Dr. Ethan Kutlu
@ethankutlu.bsky.social
Assistant Professor
Director of the Cognitive Science of Language Graduate Program
Associate Editor
Personal website: ethankutlu.com
Lab website: https://s-cube.lab.uiowa.edu/
ROLE Collective: https://www.rolecollective.org/
he/him
Director of the Cognitive Science of Language Graduate Program
Associate Editor
Personal website: ethankutlu.com
Lab website: https://s-cube.lab.uiowa.edu/
ROLE Collective: https://www.rolecollective.org/
he/him
Please consider submitting your manuscript to our special issue in Scientific Reports (deadline March 5th, 2026)
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Individual differences in speech perception
This Collection welcomes original research articles on studies that investigate individual differences in speech perception.
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December 17, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Please consider submitting your manuscript to our special issue in Scientific Reports (deadline March 5th, 2026)
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Public announcement: your cats know when you don’t feel well and they do really weird things to make you laugh. Here is my picture with my third baby where he ran inside my bag chew my notebook and moments after this photo threw up in backpack.
December 12, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Public announcement: your cats know when you don’t feel well and they do really weird things to make you laugh. Here is my picture with my third baby where he ran inside my bag chew my notebook and moments after this photo threw up in backpack.
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Deadline Jan 15: Open rank (tenure-track/tenured), language (open sub area), Cognitive Science, Johns Hopkins apply.interfolio.com/178813
December 11, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Deadline Jan 15: Open rank (tenure-track/tenured), language (open sub area), Cognitive Science, Johns Hopkins apply.interfolio.com/178813
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An analysis of the legal deficiencies of the agreement Northwestern signed to restore funding www.theuniversityunderthreat.org/updates#h.hk...
Updates
2025.12.08 | Northwestern Law Professors Detail Legal Violations in Northwestern/Trump “Deal”
For Immediate Release
December 8, 2025
Download this document as a PDF here
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December 10, 2025 at 7:12 PM
An analysis of the legal deficiencies of the agreement Northwestern signed to restore funding www.theuniversityunderthreat.org/updates#h.hk...
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This is honestly like a fractal fever dream inside a matrix inside a nightmare inside a matrix
Opinion | My Conversation With AI’s Ayn Rand
AI may help higher ed with its viewpoint diversity challenges. https://bit.ly/4oFbeYX
#EDUSky #HigherEd #AcademicSky
AI may help higher ed with its viewpoint diversity challenges. https://bit.ly/4oFbeYX
#EDUSky #HigherEd #AcademicSky
December 9, 2025 at 10:08 PM
This is honestly like a fractal fever dream inside a matrix inside a nightmare inside a matrix
A few weeks ago, I went to the Psychonomics conference in Denver. During the conference, I heard a researcher saying "bilinguals have a creativity disadvantage." I raised my questions after their talk, but I also wrote a letter to talk about my emotions.
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Ambiguous for whom?
The Cranberries - Empty
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December 9, 2025 at 4:03 PM
A few weeks ago, I went to the Psychonomics conference in Denver. During the conference, I heard a researcher saying "bilinguals have a creativity disadvantage." I raised my questions after their talk, but I also wrote a letter to talk about my emotions.
open.substack.com/pub/letterst...
open.substack.com/pub/letterst...
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Trying out a new PCP's office, and their "preferred language" dropdown on the intake form is time-traveler inclusive.
December 8, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Trying out a new PCP's office, and their "preferred language" dropdown on the intake form is time-traveler inclusive.
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One more week to nominate an outstanding early-career researcher for the Lila R. Gleitman Prize.
Visit cognitivesciencesociety.org/gleitman-pri... to learn more and nominate! #GleitmanPrize
Visit cognitivesciencesociety.org/gleitman-pri... to learn more and nominate! #GleitmanPrize
December 8, 2025 at 9:53 PM
One more week to nominate an outstanding early-career researcher for the Lila R. Gleitman Prize.
Visit cognitivesciencesociety.org/gleitman-pri... to learn more and nominate! #GleitmanPrize
Visit cognitivesciencesociety.org/gleitman-pri... to learn more and nominate! #GleitmanPrize
I have had pretty rough years, but 2025 has been it. As we are approaching the end of it, I want to share my gratitude for another year of learning and the many beautiful communities that surround me. I want to acknowledge what a good teacher this year has been.
