Calendar of events
Tue 2 Jun, '26- |
PhD Seminars for First Year Students - Students are Daniil Grigorev, Jiajun Gao, Dila Aleyna Falay1.61 Multi Purpose Room, First Floor, New Psychology BuildingThe Department of Psychology will be hosting a series of First-Year PhD Seminar Presentations, delivered by current first-year doctoral researchers. These seminars provide an opportunity for first-year PhD students to:
The seminars are designed to be supportive and developmental, helping students refine their research during the early stages of their PhD. Attendance is encouraged for staff and postgraduate researchers, as the series also offers a valuable opportunity for knowledge sharing and engagement across research areas within the department.
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Wed 3 Jun, '26- |
Language and Learning Seminar: Dr. Kate Stone, University of Hull1.60, First Floor, PsychologyTitle: The waitress that the customer served: Disentangling two accounts of verb processing when nouns have unexpected thematic roles
Abstract: The absence of an N400 effect at the verb between implausible and plausible sentence pairs such as “the waitress that the customer served” and “the customer that the waitress served” has been interpreted as a transient illusion of plausibility (Kuperberg et al., 2003; Kim & Osterhout, 2005; Rabovsky et al., 2018; and more). Recent evidence, including our own, has shown that delaying presentation of the verb prevents the illusion (Chow et al., 2018; Nakamura et al., 2024; Stone & Rabovsky, 2024). Liao et al. (2022) account for this delay effect by proposing that it allows time for thematic role assignment – a slow process – to constrain initial, fast verb predictions made via lexical association. In contrast, we account for the delay effect via the SG model (Rabovsky et al., 2018) and propose that the delay allows time to resolve initial conflict between lexical, syntactic, and thematic role cues, all of which are available immediately and processed simultaneously (Stone & Rabovsky, 2024). These two accounts make the same predictions about N400 amplitude at the verb, but they make different predictions about the activation of specific verbs. I will present evidence from a speeded lexical decision task in an attempt to distinguish between the accounts. |
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Tue 9 Jun, '26- |
PhD Seminars for First Year Students - Students are Ty Hayes, Xueting Li, Danqin Zhao1.61 Multi Purpose Room, First Floor, New Psychology BuildingThe Department of Psychology will be hosting a series of First-Year PhD Seminar Presentations, delivered by current first-year doctoral researchers. These seminars provide an opportunity for first-year PhD students to:
The seminars are designed to be supportive and developmental, helping students refine their research during the early stages of their PhD. Attendance is encouraged for staff and postgraduate researchers, as the series also offers a valuable opportunity for knowledge sharing and engagement across research areas within the department.
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Thu 11 Jun, '26- |
After PhD: Finding Postdoctoral and Academic Positions – Language & Wellbeing1.61 Multi Purpose Room, First Floor, Psychology BuildingPart of the PG SSLC series of workshops for postgraduate researchers in Psychology. Speakers: Katy Stokes, Kirsty Green, Miriam Wuensch Register to attend using the link here: After PhD: Finding Postdoctoral and Academic Position Question Collection – Fill in formLink opens in a new window |
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Tue 16 Jun, '26- |
Late-Stage PhD: Thesis Preparation and VivaOnline on MSTeamsPart of the PG SSLC series of workshops for postgraduate researchers. Speaker: Katy Stokes Meeting ID: 343 231 166 608 900 Passcode: 9c656sh2 |
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Tue 16 Jun, '26- |
PhD Seminars for First Year Students - Students are Jing Gu, Wiki Jeglinska, Ihor Komnatskyy, Sarwang Dwivedi1.61 Multi Purpose Room, First Floor, New Psychology BuildingThe Department of Psychology will be hosting a series of First-Year PhD Seminar Presentations, delivered by current first-year doctoral researchers. These seminars provide an opportunity for first-year PhD students to:
The seminars are designed to be supportive and developmental, helping students refine their research during the early stages of their PhD. Attendance is encouraged for staff and postgraduate researchers, as the series also offers a valuable opportunity for knowledge sharing and engagement across research areas within the department.
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Wed 17 Jun, '26- |
Language and Learning Seminar: Dr Suwei Wu, China University of PetroleumMicrosoft Teams - Message Ying Guo for LinkTitle: TBC
Abstract: TBC |
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Thu 18 Jun, '26- |
Department Psychology Seminars: Dr Luc Boutsen, Aston University1.61 Multi Purpose Room, First Floor, New Psychology BuildingHost: Stella Qian Title: TBC
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Tue 23 Jun, '26- |
Department Psychology Seminars: Louise Connell, Maynooth University1.61 Multi Purpose Room, First Floor, New Psychology BuildingHost: Dr Matthew Mak Title: TBC
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Wed 24 Jun, '26- |
After PhD: Finding Postdoctoral and Academic Positions – Behavioural Science1.61 Multi Purpose Room, First Floor, Psychology BuildingPart of the PG SSLC series of workshops for postgraduate researchers in Psychology. Speakers: Lucas Castillo, Yuqi Ye, Yunxiao Li Register to attend using the link here: After PhD: Finding Postdoctoral and Academic Position Question Collection – Fill in formLink opens in a new window |
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Thu 25 Jun, '26- |
Department Psychology Seminars: Dr Elizabeth Wonnacott, Oxford University1.61 Multi Purpose Room, First Floor, New Psychology BuildingHost: Olga Feher Title: TBC
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Tue 30 Jun, '26- |
Department Psychology Seminars: Peter To (PGR Student, University of Warwick)1.61 Multi Purpose Room, First Floor, New Psychology BuildingHost: Professor Nicole Tang Title: TBC
Abstract: TBC |
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