@Vit_Zim

Researches and teaches (clinical) language and cognition at UCL. Views are my own. Healthier platform @vitzim.bsky.social

 London, England
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Joined June 2013
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Following the latest news on Grok, I want to remind everyone that this account is largely inactive. Follow me on Bluesky where I will soon post about new publications and updates on our project about AI in teaching. bsky.app/profile/vitzim.bsky…
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My wife Birgit is taking part in Trek26 London and is fundraising for Alzheimer's Society. Check out their @JustGiving page and please donate if you can. Thank you! #JustGiving justgiving.com/fundraising/T…

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Help Birgit Zimmerer raise money to support Alzheimer's Society

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Dr Alice Liefgreen and I worked on a tutorial for first year students on use of AI. UCL's Higher Education Development and Support asked us to provide a video and a description of activities: ucl.ac.uk/teaching-learning/… @UCLLangCog

Generative AI: Discussing proper use with students

Dr Vitor Zimmerer, Lecturer (Teaching) Language and Cognition (Division of Psychology and Language Sciences) discusses teaching students how to meaningfully use Generative AI

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Some more reflections on my visit to Saudi Arabia last year. vitorzimmerer.net/blog/2025/…

Choosing an authoritarian state. — The Palace of Green Porcelain

Being invited to the international stroke conference in Saudi Arabia was one of the best things to happen last year. I previously wrote about how much I enjoyed the event, how impressed I was with my...

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Good. theguardian.com/technology/2…

Bluesky adds 1m new members as users flee X after the US election

Social media platform has become a ‘refuge’ from the far-right activism on X, experts say, after Elon Musk teamed up with Donald Trump

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Yi Hao@yihao_yh5 Nov 2024
Participant Recruitment I am currently recruiting neurotypical native English speakers aged 18-35 who are righthanded to participate in an online study. If you are interested, please contact [email protected] for more information. #UniLiverpool #Liverpool #Experiment
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My reflections on our recent publication on language production in people with Williams syndrome. vitorzimmerer.net/blog/2024/…

Overuse of familiar phrases by individuals with Williams syndrome masks differences in language...

Sederias I, Krakovitch A, Stojanovik V, Zimmerer VC (2024). Overuse of familiar phrases by individuals with Williams syndrome masks differences in language processing. Journal of Child Language ....

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Today I was in UCL's Educational Media Studio to record a short video on AI in higher education. An unusual experience made fun by Media Producer Phil Mason @UCLLangCog
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This term, this is my view out of the window #UCL
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On Mondays :-)
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New article in Journal of Child Language! "Overuse of familiar phrases by individuals with Williams syndrome masks differences in language processing". It's free. We show that a processing bias towards familiarity manifests in language production. doi.org/10.1017/S03050009240…
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This work took me way back to the early 00's when, as a student, I read Pinker's (very good) Language Instinct. Pinker used WS as evidence for preserved (modular) language capacities in light of wider cognitive difficulties. Since then, our knowledge of WS has improved a lot.
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Professors Niall McLaughlin & Yeoryia Manolopoulou (@BartlettArchUCL) discuss their project 'Losing Myself' which examines the challenges of living with Alzheimer's disease through an architectural lens: bit.ly/4ewTryu #UCLDementia #WorldAlzheimersMonth @TheBartlettUCL
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What a fascinating day! Congratulations to Jennie Grassley, Caroline Newton and Eleanor Smith for winning best poster and best oral presentation prizes 🙌🏼 For those online, a social event with @rtslt is happening next! And for those in person- cider! #BaSConf24 @BasAphasia
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Ludovica Onofri presented her analysis of grammatical tense production in speakers with #aphasia and controls at #SoA2024! Download her poster here shorturl.at/4LnZz @UCLLangCog
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Ludovica Onofri, Holly Robson and I at this year's Science of Aphasia #SoA24 . Some very interesting talks, including on perinatal stroke and plasticity, aphasia in multilingualism and underrepresented languages, and aspects of (re)learning. Now if only my plane back was on time!
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Presenting our comparison of spontaneous language production of people with aphasia and people with schizophrenia at #SoA24 in lovely Geneva, @UCLLangCog
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Historikerin begeistert, dass sie live miterleben kann, wie das alles angefangen hat damals #landtagswahl der-postillon.com/2024/09/au…

Historikerin begeistert, dass sie live miterleben kann, wie das alles angefangen hat damals

Erfurt (dpo) - Dass sie so eine Chance noch zu Lebzeiten bekommt, hätte sie nicht gedacht: Die Historikerin Dr. Carina Maguhn aus Erfurt mit dem Spezi

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