“No dad,” sighed my five year old last night with weary impatience at having to explain such trivial things to her parent, “that’s a trigraph in ‘high’.” Our daughter is now clearly initiated into her
Seminars, News, Events & Blog

Our next LuCiD seminar is on Tuesday 1st February (11am UK time). Dr Liam Blything (University of Liverpool) will talk about Exploring the role of information structure in understanding pronouns.

This month saw the first issue of a brand-new journal: Language Development Research, co-founded by LuCiD’s own Ben Ambridge. In this blog, Ben tells us why he started the journal.

Us parents are bombarded with all sorts of information. Do this. Do that. Whatever you do, don’t do THAT! The problem is, lots of the advice we receive isn’t based on any solid evidence...

Our next LuCiD seminar is on Tuesday 11th January this time at 10.30am (UK time). Prof Nivedita Mani (Georg-August-Universität Göttingen) will talk about Curiosity-driven learning in early childhood.

It’s that time of year again, the start of a new school term and inevitable meetings with teachers or curriculum information evenings. My own son transitioned to high school this September so I found…