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Developmental psychologist at Leuphana with an eye on ManyPrimates (
@manyprimates.bsky.social
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EvolDir
8 days ago
Stockholm University's Department of Zoology seeks an Associate Professor in Animal Ecology and Evolution. Deadline: Feb 28, 2026. More info:
https://su.varbi.com/en/what:job/jobID:883922/where:4/
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Associate Professor in Zoology with focus on ecology and evolution
Associate Professor in Zoology with focus on ecology and evolution
https://su.varbi.com/en/what:job/jobID:883922/where:4/
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Mike Frank
6 days ago
Very excited to share the first empirical paper from LEVANTE: we describe the LEVANTE core tasks, a set of nine open source tasks for measuring learning and development in kids ages 5-12 years.
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Lilian Weber
6 days ago
🚀 Excited to announce that I'm looking for people (PhD/Postdoc) to join my Cognitive Modelling group
@uniosnabrueck.bsky.social
. If you want to join a genuinely curious, welcoming and inclusive community of Coxis, apply here:
tinyurl.com/coxijobs
Please RT - deadline is Jan 4‼️
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David Barner
9 days ago
A common problem w/ studies testing non-WEIRD groups is they compare multiple groups using the same WEIRD measure. How can we compare groups w/ apples-apples measures w/o distorting cross-cultural differences? We explore this in this new paper!
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The Development of Morality and Conventionality Across Cultures: Implementing a Two‐Stage Model for Cross‐Cultural Research
Establishing a shared sense of right and wrong is an essential milestone for human cooperation, raising the question of whether a universal set of moral intuitions exists. However, tests of universa.....
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/desc.70103
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Garvin Brod
12 days ago
Curious about how smartphones shape children’s development? We’re recruiting a Postdoctoral Researcher for 3(+2) years for a cutting-edge randomized controlled trial conducted in collaboration with
@orbenamy.bsky.social
and her team.
iwm-tuebingen.de/en/career/jo...
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IWM Tübingen
Post-Doctoral Researcher (m/f/d)
https://iwm-tuebingen.de/en/career/jobs/1023-2025
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Rebecca Zhu
12 days ago
Now in press at Topics in Cognitive Science! We review children's understanding of different kinds of visual media across contexts, and argue that this work has important implications for childhood learning and assessment tools
@cogscisociety.bsky.social
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Tobias Gerstenberg
19 days ago
Excited that this is now out in
@nathumbehav.nature.com
🎉 David Rose (
davdrose.github.io
) led this project on how children's understanding of causal language develops. 📃 (preprint):
osf.io/preprints/ps...
📎:
github.com/davdrose/cau...
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Jacobs Foundation
about 1 month ago
📢 Applications are open for the 2026
#JacobsCIFARFellowship
! A new partnership between the Jacobs Foundation and CIFAR supports early- & mid-career researchers advancing how children learn & develop worldwide. 🗓️ Apply by 2 February 2026 →
cifarportal.smapply.io/prog/jacobs_...
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Uwe Edelheid feat. mariazielenbach
28 days ago
Who wants to be the new professor for general
#linguistics
in Cologne? 👀
ifl.phil-fak.uni-koeln.de/sites/lingui...
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Michael Pleyer
29 days ago
🚨NEW PUBLICATION ALERT!🚨 The 'Design Features' of Language Revisited (w/
@mperlman.bsky.social
@glupyan.bsky.social
Koen de Reus &
@limorraviv.bsky.social
) Feature Review out now in
#OpenAccess
in
@cp-trendscognsci.bsky.social
!
#language
#linguistics
Paper:
doi.org/10.1016/j.ti...
