Valantis Fyndanis
@vfyndanis.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Psycholinguistics/Neurolinguistics at Cyprus University of Technology.
www.fyndanis.com
www.fyndanis.com
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Every machine in a Hospital that diagnoses your body without cutting you open is based on a principle of Physics, discovered by a Physicist who had no interest in Medicine.
If you think the world doesn’t need Basic Science, or that somehow Science has failed you, think again.
If you think the world doesn’t need Basic Science, or that somehow Science has failed you, think again.
June 17, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Every machine in a Hospital that diagnoses your body without cutting you open is based on a principle of Physics, discovered by a Physicist who had no interest in Medicine.
If you think the world doesn’t need Basic Science, or that somehow Science has failed you, think again.
If you think the world doesn’t need Basic Science, or that somehow Science has failed you, think again.
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Review begins immediately: Postdoc (supported by internal, not federal, funds), psycholx of sentence comprehension with T. Warren, U of Pittsburgh cfopitt.taleo.net/careersectio...
Post Doctoral Associate
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May 13, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Review begins immediately: Postdoc (supported by internal, not federal, funds), psycholx of sentence comprehension with T. Warren, U of Pittsburgh cfopitt.taleo.net/careersectio...
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We recently got an AI generated review.
Tell-tale signs: comments go paragraph by paragraph; number of papers cited or other irrelevant details described; anodyne/insipid comments. Others?
Authors and Editors, beware..
Tell-tale signs: comments go paragraph by paragraph; number of papers cited or other irrelevant details described; anodyne/insipid comments. Others?
Authors and Editors, beware..
We are seeing multiple instances of reviewers doing manuscript reviews via use of AI/LLM.
If you don't want to do a review the old-fashioned way, better to decline the request.
Giving someone else's manuscript to AI is a violation of intellectual property rights/laws; the manuscript isn't yours...
If you don't want to do a review the old-fashioned way, better to decline the request.
Giving someone else's manuscript to AI is a violation of intellectual property rights/laws; the manuscript isn't yours...
May 11, 2025 at 7:21 PM
We recently got an AI generated review.
Tell-tale signs: comments go paragraph by paragraph; number of papers cited or other irrelevant details described; anodyne/insipid comments. Others?
Authors and Editors, beware..
Tell-tale signs: comments go paragraph by paragraph; number of papers cited or other irrelevant details described; anodyne/insipid comments. Others?
Authors and Editors, beware..
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Language matters: training care staff to minimize elderspeak in assisted living/nursing homes led to reductions in non-compliance and use of antipsychotics among patients.
Sometimes the “affected” person isn’t the problem.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/03/h...
Sometimes the “affected” person isn’t the problem.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/03/h...
Honey, Sweetie, Dearie: The Perils of Elderspeak (Gift Article)
A new training program teaches aides to stop baby talk and address older people as adults.
www.nytimes.com
May 3, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Language matters: training care staff to minimize elderspeak in assisted living/nursing homes led to reductions in non-compliance and use of antipsychotics among patients.
Sometimes the “affected” person isn’t the problem.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/03/h...
Sometimes the “affected” person isn’t the problem.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/03/h...
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Are you interested in undertaking a PhD?
We have a range of PhD topics that may interest you.
To request more information on any of the topics listed and discuss scholarship and enrolment options, please contact the relevant researcher on the email address listed in the information sheet below.
We have a range of PhD topics that may interest you.
To request more information on any of the topics listed and discuss scholarship and enrolment options, please contact the relevant researcher on the email address listed in the information sheet below.
March 19, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Are you interested in undertaking a PhD?
We have a range of PhD topics that may interest you.
To request more information on any of the topics listed and discuss scholarship and enrolment options, please contact the relevant researcher on the email address listed in the information sheet below.
We have a range of PhD topics that may interest you.
To request more information on any of the topics listed and discuss scholarship and enrolment options, please contact the relevant researcher on the email address listed in the information sheet below.
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Extremely palatable food is pleasant and can cause prolonged consumption, which sometimes leads to overeating and obesity. Neurons projecting from a brain region surrounding the locus ceruleus to the VTA mediated the increase of palatable food consumption.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Hedonic eating is controlled by dopamine neurons that oppose GLP-1R satiety
Hedonic eating is defined as food consumption driven by palatability without physiological need. However, neural control of palatable food intake is poorly understood. We discovered that hedonic eatin...
