Gareth Gaskell
@mggaskell.bsky.social
Professor of psychology at the University of York. Interested in language, sleep, memory, learning.
https://www.york.ac.uk/psychology/staff/academicstaff/mgg5/
https://www.york.ac.uk/psychology/staff/academicstaff/mgg5/
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Gareth Gaskell
@mggaskell.bsky.social
· Nov 13
I think the last single author publication I had was my thesis, but in any case, here's another. An integrated framework for the learning, recognition and interpretation of words. 100% Gaskell, for better or for worse: doi.org/10.1177/1747...
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😴 Sleep stabilises old memories and supports new learning. Are these benefits of sleep causally linked, driven by a common underlying mechanism, or largely independent? Our new paper digs into this important question!
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November 19, 2025 at 3:39 PM
😴 Sleep stabilises old memories and supports new learning. Are these benefits of sleep causally linked, driven by a common underlying mechanism, or largely independent? Our new paper digs into this important question!
authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...
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Killing 'delve': We analysed 4,800+ student-authored reports across a decade to uncover how ChatGPT is shaping undergrad writing—style, sentiment, and quality. 📉📈
GenAI isn't just a tool. It's a co-author.
📝 #Preprint: www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-7...
GenAI isn't just a tool. It's a co-author.
📝 #Preprint: www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-7...
Style, Sentiment, and Quality of Undergraduate Writing in the AI Era: A Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Analysis of 4,820 Authentic Empirical Reports
As generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) becomes widespread in education, its influence on students’ academic practice raises concern. We conducted pre-registered analyses of 4,820 empirical repo...
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August 28, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Killing 'delve': We analysed 4,800+ student-authored reports across a decade to uncover how ChatGPT is shaping undergrad writing—style, sentiment, and quality. 📉📈
GenAI isn't just a tool. It's a co-author.
📝 #Preprint: www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-7...
GenAI isn't just a tool. It's a co-author.
📝 #Preprint: www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-7...
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Excited to present our new work reading minds!
Ok, not *that* kind of mind reading, but we have created a deep learning method capable of using single neuron recordings from people watching episodes of TV that can predict when they recall specific memories from the episode. 1/6
Ok, not *that* kind of mind reading, but we have created a deep learning method capable of using single neuron recordings from people watching episodes of TV that can predict when they recall specific memories from the episode. 1/6
August 28, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Excited to present our new work reading minds!
Ok, not *that* kind of mind reading, but we have created a deep learning method capable of using single neuron recordings from people watching episodes of TV that can predict when they recall specific memories from the episode. 1/6
Ok, not *that* kind of mind reading, but we have created a deep learning method capable of using single neuron recordings from people watching episodes of TV that can predict when they recall specific memories from the episode. 1/6
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🚨Postdoctoral fellowship in corpus phonetics / data science for speech with me and Ann Bradlow. Position is open immediately. Apply now! 🚨 Details: faculty.wcas.northwestern.edu/matt-goldric...
August 28, 2025 at 10:35 PM
🚨Postdoctoral fellowship in corpus phonetics / data science for speech with me and Ann Bradlow. Position is open immediately. Apply now! 🚨 Details: faculty.wcas.northwestern.edu/matt-goldric...
One last shout for these jobs - still plenty of time to apply!
We have two permanent lectureships currently available at York - home and overseas applicants are welcome! Please share: jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/lect...
Jobs - The University of York
jobs.york.ac.uk
August 25, 2025 at 8:10 AM
One last shout for these jobs - still plenty of time to apply!
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We have two permanent lectureships currently available at York - home and overseas applicants are welcome! Please share: jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/lect...
Jobs - The University of York
jobs.york.ac.uk
July 31, 2025 at 12:17 PM
We have two permanent lectureships currently available at York - home and overseas applicants are welcome! Please share: jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/lect...
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What happens when a whole city commits to giving every child a better start to life?
🚀 Early Talk for York is transforming early years education—boosting speech & language skills, tackling inequality
Full article by CarolineVollans in NurseryWorld -
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🚀 Early Talk for York is transforming early years education—boosting speech & language skills, tackling inequality
Full article by CarolineVollans in NurseryWorld -
www.nurseryworld.co.uk/content/feat...
Early Talk for York: an accessible and effective programme to support communication - Nursery World
An early speech, language and communication programme in York is improving the skills of children in need.
Caroline Vollans reports.
www.nurseryworld.co.uk
August 7, 2025 at 6:13 AM
What happens when a whole city commits to giving every child a better start to life?
🚀 Early Talk for York is transforming early years education—boosting speech & language skills, tackling inequality
Full article by CarolineVollans in NurseryWorld -
www.nurseryworld.co.uk/content/feat...
🚀 Early Talk for York is transforming early years education—boosting speech & language skills, tackling inequality
Full article by CarolineVollans in NurseryWorld -
www.nurseryworld.co.uk/content/feat...
