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How do we select words when we speak?

How do our emotions influence what we say and how we say things?

  • What happens to our language abilities when we can鈥檛 hear?
  • How is language used to influence others?
  • What happens when we have a word at the tip of our tongue?
  • How does tone of voice impact reactions and motivations in others?
  • How do bilingual speakers manage to stay in control of their two languages?
  • What are the best ways to communicate the risks of life changing issues such as health behaviours and climate change?

Our internationally recognised members of staff working on these and other language related questions use a range of techniques to study the psychology of language.

Methodological expertise ranges from traditional techniques such as measuring how long it takes to produce or perceive language (known as reaction time studies), to eye movement studies while reading or listening to language, through to electro-physiological measurements of language processing. We also have expertise in acoustically analysing speech.

We explore language related processes in young children, adolescents, and young and older adults. Some of us also study how language is processed in special populations including brain lesion patients.

Our research often covers related areas such as risk, judgement and decision making, cross-cultural studies, emotion, and motivation.

Recent publications

2023

  • Byrd, Nick and Joseph, Brianna and Gongora, Gabriela and Sirota, Miroslav (2023) . Journal of Intelligence, 11 (4). p. 76.
  • Findor, Andrej and Hruška, Matej and Gould, John A and Hlatky, Roman and Tomková, Zuzana and Sirota, Miroslav (2023) . Journal of Homosexuality, 70 (4). pp. 729-753.
  • Wood, Reed M and Juanchich, Marie and Ramirez, Mark and Zhang, Shenghao (2023) . Social Science and Medicine, 324. p. 115863.

2022

  • Dorison, Charles and Lerner, Jennifer Susan and Heller, Blake H and Rothman, Alexander and Kawachi, Ichiro I and Wang, Ke and Rees, Vaughan W and Gill, Brian P and Gibbs, Nancy and Hanel, Paul HP and Sirota, Miroslav and Chiu, Faith and Holford, Dawn Liu and Theodoropoulou, Andriana and Coles, Nicholas Alvaro and et al (2022) . Affective Science, 3 (3). pp. 577-602.
  • Gutierrez, Eva and Vergara-Martínez, Marta and Perea, Manuel (2022) . Cognition, 218. p. 104938.
  • Gutierrez-Sigut, Eva and Lamarche, Veronica M and Rowley, Katherine and Lago, Emilio Ferreiro and Pardo-Guijarro, María Jesús and Saenz, Ixone and Frigola, Berta and Frigola, Santiago and Aliaga, Delfina and Goldberg, Laura (2022) Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications, 7 (1). 81-.
  • Legate, Nicole and Nguyen, Thuy-vy Thi and Hanel, Paul HP and Holford, Dawn Liu and Sirota, Miroslav and Chiu, Faith and et al (2022) . Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 119 (22). e2111091119-e2111091119.
  • Lin, Hao and Gu, Yan (2022) . Language and Cognition, 14 (1). pp. 61-84.
  • Maltezou-Papastylianou, Constantina and Russo, Riccardo and Wallace, Denise and Harmsworth, Chelsea and Paulmann, Silke (2022) . PLoS One, 17 (7). e0270934-e0270934.
  • Ormel, Ellen and Giezen, Marcel R and Knoors, Harry and Verhoeven, Ludo and Gutierrez, Eva (2022) . Languages, 7 (1). p. 51.
  • Parker, Adam J and Woodhead, Zoe VJ and Carey, David P and Groen, Margriet A and Gutierrez-Sigut, Eva and Hodgson, Jessica and Hudson, John and Karlsson, Emma M and MacSweeney, Mairéad and Payne, Heather and Simpson, Nuala and Thompson, Paul A and Watkins, Kate E and Egan, Ciara and Grant, Jack H and Harte, Sophie and Hudson, Brad T and Sablik, Maria and Badcock, Nicholas A and Bishop, Dorothy VM (2022) . Cortex, 154. pp. 105-134.
  • Teigen, Karl Halvor and Juanchich, Marie and Løhre, Erik (2022) . Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 171. p. 104166.

2021

  • Bishop, Dorothy VM and Grabitz, Clara R and Harte, Sophie C and Watkins, Kate E and Sasaki, Miho and Gutierrez-Sigut, Eva and MacSweeney, Mairead and Woodhead, Zoe VJ and Payne, Heather (2021) '' Wellcome Open Research, 1 (15). p. 15. ISSN 2398-502X
  • Vergara-Martínez, Marta and Gutierrez-Sigut, Eva and Perea, Manuel and Gil-López, Cristina and Carreiras, Manuel (2021) '' Neuropsychologia, 159. p. 107924. ISSN 0028-3932

2020

  • Juanchich, Marie and Sirota, Miroslav (2020) '' Applied Cognitive Psychology, 34 (2). 526 - 534. ISSN 0888-4080

2019

  • Evans, Samuel and Price, Cathy J and Diedrichsen, Jörn and Gutierrez-Sigut, Eva and MacSweeney, Mairéad (2019) '' Current Biology, 29 (21). 3739 - 3747.e5. ISSN 0960-9822
  • Gutierrez-Sigut, Eva and Vergara-Martínez, Marta and Perea, Manuel (2019) '' Scientific Reports, 9 (1). ISSN 2045-2322
  • Juanchich, Marie and Sirota, Miroslav (2019) '' Psychological Research. ISSN 0340-0727
  • Payne, Heather and Gutierrez-Sigut, Eva and Woll, Bencie and MacSweeney, Mairéad (2019) '' Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 36. ISSN 1878-9293

Academics

Dr Yan Gu
Dr Yan Gu

Lecturer

Department of Psychology, 糖心Vlog

Dr Eva Gutierrez-Sigut
Dr Eva Gutierrez-Sigut

Senior Lecturer

Department of Psychology, 糖心Vlog

Professor Marie Juanchich
Professor Marie Juanchich

Professor

Department of Psychology, 糖心Vlog

Also interested in: Risk, judgement and decision making.
Professor Silke Paulmann
Professor Silke Paulmann

Professor

Department of Psychology, 糖心Vlog

Also interested in: Cross-cultural processes; emotion; neuro-cognitive disorders; well-being; motivation.
Professor Miroslav Sirota
Professor Miroslav Sirota

Professor

Department of Psychology, 糖心Vlog

Also interested in: Risk, judgement and decision making.
Dr Natalia Zarzeczna
Dr Natalia Zarzeczna

Lecturer

Department of Psychology, 糖心Vlog

Also interested in: Meaning in life, trust and interdepence; Risk, judgement and decision making; Political psychology; Wellbeing; Cross-cultural studies.
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