Xenia Schmalz
@xeniaschmalz.bsky.social
I study reading and dyslexia, especially across languages. Psycholinguist, cognitive scientist, Open Science advocate, academic mum. I love books, languages, travelling.
I'm glad I chose Jamie Ward's "The student's guide to cognitive neuroscience" as the textbook for my CogNeurosci course. It's the textbook I wish I'd had as a student - easy to read, clear, and with examples connecting neuroscience and cognitive science.
October 23, 2025 at 6:41 AM
I'm glad I chose Jamie Ward's "The student's guide to cognitive neuroscience" as the textbook for my CogNeurosci course. It's the textbook I wish I'd had as a student - easy to read, clear, and with examples connecting neuroscience and cognitive science.
I'll officially start my job as acting professor at the Chair of General Psychology at @tudresden.bsky.social tomorrow! I can't complain about the view from my office window...
September 30, 2025 at 1:23 PM
I'll officially start my job as acting professor at the Chair of General Psychology at @tudresden.bsky.social tomorrow! I can't complain about the view from my office window...
Morning jog in #Sheffield, Crookes Valley Park. Does anyone at #ESCOP2025 have any other recommended routes? I tried the Five Weirs Walk, but it's rather run down with detours along big roads, unfortunately.
September 4, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Morning jog in #Sheffield, Crookes Valley Park. Does anyone at #ESCOP2025 have any other recommended routes? I tried the Five Weirs Walk, but it's rather run down with detours along big roads, unfortunately.
In my #OpenScience class, I said that the #peerreview system is unsustainable & predicted that it will collapse in the coming years.
And here's a an e.g. of why it's not sustainable. I spent half a day to write a review. Now I'm fighting the log-in system. Who has the #time for that? @plosone.org
And here's a an e.g. of why it's not sustainable. I spent half a day to write a review. Now I'm fighting the log-in system. Who has the #time for that? @plosone.org
July 24, 2025 at 9:55 AM
In my #OpenScience class, I said that the #peerreview system is unsustainable & predicted that it will collapse in the coming years.
And here's a an e.g. of why it's not sustainable. I spent half a day to write a review. Now I'm fighting the log-in system. Who has the #time for that? @plosone.org
And here's a an e.g. of why it's not sustainable. I spent half a day to write a review. Now I'm fighting the log-in system. Who has the #time for that? @plosone.org
@psytoolkit.org, I have a question or possibly a request for a new feature in survey creation: I'm designing a survey in Urdu, and my collaborator tells me that the default left-alignment doesn't really work with the Arabic script. Is there a way to change at least the alignment of the question, ...
July 2, 2025 at 7:57 AM
@psytoolkit.org, I have a question or possibly a request for a new feature in survey creation: I'm designing a survey in Urdu, and my collaborator tells me that the default left-alignment doesn't really work with the Arabic script. Is there a way to change at least the alignment of the question, ...
This has been my office this week! 😅 Today's the last long trip in a series of 4 this week. I can't complain about #DeutscheBahn, all trains have been surprisingly on time. But I'm still looking forward to being back in my home office next week. #IchBinHanna #commute
June 19, 2025 at 7:05 AM
This has been my office this week! 😅 Today's the last long trip in a series of 4 this week. I can't complain about #DeutscheBahn, all trains have been surprisingly on time. But I'm still looking forward to being back in my home office next week. #IchBinHanna #commute
I don't like to post about politics, but... Is the #German Office for Migration and Refugees, co-funded by the #EuropeanUnion, really giving me hints that I should go back wherever I came from?
June 8, 2025 at 4:42 PM
I don't like to post about politics, but... Is the #German Office for Migration and Refugees, co-funded by the #EuropeanUnion, really giving me hints that I should go back wherever I came from?
The photos are from one of the places described in the blog post. Let's see if anyone can guess which one it is!
May 10, 2025 at 6:42 PM
The photos are from one of the places described in the blog post. Let's see if anyone can guess which one it is!
The room looks empty, but it really isn't: everyone is just sitting in the back for some reason! Interesting insights from @hannawoloszyn.bsky.social on how #LLMs provide texts with less #lexicaldiversity than kids' productions.
March 10, 2025 at 10:45 AM
The room looks empty, but it really isn't: everyone is just sitting in the back for some reason! Interesting insights from @hannawoloszyn.bsky.social on how #LLMs provide texts with less #lexicaldiversity than kids' productions.
