The Word Lab

London-based Research Lab @EP_UCL @UCLPALS @jennirodd
Interested in how we learn and process language

[Prof Jenni Rodd @JenniRodd]

1-yr part-time (0.8 FTE) lecturer (teaching) post based in London supporting undergraduate students on the UCL BSc/MSci Psychology programme @UCLPALS
Must be able to start in September
Application deadline 6th August

https://t.co/nqIncAUlZt

[Gorilla Experiment Builder @GorillaPsyc]

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[Prof Jenni Rodd @JenniRodd]

Exposure to Language in Video and its Impact on Linguistic Development in Children Aged 3–11: A Scoping Review
Lovely work led by Anna Gowenlock with @lilacCourt @UCLPALS @EP_UCL
https://t.co/XdcAEER5VO

[Prof Jenni Rodd @JenniRodd]

As an aside, this is the 6th paper we've published in @JCgntn in the last 2 years. I can't recommend them highly enough.
Consistently constructive reviews. High expectations wrt open science. Speedy and fully open access.
Sponsored by European Society for Cognitive Psychology.

[Prof Jenni Rodd @JenniRodd]

Web-based Open-access Reliable Decision on Synonyms (WORDS): 4-minute open-access test of English vocab.
Led by @BobbyPoHengChen with @Rach_Hulme @LenaMBlott @EP_UCL @UCLPALS @JCgntn
Accessible via @GorillaPsyc Open Materials; https://t.co/Vr6wX5GdKk
https://t.co/LqOudV5eoR

[Prof Jenni Rodd @JenniRodd]

My recent paper is just one of many constructive resources that tries to help improve online research.
Please link to other helpful examples below.

https://t.co/xB6RLqKklo

[Prof Jenni Rodd @JenniRodd]

There are so many great online expts that demonstrate the utility of collecting data remotely .
And so many great best-practice papers setting out how to do good science online.

[Prof Jenni Rodd @JenniRodd]

Online research is hard. You can’t just pay people $1.15, ask them a bunch of boring questions and expect them to pay careful attention.

The onus is on us as researchers to design and build tasks where we can have confidence in our own data

[Prof Jenni Rodd @JenniRodd]

Seeing lots of discussion about this “don’t trust MTurk” paper.

While it’s maybe useful to have another demo of how bad online data can be, I’d really hoped we’d all moved on to more helpful discussion of what researchers have do to ensure their data is trustworthy
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[Prof Jenni Rodd @JenniRodd]

Nice reviews received for this short online English vocab test by @BobbyPoHengChen
The test is already available to use in @GorillaPsyc with details in the preprint. Watch this space for the final paper.

[Ludovica Serratrice @ludoserratrice]

JOB ALERT!
We are recruiting a new Lecturer in Developmental Psychology @UniRdg_Psych. Permanent, Full Time and in a very nice school where you will work with a very nice group of psychologists, linguists, and speech and language therapists.

https://t.co/OmTPbo24T0

[Bobby Po-Heng Chen｜陳柏亨 @BobbyPoHengChen]

The English WORDS test is now publicly available via Gorilla Open Materials (https://t.co/esmBYxJABi) and the Open Science Framework (https://t.co/4hloyJEvd0). Any feedback or comments would be much appreciated by the authors (me, @Rach_Hulme, @LenaMBlott, @JenniRodd). (5/5)

[Bobby Po-Heng Chen｜陳柏亨 @BobbyPoHengChen]

Critically, the data replicated well-established word frequency and age effects on task performance: (1) responses were more accurate and quicker for more frequent compared to less frequent words, and (2) older adults showed greater vocabulary knowledge than younger adults. (4/5)

[Bobby Po-Heng Chen｜陳柏亨 @BobbyPoHengChen]

In Exp 2, we tested the reliability and the validity of the optimal 30-item WORDS test in a new sample of 121 monolingual English-speaking participants (18-79 yrs). Accuracy data confirmed a good reliability (internal consistency) again. (3/5)

[Bobby Po-Heng Chen｜陳柏亨 @BobbyPoHengChen]

In Exp 1, 109 participants (18-69 yrs) took a synonym-matching task including an initial set of 51 multiple-choice items. We conducted an item response theory analysis based on accuracy data to select an optimal subset of 30 items with a good reliability for the WORDS test. (2/5)

[Bobby Po-Heng Chen｜陳柏亨 @BobbyPoHengChen]

Fancy including a quick & reliable English vocabulary test in your web-based experiment? This 4-minute English WORDS test may be useful. https://t.co/RjtOKsJWtR
WORDS: Web-based Open-access Reliable Decision on Synonyms
Below see our two-stage approach to develop this test. (1/5)

[Prof Jenni Rodd @JenniRodd]

Results from observational (N=31) and experimental (N=62) studies reveal divided literature: video is linked to short-term benefits for learning specific linguistic structures, as well as having negative or null long-term associations with standardised language measures

[Prof Jenni Rodd @JenniRodd]

Really pleased to share this new preprint by Anna Gowenlock
Exposure to Language in Video and its Impact on Linguistic Development in Children aged 3-11: A Scoping Review
with @lilacCourt @EP_UCL @UCLPALS @UCLLangCog
https://t.co/7RHSgWZg3W

[Prof Jenni Rodd @JenniRodd]

We have a 6 month RA position available. Closing date is very soon – 7th Jan and we need someone to start asap.
The role will mainly involve data collection and analysis for language experiments using children. Both online and in-school:
https://t.co/sWkniNKQyb

[Prof Jenni Rodd @JenniRodd]

Publication Day!
Moving experimental psychology online: How to obtain high quality data
I hope this will be useful
https://t.co/xB6RLqKSaW
@EP_UCL @UCLPALS