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Cognitive Psychology

Developmental Psychology

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Dr Alice Rees

Lecturer in Cognitive Psychology

Psychology

Fylde College

LA1 4YF

Lancaster

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ORCID: 0000-0001-5906-2693

Research overview

My overarching research interest is in how we learn about the world through language and how we communicate successfully, how is it that can people make sense of the signs and sounds an other person is making. Communication relies on more than producing and understanding words; there is a lot of meaning that we need to infer beyond what a speaker has chosen to say.

I am interested in questions about:

how listeners make sense of the things people say?
how speakers choose what to say?
what processes underlie inferencing?
what is the developmental trajectory of inferencing across the lifespan?
how do our expectations shape communication?

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Publications & Outputs

Published
Tell me something I don’t know: Speaker salience and style affect comprehenders’ expectations for informativity
Reksnes, V. R. S., Rees, A., Cummins, C. & Rohde, H., 19/09/2024, Information structure and information theory. Cook, P., Holler, A. & Fabricus-Hansen, C. (eds.). Language Science Press, (Topics at the Grammar-Discourse Interface; vol. 10).
Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSN › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
Published
Do children derive informativity inferences?
Rees, A. & Rohde, H., 7/09/2024.
Research output: Contribution to conference - Without ISBN/ISSN › Poster › peer-review
Published
Anticipating informativity in child-directed vs. adult-directed utterances
Reksnes, V. R. S., Rees, A., Cummins, C. & Rohde, H., 7/09/2024.
Research output: Contribution to conference - Without ISBN/ISSN › Poster › peer-review

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Activities

ICDL Family Fun Day
Activity: Other activity types › Types of Public engagement and outreach - Festival/Exhibition
Pint of Science
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Festival/Exhibition/Concert
Scalar and Ad‑Hoc Implicatures in Second‑Language Speakers.
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation

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Press

STEMMing the Leaky Pipeline: A “Pride in Science” special
Press/Media: Newspaper Article
Lancaster and Morecambe to host ‘Pint of Science’ festival, bringing cutting-edge research to local venues
Press/Media: Newspaper Article

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Research

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Dr Alice Rees

Research overview

Publications & Outputs

Tell me something I don’t know: Speaker salience and style affect comprehenders’ expectations for informativity

Do children derive informativity inferences?

Anticipating informativity in child-directed vs. adult-directed utterances

Activities

ICDL Family Fun Day

Pint of Science

Scalar and Ad‑Hoc Implicatures in Second‑Language Speakers.

Press

STEMMing the Leaky Pipeline: A “Pride in Science” special

Lancaster and Morecambe to host ‘Pint of Science’ festival, bringing cutting-edge research to local venues

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