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Brendan Costello

@BDNCostello

Interested in sign languages, cognitive science, linguistics. Researcher at BCBL. Trying to light candles before cursing the darkness.

 Basque Country, Spain
Joined November 2013
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New work with my collaborator Anna Banaszkiewicz on bimodal bilinguals of Polish Sign Language (PJM) and Polish. What is up with the parietal lobe? Get a free copy (until 27th October) here: authors.elsevier.com/c/1jjp1…
Screenshot of the article title showing the logos of the publisher Elsevier and the journal Neuropsychologia and the following text: Neuropsychologia Volume 204, 5 November 2024, 108973 Early language experience and modality affect parietal cortex activation in different hemispheres: Insights from hearing bimodal bilinguals A. Banaszkiewicz, B. Costello, A. Marchewka

ALT Screenshot of the article title showing the logos of the publisher Elsevier and the journal Neuropsychologia and the following text: Neuropsychologia Volume 204, 5 November 2024, 108973 Early language experience and modality affect parietal cortex activation in different hemispheres: Insights from hearing bimodal bilinguals A. Banaszkiewicz, B. Costello, A. Marchewka

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Today is Spain's National Day of the Sign Languages (and the 10th anniversary of this special day). 🙌 We join the signing community in celebrating our linguistic heritage and continuing to work towards full recognition and equality for sign languages.
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Hoy es el Día Nacional de la Lenguas de Signos Españolas (y el décimo aniversario de este día tan especial). 🙌 Nos sumamos a la comunidad signante para celebrar nuestro patrimonio lingüístico y para seguir trabando para la normalización de las lenguas de signos.
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We're hiring! If you know LSE and want to work in research, join the team! Deadline: 31st May. ¡Oferta de trabajo! Si sabes LSE y quieres trabajar en investigación, ¡únete! Fecha límite: 31 de mayo. @bcbl_ @NeuroLang_BCBL bcbl.eu/es/unete-a-nosotros/…
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#PhDposition at @bcbl_ to study bimodal bilingualism and the neurocognition of sign language through the prestigious INPhINIT fellowship program. Deadline 24th Jan! finder-fellowships.lacaixafo… @NeuroLang_BCBL
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Great postdoc opportunity at a great lab at the Uni of Amsterdam, developing a digital platform to teach kids sign language. vacatures.uva.nl/UvA/job/Pos…
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We're hiring. Want to do a PhD in how the meanings of signs relate to one another, and what this means for the sign lexicon? Free association data! Network theory! Spanish Sign Language! Iconicity! Modality! More info, less exclamation marks here: bcbl.eu/en/join-us/job-offer…
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🙌International Day of Sign Languages 🙌Día Internacional de las Lenguas de Signos
World Federation of the Deaf (@WFDeaf_org) profile pictureWorld Federation of the Deaf@WFDeaf_org23 Sep 2023
𝐀 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 #𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐟 𝐏𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐂𝐚𝐧 𝐒𝐢𝐠𝐧 𝐀𝐧𝐲𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 The WFD calls upon all governments to take measures to ensure at least 50% of their children know their national sign languages. ➡️Read more: wfdeaf.org/iwdeaf2023/ #IWDP #IDSL
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Buscamos un(a) ayudante de investigación con buenos conocimientos de lengua de signos española (LSE) para trabajar en un nuevo proyecto sobre las redes semánticas de la lengua de signos. Más info: bcbl.eu/es/unete-a-nosotros/…
Anuncio de trabajo para el puesto de ayudante de investigación lengua de signos española (LSE). El texto completo del anuncio está disponible en: https://www.bcbl.eu/es/unete-a-nosotros/ofertas-trabajo/puesto-asistente-investigacion-linea-investigacion-lengua-signos El cartel incluye un código QR que enlaza con: https://www.infojobs.net/donostia-san-sebastian/asistente-investigacion-signante-lse/of-i7b2fd8b1784143a27a56fc0da221d0

ALT Anuncio de trabajo para el puesto de ayudante de investigación lengua de signos española (LSE). El texto completo del anuncio está disponible en: https://www.bcbl.eu/es/unete-a-nosotros/ofertas-trabajo/puesto-asistente-investigacion-linea-investigacion-lengua-signos El cartel incluye un código QR que enlaza con: https://www.infojobs.net/donostia-san-sebastian/asistente-investigacion-signante-lse/of-i7b2fd8b1784143a27a56fc0da221d0

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So pleased to be among wimmin in science @ISP_2023 #WomenInSTEM
Poster session of the International Symposium of Psycholinguistics 2023, with various people discussing posters. In the foreground, a handbag is elegantly hanging from the top of one of the poster boards.

ALT Poster session of the International Symposium of Psycholinguistics 2023, with various people discussing posters. In the foreground, a handbag is elegantly hanging from the top of one of the poster boards.