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We are trying something new
@leuphana.bsky.social
Our "Individual Research Master" will launch in fall '26. Students (any discipline) team up with a supervisor from Leuphana and design their own research-based curriculum that optimally prepares them for a PhD. More info:
tinyurl.com/5bvr2mbv
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Individual Research Master
Complete the degree programme Individual Research Master (M.Sc.) and kick-start you academic career working on your topic. ▶ Learn more!
https://www.leuphana.de/en/graduate-school/masters-programmes/individual-research-master.html
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Jonathan F. Kominsky
about 1 month ago
Looking for a funded Ph.D. in
#CogSci
in an interdisciplinary, research-first program? Apply to CEU!
cognitivescience.ceu.edu/admission
Deadline February 4, 2026. Please share with any interested students!
#PsychSciSky
#DevPsych
#CogPsych
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Applications Are Now Open for Academic Year 2026-2027 | Department of Cognitive Science
https://cognitivescience.ceu.edu/admission
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⚠️ New Postdoc or PhD position open (3 years+) ⚠️ 🚩Developmental milestones across cultures 🌍 Based
@leuphana.bsky.social
, in collaboration with
@mpi-eva-leipzig.bsky.social
Please share/apply! Link:
tinyurl.com/58dsn43u
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https://tinyurl.com/58dsn43u
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⚠️ New Postdoc or PhD position open (3 years+) ⚠️ 🚩Developmental milestones across cultures 🌍 Based
@leuphana.bsky.social
, in collaboration with
@mpi-eva-leipzig.bsky.social
Please share/apply! Link:
tinyurl.com/58dsn43u
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https://tinyurl.com/58dsn43u
about 1 month ago
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Moritz M. Daum
about 1 month ago
W3-Professur Entwicklungs- und Gesundheitspsychologie an der Sozial- und Bildungswissenschaftlichen Fakultät der Universität Passau. Schwerpunkt: Schulbezogene Forschung, insbesondere Lern- und Entwicklungsstörungen, Stressprävention und Umgang mit digitalen Medien:
www.uni-passau.de/fileadmin/do...
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Julien Mayor
about 1 month ago
New paper challenging the didactic role of Infant-Directed Speech (IDS) We hypothesised that parents use IDS as a didactic tool by acoustically emphasising unknown words. Analysing 38k speech segments (182 parents of 8-18m olds) => NO evidence for a didactic strategy!
doi.org/10.1037/dev0002077
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Emily M. Sanford
about 2 months ago
Are humans really the only rational animals? Our NEW PAPER 🎉 out in
@science.org
suggests otherwise! In a large collaboration led with my joint first author
@hanna-schleihauf.bsky.social
, we show that “Chimpanzees rationally revise their beliefs” 🧵
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Chimpanzees rationally revise their beliefs
The selective revision of beliefs in light of new evidence has been considered one of the hallmarks of human-level rationality. However, tests of this ability in other species are lacking. We examined...
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adq5229
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Michael Franke
2 months ago
Opening for PhD position (3.5 years) on Language Evolution | Computational Modeling | Primate Communication Joint project with
@marlenfroehlich.bsky.social
&
@elmanubohn.bsky.social
at
@unituebingen.bsky.social
in CRC "Common Ground". Share, apply, or reach out for details!
tinyurl.com/y2av9hhd
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PhD Researcher (m/f/d, E13 TV-L, 75%)
https://tinyurl.com/y2av9hhd
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ManyBirds Project
2 months ago
🐦 Exciting news! Our new paper is out in PLOS Biology: “A large-scale study across the avian clade identifies ecological drivers of neophobia.” Led by the
#ManyBirds
Project - 129 researchers, 82 institutions, 24 countries 🌍 🔗
journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
@themanybirds.bsky.social
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A large-scale study across the avian clade identifies ecological drivers of neophobia
Neophobia (the aversive response to novelty) varies considerably across species and individuals, and can impact adaptability and survival. This study assesses neophobia in 1400 subjects from 136 bird ...
https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.3003394
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Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics
3 months ago
We're seeking the next Director of the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics! Lead cutting-edge research in language & cognition. Nominations (incl. self) due 19 Dec 2025.
mpi.nl/career-education/vacancies/vacancy/nominations-and-self-nominations-sought-position-director-max
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rogier kievit
3 months ago
Gather round, all those bayes curious, pragmatic, committed or indifferent, for an elegant and flexible way to approach reliability estimation using bayesian measurement models! All thoughts and ideas welcome
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Deadline approaching fast (October 1st)!
