Anna Samara

Trainee Clinical Psychologist at the University of Birmingham. Also, developmental psychologist interested in literacy and language acquisition :) Views my own.

[Language, Literacy and Psycholinguistics Group @LangLitPsychNTU]

Exciting new paper on the meaning of semantic cues in language learning, in particular when learning grammatical gender by @helenbrown84, @kennysmithed, @Anna_D_Samara, and @lizwonna.
https://t.co/cuoCd0knLn

@ntu_research @PsychologyNTU @NTUSocSciences @ntu

[crepaldiLab @CrepaldiLab]

Only a few spots left!! Don't wait to register

TEX2021 - Bringing together Predictive Processes and Statistical Learning

Free online symposium with some of the leading figures in these fields

1st and 2nd of July, starting 15:00 (CET)

Registration: https://t.co/E0b75V9bMS

[Anna Samara @Anna_D_Samara]

👇Being a Local Network Lead for @ukrepro at @UniofGreenwich has been a very rewarding experience and a great developmental opportunity as an ESR. Highly recommend to get in touch with the UKRN if your institution hasn't joined the network and you'd like to help get it started.

[UK Reproducibility Network @ukrepro.bsky.social @ukrepro]

We have lots of opportunities coming up for our Local Network Leads, including a residential retreat and a dedicated online workshop series. Learn all about it in this new blog post: UKRN support for Local Network Leads https://t.co/EzpZ5Ktffa

[Anna Samara @Anna_D_Samara]

Really pleased to share that some of @dnl_singh PhD work on statistical and explicit learning of graphotactic patterns, with @lizwonna and myself has been accepted at JML.🥳 Link to preprint and summary of key findings below. Well done Daniela!

[Dr Daniela Singh @dnl_singh]

New paper from my PhD in the Language Learning Lab just accepted in JML. Singh, Wonnacott & Samara (2021); with @Anna_D_Samara and @lizwonna . Pre-print: https://t.co/lgdoyDYvnY. 1/13

[James Booth @DrJamesBooth]

Meta-analysis showing that reading accuracy more affected by #dyslexia in opaque orthographies, but similar deficits in reading fluency across orthographies, suggesting speed is a universal indicator. https://t.co/vSpCcLRGHN

[Anna Samara @Anna_D_Samara]

@RamyaMaitreyee This is such great news Ramya! Very happy for you. We should catch up one of these days :) x

[Anna Samara @Anna_D_Samara]

@dnl_singh @lizwonna @jotaylor2306 @ReadOxford Once again, massive congratulations Dr. Singh 👩‍🎓 :) Very proud indeed but this is only the beginning-looking forward to continuing working with you!

[Anna Samara @Anna_D_Samara]

@GwenBrekel @UCLLangCog @UCLanguageLab @UCLPALS @QM_Psych Not far from us too, can’t wait to catch up when we are all back :). Congratulations Gwen, so very well deserved. X

[Kate Nation @ReadOxford]

**new* RA post with @yalinghsiao @OxExpPsy Fab p/t fixed-term for 4 months opportunity for recent grads/just-finishing PhDs with interest in psycholinguists

https://t.co/uu3oCXKvyT

[Naomi Havron, PhD @NaomiHavron]

Thought provoking piece on the problems with the core deficit approach to studying atypical neurodevelopment.

https://t.co/VQNnqHfKzo

[Helen Amass @Helen_Amass]

Children don’t suddenly stop needing support for reading and writing once they leave primary school. In @tes this week, @JPJourno talks to expert @ricketts_lara about how to help secondary pupils struggling with literacy. https://t.co/LxEAxKhKgS (1/7)

[Helen Breadmore @H_Breadmore]

So pleased to see this out now! 12 original articles highlighting the important ways in which knowledge about morphology is used in reading and spelling.

[Ascen Pagan @AscenPagan]

Exciting funded PhD opportunity! Come and work with @hazel_blythe and me at @NorthumbriaPsy Get in touch if you are interested. https://t.co/DcmPv75ZN5

[Yani Qiu @QiuYani]

(1/5) Very happy to present this poster in the @ExpPsychSoc #EPSOnlineJan21 meeting today. We assessed whether auditory Stroop tasks are valid in measuring inhibitory control @jotaylor2306 @c_mcgettigan @nadinelavan @SpeechAndBrains https://t.co/8MAG7mcLae

[Jenny Saffran @jenny_saffran]

Planning to assign this excellent overview next time I teach language development!

[Dr Hannah Hobson @DrHannahHobson]

Please feel free to get in touch if you are interested in doing a PhD on ASD, DLD, or populations with communication needs - I'm especially interested in these groups' wellbeing, socioemotional outcomes and emotional abilities :)

[Yaling Hsiao @yalinghsiao]

"Boys write about boys" - preprint with @ReadOxford and @nb1010 about gender bias in children's books (Oxford Children's Corpus) and children's own writing (BBC 500Words Competition 2019). Manuscript and data here: https://t.co/RaMwD9wXVd

[Anna Samara @Anna_D_Samara]

@Vit_Zim Thanks Vitor! Please feel free to check out some more recent work along these lines, led by Daniela. Preprint: https://t.co/iJsnby5Fcs

[Social Psychology Lab Greenwich @SoPsyGRE]

Last few days to apply for the new posts in our School👇🏼🤩

[#WOMENSART @womensart1]

US painter Gertrude Abercrombie, The Stroll, 1943 #womensart