Speaker: Jana Hasenäcker, University of Erfurt

Title: More than one: Insights into polysyllabic and multimorphemic word reading

Abstract: Most empirical research on reading, as well as computational modeling work, centers on monomorphemic and monosyllabic words. However, the majority of words we encounter in real-world reading are longer and more complex, and it is in these words where the real challenges for readers lie. This talk presents an overview of my research from recent years exploring the cognitive mechanisms underlying the reading of polysyllabic and multimorphemic words. Key findings from behavioral and eye-tracking experiments reveal how both skilled and developing readers process these complex words, providing novel insights into orthographic, semantic, morphological, and prosodic influences on word recognition.

Short bio

Dr. Jana Hasenäcker is a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Erfurt, Germany. Her research focuses on the use of functional units (graphemes, bigrams, syllables, morphemes) and statistical regularities in reading and its acquisition. During her PhD at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development (Berlin, Germany), she investigated the developmental trajectory of morphemes as reading units in German across elementary schools. In her subsequent postdoc at the International School for Advanced Studies (Trieste, Italy), she explored form-meaning regularities beyond morphological relationships in Italian beginning and skilled readers. In her more recent research, she also explores the role of prosodic features in visual word recognition.

Social media handles

X: @JanaHasenacker

Mastodon: @JanaHasenacker@mstdn.social

Email Kirsty Green for a Teams Link.

You may be aware of the ongoing Undercover Policing Inquiry and articles in the media reporting on the “spycops” who, since the 1960s, have infiltrated the lives of UK activists and, in some cases, went as far a forging false relationships with women and fathering children.

On Friday 31 January, 1-2.30pm in JX2.02, the Centre for Operational Police Research (COPR) with Warwick Law School is hosting a seminar with Christopher Brian who set up the Undercover Research Group to support those activists most affected by the surveillance. Chris and colleagues have spent years piecing together the fragmentary and limited evidence that was in the public domain before the Undercover Policing Inquiry.

Further details are in the poster attached and the registration link is here. It would be great to see some psychology peeps at this event. I will send another reminder in the new year, but you might wish to save the date.

Hosts: Dr Suzanne Aussems & Dr Chiara Gambi

Title: What are former Warwick Psychology PhD students doing now?

Speakers: Dr Zorana Zupan and Dr Jacob Barker and Dr Sophie Hardy

Abstract: In this session, three former Warwick Psychology PhD graduates will share insights into their career paths, both academic and non-academic, following their PhD. Attendees will have the opportunity to hear about their experiences, challenges, and successes, and engage in a Q&A session to ask questions and gain advice on navigating various career trajectories.