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Applications open for the new
#PhD
program “Embracing Transformation”
@leuphana.bsky.social
(36 positions) Research how societies respond to change – whether in climate, democracy, work, or digital culture. Fin me in "Psychology of Transformation" More info:
www.leuphana.de/transformation-phd
5 months ago
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Mike Frank
3 months ago
A first blogpost from the LEVANTE team, introducing our global project perspective. A good intro if you're interested in learning more about cross-cultural developmental data collection using LEVANTE.
levante-network.org/global-colla...
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Global Collaboration to Capture Variability in Child Development - Levante
Ensuring that children around the world can flourish is one of the most important goals of our time. Developmental science has made major strides in understanding how children grow, learn, and thrive ...
https://levante-network.org/global-collaboration-to-capture-variability-in-child-development-blog-post-1/
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Applications open for the new
#PhD
program “Embracing Transformation”
@leuphana.bsky.social
(36 positions) Research how societies respond to change – whether in climate, democracy, work, or digital culture. Fin me in "Psychology of Transformation" More info:
www.leuphana.de/transformation-phd
5 months ago
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Jacobs Center for Productive Youth Development
5 months ago
Studying children often comes with challenges such as high data variance, data loss, and sample attrition. A new study by Dr. Stephanie Wermelinger,
@moritzdaum.bsky.social
, and Marco Bleiker examined person- and situation-level factors that affect data quality in developmental research. Link👇
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https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/icd.70035
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ManyDogs Project
5 months ago
🚨 Calling all dog behavior & cognition researchers - ManyDogs Project is launching ManyDogs 2! 🔍🐕🦺We're studying overimitation: Do dogs copy irrelevant actions just b/c their favorite human does them? Email
[email protected]
to collaborate globally and contribute to reproducible science!
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Tom Hardwicke
5 months ago
Come and join us at the University of Sydney School of Psychology! 🦘 Senior Lecturer / Associate Professor position
usyd.wd105.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/USYD_E...
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Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor in Psychology
Full time, continuing position, located on the Camperdown Campus at the School of Psychology Opportunity to contribute to research and teaching in a world leading Psychology department Base Salary, le...
https://usyd.wd105.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/USYD_EXTERNAL_CAREER_SITE/details/Senior-Lecturer-Associate-Professor-in-Psychology_0137116-1
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P. Kanngiesser/P. K. Hoffmann
5 months ago
Our (short) perspectives piece on challenging dyads as defaults in developmental psychology research is out (open access). Check it out here:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
With Roman Stengelin (MPI EVA)
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Challenging dyads as defaults in research on childhood social cognition
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0149763425002866?via%3Dihub
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Big Team Science Conference
6 months ago
Mark your calendars! BTSCON2025 is officially set for October 6-8th.
@psysciacc.bsky.social
@abrir.bsky.social
@manybabies.org
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Kathelijne Koops
6 months ago
Join us!!! 2 (!) PhD positions on wild chimpanzees and bonobos in the Ape Behaviour & Ecology Group and Wildminds Lab!!! 🤩🤩🤩
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Michael Franke
6 months ago
PostDoc position (3.5y) available in interdisciplinary Collaborative Research Center "Common Ground". 🎯 Topic: Pragmatic reasoning about Common Ground 🎓 linguistics | philosophy of language | cognitive science 📅 Deadline: July 14
tinyurl.com/3vd9wa6p
Please share!
@toddthelinguist.bsky.social
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Post-Doctoral Researcher (m/f/d, E13 TV-L, 100%)
https://tinyurl.com/3vd9wa6p
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Michael Franke
6 months ago
Our large-scale interdisciplinary research initiative
@unituebingen.bsky.social
on "Common Ground" now has a website:
uni-tuebingen.de/en/research/...
