Tracking Scientific Change Through an Open Seminar Archive Irene Bellin, Lena K. Tulner, Ahmad Beyh, Alfie Wearn, Stephanie J Forkel Under review Scientific talks capture how researchers frame questions, debate ideas, and communicate emerging methods, providing a complementary record of scientific change to the published literature. We investigated whether an open neuroscience seminar archive could reveal shifting scientific attention and contain predictive information about subsequent...

On 27 October 2026, Stephanie Forkel will give an online seminar at Brainhack South Africa, entitled “Redefining language as an emergent function of the connected brain”. The talk will explore how distributed brain networks and individual differences shape language, with implications for understanding language difficulties and recovery. Join via Zoom from 09:00–10:00 CAT. Scan the QR code on the poster to register.

We’re nearly there — EMERGENCE South Africa is launching at University of the Witwatersrand! On 21 October 2026, we’ll bring together researchers, clinicians, students, and international partners for a full day on language, the brain, multilingualism, aphasia, clinical practice, and South Africa–Europe collaboration. A big thank you to Aline Ferreira Correia for leading the local organisation at Wits and helping shape the South African programme and collaboration. 📍 University of the...