Kristof Strijkers
@strijkers.bsky.social
CNRS scientist (neurolinguistics). LPL, ILCB & Aix-Marseille University.
ERC Consolidator Laureate (2025) for the project ‘LaDy’ (‘Language in the Dyad’)
Husband of Elin. Dad of Scott & Alessio.
#science #cycling & #wine
(personal account)
ERC Consolidator Laureate (2025) for the project ‘LaDy’ (‘Language in the Dyad’)
Husband of Elin. Dad of Scott & Alessio.
#science #cycling & #wine
(personal account)
Our results strongly support Integration Models, which posit that word representations are shared across language modalities. /end
A fitting salute to my friend - a giant on the neurobiology of language 🫡
@cnrs.fr @univ-amu.fr @ilcb.bsky.social #LPL @agencerecherche.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu
A fitting salute to my friend - a giant on the neurobiology of language 🫡
@cnrs.fr @univ-amu.fr @ilcb.bsky.social #LPL @agencerecherche.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu
November 4, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Our results strongly support Integration Models, which posit that word representations are shared across language modalities. /end
A fitting salute to my friend - a giant on the neurobiology of language 🫡
@cnrs.fr @univ-amu.fr @ilcb.bsky.social #LPL @agencerecherche.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu
A fitting salute to my friend - a giant on the neurobiology of language 🫡
@cnrs.fr @univ-amu.fr @ilcb.bsky.social #LPL @agencerecherche.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu
Results were clear: The same brain networks were activated in production and comprehension.
Topographically in the motor cortex (with stronger lip activity for bilabial words and stronger tongue activity for alveolar words), and distributed in the temporal cortex /4
Topographically in the motor cortex (with stronger lip activity for bilabial words and stronger tongue activity for alveolar words), and distributed in the temporal cortex /4
November 4, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Results were clear: The same brain networks were activated in production and comprehension.
Topographically in the motor cortex (with stronger lip activity for bilabial words and stronger tongue activity for alveolar words), and distributed in the temporal cortex /4
Topographically in the motor cortex (with stronger lip activity for bilabial words and stronger tongue activity for alveolar words), and distributed in the temporal cortex /4
To test this, we scanned (fMRI) participants (n=37) while they both named aloud object names and passively listened to the same words. All words were minimal pairs only differing in their first phoneme (bilabial words like ‘Monkey’ vs. alveolar words like ‘Donkey’). /3
November 4, 2025 at 5:32 PM
To test this, we scanned (fMRI) participants (n=37) while they both named aloud object names and passively listened to the same words. All words were minimal pairs only differing in their first phoneme (bilabial words like ‘Monkey’ vs. alveolar words like ‘Donkey’). /3
After Albert, Friedemann was my scientific guide, and now both my mentors are gone. 😔
Guess I’ll never get to beat you at chess my friend.
I’ll miss you, but remember you with a smile.
In memoriam text by his team @bll-berlin.bsky.social: www.geisteswissenschaften.fu-berlin.de/v/brainlang/...
Guess I’ll never get to beat you at chess my friend.
I’ll miss you, but remember you with a smile.
In memoriam text by his team @bll-berlin.bsky.social: www.geisteswissenschaften.fu-berlin.de/v/brainlang/...
October 22, 2025 at 5:07 PM
After Albert, Friedemann was my scientific guide, and now both my mentors are gone. 😔
Guess I’ll never get to beat you at chess my friend.
I’ll miss you, but remember you with a smile.
In memoriam text by his team @bll-berlin.bsky.social: www.geisteswissenschaften.fu-berlin.de/v/brainlang/...
Guess I’ll never get to beat you at chess my friend.
I’ll miss you, but remember you with a smile.
In memoriam text by his team @bll-berlin.bsky.social: www.geisteswissenschaften.fu-berlin.de/v/brainlang/...