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After you fall asleep in the sleep lab, we can decide what you dream about — as Karen Konkoly showed in her PhD work and just published in this new paper:
“Investigating dreams by strategically presenting sounds during REM sleep to reactivate waking experiences”
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“Investigating dreams by strategically presenting sounds during REM sleep to reactivate waking experiences”
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August 6, 2025 at 3:49 AM
After you fall asleep in the sleep lab, we can decide what you dream about — as Karen Konkoly showed in her PhD work and just published in this new paper:
“Investigating dreams by strategically presenting sounds during REM sleep to reactivate waking experiences”
authors.elsevier.com/c/1lWFU6TBG5...
“Investigating dreams by strategically presenting sounds during REM sleep to reactivate waking experiences”
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***🚨 New Paper 🚨***
Both #sleep and eyes-closed waking rest improve memory. But sleep also increases FALSE recall in some paradigms.
Q: Does eyes-closed rest similarly increase false recall?
A: No.
Free access link:
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#sleeppeeps #psychscisky 🧠🟦
Both #sleep and eyes-closed waking rest improve memory. But sleep also increases FALSE recall in some paradigms.
Q: Does eyes-closed rest similarly increase false recall?
A: No.
Free access link:
authors.elsevier.com/a/1lYgb3qNaA...
#sleeppeeps #psychscisky 🧠🟦
August 5, 2025 at 1:27 PM
***🚨 New Paper 🚨***
Both #sleep and eyes-closed waking rest improve memory. But sleep also increases FALSE recall in some paradigms.
Q: Does eyes-closed rest similarly increase false recall?
A: No.
Free access link:
authors.elsevier.com/a/1lYgb3qNaA...
#sleeppeeps #psychscisky 🧠🟦
Both #sleep and eyes-closed waking rest improve memory. But sleep also increases FALSE recall in some paradigms.
Q: Does eyes-closed rest similarly increase false recall?
A: No.
Free access link:
authors.elsevier.com/a/1lYgb3qNaA...
#sleeppeeps #psychscisky 🧠🟦
We have two permanent lectureships currently available at York - home and overseas applicants are welcome! Please share: jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/lect...
Jobs - The University of York
jobs.york.ac.uk
July 31, 2025 at 12:17 PM
We have two permanent lectureships currently available at York - home and overseas applicants are welcome! Please share: jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/lect...
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Excited to share our newly published paper! 👇 Massive thanks to @harrington-mo.bsky.social @sacairney.bsky.social @mggaskell.bsky.social
"Does overnight memory consolidation support next-day learning?"
📢 New paper from: Anna Guttesen (annaavali.bsky.social), Marcus Harrington (@harrington-mo.bsky.social), Gareth Gaskell (mggaskell.bsky.social), & Scott Cairney (sacairney.bsky.social)
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📢 New paper from: Anna Guttesen (annaavali.bsky.social), Marcus Harrington (@harrington-mo.bsky.social), Gareth Gaskell (mggaskell.bsky.social), & Scott Cairney (sacairney.bsky.social)
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Does overnight memory consolidation support next-day learning?
Sleep supports memory consolidation and next-day learning. The Active Systems model of consolidation proposes that sleep facilitates a shift in the me…
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July 21, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Excited to share our newly published paper! 👇 Massive thanks to @harrington-mo.bsky.social @sacairney.bsky.social @mggaskell.bsky.social
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📣 New job alert! I'm looking for a 2-year research assistant for a project on word learning from childhood to adulthood. Come and join us in lovely York! Please RT 🙏 @yorkpsychology.bsky.social jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/rese...
Jobs - The University of York
jobs.york.ac.uk
July 17, 2025 at 12:44 PM
📣 New job alert! I'm looking for a 2-year research assistant for a project on word learning from childhood to adulthood. Come and join us in lovely York! Please RT 🙏 @yorkpsychology.bsky.social jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/rese...
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New post for an SLT/SLP Research Associate/Assistant to work on an @edldproject.bsky.social project to validate a screening tool to identify #DevLangDis in adults! Please RT widely! @suze-freogirl.bsky.social @emilymayjackson.bsky.social @profnikkibotting.bsky.social www.bath.ac.uk/jobs/Vacancy...
ED12650 Research Assistant/Associate - Jobs at Bath
Research Associate
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May 13, 2025 at 1:45 PM
New post for an SLT/SLP Research Associate/Assistant to work on an @edldproject.bsky.social project to validate a screening tool to identify #DevLangDis in adults! Please RT widely! @suze-freogirl.bsky.social @emilymayjackson.bsky.social @profnikkibotting.bsky.social www.bath.ac.uk/jobs/Vacancy...