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Deaf & interested in working in research into language? This is a great opportunity to gain experience in an amazing lab. Deadline 31st March. llcn.sdsu.edu/participate/li… @kemmorey1 @SDSU
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How does modality (speech/sign) impact language structure & processing? Find out what motion capture & neuroimaging reveal at @LunaRivolta’s thesis defence. Friday 10th March, 10am (CET). On Zoom with International Sign interpretation. Contact bcostello@bcbl.eu for link. @bcbl_
Title page of thesis with the following text: Temporal structure in language production and processing: a crossmodal comparison of spoken and sign language Doctoral dissertation by Chiara Luna Rivolta Supervised by Dr. Manuel Carreiras and Dr. Brendan Costello [Logo of the University of the Basque Country with the motto “eman ta zabal zazu” above and below the university’s name in Spanish (Universidad del País Vasco) and Basque (Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea)] 2023

ALT Title page of thesis with the following text: Temporal structure in language production and processing: a crossmodal comparison of spoken and sign language Doctoral dissertation by Chiara Luna Rivolta Supervised by Dr. Manuel Carreiras and Dr. Brendan Costello [Logo of the University of the Basque Country with the motto “eman ta zabal zazu” above and below the university’s name in Spanish (Universidad del País Vasco) and Basque (Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea)] 2023

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También buscamos un Asistente de Investigación con buen nivel de LSE. [We’re also looking for a Research Assistant with great Spanish Sign Language skills.]
BCBL (@bcbl_) profile pictureBCBL@bcbl_10 Nov 2022
🆕¡Buscamos ayudante/a de investigación! Desde BCBL ofrecemos un puesto a jornada completa en el grupo @NeuroLang_BCBL para trabajar en un proyecto que investiga la lectura en personas sordas. ✍️Fecha límite para presentar candidaturas: 20/11/22 Toda la info y requisitos👇

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Interested in doing a PhD on the neurocognition of sign language (or know somebody who is)? The @bcbl_ is offering a funded position through the INPhINIT fellowship programme. finder-fellowships.lacaixafo… @NeuroLang_BCBL
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Bob McMurray, John Muegge & Keith Apfelbaum's commentary on our recent article on cross-language co-activation in bimodal bilinguals highlights the importance of flexibility in word/sign recognition. @SaulVillameriel @bcbl_ @NeuroLang_BCBL @PNASNews pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pna…
Blurred text. The relatively small and unique population of bimodal bilingual listeners studied by Villamerial et al. (3) and others (6) has generated fundamental insights that highlight the diversity of mechanisms by which all language users solve the problems of word recognition and raised crucial questions for our understanding of language in all listeners. Blurred text.

ALT Blurred text. The relatively small and unique population of bimodal bilingual listeners studied by Villamerial et al. (3) and others (6) has generated fundamental insights that highlight the diversity of mechanisms by which all language users solve the problems of word recognition and raised crucial questions for our understanding of language in all listeners. Blurred text.

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Delighted to see results of @SaulVillameriel‘s PhD work published in PNAS. Cross-language coactivation in bimodal bilinguals (of Spanish & LSE) in both directions & with interesting timings of the effects. doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2203906… @bcbl_ @NeuroLang_BCBL
Cross-modal and cross-language activation in bilinguals reveals lexical competition even when words...

Cross-modal and cross-language activation in bilinguals reveals lexical competition even when words...

We exploit the phenomenon of cross-modal, cross-language activation to examine the dynamics of language processing. Previous within-language work s...

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First installment of the new LSE Grammar. Well done, @CNLSE 🙌
CNLSE (@CNLSE) profile pictureCNLSE@CNLSE3 Jun 2022
No te pierdas los primeros contenidos de GramLSE acerca del contexto sociohistórico de la lengua de signos española ⬇️ cnlse.es/es/recursos/gramlse… #GramLSE #LSE
Imagen del vídeo en lengua de signos española que acompaña al texto del apartado web.

ALT Imagen del vídeo en lengua de signos española que acompaña al texto del apartado web.

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Great talk by Marc Gimeno-Martínez at #appesepex22 about how learning a sign language as a second language affects your neural representations, including those of your first language. 🙌@EvaGSigut
Marc giving his talk in front of a large screen showing ERP results (of the semantic relationship) from his study.

ALT Marc giving his talk in front of a large screen showing ERP results (of the semantic relationship) from his study.

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Wonderful @Radiolab episode in which a #deafblind writer (@snarkbat) unpicks the Helen Keller myth. As well as the audio version, there’s a subtitled ASL version, a braille version & a written transcript. wnycstudios.org/podcasts/rad…
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A colleague of mine is looking for British English speakers for a study. Do your magic, Twitter.
Image from Brendan Costello (@BDNCostello)
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