⏱️Importantly, in an individual control experiment where everything was identical except that one of the interlocutor’s was replaced with a loudspeaker, the typical prediction effect for picture naming was the same, but the prediction effect for replying with a related word disappeared completely! /5
October 10, 2025 at 5:12 PM
⏱️Importantly, in an individual control experiment where everything was identical except that one of the interlocutor’s was replaced with a loudspeaker, the typical prediction effect for picture naming was the same, but the prediction effect for replying with a related word disappeared completely! /5
⏱️In predictable contexts picture naming was faster (typical prediction effect), but interestingly, the reply given by the partner was even faster… twice (!) as fast compared to the interlocutor who named the picture to which the actual predictable content applied (a dyadic prediction effect) /4
October 10, 2025 at 5:12 PM
⏱️In predictable contexts picture naming was faster (typical prediction effect), but interestingly, the reply given by the partner was even faster… twice (!) as fast compared to the interlocutor who named the picture to which the actual predictable content applied (a dyadic prediction effect) /4
💬 In a simple semantic association game, one interlocutor names a picture (eg dog), and the partner needs to reply with a semantically related word (eg cat).
Prior to this interaction, contex could be predictable for the upcoming picture (´man’s best friend is a…’) or not (‘outside there is a…)./3
Prior to this interaction, contex could be predictable for the upcoming picture (´man’s best friend is a…’) or not (‘outside there is a…)./3
October 10, 2025 at 5:12 PM
💬 In a simple semantic association game, one interlocutor names a picture (eg dog), and the partner needs to reply with a semantically related word (eg cat).
Prior to this interaction, contex could be predictable for the upcoming picture (´man’s best friend is a…’) or not (‘outside there is a…)./3
Prior to this interaction, contex could be predictable for the upcoming picture (´man’s best friend is a…’) or not (‘outside there is a…)./3
The first publication of the #ERC project ‘LaDy’ is a fact and it’s an important one I think:
We show that word processing and meaning prediction is fundamentally different during social interaction compared to using language individually!
👀 short 🧵/1
psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/202...
#OpenAccess
We show that word processing and meaning prediction is fundamentally different during social interaction compared to using language individually!
👀 short 🧵/1
psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/202...
#OpenAccess
October 10, 2025 at 5:12 PM
The first publication of the #ERC project ‘LaDy’ is a fact and it’s an important one I think:
We show that word processing and meaning prediction is fundamentally different during social interaction compared to using language individually!
👀 short 🧵/1
psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/202...
#OpenAccess
We show that word processing and meaning prediction is fundamentally different during social interaction compared to using language individually!
👀 short 🧵/1
psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/202...
#OpenAccess
More exciting work by Elin Runnqvist together with Christian Kell:
In this theory paper they propose a unified framework showing how abstract language monitoring and concrete speech motor control are intertwined.
@cnrs.fr @univ-amu.fr @ilcb.bsky.social LPL
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
In this theory paper they propose a unified framework showing how abstract language monitoring and concrete speech motor control are intertwined.
@cnrs.fr @univ-amu.fr @ilcb.bsky.social LPL
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
October 6, 2025 at 7:13 PM
More exciting work by Elin Runnqvist together with Christian Kell:
In this theory paper they propose a unified framework showing how abstract language monitoring and concrete speech motor control are intertwined.
@cnrs.fr @univ-amu.fr @ilcb.bsky.social LPL
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
In this theory paper they propose a unified framework showing how abstract language monitoring and concrete speech motor control are intertwined.
@cnrs.fr @univ-amu.fr @ilcb.bsky.social LPL
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
“They are not long, the days of wine and roses:
Out of a misty dream
Our path emerges for a while, then closes
Within a dream.” (E. Dowson)
#QuotesForWines #PoemsForWines
A 1e cru Saint-Aubin (excellence from the #Bourgogne) with a chanterelle toast.
Out of a misty dream
Our path emerges for a while, then closes
Within a dream.” (E. Dowson)
#QuotesForWines #PoemsForWines
A 1e cru Saint-Aubin (excellence from the #Bourgogne) with a chanterelle toast.
October 4, 2025 at 8:19 PM
“They are not long, the days of wine and roses:
Out of a misty dream
Our path emerges for a while, then closes
Within a dream.” (E. Dowson)
#QuotesForWines #PoemsForWines
A 1e cru Saint-Aubin (excellence from the #Bourgogne) with a chanterelle toast.
