Hugh Rabagliati

Hugh Rabagliati is a Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Edinburgh, affiliated with the School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences. He leads the RabLab, focusing on language development, psycholinguistics in neurodevelopmental conditions, and cognitive development.

• Academic Role: Professor of Psychology
• Location: Psychology Building, 7 George Square, Edinburgh, EH8 9JZ
• Office Hours: Tuesdays 10-11

His research examines how children translate concepts into language, with emphasis on:

• Abstract Rule Learning in Infancy
• Lexical Polysemy and Meaning Structuring
• Conversational Turn-Timing Optimization
• fNIRS Studies of Infant Language Processing
• Bilingualism in Autism Spectrum Disorder
• Metascience and Replicability in Developmental Psychology

Recent publications explore neurodivergent language processing, slow mapping mechanisms, and social cognitive biases. Funded by ESRC, Leverhulme Trust, and Newton Foundation, his work includes public engagement through the Wee Science initiative.

PhD supervision opportunities exist in:

• Psycholinguistics of Early Language Production
• Neuroimaging in Infant Language Studies
• Polysemy Analysis
• Developmental Replicability Studies

He collaborates with Edinburgh's developmental science community, including ElfLand and D.A.R.T labs, and promotes open science through GitHub repositories with anonymized data and analysis scripts.