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Dr. Zed Sehyr
@zedsehyr.bsky.social
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Assistant Professor in Communication Sciences & Disorders @ChapmanUniversity. Director of of Cognition, Language & Plasticity Lab: http://www.claplab.org/ Co-founder of ASL-LEX database: https://asl-lex.org/ Pronouns: She/her.
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Dr. Zed Sehyr @zedsehyr.bsky.social · 15d
Holy moly. That’s terrifying! the firefighter demonstrated admirable amount of composure given his situation. Wow
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Dr. Zed Sehyr @zedsehyr.bsky.social · 18d
Oh that’s good to know! I just updated Word and was considering updating EndNote (the latest version has a fancy AI assistant and all that..) but maybe I’ll wait until they figure out support. Endnote has historically had issues keeping up with MS Office upgrades.. sigh! Zotero is ok ish.
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Dr. Zed Sehyr @zedsehyr.bsky.social · 23d
The CLaP Lab had an amazing time connecting with the Deaf community at DeaFestival Riverside! 🧠✨ Thanks to everyone who stopped by to learn about language, the brain, and our research! www.claplab.org #deafawarenessmonth
Four women stand together and smile under a canopy at an outdoor outreach event, with a display table behind them labeled "Cognition, Language & Plasticity Lab" featuring educational materials and a model brain held by one of the group members. A young woman wearing a “Learn Language, It’s Very Handy” shirt communicates in sign language with an older man holding a walking stick at an outdoor booth for the Cognition, Language & Plasticity Lab, which is set up with flyers, brain models, candy, and outreach materials under a canopy. Two smiling women wearing Chapman University shirts sit side by side at a Cognition, Language & Plasticity Lab booth, which is covered with flyers, branded pens, candy, and brain-themed materials for outreach at an outdoor event.
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Dr. Zed Sehyr @zedsehyr.bsky.social · Sep 12
#neurobiologyoflanguage #language #ERP #cognition #perception #neuroplasticity #signlanguage #SNL2025
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Dr. Zed Sehyr @zedsehyr.bsky.social · Sep 12
Using standardized ERPCore tasks, our new study shows subtle but consistent neural adaptations in visual recognition, attention, motor preparation or memory updating in deaf ASL signers, possibly due to lifelong experience with visual communication. Poster A48 🙂 with @erinecampbell.bsky.social
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Lorna Quandt @lornaquandt.bsky.social · Sep 11
Coming at you from Gallaudet University to share that on-the-ground prep for the Society for Neurobiology of Language #SNL2025 is well underway! We cannot wait to welcome more than 500 of you, neuroscientists and linguists, to our campus tomorrow! Say hi if you see me running around!
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Dr. Zed Sehyr @zedsehyr.bsky.social · Sep 5
I hope to see you!
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Dr. Zed Sehyr @zedsehyr.bsky.social · Aug 27
🧠 #sign #language #linguists this conference in #Poland looks interesting!
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Linguist List @linguistlist.bsky.social · Aug 26
Confs: 3rd Workshop on Cognitive and Functional Explorations in Sign Language Linguistics
Confs: 3rd Workshop on Cognitive and Functional Explorations in Sign Language Linguistics
The Section for Sign Linguistics at the Faculty of Polish Studies of the University of Warsaw is proud to be holding the third edition of the Workshop on Cognitive and Functional Explorations in Sign Language Linguistics. You can register to participate in the conference at https://forms.gle/PcFvfZqEGiXXgowT9. Sign CAFÉ 3 will take place on September 18–19, 2025, at the University of Warsaw, Poland, in the Old University Library building, where our series of local conferences titled “Researc
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ManyLanguages @manylanguagesc.bsky.social · Aug 19
The ManyTones project is looking for several lead positions. See poster for details. 📢📣✨ Get involved! 🎉🤝🌟
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Diane Lillo-Martin @dclm.bsky.social · Aug 19
Want to know more about the Family ASL project? Check out our new paper “Language and Cognitive Development in Bimodal Bilingual Deaf Children in Hearing Families: Three Case Studies.” It’s part of a special issue on Lang & Cog Dev in Deaf Children www.mdpi.com/2076-328X/15...