Out of a misty dream
Our path emerges for a while, then closes
Within a dream.” (E. Dowson)
#QuotesForWines #PoemsForWines
A 1e cru Saint-Aubin (excellence from the #Bourgogne) with a chanterelle toast.
Done! Daria successfully defended her PhD thesis!
And that in front of an incredible jury who are the absolute top on this topic: @annaborghi.bsky.social , @pennypexman.bsky.social , @gabriellavigliocco.bsky.social
So proud of her!
bravo of course also to Jo Ziegler and Núria Gala!
And that in front of an incredible jury who are the absolute top on this topic: @annaborghi.bsky.social , @pennypexman.bsky.social , @gabriellavigliocco.bsky.social
So proud of her!
bravo of course also to Jo Ziegler and Núria Gala!
September 30, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Done! Daria successfully defended her PhD thesis!
And that in front of an incredible jury who are the absolute top on this topic: @annaborghi.bsky.social , @pennypexman.bsky.social , @gabriellavigliocco.bsky.social
So proud of her!
bravo of course also to Jo Ziegler and Núria Gala!
And that in front of an incredible jury who are the absolute top on this topic: @annaborghi.bsky.social , @pennypexman.bsky.social , @gabriellavigliocco.bsky.social
So proud of her!
bravo of course also to Jo Ziegler and Núria Gala!
Scott testing his new electro-acoustic guitar (a Cordoba) 🤩😍. He’s playing a Waltz btw 😁
September 29, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Scott testing his new electro-acoustic guitar (a Cordoba) 🤩😍. He’s playing a Waltz btw 😁
Bye bye beautiful Öland 🇸🇪
August 15, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Bye bye beautiful Öland 🇸🇪
I guess we can all agree now that adding ‘la Butte #Montmarte’ to the final Paris stage of the #TdF2025 was a wonderful idea. The people, the surroundings, the battle between #vanaert and #pogacar… chills.
July 27, 2025 at 9:12 PM
I guess we can all agree now that adding ‘la Butte #Montmarte’ to the final Paris stage of the #TdF2025 was a wonderful idea. The people, the surroundings, the battle between #vanaert and #pogacar… chills.
Pogi in yellow, green en polka. It’s the Merckx period all over. Am I -as some- unhappy about that? Hell no! The ‘aliens’, with uber 👽 Pogacar leading the way, are giving us spectacular cycling
#tdf2025 #tour #tourdefrance
#tdf2025 #tour #tourdefrance
July 9, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Pogi in yellow, green en polka. It’s the Merckx period all over. Am I -as some- unhappy about that? Hell no! The ‘aliens’, with uber 👽 Pogacar leading the way, are giving us spectacular cycling
#tdf2025 #tour #tourdefrance
#tdf2025 #tour #tourdefrance
Happy #GrandDepart Lille!!!
Pogacar vs Vingegaard for yellow
Evenepoel vs Roglic vs Rodriguez vs Almeida vs… for the podium (or maybe yellow?)
Philipsen vs Merlier vs Milan for green
Van Aert vs Van der Poel for everything else
😋 #tdf2025 #LeTour #tourdefrance #cycling
Pogacar vs Vingegaard for yellow
Evenepoel vs Roglic vs Rodriguez vs Almeida vs… for the podium (or maybe yellow?)
Philipsen vs Merlier vs Milan for green
Van Aert vs Van der Poel for everything else
😋 #tdf2025 #LeTour #tourdefrance #cycling
July 5, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Happy #GrandDepart Lille!!!
Pogacar vs Vingegaard for yellow
Evenepoel vs Roglic vs Rodriguez vs Almeida vs… for the podium (or maybe yellow?)
Philipsen vs Merlier vs Milan for green
Van Aert vs Van der Poel for everything else
😋 #tdf2025 #LeTour #tourdefrance #cycling
Pogacar vs Vingegaard for yellow
Evenepoel vs Roglic vs Rodriguez vs Almeida vs… for the podium (or maybe yellow?)
Philipsen vs Merlier vs Milan for green
Van Aert vs Van der Poel for everything else
😋 #tdf2025 #LeTour #tourdefrance #cycling
Absolutely loving the big fuck you to #Orban #pride #parade
Hey, @europarl.europa.eu, perhaps it’s time you start saying fuck you to this autocrat and Putin-puppet as well?
