Boris New

Boris New is a University Professor at Université Savoie Mont Blanc, affiliated with the Laboratoire de Psychologie et Neurocognition (LPNC, CNRS UMR 5105). He is also a Junior Honorary Member of the Institut Universitaire de France.

Professor New's primary research interests focus on cognition, with specific expertise in psycholinguistics and reading. His work explores how language processing occurs in the human mind, with particular attention to lexical access mechanisms and reading automaticity. His research has demonstrated that consonants play a more significant role than vowels during lexical access in reading, and that reading automaticity develops approximately 5 months after reading instruction begins in French.

• Short language exposition sessions can improve self-esteem
• Letters are perceived as taller than pseudoletters, and words as taller than pseudowords
• Subtitle frequencies better predict reading times than written frequencies
• Phonological representations are critically important during reading

Professor New has been recognized with the prestigious title of Junior Honorary Member of the Institut Universitaire de France, highlighting his significant contributions to cognitive science and psycholinguistics.

He has developed numerous valuable resources for researchers in psycholinguistics, including Lexicon (a French lexical database), WorldLex (lexical frequencies database), UniPseudo (a universal pseudoword generator), Lexicon-Infra (French sublexical information), Subtlex-US (English subtitle frequencies), MultiPic (standardized drawings with norms), MEGALEX (French reaction times), and Diphones-FR (French diphone database).

Professor New maintains an active laboratory at LPNC, where he continues to investigate the cognitive mechanisms underlying language processing and reading. His work bridges theoretical cognitive science with practical applications for language learning and literacy development.