{"id":3661,"date":"2020-12-01T18:13:33","date_gmt":"2020-12-01T18:13:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/cinn\/?p=3661"},"modified":"2025-05-01T14:19:54","modified_gmt":"2025-05-01T13:19:54","slug":"doug-saddy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/cinn\/doug-saddy\/","title":{"rendered":"Doug Saddy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/6&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;2497&#8243; img_size=&#8221;150*150&#8243; style=&#8221;vc_box_circle_2&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text]Founding Director of CINN,<br \/>\nProfessor of Linguistics,<br \/>\nSchool of Psychology and Clinical Language Sciences<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->[\/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/12&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1621884822719{margin: 0px !important;padding: 0px !important;border: 0px initial !important;}&#8221;][vc_icon icon_fontawesome=&#8221;fas fa-envelope&#8221; color=&#8221;custom&#8221; size=&#8221;xs&#8221; custom_color=&#8221;#a50454&#8243; link=&#8221;url:mailto%3Aj.d.saddy%40reading.ac.uk&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/12&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1621884810575{margin: 0px !important;padding: 0px !important;border: 0px initial !important;}&#8221;][vc_icon icon_fontawesome=&#8221;fas fa-globe&#8221; color=&#8221;custom&#8221; size=&#8221;xs&#8221; custom_color=&#8221;#a50454&#8243;][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/12&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1621884798279{margin: 0px !important;padding: 0px !important;border: 0px initial !important;}&#8221;][vc_icon icon_fontawesome=&#8221;fab fa-twitter&#8221; color=&#8221;custom&#8221; size=&#8221;xs&#8221; custom_color=&#8221;#a50454&#8243;][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/12&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1621884785688{margin: 0px !important;padding: 0px !important;border: 0px initial !important;}&#8221;][vc_icon icon_fontawesome=&#8221;fab fa-github&#8221; color=&#8221;custom&#8221; size=&#8221;xs&#8221; custom_color=&#8221;#a50454&#8243;][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/12&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1621884771975{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-right: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;margin-left: 0px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;border-right-width: 0px !important;border-bottom-width: 0px !important;border-left-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;padding-right: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;padding-left: 0px !important;}&#8221;][vc_icon icon_fontawesome=&#8221;fas fa-university&#8221; color=&#8221;custom&#8221; size=&#8221;xs&#8221; custom_color=&#8221;#a50454&#8243; link=&#8221;url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.reading.ac.uk%2Fpcls%2Fstaff%2Fdoug-saddy&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/12&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1621884747513{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-right: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;margin-left: 0px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;border-right-width: 0px !important;border-bottom-width: 0px !important;border-left-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;padding-right: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;padding-left: 0px !important;}&#8221;][vc_icon icon_fontawesome=&#8221;fab fa-linkedin&#8221; color=&#8221;custom&#8221; size=&#8221;xs&#8221; custom_color=&#8221;#a50454&#8243;][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/6&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h3><strong>About me<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span data-teams=\"true\">Douglas Saddy is Professor of Language Sciences, Director of the MSc in Cognitive Neuroscience program and founding Director of the Centre for Integrative Neuroscience and Neurodynamics (CINN) at the University of Reading. 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