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He Says Potato, She Says Potahto: Young Infants Track Talker-Specific Accents

One of the most fundamental aspects of learning a language is determining the mappings between words and referents. An often-overlooked complication is that infants interact with multiple individuals who may not produce words in the same way. In the present study, we explored whether 10to 12-month-olds can use talker-specific knowledge to infer the intended referents of novel labels. During exp...

Minimum alcohol price is compatible with EU law, says Scottish court.

In a landmark ruling applauded by medical groups, a court has judged Scotland’s proposal to set a minimum price on a unit of alcohol as legal and compatible with European law. However, the Scotch Whisky Association and the trade organisation Spirits Europe, which have challenged the legality of minimum pricing, said that they planned to appeal and were confident of success. The industry mounted...

Perceptions about postdocs

1104 During his interview with EMBO reports (Wiesel T (2004) EMBO Rep 5: 747–750), Torsten Wiesel referred to postdoctoral fellows as “students” and “postdoctoral technicians”. We take issue with this notion, as we believe this does not adequately describe the important role of postdocs in research and because it sends the wrong message to prospective employers outside academic science. It is s...

Postdocs power research.

ater this month, postdoctoral researchers and representatives from research associations around the United Kingdom will gather in Cambridge, UK, for the first National Postdoc Meeting, also the inaugural event of the latest Postdoc Centre of the University of Cambridge. This gathering coincides with the United States National Postdoc Appreciation Week and marks increasing, though long overdue, ...