Goes to Aryanna Toomer at the Black in Neuro conference! Aryanna was our summer intern with the MINDS program through Howard University. She was invited to submit this work to the Oxford Open Journal of Neuroscience. AMAZING!!
Honorable mention for article of the year in Neurobiology of Language
Congratulations to first author, Dr. Katie Jobson, who was just awarded the honorable mention from MIT Press for our article:
*Jobson K, *Hoffman LJ, *Metoki A, Popal H, Dick AS, Reilly J, & Olson, I (2024). Language and the cerebellum: Structural connectivity to the eloquent brain. Neurobiology of Language. 1-24, https://doi.org/10.1162/nol_a_00085.
look for our recent paper on aging and abstract word use in conversation in the journal, Cortex
Congrats to first-time authors Ben Sacks and Anna Duncan on publishing our work in Cortex: Be on the lookout for:
Reilly J, *Ulichney V, *Sacks B, *Duncan A, Weinstein S, Giovannetti T, Helion C, & Cooney G (2025, in press). Abstract word dropout and concreteness misalignment are features of conversation in aging. Cortex.
Our R package ConversationAlign is now on CRAN
We’ve been doing a lot of open-source software development over the past few years. One of our most complex (and useful) packages, known as ConversationAlign is now available on Comprehensive R Archive Network (CRAN)
Avery Pattullo and Jamie Reilly present talks in Zagreb, Croatia
CROATIA IS BEAUTIFUL. Thanks to our host Dr. Ana Matic Skoric and the University of Zagreb!
the story of our Nature Human Behavior paper
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Jamie Reilly appointed to editorial review board of Behavior Research Methods
Jamie Reilly was appointed as an editorial consultant (editorial review board) for Behavior Research Methods (BRM). BRM is the big daddy of all methods journals in psychology and language research.
Jamie Reilly featured expert in USA Today -- aging, exhaustion, and Donald Trump
Jamie contributed to this article by Anderson, Jackson, and Weintraub in the October 24, 2024 edition of USA Today
Is Trump exhausted? Dems play the age card he used against Biden. <read the article here>
Jamie Reilly featured on PBS NewsHour: Trump's rambling speeches....
Jamie Reilly contributed to a piece on PBS NewsHour (national news) by Amna Nawaz (Oct 24, 2024), titled: Trump’s rambling speeches raise questions about mental decline. Click here to watch it!
Moral(s) of the story: Remote diagnosis of anyone in absentia is bad. Voters have all the evidence they need to make an informed decision without attending Google Medical School to diagnose potential neuropsychiatric disorders.
bad hair day
Rachel Mis -- poster acceptance at the International Neuropsychological Society conference
Mis R, Kaplan M, Tassoni M, McKniff M, Ando T, Yamaguchi T, Drabick D, Reilly J, Giovannetti T (Feb 2025). Differential patterns of inefficient eye movements during naturalistic tasks in aging and mild cognitive impairment. Poster presentation at the International Neuropsychological Society. New Orleans LA USA.
Dewitt Fortenberry -- poster accepted to ASHA
So proud of Dewitt and his work on minority cognitive aging. Dewitt is off to Seattle this December to present:
*Fortenberry D, *Duncan A,*Sacks B, Sayers M, & Reilly J (Dec, 2024) Investigation of the correlation between linguistic maze production and cognitive status. Poster presented at the annual conferences of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. Seattle WA USA.
it’s official…. Jamie Reilly will be writing a book for Cambridge University Press
Jamie Reilly just signed a book contract with Cambridge University Press to publish a book on aging and communication, titled: “Speaking and listening to older adults: A neurolinguistic perspective on communication in aging” — See you in 2026!
Our semantic glossary now out in Psychonomic Bulletin and Review
This project nearly killed me. 50+ authors all trying to agree on what a ‘concept’ is. Fuhgettaboudit…. Link to the open access version on the Psychonomic Society page here:
What we mean when we say semantic: Toward a multidisciplinary semantic glossary
New article in Nature Human Behavior!
It’s been a long road. I’m psyched to announce that our collaboration on human relationship knowledge with Dr. Yin Wang as lead author was just accepted at Nature Human Behavior. Be on the lookout for:
Cheng X, Popal H, Hu R, Zang Y, Wang H, Zang Y, Zhang M, Thornton M, Hua Jian C, Bi Y, Reilly J, Olson I, & Wang Y (2024, in press) Conceptual structure of human relationship knowledge across modern and historical cultures. Nature Human Behavior.
Jamie's article in J. Neuropsychology on ageism, Biden, and Trump
There’s something in this article for everyone, including a little Easter Egg about George Clooney…
Dr. Ana Matic Skoric arrives on her Fulbright
She’s here!!! Dr. Skoric will be working with us as a visiting scholar at Temple for Fall 2024.
Helen Schmidt wins big with an NIH F31 fellowship!
Friend of the lab, Helen Schmidt, has won the big one for a PhD statement — an NIH NRSA F31 fellowship! Congratulations to Helen and her mentor Dr. Chelsea Helion on this awesome accomplishment. We are going to be working with Helen on her aims of analyzing evoked Heart Rate variability.
YUGE Semantic Consensus Paper Accepted at Psychonomic Bulletin & Review
Our 100+ page theoretical review paper representing a 50+ author effort at producing a semantic glossary was recently accepted. Be on the lookout for:
Reilly J, Shain C, Borghesani V, Kuhnke P, Vigliocco G, Peelle JE, Mahon B, Buxbaum L, Majid A, Brysbaert M, Borghi A, De Deyne S, Dove G, Papeo L, Pexman P, Poeppel D, Lupyan G, Boggio P, Hickok G, Gwilliams L, Fernandino L, Mirman D, Chrysikou EG, Sandberg C, Crutch SJ, Pylkkänen L, Yee E, Jackson R, & Rodd J, Bedny M, Connell L, Kiefer M, Kemmerer D, Zubicaray G, Jefferies E, Lynott D, Siew C, Desai RH, Cantlon J, McRae K, Diaz M, Bolognesi M, Fedorenko E, Kiran S, Montefinesse M, Binder JR, Yap M, Hartwigsen G, Bi Y, Hoffman, P, Garcea F, & Vinson D (2024, in press). What we mean when we say semantic: A multidisciplinary semantic glossary. Psychonomic Bulletin and Review.
Commentary alert! Ageism and political attacks in the 2024 US Presidential Election
Be on the lookout for Jamie’s commentary in the pitfalls of political attacks on aging, language, and memory disorders, titled:
Reilly J (2024, in press). Neuropsychology and political mudslinging collide in the 2024 US Presidential election: Pitfalls of weaponizing age, language, and memory. Journal of Neuropsychology.