We are seeking responsible, highly motivated students with an interest in language and learning to assist with the research project that’s currently ongoing for Spring 2025. We are currently looking for availability of Tuesday and Thursday 12:30-3:30PM. We need students who are interested in transcribing and coding speech production data and designing and conducting experiments on phonotactic and verb bias learning in adults. This will be in-person, and the task involves transcribing syllables, sentences, and counting speech errors to help us learn more about what is being learned. Students will get trained on how to look at production data and how to run in-lab and online data collection (e.g., via Zoom appointments). No previous research experience is required. Please apply now to mid-Jan if you are interested. We hope you will apply to join us!

Please apply through this link: https://forms.illinois.edu/sec/1970005183

If you want to know more about what the projects are about, check these papers out! :

- Dell, G. S., Reed, K. D., Adams, D. R., & Meyer, A. S. (2000). Speech errors, phonotactic constraints, and implicit learning: a study of the role of experience in language production. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 26(6), 1355.

- Ryskin, R. A., Qi, Z., Duff, M. C., & Brown-Schmidt, S. (2017). Verb biases are shaped through lifelong learning. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 43(5), 781.