A typically brilliant talk from @jennirodd.bsky.social for her @exppsychsoc.bsky.social Mid-career Award
April 3, 2025 at 12:54 PM
A typically brilliant talk from @jennirodd.bsky.social for her @exppsychsoc.bsky.social Mid-career Award
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Hello world! 👋 We are the School & University Network for Research Across Yorkshire. We provide opportunities for schools and researchers to work together on understanding child development. Please do say hello, and find out more about joining the network here sunray.york.ac.uk
April 2, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Hello world! 👋 We are the School & University Network for Research Across Yorkshire. We provide opportunities for schools and researchers to work together on understanding child development. Please do say hello, and find out more about joining the network here sunray.york.ac.uk
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Inaugural post on bsky: The ECOLANG Multimodal Corpus, providing audiovisual recordings and annotations of multimodal communicative behaviours by English-speaking adults in dyadic interaction with a child or another adult is now available rdcu.be/eblMF
The ECOLANG Multimodal Corpus of adult-child and adult-adult Language
Scientific Data - The ECOLANG Multimodal Corpus of adult-child and adult-adult Language
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February 26, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Inaugural post on bsky: The ECOLANG Multimodal Corpus, providing audiovisual recordings and annotations of multimodal communicative behaviours by English-speaking adults in dyadic interaction with a child or another adult is now available rdcu.be/eblMF
Congratulations Matthew, this is a lovely study! @yorkpsychology.bsky.social
Very proud of this latest paper, which shows that reading two unrelated words in a meaningful sentence will push these words closer in semantic space—an effect observed 5min, 20min, and 12 hrs after initial exposure.
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Involvement of episodic memory in language comprehension: Naturalistic comprehension pushes unrelated words closer in semantic space for at least 12 h
Recent experience with a word significantly influences its subsequent interpretation. For instance, encountering bank in a river-related context biase…
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February 24, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Congratulations Matthew, this is a lovely study! @yorkpsychology.bsky.social
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Read this: it really captures the reality of mass redundancies in the university sector, which will only snowball from here.
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Two Weeks In The Death Spiral Of Cardiff University -
Reading Time: 4 minutesBy an anonymous academic. Cover image by Adwitiya Pal On the second day of classes…
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February 21, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Read this: it really captures the reality of mass redundancies in the university sector, which will only snowball from here.
voice.cymru/two-weeks-in...
voice.cymru/two-weeks-in...
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Very happy to share our new preprint revealing no evidence for a targeted memory reactivation (TMR) effect on word-meaning priming (1/8): osf.io/preprints/ps...
OSF
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February 19, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Very happy to share our new preprint revealing no evidence for a targeted memory reactivation (TMR) effect on word-meaning priming (1/8): osf.io/preprints/ps...
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For social psychologists looking for a more permanent home in the UK, Oxford Experimental Psychology Department @oxexppsy.bsky.social is hiring. my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...
Job Details
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January 31, 2025 at 3:34 PM
For social psychologists looking for a more permanent home in the UK, Oxford Experimental Psychology Department @oxexppsy.bsky.social is hiring. my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...
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Should the Medical Research Council end sustained funding for its internationally renowned scientific units? 600 scientists don't think so.The UK needs sustained investment in basic science and challenge-led investments. #Neuroskyence @mrccbu.bsky.social www.timeshighereducation.com/news/nobelis...
Nobelists urge rethink on MRC unit funding changes
Nobel laureates back calls to pause new system of Medical Research Council funding which threatens future of well-established research units
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January 22, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Should the Medical Research Council end sustained funding for its internationally renowned scientific units? 600 scientists don't think so.The UK needs sustained investment in basic science and challenge-led investments. #Neuroskyence @mrccbu.bsky.social www.timeshighereducation.com/news/nobelis...
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Eleanor Maguire, who died 4 January at age 54, pioneered the famous London taxi-driver study and naturalistic approaches for studying spatial and episodic memory in people.
By @callimcflurry.bsky.social
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By @callimcflurry.bsky.social
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Remembering Eleanor Maguire, ‘trailblazer’ of human memory
Maguire, mastermind of the famous London taxi-driver study, broadened the field and championed the importance of spatial representations in memory.
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January 10, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Eleanor Maguire, who died 4 January at age 54, pioneered the famous London taxi-driver study and naturalistic approaches for studying spatial and episodic memory in people.
By @callimcflurry.bsky.social
www.thetransmitter.org/memory/remem...
By @callimcflurry.bsky.social
www.thetransmitter.org/memory/remem...
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Why do we suffer from more intrusive thoughts when we're sleep deprived? Find out in this SciAm article on our latest work by @rachelnuwer.bsky.social, featuring @zarabergstrom.bsky.social and @marwimber.bsky.social www.scientificamerican.com/article/bad-...
Bad Sleep Lets Intrusive Thoughts Flood In
Findings reveal the memory-related brain processes that generate unwanted thoughts when people are sleep deprived
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January 9, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Why do we suffer from more intrusive thoughts when we're sleep deprived? Find out in this SciAm article on our latest work by @rachelnuwer.bsky.social, featuring @zarabergstrom.bsky.social and @marwimber.bsky.social www.scientificamerican.com/article/bad-...
Excellent news for our students (and staff!)
Some very lovely news from me
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Greg Jenner appointed an Honorary Fellow in the Department of History
The public historian, author and broadcaster Greg Jenner has been appointed as a Fellow of the Institute for the Public Understanding of the Past (IPUP) in the University of York’s Department of Histo...
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January 8, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Excellent news for our students (and staff!)