Many congratulations to our PPLS Class of 2024 🎉! We are so incredibly proud of everything you have achieved! Here is just a selection from our gallery which we’ll share with you soon 📸 Some highlights from the celebrations last week! Friday 12 July 2024 ☀️

In this #OpenAccess paper, Iain Hardie (School of PPLS) et al. examine associations between prenatal maternal infections and having childhood developmental concern(s) identified by health visitors during early routine child health reviews. bit.ly/4bnwb43

Celebrating 10 years at #EdFringe! Join PPLS Dr. Naomi Nota, Antonella Sorace, Chris Cummins and Thomas H Bak staff at the Cabaret of Dangerous Ideas for thought-provoking intellectual adventures! Read more: edin.ac/3Wiw1pa #CODI2024 #edinburghfringe The University of Edinburgh

A study by René Mõttus finds personality shapes life satisfaction more than events! While circumstances like health & income matter, traits like emotional stability have a bigger impact. Read more: edin.ac/4d4QEMM #psychology

Moral values play a key role in consumer attitudes. New study by Matti Wilks🔸️ with colleagues from UQ News and ourANU finds that people who value a 'natural life' are more likely to reject lab-grown meat, viewing it as unnatural. Read more: edin.ac/3A2sSlQ #psychology

1 in 5 UK adults struggle with hearing loss. Current hearing aids amplify sound, but miss the mark in decoding speech. In "Do you know what comes next?" (Wed, The Stand) @naominota & Muzna Shehzad explore the future of hearing aids. Book tickets: edin.ac/4clpRLa

Big congrats to Sophie Brilus, winner of the 2nd annual Robert J. Glushko Prize for excellence in Cognitive Science! Read more about the prize and Sophie's work here: edin.ac/3LRN90n #CognitiveScience

What’s on TODAY✨‼️Dr Ananda Mirchandani’s Ananda Mirchandani show is sold out‼️and only few tickets are left for 13:40 - join Naomi Nota Dr. Naomi Nota and Muzna Shehzad Muzna Shehzad to explore how your brain processes and predicts conversations👂🏻 🎟13:40 tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/do-yo…

🔜🔜🔜 Do you know what comes next? What I’m about to say is……tickets are going fast! Grab yours now before they’re gone! Dr. Naomi Nota Muzna Shehzad 🎟 tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/do-yo… #edfringe #UnleashYourFringe #codi #humanityunfiltered #languageprediction

In her blog for PET, Dr Cristina Richie Lecturer in ethics of technology, discuses the ethical issues involved in medical reproduction as it relates to the environment... Read more: #philosophy #ethics #IVF #environment progress.org.uk/environmental-…

Learning a second language can transform how you use your first! Antonella Sorace from Bilingualism Matters explores the profound effects of bilingualism in More Than Another Language for Cabaret of Dangerous Ideas (Tues 13 Aug, The Stand) Book tickets: thestand.co.uk/fringe/2071/mo… #Bilingualism #Fringe

What’s on TODAY🗣️🌍Dr Matthew Knight’s show Matt Knight is SOLD OUT! We can’t wait to see you there. At 13:40, Prof Antonella Sorace Antonella Sorace discovers how the languages we learn impact us. A must-see for bilinguals and language enthusiasts! 🎟13:40 tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/more-…

"Lovers? Users? Owners? To whom do languages belong?" From neuroscience to politics: my Cabaret of Dangerous Ideas show @ the famous The Stand in Edinburgh coming *in a week's time*: Wednesday, 21 August, 12.20noon; tickets going fast: thestand.co.uk/fringe/2085/wh… School of PPLS Edinburgh Neuroscience

Watch Dr. Anne Templeton Senior Lecturer in Social Psychology and expert in crowd psychology share her views on the riots and counter-protests that took place in England recently on The Nine #crowdpyschology #psychology linkedin.com/posts/drannete…

What turns a word into a slur? Professor Chris Cummins delves into how language can tiptoe on the edge of good taste— and why even Scrabble players are caught in the crossfire.Cabaret of Dangerous Ideas (17/22 Aug The Stand) Book here: thestand.co.uk/fringe/2078/41… #Linguistics #Fringe

Who owns language? Is it native speakers, institutions, or all of us—even those who struggle with it? Reader in Psychology Thomas H Bak explores the mutual relationship between languages and our minds for Cabaret of Dangerous Ideas Wed 21 Aug, 12.20pm. thestand.co.uk/fringe/2085/wh… #Fringe #psychology

What turns a word into a slur? Dr Chris Cummins delves into how language can tiptoe on the edge of good taste— and why even Scrabble players are caught in the crossfire.Cabaret of Dangerous Ideas (22 Aug The Stand) Book here: thestand.co.uk/fringe/2078/41… #Linguistics #Fringe

Is there a better way to provide feedback that both explains the mark and transfers clearly to future work? 💡Dr Sue Widdicombe & James Donaldson School of PPLS discuss a program level feedback idea that helps students build skills across various courses. teaching-matters-blog.ed.ac.uk/assessment-for…

Congratulations to our very own Beri Marušić whose paper “Disagreement and Alienation” was named in the Philosopher's Annual for 2023. The paper proposes to reorient the philosophical debate about peer disagreement. The paper is available to read below: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

How can we ensure technology serves humanity? Read this article by Shannon Vallor - Director of Centre for Technomoral Futures) @EFI_Edinburgh impact.ed.ac.uk/research/digit… #AI #TechEthics #FuturesWorthWanting