Hey, @europarl.europa.eu, perhaps it’s time you start saying fuck you to this autocrat and Putin-puppet as well?
June 28, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Absolutely loving the big fuck you to #Orban #pride #parade
Hey, @europarl.europa.eu, perhaps it’s time you start saying fuck you to this autocrat and Putin-puppet as well?
Hey, @europarl.europa.eu, perhaps it’s time you start saying fuck you to this autocrat and Putin-puppet as well?
Instead of focusing so much fear surrounding #AI on that ‘it’ may somehow replace us, we should rather focus on dipshits like this wanting to use these powerful tools to re-write history, facts and science.
June 22, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Instead of focusing so much fear surrounding #AI on that ‘it’ may somehow replace us, we should rather focus on dipshits like this wanting to use these powerful tools to re-write history, facts and science.
Context: study relevant for the embodiment of language debate
With Daria Goriachun Nuria Gala and Jo Ziegler!!!
@ilcb.bsky.social
@univ-amu.fr
@cnrs.fr
@cnrs-dr12.bsky.social
Laboratoire Parole et Langage (LPL)
Centre de Recherche en Psychologie et Neurosciences (CRPN)
With Daria Goriachun Nuria Gala and Jo Ziegler!!!
@ilcb.bsky.social
@univ-amu.fr
@cnrs.fr
@cnrs-dr12.bsky.social
Laboratoire Parole et Langage (LPL)
Centre de Recherche en Psychologie et Neurosciences (CRPN)
June 3, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Context: study relevant for the embodiment of language debate
With Daria Goriachun Nuria Gala and Jo Ziegler!!!
@ilcb.bsky.social
@univ-amu.fr
@cnrs.fr
@cnrs-dr12.bsky.social
Laboratoire Parole et Langage (LPL)
Centre de Recherche en Psychologie et Neurosciences (CRPN)
With Daria Goriachun Nuria Gala and Jo Ziegler!!!
@ilcb.bsky.social
@univ-amu.fr
@cnrs.fr
@cnrs-dr12.bsky.social
Laboratoire Parole et Langage (LPL)
Centre de Recherche en Psychologie et Neurosciences (CRPN)
New 📝 ❕
Daria’s first PhD paper is a tour de force: 7 experiments across different languages and with over 1000 participants suggest that socialness and emotion are task-driven, not fixed features of word meaning.
Out now in JEP:General 👇
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
Daria’s first PhD paper is a tour de force: 7 experiments across different languages and with over 1000 participants suggest that socialness and emotion are task-driven, not fixed features of word meaning.
Out now in JEP:General 👇
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
June 3, 2025 at 8:46 PM
New 📝 ❕
Daria’s first PhD paper is a tour de force: 7 experiments across different languages and with over 1000 participants suggest that socialness and emotion are task-driven, not fixed features of word meaning.
Out now in JEP:General 👇
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
Daria’s first PhD paper is a tour de force: 7 experiments across different languages and with over 1000 participants suggest that socialness and emotion are task-driven, not fixed features of word meaning.
Out now in JEP:General 👇
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
“Une seule chose reste interdite: Aimer sans amour.” (Guts)
Impossible not to fall in love with this #Chablis. What a top wine. #quotesForWine
Impossible not to fall in love with this #Chablis. What a top wine. #quotesForWine
June 1, 2025 at 10:30 AM
“Une seule chose reste interdite: Aimer sans amour.” (Guts)
Impossible not to fall in love with this #Chablis. What a top wine. #quotesForWine
Impossible not to fall in love with this #Chablis. What a top wine. #quotesForWine
Total happiness doesn’t exis…
May 31, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Total happiness doesn’t exis…
Time for one of the greatest races of the year, with one of the most qualitative starting lists I ever seen 🤩. I have the feeling it’s going to be epic.
#ParisRoubaix #PR #PR25
#ParisRoubaix #PR #PR25
April 13, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Time for one of the greatest races of the year, with one of the most qualitative starting lists I ever seen 🤩. I have the feeling it’s going to be epic.
#ParisRoubaix #PR #PR25
#ParisRoubaix #PR #PR25