sciences and disorders, are flexible in area of research and are open rank. Lots of opportunities and support for diverse research programs, from aphasia to developmental disabilities to cochlear implants to sign language