December 6, 2025 at 3:13 AM
I have had pretty rough years, but 2025 has been it. As we are approaching the end of it, I want to share my gratitude for another year of learning and the many beautiful communities that surround me. I want to acknowledge what a good teacher this year has been.
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We are pleased to announce the third Reframing Our Language Experience (ROLE) Symposium 🥳
This year, the conference will take place over two days, with an in-person workshop (UNAM) on 9 April and an online conference on 10 April.
Call for proposals: www.rolecollective.org/events/3rd-r...
This year, the conference will take place over two days, with an in-person workshop (UNAM) on 9 April and an online conference on 10 April.
Call for proposals: www.rolecollective.org/events/3rd-r...
December 6, 2025 at 12:37 AM
We are pleased to announce the third Reframing Our Language Experience (ROLE) Symposium 🥳
This year, the conference will take place over two days, with an in-person workshop (UNAM) on 9 April and an online conference on 10 April.
Call for proposals: www.rolecollective.org/events/3rd-r...
This year, the conference will take place over two days, with an in-person workshop (UNAM) on 9 April and an online conference on 10 April.
Call for proposals: www.rolecollective.org/events/3rd-r...
Our department had an open house lab visit today. Over 50 students visited over 10 research labs. I am so proud of our wonderful community and am grateful to be a part of it.
December 6, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Our department had an open house lab visit today. Over 50 students visited over 10 research labs. I am so proud of our wonderful community and am grateful to be a part of it.
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🎉 Congratulations to the 2025 Cognition Outstanding Reviewer Award recipients:
Recognized for exceptional clarity, depth, and insight, their reviews set the highest standard and advance our field through thoughtful, rigorous evaluation.
This year’s recipients:🥁
Recognized for exceptional clarity, depth, and insight, their reviews set the highest standard and advance our field through thoughtful, rigorous evaluation.
This year’s recipients:🥁
December 4, 2025 at 5:44 PM
🎉 Congratulations to the 2025 Cognition Outstanding Reviewer Award recipients:
Recognized for exceptional clarity, depth, and insight, their reviews set the highest standard and advance our field through thoughtful, rigorous evaluation.
This year’s recipients:🥁
Recognized for exceptional clarity, depth, and insight, their reviews set the highest standard and advance our field through thoughtful, rigorous evaluation.
This year’s recipients:🥁
Just a daily reminder: trans women are women. Trans people exist. Trans people are human. Human rights cannot be selective of social categories.
Women’s Institute will no longer accept trans women as members from April
Women’s Institute will no longer accept trans women as members from April
Exclusive: CEO says decision taken with ‘utmost regret and sadness’ after supreme court ruling on definition of a woman
The Women’s Institute will no longer accept transgender women as members from April following the UK supreme court ruling on the legal definition of a woman, the Guardian can reveal.
Melissa Green, the chief executive of the National Federation of Women’s Institutes, said the organisation had taken the decision with the “utmost regret and sadness”, adding it had “no choice” but to exclude trans women from its membership. Continue reading...
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December 4, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Just a daily reminder: trans women are women. Trans people exist. Trans people are human. Human rights cannot be selective of social categories.
I was selected as one of the outstanding reviewers for Cognition. This is a great initiative for journals to acknowledge reviewers' efforts.
I thank the Cognition editorial team for taking the lead on such a great initiative.
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I thank the Cognition editorial team for taking the lead on such a great initiative.
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Cognition outstanding reviewer awards - 2025
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December 3, 2025 at 3:51 PM
I was selected as one of the outstanding reviewers for Cognition. This is a great initiative for journals to acknowledge reviewers' efforts.
I thank the Cognition editorial team for taking the lead on such a great initiative.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
I thank the Cognition editorial team for taking the lead on such a great initiative.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Psychology folks! I'm trying to identify broad principles of Psychology that describe phenomena in multiple subdisciplines.
For example "Psychological phenomena have physiological correlates" or "Information processing is optimized for the training data."
Would be delighted for suggestions!
For example "Psychological phenomena have physiological correlates" or "Information processing is optimized for the training data."
Would be delighted for suggestions!
December 2, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Psychology folks! I'm trying to identify broad principles of Psychology that describe phenomena in multiple subdisciplines.
For example "Psychological phenomena have physiological correlates" or "Information processing is optimized for the training data."
Would be delighted for suggestions!
For example "Psychological phenomena have physiological correlates" or "Information processing is optimized for the training data."
Would be delighted for suggestions!
