Psycholinguistics tweeps: I'm looking to hire a ft research assistant for a project on language in aging at U of Potsdam. Got people with a Masters or Bachelors looking to gain more hands-on research experience? Send them my way, I'm excited to meet them. jana-reifegerste.com/news

Reading up on studies on POCD, so I can tell my mom her dad may get back his cognitive functions at some point. Best use of my degree ever.

@DilemmaDeLuxe Oh oh?

"I hope that one day you will have the experience of doing something you do not understand for someone you love." - Jonathan Safran Foer <3

@TheFoodLab NO! This German loves both!

LING peeps: Does anyone have access to "Lalleman, van Santen, & van Heuven (1997) L2 processing of Dutch regular and irregular verbs."?

No, 1st author, if scientist X predicted "a>b" and we predicted "a=b," we're not more correct than X if "a<b." It means all of us were wrong

In the past 48h I've heard three people make jokes about underspecification that made me lol. I associate with the right people, it seems.

Keynote speaker: "People misquote me all the time. I didn't say 'Linguists have more sex.' I said they talk more about having sex."

Guy at party after introductions were made: "You're a doctor of psychology? Like Hannibal Lecter?"#curiousassociations

Doodle etiquette: Don't reply to a Doodle with several possible dates by clicking "If need be" for exactly one option.

It's that time of the year where I rediscover twitter and wish I used it more often, so random updates don't look like important statements. – at Berlin, Germany

"just allow me to go to another country for a while" is always a great basis for a research question. #overlyhonestscience

It's an irrational angst kind of day which goes incredibly well with the paper revising and apartment hunting I had planned for today.

Bizarrely, "Deutsche Bahn promised not to strike for the upcoming 7 days" is one of the best and most unexpected things I've heard all day.

What a game, Germany - well done! Also, you have the chance not to be arrogant dickheads about this victory. Deal? Deal. #BRAGER

Gonna watch the #usager game with a bunch of my participants. #science

"Because CANADA!" has become a legitimate excuse for all ridiculous behavior as everybody in our lab scrambles to submit to Mental Lexicon.

"Just think, this time tomorrow you'll be... drunk!" - I'm blessed to have friends who put things into perspective.

Overheard at SXF: "If I were a woman, I bet I'd be allowed to have an extra purse as carry-on."