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April 22, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Extremely palatable food is pleasant and can cause prolonged consumption, which sometimes leads to overeating and obesity. Neurons projecting from a brain region surrounding the locus ceruleus to the VTA mediated the increase of palatable food consumption.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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New Deputy Editor Valantis Fyndanis, Logopedics Phoniatrics Vocology (LPV) www.tandfonline.com/journals/ilo... #bskySPEECHIES #Logopedics #Phonoatrics #Vocology #LPV #VOICE @tandfresearch.bsky.social @vfyndanis.bsky.social
April 15, 2025 at 10:41 AM
New Deputy Editor Valantis Fyndanis, Logopedics Phoniatrics Vocology (LPV) www.tandfonline.com/journals/ilo... #bskySPEECHIES #Logopedics #Phonoatrics #Vocology #LPV #VOICE @tandfresearch.bsky.social @vfyndanis.bsky.social
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Just published online (ahead of print): Sanvisens, Gassull, Rovira and Arevalo (In Press). The perception of voice handicap in singers... Logopedics Phoniatrics Vocology doi.org/10.1080/1401... #Logopedics #Phonoatrics #Vocology #LPV #VOICE
April 8, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Just published online (ahead of print): Sanvisens, Gassull, Rovira and Arevalo (In Press). The perception of voice handicap in singers... Logopedics Phoniatrics Vocology doi.org/10.1080/1401... #Logopedics #Phonoatrics #Vocology #LPV #VOICE
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I have an opening for a graduate student at @carleton.ca (Carleton University) in the Department of Cognitive Science for fall 2025. Project is a multimodal MRI study examining how Hearing Loss affects cognition in older adults - contact me with a CV if you’re interested & have relevant expertise!
April 4, 2025 at 10:33 PM
I have an opening for a graduate student at @carleton.ca (Carleton University) in the Department of Cognitive Science for fall 2025. Project is a multimodal MRI study examining how Hearing Loss affects cognition in older adults - contact me with a CV if you’re interested & have relevant expertise!
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Vacant PhD position in Linguistics, specifically multilingual language development (Ukrainian/Russian/Swedish) at @uu.se.
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PhD position in Linguistics, specifically multilingual language development - Uppsala University
PhD position in Linguistics, specifically multilingual language development, Department of Linguistics and Philology, Uppsala University
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April 1, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Vacant PhD position in Linguistics, specifically multilingual language development (Ukrainian/Russian/Swedish) at @uu.se.
#academicjobs
www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...
#academicjobs
www.uu.se/en/about-uu/...
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This discussion is organised in collaboration with the Open Science Interest Group @yorkpsychology.bsky.social and will be hosted by @angeladebruin.bsky.social
When: Tuesday 6 May 2025, 12-1.30pm
Where: Online via Zoom
Open to all! Registration form provided in the link above ☝️
When: Tuesday 6 May 2025, 12-1.30pm
Where: Online via Zoom
Open to all! Registration form provided in the link above ☝️
April 1, 2025 at 9:13 AM
This discussion is organised in collaboration with the Open Science Interest Group @yorkpsychology.bsky.social and will be hosted by @angeladebruin.bsky.social
When: Tuesday 6 May 2025, 12-1.30pm
Where: Online via Zoom
Open to all! Registration form provided in the link above ☝️
When: Tuesday 6 May 2025, 12-1.30pm
Where: Online via Zoom
Open to all! Registration form provided in the link above ☝️
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This reflection moment from today brought a very fulfilling smile to my face.
If you want to get my two-cents for a successful MSCA-PF, you can hear all about it here: euraxess.ec.europa.eu/worldwide/no...
If you want to get my two-cents for a successful MSCA-PF, you can hear all about it here: euraxess.ec.europa.eu/worldwide/no...
March 31, 2025 at 11:34 PM
This reflection moment from today brought a very fulfilling smile to my face.
If you want to get my two-cents for a successful MSCA-PF, you can hear all about it here: euraxess.ec.europa.eu/worldwide/no...
If you want to get my two-cents for a successful MSCA-PF, you can hear all about it here: euraxess.ec.europa.eu/worldwide/no...