Gert Westermann

Constructing language: a framework for explaining acquisition Explaining how children build a language system is a central goal of research in language acquisition, with broad implications for language evolution, adult language processing, and artificial intelli...

Children are incredible language learning machines. But how do they do it? Our latest paper, just published in TICS, synthesizes decades of evidence to propose four components that must be built into any theory of how children learn language. 1/
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The Infant and Toddler Curiosity Questionnaire: A Validated Caregiver‐Report Measure of Curiosity in Children From 5 to 24 Months Humans are curious. Especially children are known for their drive to explore and learn, which is crucial for developing in and navigating through our complex world. Naturally, some children may be mo...

Just published: our validated 23-item parent report measure of curiosity in infants 5-24 months of age (ITCQ), a single measure with subscales of sensory, investigative and interactive curiosity. With Elena Altmann, @marinabazhydai.bsky.social, Didar Karadag. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

LCICD 2025 is happening in Lancaster, UK, from Aug 27th to 29th, 2025! wp.lancs.ac.uk/lcicd/

Job Opportunity at Lancaster University: Senior Teaching Associate in Psychology The Department of Psychology at Lancaster University is seeking to appoint a temporary ( up to 16 months) Senior Teaching Associate (at 0.8 FTE) to cover the teaching and related activity, for the per...

We're advertising for a Senior Teaching Associate for 16 months (80% FTE, start Jan 2025) to cover a grant-funded buy-out - please share with potential candidates to come and join us at Lancaster Psychology!
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On Bluesky, hashtags work only when connected to a feed. So I made feeds for #CogSci and #DevSci! You can join them with the links below. Please repost, so we can rebuild a nice community over here!

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