How do our brains and bodies support social learning in real time in the real-world? Check out the preprint by @saradefelice.bsky.social et al. Honoured to have been part of the team!

Happy announcement (again :): Another brilliant PhD student from the lab passed her viva! Congratulations Dr @isobelslt.bsky.social! Many thanks to Isobel's great examiners: Beth Jefferies and Holly Robson; to @laurelbuxbaum.bsky.social and to Brain Research UK for sponsoring her work!

I am really happy and proud to let you know that @viktorkewenig.bsky.social has graduated and is already off working at @msftresearch.bsky.social!!! Congratulations Viktor! Many many thanks to the two PhD examiners: @mtoneva.bsky.social and David Vinson (both looking severe in this picture :)

In a corpus analysis (ECOLANG) we find that caregivers's iconic gestures precede the associated words for words their 3-4 yo child is familiar with, and that have been previously mentioned, but follow for less familiar (likely unknown) words on first mention