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For over sixty years, PS has been at the forefront of pioneering research in cognitive psychology. This #GivingTuesday, your support is more crucial than ever. Every donation matters. Visit buff.ly/VmgdQs2 to learn more. Thank you for your generosity.
December 2, 2025 at 5:15 PM
For over sixty years, PS has been at the forefront of pioneering research in cognitive psychology. This #GivingTuesday, your support is more crucial than ever. Every donation matters. Visit buff.ly/VmgdQs2 to learn more. Thank you for your generosity.
It is my fourth year as an Associate Editor, and it still amazes me to see distinguished scholars who have never reviewed for our journal send their mentees emails cc’ing us, saying that if we take more than three months, they may not submit to our journal in the future.
December 2, 2025 at 7:04 PM
It is my fourth year as an Associate Editor, and it still amazes me to see distinguished scholars who have never reviewed for our journal send their mentees emails cc’ing us, saying that if we take more than three months, they may not submit to our journal in the future.
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Review starts 12/1 (rolling basis): Open-rank (tenure-track/tenured) positions, cognitive psychology, cognitive neuroscience, behavioral neuroscience, Psych. + Brain Sci., Johns Hopkins University pbs.jhu.edu/about/jobs/
December 2, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Review starts 12/1 (rolling basis): Open-rank (tenure-track/tenured) positions, cognitive psychology, cognitive neuroscience, behavioral neuroscience, Psych. + Brain Sci., Johns Hopkins University pbs.jhu.edu/about/jobs/
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Spark friends! If you are here at Psychonomics, let’s get together for a casual meet up at Revival Denver Public House on Saturday at 5 pm. Come by if you want to unwind a bit, see familiar faces, and meet others in our community. Pass this along to anyone who might want to join.
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November 21, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Spark friends! If you are here at Psychonomics, let’s get together for a casual meet up at Revival Denver Public House on Saturday at 5 pm. Come by if you want to unwind a bit, see familiar faces, and meet others in our community. Pass this along to anyone who might want to join.
revival-denver.com
revival-denver.com
Come see my student, Jake Boudreau, present our work at #psynom25 on why the term “native speaker” deserves more scrutiny. We show how aging and social networks affect sentence processing.
November 20, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Come see my student, Jake Boudreau, present our work at #psynom25 on why the term “native speaker” deserves more scrutiny. We show how aging and social networks affect sentence processing.
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Yes, PINE Lab is accepting doctoral applications this cycle in Psychology! Apps due Dec 1! Interested in early life human neuroplasticity? how early pre- and post-natal experiences/exposures (promotional/adverse) shape malleable brains? Current research here: drive.google.com/file/d/1wFZj...
Laurel_Gabard-Durnam_Research Statement.pdf
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November 20, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Yes, PINE Lab is accepting doctoral applications this cycle in Psychology! Apps due Dec 1! Interested in early life human neuroplasticity? how early pre- and post-natal experiences/exposures (promotional/adverse) shape malleable brains? Current research here: drive.google.com/file/d/1wFZj...
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🚨I am in the most delightful position of having a postdoc land a faculty job! Which means I will be looking to hire at least one new postdoc this cycle! More to come soon but if you're interested feel free to email me or come say hi at @isdp.org in a week or two!
November 4, 2025 at 5:59 PM
🚨I am in the most delightful position of having a postdoc land a faculty job! Which means I will be looking to hire at least one new postdoc this cycle! More to come soon but if you're interested feel free to email me or come say hi at @isdp.org in a week or two!
14 years ago today, I took the TOEFL exam in Istanbul to apply for grad school in Canada. I spoke French throughout my teens and had a degree in French–Turkish interpreting. I knew very little English and barely passed TOEFL.
November 4, 2025 at 4:21 PM
14 years ago today, I took the TOEFL exam in Istanbul to apply for grad school in Canada. I spoke French throughout my teens and had a degree in French–Turkish interpreting. I knew very little English and barely passed TOEFL.
While the first year of life is crucial for language development, our team found that sound categorization continues to develop throughout the early school years.
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Longitudinal Changes in the Structure of Speech Categorization Across School Age Years: Children Become More Gradient and More Consistent
A critical aspect of spoken language development is learning to categorize the sounds of the child's language(s). This process was thought to develop early during infancy to set the stage for the la...
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November 4, 2025 at 4:03 PM
While the first year of life is crucial for language development, our team found that sound categorization continues to develop throughout the early school years.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...