The Laboratoire de Sciences Cognitives et Psycholinguistique invites  applications for a postdoctoral fellowship in the field of early language acquisition, specifically the first year of life. The  successful  candidate will work under the direction of Sharon Peperkamp and Sho Tsuji on the development of phonetic and phonological representations as well as the role of social cues therein. One part of  the project involves standard in-lab experimental methods; the other part requires co-developing innovative interactive toys and applying them in an at-home training paradigm.

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The funding is amongst the EU’s most prestigious and competitive, providing leading senior researchers with the opportunity to pursue ambitious, curiosity-driven projects that could lead to major scientific breakthroughs. 

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Les observations naturalistes et expérimentales suggèrent que les compétences linguistiques des enfants varient en fonction de facteurs tels que le statut socio-économique, le sexe de l'enfant et l'apport linguistique. Mais ces études sont rarement en mesure de prendre en compte plusieurs facteurs à la fois.

Despite a number of studies, it remains unclear whether male and female human newborns manifest different visual preferences or perceptual abilities. The goal of this project is to determine with greater confidence whether this is the case or not. In particular, we are interested in finding out whether male and female newborns show different spontaneous preferences for human faces vs. inanimate objects, as suggested by various studies, old and new (e.g., Lewis et al. 1966; Connellan et al. 2000).

Dezső Németh's work shows how prefrontal cortex functions can impair predictive processing, notably statistical learning, using developmental data, TMS, and experimental manipulations. 

Les raisons pour lesquelles il est important de comprendre comment les enfants développent le langage sont nombreuses. L’une d’entre elles est de mieux diagnostiquer et traiter les troubles du langage et de la communication. Cependant, les théories actuelles sont élaborées par des chercheurs et des chercheuses basé.es dans une poignée de pays, qui étudient généralement les enfants du pays dans lequel ils/elles se trouvent.

I propose that a field’s diversity is affected by what its members believe is required for success: Fields that value exceptional intellectual talent above all else may inadvertently obstruct the participation of women and (some) minority groups. The environment in these fields may be less welcoming to women and minority groups because of the cultural stereotypes that associate intellectual talent -- brilliance, genius, etc. -- with (white) men.