Greg Woodin

gregwoodin.bsky.social

30 July 2026 06:56

Had fun presenting our work (@gretagandolfi.bsky.social, @gabriellavigliocco.bsky.social, @fourtassi.bsky.social, Yan Gu) on multimodal coordination in early word learning w 3–4-year-old children and their caregivers today at Embodied and Situated Language Processing at Lancaster University. (1/4) 👇

Sotaro Kita

sotarokita.bsky.social

29 July 2026 13:13

Our paper tinyurl.com/3duukb2w shows that iconicity in adults' speech may facilitate infant language development through heightened interactional engagement. When parents use highly iconic words, infants are more engaged with the interaction and the parental speech is more strongly infant-directed.

Sam Forbes

samhforbes.bsky.social

22 April 2026 15:38

As always, clear thinking from @mcxfrank.bsky.social but I’d emphasise two things that he implies: 1. If you are going to use it make sure you check everything (and that may not save you any time by the end) 2. You don’t have to use it. You aren’t going to miss the boat.

Warwick Psychology

warwickpsych.bsky.social

27 December 2025 08:16

Congratulations to Kirsty Green on passing her viva! Kirsty’s PhD, supervised by Prof. Sotaro Kita, explored how iconicity - when a word or gesture resembles what it means - supports early communication. She found caregivers using iconic words sparked greater engagement from infants.

Elizabeth Cerkez

zekrec.bsky.social

03 October 2025 21:17

Need to get grading done. But my mineral Lego kit got delivered to work. What was I supposed to do, not build Lego pyrite?!? #ChemSky