Matthew Mak
Assistant Professor at Warwick University. Psycholinguist interested in language. memory, and AI. Previously at York and Oxford.
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- Recruiting a #PhD student interested in cognitive psychology (language, memory) and AI. Come join me at @warwickpsych.bsky.social. Overseas students are welcome. Feel free to reach out to me to enquire. #PhD #Fellowship #academia #apply. Deadline in mid-March warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/psyc...
- When a fellow peer reviewer wrote something nasty/unjustified
- Reposted by Matthew MakThank you to everyone who attended, presented and helped organise #EPSLondon 2026! EPS meetings are coming up fast in 2026, with the next to be held at Newcastle University between Monday 30th March – Wednesday 1st April. Portals open on Monday 12th January, 10am UK time! eps.ac.uk/next-meeting/
- Gave my last lecture of the year today. And my final-year project student made me cookies🤩 I think I have peaked now. Have a lovely Christmas y'all!
- ChatGPT brought ‘delve’ to life, but students have now killed it. A large-scale analysis of students' writing from the past 10 years on how GenAI is shaping undergraduate writing: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #AI #GenAI #ChatGPT #studentwriting #delve #intricate #academia
- Reposted by Matthew MakWe are pleased to announce a call for papers for a QJEP special issue: New Perspectives on the Mental Lexicon, guest edited by Jo Taylor, Kathy Rastle and Matthew Mak. Expressions of interest are due by 20th December 2025. Further details can be found here: journals.sagepub.com/pb-assets/PD...
- I am guest editing a special issue—"New Perspectives on the Mental Lexicon" in @qjep.bsky.social with @kathyrastle.bsky.social and Jo Taylor. Expression of interest until 20th Dec. Get in touch!
- Call for papers now published for an upcoming special issue—"New Perspectives on the Mental Lexicon"—at QJEP (@qjep.bsky.social): journals.sagepub.com/pb-assets/PD...
- Reposted by Matthew MakNew blogpost on my concerns about Wellcome LEAP new $50m program on autism/microbiome links. deevybee.blogspot.com/2025/10/a-le... #autism #microbiome #biomarkers #diagnostic
- 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...
- Looking for a departmental seminar speaker for the coming academic year? Look no further! Am available to give a talk on how GenAI is shaping undergraduate writing — we analysed 4800+ authentic submissions from the last 10 years!
- Going to @exppsychsoc.bsky.social meeting next week. Gonna be my first time in Scotland! Will give a talk on my latest work analysing >4000 authentic student-authored reports to shed light on GenAI's influence on linguistic style and quality. Can't wait to share this work with the world!
- Reposted by Matthew MakWhat initiatives in your department bring people together and encourage collaboration? Looking for fresh ideas to connect people! #AcademicChatter
- Adult vs. children in word learning: Our latest study suggests that the effect of prior knowledge and consolidation may differ between adults and children in word learning. Noel Lam tested over 60+ kids! Impressive work.
- New article with Dr. Mak (@matthewmakpsy.bsky.social) examines the timecourse of word learning across development -- now out in Journal of Experimental Child Psychology! (1/3) www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #AcademicSky #PsychSky
- @warwickpsych.bsky.social is hiring two 1-year teaching-focussed assistant professors/teaching fellows (open to PhD students close to submission). Open area but one of the posts will likely be in social psy. Come join us! warwick-careers.tal.net/vx/appcentre...
- accidentally logged into my Twitter account. Had to log out after a minute of scrolling through my thread...
- Reposted by Matthew MakTens of thousands of psychological measures have been created, but 79% are not reused more than twice. In a new article in NHB lead by @faridanvari.bsky.social and @ruben.the100.ci we quantify this fragmentation in psychology's measures and propose solutions. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
- 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. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
- Results suggest involvement of episodic memory in language comprehension and highlight the flexibility of the mental lexicon. Results also provide a simple mechanism to how the lexicon acquires its associative structure.
- with @lewis-ball.bsky.social, @mggaskell.bsky.social , Catherine Walsh, and Alice O'Hagan. @warwickpsych.bsky.social
- ex-student emailed to say they won full PhD scholarships at Oxford *AND* Cambridge, then thanked me for supervision over the years. #ProudSupervisorMoment
- Reposted by Matthew MakVery 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...
- Reposted by Matthew MakImportant new evidence published today: large-scale DofE trial (N=12,166) found that two universal MH awareness interventions, in secondary schools, led to an *increase* in emotional symptoms at long term (9-12 month) follow up tinyurl.com/4ffday8y Thread below /1
- Reposted by Matthew MakOn Tues 29 Apr, Warwick Uni's COPR is hosting a free 1-day seminar for postgrads/ECRs conducting police research. Build networks & present to a friendly multidisciplinary audience. Travel bursaries available. Abstract deadline: 7 Mar warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fa... @mgsesrcdtp.bsky.social
- Reposted by Matthew MakPhD scholarship announcement 📣 www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLI727/p... Come and join my lab at U of Warwick. DM me for details and to discuss project ideas. Please RT!
- @thomhills.bsky.social looking chuffed with his baby: Behavioural Network Science: Language, Mind, Society. Go ask your library to stock this masterpiece!
- Warwick Psychology is looking to appoint a permanent Assistant/Associate Professor, with a specific focus on leading an online MSc conversion programme. Come join us! warwick-careers.tal.net/vx/appcentre...
- Reposted by Matthew MakThe April @exppsychsoc.bsky.social meeting opens for submissions on Monday. I'm giving a prize lecture & Jo Taylor has organised an amazing symposium: Recent perspectives on the mental lexicon. eps.ac.uk/next-meeting/
- Feeling grateful to have made it through my first full term as an Assistant Professor! Survived student evaluations with a 4.5/5 rating and no negative comments—almost brought me to tears (the good kind).🤩 One of my favourite comments was "Nice guy, relatable" 😂 #proud #academia #UKhigherEd.
- Thrilled to join the Experimental Psychology Society (EPS) as a committee member! Looking forward to contributing to EPS's incredible work! (Is EPS not on bsky yet??)
- Reposted by Matthew MakProf Dorothy Bishop resigns from Royal Society over Elon Musk’s continuing fellowship www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
- Reposted by Matthew MakI'm looking to recruit a PhD student (Oct 2025 start) to work on a project looking at the range of cues that guide accurate sentence comprehension. Unfortunately the funding opportunity is just for students who would pay UK fees. If you know any suitable applicants please tell them to email me.
