Jacqueline von Seth
jvonseth.bsky.social
Jacqueline von Seth
@jvonseth.bsky.social
PhD Student @ MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge 🧠
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Origins of language, one of humanity’s most distinctive traits, may be best explained as a unique convergence of multiple capacities each with its own evolutionary history, involving intertwined roles of biology & culture. This framing can expand research horizons. A 🧵 on our @science.org paper.🧪1/n
What enables human language? A biocultural framework
Explaining the origins of language is a key challenge in understanding ourselves as a species. We present an empirical framework that draws on synergies across fields to facilitate robust studies of l...
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November 23, 2025 at 11:54 AM
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We are excited to announce #COGNESTIC 2026 @mrccbu.bsky.social in Cambridge, between 14-25 Sep 2026. Our 2-week summer school provides training in state-of-the-art methods for open neuroimaging analysis and great opportunities for professional networking:
www.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/events/cogne...
November 17, 2025 at 10:18 AM
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@davidpoeppel.bsky.social points out the elephant in the conference: whichever direction of the planet we look, things are bad.

Einstein, chomsky and arendt point out to us that silence is not neutral

👏 #CCN2025
August 14, 2025 at 6:39 AM
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We're hiring! Join us to work at the intersection of social interaction and language technology. Postdoc and PhD positions in my Futures of Language research group, based at Radboud University in Nijmegen, NL

Read more: markdingemanse.net/futures/news...

#linguistics #interaction #sts #emca #hci
July 7, 2025 at 11:44 AM
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Are you a fan with the MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit? If so, read this Science story and then join the 500 scientists (inc two Nobels and two former Royal Society heads), who are asking the MRC to adjust course by signing the Open Letter linked in the story. www.science.org/content/arti...
Funding overhaul threatens historic U.K. research units
Scientists protest new “challenge-led” grants replacing funding that supported long-term basic research
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December 19, 2024 at 12:42 PM