MIND Your Languages Lab @MINDLanguages
Language and cognition research lab focussing on speakers of Minority, Indigenous, Non-standard & Dialect varieties. Based: @AbertayPsych, led by @DrNeilKirk. MINDyourlanguages.com Dundee, Scotland Joined January 2018-
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New preprint of my #AIVOICE work - I used the Voice Changer feature on @elevenlabsio and showed that listeners weren’t all that great at distinguishing natural from AI-enhanced voices, but were more likely to believe the voice was human when it spoke a familiar regional dialect.
New preprint of my #AIVOICE work - I used the Voice Changer feature on @elevenlabsio and showed that listeners weren’t all that great at distinguishing natural from AI-enhanced voices, but were more likely to believe the voice was human when it spoke a familiar regional dialect.
An excellent start to #ICL2024 Francis Ameka in the first plenary flags a Western theoretical bias in linguistics and a crucial shift from Western standard languages to minority non-standardised languages. @DrNeilKirk you got a shoutout!
So this absolutely blew my mind, as someone who knows 4 languages and multiple dialects. Also: Is this why when I'm speaking French my brain also tries to speak Hindi?
So this absolutely blew my mind, as someone who knows 4 languages and multiple dialects. Also: Is this why when I'm speaking French my brain also tries to speak Hindi?
We’re offering a 3.5 year fully-funded 🤑 #PhD studentship using @AbertayUni’s new #VR and #VirtualProduction facilities 🎥 to investigate language control 🧠 🗣️ #openscience #psychology 🚨 Deadline 11th August 🚨 More details and to apply👇🏻 ce0173li.webitrent.com/ce0173li_webre…
More info here👇 ce0173li.webitrent.com/ce0173li_webre…
Excited to offer a funded #PhD studentship at the intersection of Psychology & Games Tech, investigating cognitive processes in speakers of @MINDLanguages using state-of-the-art #VR & #VirtualProduction facilities in our ViPRE Studio. Deadline 11th Aug. abertay.ac.uk/about/working-…
Looking for a fully-funded PhD investigating language control processes using some very fancy virtual production technology? Then come and work with me at @AbertayUni in Sunny Dundee! (RTs appreciated).
Looking for a fully-funded PhD investigating language control processes using some very fancy virtual production technology? Then come and work with me at @AbertayUni in Sunny Dundee! (RTs appreciated).
The Science of Speaking Scots: an overview of Scots Watch the #ScotsEd23 presentation bi Dr Neil Kirk (@DrNeilKirk) o @AbertayUni: ➡️ youtu.be/HfK6-veoiD8 Ye kin watch the hale Scots in Education conference 2023 here: ➡️ ow.ly/Qvfn50PcfjI #Scots #ScotsLanguage
Check out this thread showcasing one of our recent publications! We are really proud to have published this as a Registered Report and hope this will be the first of many, such is our commitment to #OpenScience 🧠
Check out this thread showcasing one of our recent publications! We are really proud to have published this as a Registered Report and hope this will be the first of many, such is our commitment to #OpenScience 🧠
Proud face of someone who made a decision 14 years ago to quit playing World of Warcraft and go back to uni, who found out today he got promoted to Senior Lecturer 🥳
Really enjoyed being part of this collaboration - see thread below for details! 👇🏻
Really enjoyed being part of this collaboration - see thread below for details! 👇🏻
Exciting times! Looking forward to getting started... 🧠🗣️
Exciting times! Looking forward to getting started... 🧠🗣️
Did you know you can read about our work in... Spanish: blog.duolingo.com/es/diferencia-… Portuguese: blog.duolingo.com/pt/idiomas-ver… German: blog.duolingo.com/de/verarbeitun… as well as English: blog.duolingo.com/languages-vs-d…
Interested in studying Psychology in Scotland's coolest city? Come and apply to study with us in 2023/24. Offer holder days will be held on 22 & 29th April. Check the video for more about who we are and what we do...👇 youtube.com/watch?v=qI5TCC…
ICYMI - our paper with Orcadian speakers: #SummaryLimerick "There once were some speakers from Kirkwall, who some might call 'monolingual', But when their chantin's exhibited, their Orcadian's inhibited. Cognitively, it's like being a bilingual!" bit.ly/3hONdCf
🚨 New blog post by @DrNeilKirk just dropped @duolingo 🧠 🗣 Check it out!👇🏻 blog.duolingo.com/bilingual-brai…

Neil Kirk @DrNeilKirk
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