I am primarily focused on research, studying language production, learning, and related topics from a broad cognitive science perspective, using experiments and computational modeling. One of the big questions motivating my work is how much language (which people usually think of as an example of special symbolic thought) might actually depend on and use the same kinds of representations and cognitive and neural processes that we use for other skilled motor activities.

I'm originally from the US (and currently working remotely from 'the other Bethesda', just north of Washington, DC), so I'm also interested in identifying and tracking the differences between US and UK dialects of English; sometimes I even get to use these in my work. I did my bachelors degree in a small college in Iowa (Grinnell College), then managed a research lab at the University of Wisconsin, Madison for a few years before starting my masters and PhD at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. After a brief post-doc at University of California, San Diego, I moved to Bangor in 2013 to join the School of Psychology.

School of Psychology

322 Adeilad Brigantia

Bangor University

Bangor, Gwynedd LL57 2AS, UK

g.m.oppenheim@bangor.ac.uk

• PhD
  University of Illinois, 2011
• MA
  University of Illinois, 2009

Masters modules:

• The Psychology of Language
• (Bi)lingualism Research Methods.

I use computational modeling, along with behavoural and neurophysiological laboratory experiments and cognitive neuropsychological methods to reverse engineer the architectures and algorithms underlying language production.  Much of my current work focuses on word learning and word retrieval.  A second line of research considers the little voice that is supposed to be in your head: inner speech.

I am willing to supervise a PhD

2024

• PublishedEmbodiment for Spatial Metaphors of Abstract Concepts Differs Across Languages in Chinese-English Bilinguals
  Wei, Y., Yang, W., Oppenheim, G., Hu, J. & Thierry, G., 4 Apr 2024, In: Language Learning. 74, S1, p. 224-257 34 p.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedSimilarity-induced interference or facilitation in language production reflects representation, not selection
  Oppenheim, G. & Nozari, N., Apr 2024, In: Cognition. 245, 105720.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2023

• PublishedTime flows vertically in Chinese
  Li, Y., Oppenheim, G. & Thierry, G., Aug 2023, In: Brain and Cognition. 170, 106057.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2022

• PublishedRapid learning of a phonemic discrimination in the first hours of life
  Wu, Y. J., Oppenheim, G., Thierry, G. & Zhang, D., Aug 2022, In: Nature Human Behaviour. 6, 8, p. 1169-1179 11 p., 35654965.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedThe psychological reality of picture name agreement
  Balatsou, E., Fisher-Baum, S. & Oppenheim, G., Jan 2022, In: Cognition. 218, 104947.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2021

• PublishedAudiovisual Learning in Dyslexic and Typical Adults: Modulating Influences of Location and Context Consistency
  Lira Calabrich, S., Oppenheim, G. & Jones, M., 28 Oct 2021, In: Frontiers in Psychology: Language Sciences. 12, 15 p., 754610.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedBehavioral interference or facilitation does not distinguish between competitive and noncompetitive accounts of lexical selection in word production.
  Oppenheim, G. & Nozari, N., 2021, Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society . Vol. 43.
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review
• PublishedEpisodic memory cues in the acquisition of novel visual-phonological associations: a webcam-based eyetracking study
  Lira Calabrich, S., Oppenheim, G. & Jones, M., 2021, Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society . Vol. 43. p. 2719-2725
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

2020

• Published"Did I Say Cherry?" Error Patterns on a Blocked Cyclic Naming Task for Bilingual Children With and Without Developmental Language Disorder.
  McMillen, S., Griffin, Z., Pena, E. D., Bedore, L. & Oppenheim, G., 27 Apr 2020, In: Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research.. 63, 4, p. 1148-1164 17 p.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedLongitudinal evidence for simultaneous bilingual language development with shifting language dominance, and how to explain it
  Oppenheim, G., Griffin, Z., Pena, E. & Bedore, L., 15 Jun 2020, In: Language Learning. 70, 52, p. 20-44
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2019

• PublishedBilinguals apply language-specific grain sizes during sentence reading
  Egan, C., Oppenheim, G., Saville, C., Moll, K. & Jones, M., Dec 2019, In: Cognition. 193, 11 p., 104018.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedLexical competition on demand
  Oppenheim, G. & Balatsou, E., 18 Aug 2019, In: Cognitive Neuropsychology. 36, 5-6, p. 216-219
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2018

• PublishedEpisodic traces and statistical regularities: Paired associate learning in typical and dyslexic readers
  Jones, M., Kuipers, J. R., Nugent, S., Miley, A. & Oppenheim, G., Aug 2018, In: Cognition. 177, p. 214-225
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedFound in translation: Late bilinguals do automatically activate their native language when they are not using it
  Oppenheim, G., Wu, Y. J. & Thierry, G., Jul 2018, In: Cognitive Science. 42, 5, p. 1700-1713
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedInteractions between Lexical Access and Articulation
  Fink, A., Oppenheim, G. & Goldrick, M., Jan 2018, In: Language, Cognition and Neuroscience. 33, 1, p. 12-24
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedThe paca that roared: Immediate cumulative semantic interference among newly acquired words.
  Oppenheim, G., Aug 2018, In: Cognition. 177, August, p. 21-29
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2017