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Dr. Zed Sehyr @zedsehyr.bsky.social · Aug 18
Wow what a fantastic new opportunity for students in #CSD to learn #ASL and #deaf culture at Penn State! great news!! 🙌🏻@pennstateuniv.bsky.social

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Minor in American Sign Language | Penn State College of Health and Human Development
The American Sign Language (ASL) minor is for students who want to acquire proficiency in ASL and gain a deeper understanding of Deaf culture, communication, and history. This program provides both li...
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Dr. Zed Sehyr @zedsehyr.bsky.social · Aug 17
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Dr. Zed Sehyr @zedsehyr.bsky.social · Aug 8
A white male presenting person with short blond hair, wearing black pants and dark check shirt signing ASL and standing in front of a projection screen showing a drawing of a brain with black text on a white screen. A group of people standing in a circle im a conference room with the window blinds drawn, one female is signing ASL to the rest of the group
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Dr. Zed Sehyr @zedsehyr.bsky.social · Aug 8
Congratulations to Dr. Brennan @neurivulets.bsky.social for successfully delivering a PhD baby yesterday! What a delightful presentation and impactful research on neural networks for ASL. In words of @kemmorey.bsky.social “Brennan sets the bar for quality of research high!”
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Cognitive Science Society @cogscisociety.bsky.social · Aug 1
On stage now: Josh Tenenbaum asks how AI can mirror human cognition and what cognitive science can offer AI in return. #CogSci2025 #AI

Watch live: underline.io/events/489/m...
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Iris van Rooij 💭 @irisvanrooij.bsky.social · Aug 6
If you are also worried about ScienceDirect’s AI slop feature, you can directly contact them here: service.elsevier.com/app/answers/...
I believe I’ve identified a harmful error in an Elsevier product. How can I let Elsevier know? - ScienceDirect Support Center
I believe I’ve identified a harmful error in an Elsevier product. How can I let Elsevier know?
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Iris van Rooij 💭 @irisvanrooij.bsky.social · Aug 6
I have sent ScienceDirect the following questions and asked them to take down their harmful AI feature. Let’s see what they answer.
While reading a paper on ScienceDirect I noticed hyperlinks that lead to AI summaries. I have several questions: 1) Have authors consented to these hyperlinks in their scientific articles? 2) If I were to publish my work with Elsevier, do I risk that hyperlinks to AI summaries will be added to my papers without my consent? 3) Is ScienceDirect aware that these AI 'summaries' are confabulations, spreading misinformation, and polluting scientific knowledge? 4) Can you please remove the AI feauture from your website, and allow researchers and students unbiased access to the original scientific sources? I look forward to your answers. Thank you in advance. Kind regards, Prof. Iris van Rooij Department of Cognitive Science and Artificial Intelligence Radboud University, The Netherlands
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Linda Holmes @lindaholmes.bsky.social · Aug 2
Here’s our CEO’s statement. Factually, I just want people to understand that you can still help a lot if this is something you care about. And because at this very hard moment I am not in a position to answer for the network, I’m going to keep this closed. (3/3) www.npr.org/2025/08/01/g...
Statement from Katherine Maher, NPR President & CEO, on Closure of Corporation for Public Broadcasting
Today, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) announced that it will begin a "wind-down of its operations" and ultimate full operational closure following the passage of a federal rescissions p...
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Dr. Zed Sehyr @zedsehyr.bsky.social · Jul 30
Sehyr, Z., Miller, D., Berardi, V., Hughes, S., Kihntopf, M., and Bosworth, R. (2025). Listening fatigue and communication health in deaf and hard-of-hearing adults. Poster presented at CogSci2025: Theories of the past, theories of the future, San Francisco, Jul. 30 - Aug. 2, 2025.
