Rebecca Defina
rebeccadefina.bsky.social
Rebecca Defina
@rebeccadefina.bsky.social
DECRA fellow @unimelb. Non-Indigenous psycholinguist studying event representation, complex predicates, gesture, and acquisition of Pitjantjatjara. She/they
Aphantasics are just as likely to have grapheme-colour synaesthesia as non-aphantasics, but tend to have more ‘associator’ than ‘projector’ traits. Thank you Carla Dance and colleagues!
May 9, 2025 at 6:54 AM
I've long struggled with too many folders in my paper to do drawer (n=11 1st author), but long covid has really highlighted the unsustainability and I'm determined to reduce my number and manage it going forwards. I'm curious how common large numbers are, maybe I should have included 20+ and 50+ :)
December 14, 2024 at 12:39 AM
And finally, a surprising realisation that some people don't realise that Auslan is a distinct language, not just signed English.

So here's your reminder for any who need it.

Sign languages are languages. Different from the dominant spoken language. And full, whole languages in their own right
December 3, 2024 at 4:14 AM
Also really nice demonstration of the long distance possibilities of sign language as people waaay back in the audience communicated with choir members on stage :)
December 3, 2024 at 4:11 AM
Left me wondering how the sign language choir format will develop. They were all in unison in this performance. Will they start signing different parts, signing in round... Exciting stuff
www.mso.com.au/the-blog/202...
Bridging Language and Culture: The… | Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
The 2024 Auslan choir was born from a seed planted back in 2011 when I led an Auslan choir for the same work at a community day event with the MSO. It was…
www.mso.com.au
December 3, 2024 at 4:10 AM
I recommend looking/asking around for a 2nd hand calculator. I was floored by the price when my kid first needed one. But then found much cheaper 2nd hand and in the end someone who was happy to just freely pass on their old one (more than worth putting up with the old version to save that much).
November 28, 2024 at 12:34 PM
Oh my goodness! I loved following her journey and took so much heart in her recovery around the start of the year just as my long covid was starting. Thinking of her and her family
November 25, 2024 at 12:00 PM