• PublishedA blind spot in correct naming latency analyses
  Oppenheim, G., Jul 2017, In: Cognitive Neuropsychology. 34, 1-2, p. 33-41
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedA Cross-Sequential Study of Blocked Cyclic Object Naming in Spanish-English Bilingual Children.
  Griffin, Z., Bedore, L., Pena, E., Hixon, J. G. & Oppenheim, G., Nov 2017, p. 57-58. 2 p.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract › peer-review
• PublishedBreaking the Dark Side: A computational neuropsychological approach
  Irons, S., Oppenheim, G. & Fischer-Baum, S., 30 Oct 2017.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract › peer-review
• PublishedStrong competitors facilitate target name retrieval in simple picture naming
  Oppenheim, G., Sept 2017.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract › peer-review
• PublishedThe psychological reality of name agreement in picture naming
  Balatsou, E., Fischer-Baum, S. & Oppenheim, G., Sept 2017.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract › peer-review

2016

• PublishedPreserved cumulative semantic interference despite explicit memory impairment
  Oppenheim, G. M., Barr, P. & Tainturier, M. J., May 2016, Proceedings of the 2016 International Meeting of the Psychonomic Society.
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review
• PublishedScaling the Dark Side
  Oppenheim, G., Jul 2016, Proceedings of the 9th International Workshop on Language Production.
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review
• PublishedThe paca that roared: Cumulative semantic interference reveals immediate semantic integration of newly acquired vocabulary
  Oppenheim, G., May 2016, Proceedings of the 2016 International Meeting of the Psychonomic Society.
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

2015

• PublishedInsights for speech production planning from errors in inner speech: Chapter 18
  Dell, G. S. & Oppenheim, G. M., Jun 2015, Handbook of speech production. Redford, M. (ed.). Wiley-Blackwell, p. 404-418
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Other chapter contribution › peer-review

2014

• PublishedFast re-mapping in semantically driven word production: Lingering consequences show that CSI in BCN is not episodic RIF
  Oppenheim, G. M., 16 Jul 2014.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster › peer-review
• PublishedWord Production: Behavioral and Computational Considerations
  Dell, G. S., Nazbanou, N., Oppenheim, G. M., Ferreira, V. (Editor), Goldrick, M. (Editor) & Miozzo, M. (Editor), 22 May 2014, The Oxford Handbook of Language Production. 2014 ed. Oxford University Press, p. 88-104
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

2013

• PublishedInner speech as a forward model?
  Oppenheim, G. M., 1 Aug 2013, In: Behavioral and Brain Sciences. 36, 4, p. 369-370
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2012

• PublishedCumulative semantic interference without decay
  Oppenheim, G. M., 18 Jul 2012, Proceedings of the 7th International Workshop on Language Production. New York
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review
• PublishedThe case for subphonemic attenuation in inner speech: Comment on Corley, Brocklehurst, and Moat (2011)
  Oppenheim, G. M., 1 Mar 2012, In: Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition. 38, 2, p. 502-512
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2010

• PublishedMotor movement matters: the flexible abstractness of inner speech
  Oppenheim, G. M. & Dell, G. S., 1 Dec 2010, In: Memory and Cognition. 38, 8, p. 1147-1160
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedThe dark side of incremental learning: A model of cumulative semantic interference during lexical access in speech production
  Oppenheim, G. M., Dell, G. S. & Schwartz, M. F., 1 Feb 2010, In: Cognition. 114, 2, p. 227-252
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2008

• PublishedInner speech slips exhibit lexical bias, but not the phonemic similarity effect
  Oppenheim, G. M. & Dell, G. S., 1 Jan 2008, In: Cognition. 106, 1, p. 528-537
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedSaying the right word at the right time: Syntagmatic and paradigmatic interference in sentence production
  Dell, G. S., Oppenheim, G. M. & Kittredge, A. K., 1 Jan 2008, In: Language and Cognitive Processes. 23, 4, p. 583-608
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2007

• PublishedCumulative semantic interference as learning
  Oppenheim, G. M., Dell, G. S. & Schwartz, M. F., 1 Jan 2007, In: Brain and Language. 103, 1-2, p. 175-176
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2006

• PublishedCumulative semantic interference: The dark side of repetition priming
  Oppenheim, G. M., Dell, G. S. & Schwartz, M. F., 2006, p. 1819990. 1 p.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster › peer-review

2019

• Language and Cognition (Journal)

  1 Jun 2019 – 1 Jun 2022

  Activity: Editorial activity (Editorial board member)