Anna Samara

Exciting new paper on the meaning of semantic cues in language learning, in particular when learning grammatical gender by @helenbrown84, @kennysmithed, @Anna_D_Samara, and @lizwonna. doi.org/10.1080/232737… @ntu_research @PsychologyNTU @NTUSocSciences @ntu

Only a few spots left!! Don't wait to register TEX2021 - Bringing together Predictive Processes and Statistical Learning Free online symposium with some of the leading figures in these fields 1st and 2nd of July, starting 15:00 (CET) Registration: sissa-it.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

👇Being a Local Network Lead for @ukrepro at @UniofGreenwich has been a very rewarding experience and a great developmental opportunity as an ESR. Highly recommend to get in touch with the UKRN if your institution hasn't joined the network and you'd like to help get it started.

Really pleased to share that some of @dnl_singh PhD work on statistical and explicit learning of graphotactic patterns, with @lizwonna and myself has been accepted at JML.🥳 Link to preprint and summary of key findings below. Well done Daniela!

Meta-analysis showing that reading accuracy more affected by #dyslexia in opaque orthographies, but similar deficits in reading fluency across orthographies, suggesting speed is a universal indicator. link.springer.com/article/10.100…

@RamyaMaitreyee This is such great news Ramya! Very happy for you. We should catch up one of these days :) x

Really excited to have joined as Lecturer at the University of Essex@Uni_of_Essex. I am very happy to work with such encouraging and friendly colleagues. Can’t wait to grow and learn from Prof Joffe, Dr McAllister and the team.

@dnl_singh @lizwonna @jotaylor2306 @ReadOxford Once again, massive congratulations Dr. Singh 👩‍🎓 :) Very proud indeed but this is only the beginning-looking forward to continuing working with you!

Today I passed my PhD VIVA (minor corrections). A wholehearted thank you to my supervisors @lizwonna and @Anna_D_Samara who made my journey so stimulating. Thank you also to my examiners @jotaylor2306 and @ReadOxford for such engaging and insightful discussions. Dr Daniela Singh!

@GwenBrekel @UCLLangCog @UCLanguageLab @UCLPALS @QM_Psych Not far from us too, can’t wait to catch up when we are all back :). Congratulations Gwen, so very well deserved. X

Some news: after nearly 6 years @UCLLangCog and 1.5 years @UCLanguageLab @UCLPALS, this week I have started a teaching focussed lectureship in psychology @QM_Psych. Quite the change, especially in pandemic times, but excited to be getting started!

**new* RA post with @yalinghsiao @OxExpPsy Fab p/t fixed-term for 4 months opportunity for recent grads/just-finishing PhDs with interest in psycholinguists my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecruit…

Thought provoking piece on the problems with the core deficit approach to studying atypical neurodevelopment. journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.117…

Children don’t suddenly stop needing support for reading and writing once they leave primary school. In @tes this week, @JPJourno talks to expert @ricketts_lara about how to help secondary pupils struggling with literacy. tes.com/magazine/artic… (1/7)

So pleased to see this out now! 12 original articles highlighting the important ways in which knowledge about morphology is used in reading and spelling.

Exciting funded PhD opportunity! Come and work with @hazel_blythe and me at @NorthumbriaPsy Get in touch if you are interested. findaphd.com/phds/project/r…

(1/5) Very happy to present this poster in the @ExpPsychSoc #EPSOnlineJan21 meeting today. We assessed whether auditory Stroop tasks are valid in measuring inhibitory control @jotaylor2306 @c_mcgettigan @nadinelavan @SpeechAndBrains c3consortium.weebly.com

Planning to assign this excellent overview next time I teach language development!

Please feel free to get in touch if you are interested in doing a PhD on ASD, DLD, or populations with communication needs - I'm especially interested in these groups' wellbeing, socioemotional outcomes and emotional abilities :)

"Boys write about boys" - preprint with @ReadOxford and @nb1010 about gender bias in children's books (Oxford Children's Corpus) and children's own writing (BBC 500Words Competition 2019). Manuscript and data here: osf.io/m9arj

@Vit_Zim Thanks Vitor! Please feel free to check out some more recent work along these lines, led by Daniela. Preprint: psyarxiv.com/8px7n/

Fascinating work by my colleagues on the role of statistical learning and learning how to spell.

Last few days to apply for the new posts in our School👇🏼🤩

US painter Gertrude Abercrombie, The Stroll, 1943 #womensart