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Dr. Zed Sehyr @zedsehyr.bsky.social · Jul 30
Go see poster P1 S 173 on Thursday 1 pm @cogscisociety.bsky.social
Infographic summarizing findings from a study on listening fatigue and communication health in 152 deaf and hard-of-hearing (DHH) adults. The top row shows three histograms titled: "Listening Fatigue (VFS10-A)," "General Fatigue (PROMIS-D)," and "Comm. Health (PROMIS-D)," displaying the distribution of outcome scores. The bottom row includes three scatterplots: A scatterplot showing listening fatigue increases with greater reliance on lipreading (x-axis: lipreading frequency; y-axis: fatigue score). A plot showing general fatigue decreases with higher ASL proficiency and earlier ASL exposure (x-axis: language dominance; y-axis: fatigue score). A plot showing communication health increases with greater ASL dominance and earlier exposure (x-axis: language dominance; y-axis: comm. health). Text highlights include: “Increases with greater reliance on lipreading & later ASL exposure” “Decreases with higher ASL proficiency & earlier exposure” “Linked to greater ASL dominance, usage & earlier exposure” Also shown are logos for Chapman University and the Cognition, Language & Plasticity Lab, a QR code labeled "References & PDF," and the contact email: sehyr@chapman.edu. Infographic titled "Methodology" outlining the design of an online retrospective survey study with 152 deaf and hard-of-hearing (DHH) adults. Participant details include: Gender: 101 women, 6 non-binary Age of ASL exposure: Early (≤6 years) 38.8%, Late (>6 years) 49.3%, None 11.8% Hearing ability: Moderate 66%, Minimal 10%, None 24% Four data collection domains are highlighted in red boxes: Demographics: Age, Age of ASL exposure, Education, Hearing ability (self-reported), Lipreading frequency Vanderbilt Listening Fatigue (VFS10-A) (Hornsby et al., 2023): Measures listening fatigue using the prompt “I feel worn out from everyday listening.” PROMIS®-Deaf (Kushalnagar et al., 2020): General fatigue: “How often did you feel tired?” Communication health: “I can easily get the information I need to make decisions.” ASL-English Bilingual Language Profile (Lindeberg, 2022): Proficiency: “How well do you understand ASL/English?” Use: “What % of time do you use ASL, English?”
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Dr. Zed Sehyr @zedsehyr.bsky.social · Jul 30
💡Promoting ASL proficiency isn’t just about access; it’s about reducing fatigue, improving well-being, and supporting communication equity for DHH bilinguals.

#DeafHealth #SignLanguageMatters #ASL #DeafBilingualism #ListeningFatigue #DeafResearch #CommunicationHealth #CogSci2025
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Dr. Zed Sehyr @zedsehyr.bsky.social · Jul 30
📉 Listening fatigue increases with greater lipreading reliance & later ASL exposure
✋ Lower general fatigue & better communication health are associated with stronger ASL skills & early exposure
🧩 Sign language use provides cognitive relief, fosters community, and supports mental health.
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Dr. Zed Sehyr @zedsehyr.bsky.social · Jul 30
Listening-related fatigue disproportionately impacts deaf and hard-of-hearing (DHH) individuals, especially those who rely on lipreading or have had limited early access to ASL.

🔍 In a survey of 152 DHH adults, we found:
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Dr. Zed Sehyr @zedsehyr.bsky.social · Jul 2
Publication here: www.jbe-platform.com/content/jour...
Rethinking constructed action | John Benjamins
We aim to demonstrate the importance of defining linguistic phenomena by using constructed action or CA (i.e. a stretch of discourse that represents one role or combination of roles depicting actions,...
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Dr. Zed Sehyr @zedsehyr.bsky.social · Jul 2
CA is used to represent actions or thoughts of others and can vary from full body role-shifts to subtle facial expressions. It's often used along with signs or classifiers. This rich narrative device may take time to fully master in signing children & plays a key role in interpreting contexts!
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