Wei Wu

Post-doc @SchoolofPPLS, University of Edinburgh. Interested in semantics & object processing.

[Wei Wu @WeiWuWow]

@PaulHoffman82 Thanks very much, Paul! It has been a very efficient and enjoyable experience working with you (I hope I would never have to leave the Hoff lab). I look forward to collaborating on more projects in the future.

[UK Prime Minister @10DowningStreet]

We’re increasing the minimum earnings threshold for skilled workers by 48% to £38,700, encouraging businesses to look to British talent first and invest in their workforce.

[Wei Wu @WeiWuWow]

Many thanks to Joyee, Taylore, Katya and especially Paul @PaulHoffman82! A nice teamwork!

[Wei Wu @WeiWuWow]

New paper published! This straightforward study has revealed that, although older people’s semantic knowledge is preserved across input modalities, healthy ageing has specific influences on their semantic control ability in picture tasks.
https://t.co/RSmini0C8E

[Wei Wu @WeiWuWow]

Many thanks for Paul’s help and support during this 3-year-long project!

[Wei Wu @WeiWuWow]

Our new paper is out. In this study, @PaulHoffman82 and I investigate how healthy ageing influences the neural processing of semantic knowledge and semantic control processes at regional, network and whole-brain levels.

https://t.co/XPcyCh7LRx

[Wei Wu @WeiWuWow]

@semacpherson @KellyWolfePsych @cfawnsritchie @SchoolofPPLS @UoE_Psychology Great meeting! Thanks very much for organising.

[UCL Experimental Psychology @EP_UCL]

The @EP_UCL seminars are back! We'll be kicking things off this term with a talk from Dr Paul Hoffman from @UoE_Psychology, hosted by @ViktorKewenig. Joining details here :
https://t.co/yiw3ArpfPA

[Wei Wu @WeiWuWow]

Interested in the neural correlates of psycholinguistic properties during speech speaking and listening "in the wild"? Check out our new paper! Shout out to all co-authors including Matías, @saidthyellowcow, Martin, especially @PaulHoffman82. A great team! https://t.co/Cx3C7LX9rp

[Wei Wu @WeiWuWow]

The first publication that Paul and I worked together on. Paul has lots of brilliant ideas and is extremely helpful on all aspects. Looking forward to publishing more exciting stuff together!

[Paul Hoffman @PaulHoffman82]

Want to reliably test semantic knowledge and control in your participants? @DavidWuWow and I may be able to help
❗300 semantic judgements in tasks taxing either knowledge or control
❗5 difficulty levels
❗Norms for 200 UK young and older adults
https://t.co/dMBdCbuxoY

[Paul Hoffman @PaulHoffman82]

We're on the hunt for people to take part in our fMRI language studies. If you're in Edinburgh & have a native English-speaking 🧠 you could be just who we're looking for. Takes 2-3 hours and you'll be reimbursed. https://t.co/NcIVGu6Yoc @SchoolofPPLS

[Jamie Ward @JamieWardSussex]

Today at 4pm (UK), 5pm (Central Europe), 11am (Eastern Standard). Livestreamed talk https://t.co/JYyrvMihiI @worldwideneuro @bacn_uk @cogneuropsylab

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

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[Marius Peelen @MariusPeelen]

Pre-registered TMS replication study (N=72) providing evidence for a double dissociation between object-selective LOC and scene-selective OPA: TMS over LOC selectively impaired object recognition, while TMS over OPA selectively impaired scene recognition. https://t.co/Yryq6JRXrJ

[Ella Striem-Amit (@striemamit.bsky.social) @StriemAmit]

Proud our new #neuroscience paper with Gilles Vannuscorps and Alfonso Caramazza is published at @PNAS. People born w/o hands show different #plasticity in primary vs association sensorimotor cortex: https://t.co/2Zv6OW2Dsl Quick summary of main findings below (1-7). Thread

[bioRxiv Neuroscience @biorxiv_neursci]

Semantic relatedness emerges in deep convolutional neural networks designed for object recognition https://t.co/lNOYXxZ319 #biorxiv_neursci

[Western BrainsCAN @Brains_CAN]

#WesternU researcher and @BMI_WesternU founding director @action_brain shares what he's been reading, watching, and listening to. Have you heard Western's own neuroscience rock band?

https://t.co/Y1kMyumLMp

[Caterina Magri @catmag29]

You can now view my #VSS2020 talk on youtube! In collab with @talia_konkle , I look at changes in representational space from posterior to anterior veNtral OTC, comparing different behavioral measures. https://t.co/UZQ5GCdBae

[Anna Leshinskaya @AnnaLeshinskaya]

Catch my work at #VSS2020! Poster on a non-melted server: https://t.co/fiJ1ufLXnY We show that tool and hand selective LOTC responds to novel objects which "cause" other events vs those which "react" to the same events--controlling for shape, movement & motor association.