Chris Edwards
@ch__edwards
PhD at @UCL w/ @UCLanguageLab. Language, concepts, speech, social interaction, multimodal communication.
The best we can currently say is that we—each of us as individuals—are self-sustaining patterns that become imposed on matter.
"To be a part of the universe that gets to spin for a time, and to create a unique pocket of meaning: That is indeed something to be grateful for..." Just as @philipcball uncovered a new way to understand life, he received some news about his own: nautil.us/how-life-reall…
"To be a part of the universe that gets to spin for a time, and to create a unique pocket of meaning: That is indeed something to be grateful for..." Just as @philipcball uncovered a new way to understand life, he received some news about his own: nautil.us/how-life-reall…
What do teachers do to boost adult word learning in real-world settings? Join our @cogsci_soc talk (Thu, 2.15, T.10.01) by @UCLanguageLab to find out! See paper: escholarship.org/uc/item/7bc403… (1/6)
Nick Papadimitriou would *strongly* disagree.
I am inventing the concept of a “thick place”, where the veil between this world and the next is extremely thick, such as you’d think you’ll never experience transcendental sensation or joy again, like the pedestrian roads around where the M1 converges with the north circular
Remembering flamenco guitarist Paco de Lucía, born on this day in 1947 in Algeciras, Cádiz, Spain. Here he is performing “Bulerías” on Spanish television in 1973.
Huge thank you to participants to the 1st Multimodal Language Corpora Workshop! Looking forward to the 2nd in Marseille! @Adinseg
This is absolutely appalling. We simply CANNOT have a ‘world class university system’ if we deny permanent academics the possibility of having their small children join them. The Home Office… theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/n…
Ashbery and poet Farida Majid winning the 1970s with this amazing snap.
*Pls Repost* If you are interested in a career in language research and have data science skills, join the Lab! We have an opening for a Research Data Analyst. Details here: ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/se…