Introduction by @benjamingagl.bsky.social to the symposium on "Babies to semantics", including the info for our upcoming discussion on #standardisation in #research.
March 10, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Introduction by @benjamingagl.bsky.social to the symposium on "Babies to semantics", including the info for our upcoming discussion on #standardisation in #research.
Wir (Forscherteam an der @lmumuenchen.bsky.social , finanziert von @dfg.de) wollen herausfinden, wie sich Lesen zwischen Sprachen unterscheidet. Wir erheben Daten in 15 Ländern. Aktuell suchen wir VersuchsteilnehmerInnen, die #Deutsch als #Muttersprache haben!
Link: run.pavlovia.org/Semantic_lea...
Link: run.pavlovia.org/Semantic_lea...
February 20, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Wir (Forscherteam an der @lmumuenchen.bsky.social , finanziert von @dfg.de) wollen herausfinden, wie sich Lesen zwischen Sprachen unterscheidet. Wir erheben Daten in 15 Ländern. Aktuell suchen wir VersuchsteilnehmerInnen, die #Deutsch als #Muttersprache haben!
Link: run.pavlovia.org/Semantic_lea...
Link: run.pavlovia.org/Semantic_lea...
Are you looking for a way to #procrastinate, help a #research project, and learn a new #language at the same time? Look no further: we (Uni Munich) are recruiting participants for a study on processing of learned and unlearned #Chinese characters. Please share! 🙏
run.pavlovia.org/eli_1199/exp...
run.pavlovia.org/eli_1199/exp...
January 28, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Are you looking for a way to #procrastinate, help a #research project, and learn a new #language at the same time? Look no further: we (Uni Munich) are recruiting participants for a study on processing of learned and unlearned #Chinese characters. Please share! 🙏
run.pavlovia.org/eli_1199/exp...
run.pavlovia.org/eli_1199/exp...
Is it just me, or are #JournalSubmissionGuidelines getting more and more ridiculous? I basically never manage to submit without getting my paper sent back with some completely arbitrary and useless requests for re-formatting.
Why do we even need journals again?
Why do we even need journals again?
December 12, 2024 at 9:36 AM
Is it just me, or are #JournalSubmissionGuidelines getting more and more ridiculous? I basically never manage to submit without getting my paper sent back with some completely arbitrary and useless requests for re-formatting.
Why do we even need journals again?
Why do we even need journals again?
December 7, 2024 at 8:42 AM
Two more weeks to register for our meeting on Quantifying #Orthographic-Semantic regularities! In case the content sounds very tempting but you need an additional nudge to make the decision to register, here are two nice photos I took of #Munich! #QuaSemO24
April 30, 2024 at 11:50 AM
Two more weeks to register for our meeting on Quantifying #Orthographic-Semantic regularities! In case the content sounds very tempting but you need an additional nudge to make the decision to register, here are two nice photos I took of #Munich! #QuaSemO24
Top story on Sueddeutsche Zeitung this morning #WissZeitVG www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/wiss...
March 27, 2024 at 7:42 AM
Top story on Sueddeutsche Zeitung this morning #WissZeitVG www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/wiss...
Sometimes the autocorrect recommendations by Google are a bit... strange.
March 1, 2024 at 9:10 AM
Sometimes the autocorrect recommendations by Google are a bit... strange.
*** SAVE THE DATE ***
Meeting on quantifying #orthographic-#semantic regularities across #languages.
More details to follow, in the meantime please write if you have any questions!
Organisers: @dfdurdevic.bsky.social , @benjamingagl.bsky.social , Jana Hasenäcker, Alexandra Schmitterer, and myself.
Meeting on quantifying #orthographic-#semantic regularities across #languages.
More details to follow, in the meantime please write if you have any questions!
Organisers: @dfdurdevic.bsky.social , @benjamingagl.bsky.social , Jana Hasenäcker, Alexandra Schmitterer, and myself.
February 26, 2024 at 9:35 AM
*** SAVE THE DATE ***
Meeting on quantifying #orthographic-#semantic regularities across #languages.
More details to follow, in the meantime please write if you have any questions!
Organisers: @dfdurdevic.bsky.social , @benjamingagl.bsky.social , Jana Hasenäcker, Alexandra Schmitterer, and myself.
Meeting on quantifying #orthographic-#semantic regularities across #languages.
More details to follow, in the meantime please write if you have any questions!
Organisers: @dfdurdevic.bsky.social , @benjamingagl.bsky.social , Jana Hasenäcker, Alexandra Schmitterer, and myself.