We are also hiring! Check out recent postings here and the continually added job ads here:
uni-tuebingen.de/en/universit...
#linguistics
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CRC Common Ground
https://uni-tuebingen.de/en/research/core-research/collaborative-research-centers/crc-common-ground/
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Leuphana Universität Lüneburg
6 months ago
We are hiring 14 early-career researchers! In the programme “Embracing Transformation” researchers investigate what transformation is and how it can be successfully shaped. Find out more:
www.leuphana.de/en/portals/e...
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Oliver Genschow
6 months ago
There is only this week left to apply for the Phd-position (75%; 4 yrs) about
#scicomm
& psychology in the context of
#Sustainability
at Leuphana University Lüneburg
@leuphana.bsky.social
.
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Mike Frank
6 months ago
Experimentology is out today!!! A group of us wrote a free online textbook for experimental methods, available at
experimentology.io
- the idea was to integrate open science into all aspects of the experimental workflow from planning to design, analysis, and writing.
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Michael Franke
6 months ago
We are hiring! Two PhD positions for interdisciplinary work on great ape communication and language evolution in a joint project with
@marlenfroehlich.bsky.social
&
@elmanubohn.bsky.social
. 🎯 evolutionary or probabilistic modeling 🗓️ deadline: Aug 13 🔗
tinyurl.com/2cnzwakj
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Come work with us on this really exciting interdisciplinary project!
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Marlen Fröhlich
6 months ago
📢 2 PhD positions (E13 TV-L, 75%) in our DFG-funded project on great ape communication & the evolution of common ground! 🧠 Backgrounds in biology, psychology or linguistics welcome. 🗓️ Deadline: Aug 13 🔗
bit.ly/4l8p7hy
&
bit.ly/46jcfAq
Please share!
@elmanubohn.bsky.social
@meanwhileina.bsky.social
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Heidi Baumgartner
6 months ago
It's been a ton of fun to work with
@mcxfrank.bsky.social
and
@asifamajid.bsky.social
on this. I'm so lucky to get to support projects like this (and
@manybabies.org
and
@btscon.bsky.social
and ...)!
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Dietmar Till
7 months ago
Die
@dfg.de
hat den linguistischen SFB Common Ground: Kognition – Grammatik – Kommunikation an der
@unituebingen.bsky.social
bewilligt! 🎉🥂Großer Erfolg der Kolleg:innen!! Herzliche Glückwünsche!! Hier geht es zur PM 👉👉👉
www.dfg.de/de/service/p...
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DFG fördert 13 neue Sonderforschungsbereiche
https://www.dfg.de/de/service/presse/pressemitteilungen/2025/pressemitteilung-nr-11
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Caroline Rowland
6 months ago
Children are incredible language learning machines. But how do they do it? Our latest paper, just published in TICS, synthesizes decades of evidence to propose four components that must be built into any theory of how children learn language. 1/
www.cell.com/trends/cogni...
@mpi-nl.bsky.social
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Constructing language: a framework for explaining acquisition
Explaining how children build a language system is a central goal of research in language acquisition, with broad implications for language evolution, adult language processing, and artificial intelli...
https://www.cell.com/trends/cognitive-sciences/fulltext/S1364-6613(25)00142-1
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Dr Rebecca Koomen
7 months ago
🎊Fully funded PhD position on cooperative sustainability🌳 Are you curious about 🧒 developmental, 🌍 cross-cultural 🦧 species comparative research on cooperative sustainability? All info here or dm me with questions!
career2.successfactors.eu/sfcareer/job...
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Career Opportunities: PhD position Cooperative Sustainability (14208)
https://career2.successfactors.eu/sfcareer/jobreqcareer?jobId=14208&company=ump
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Really looking forward to this - interdisciplinary in its best sense and with an amazing team!
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Marlen Fröhlich
7 months ago
🎉Exciting times ahead for
@elmanubohn.bsky.social
, Michael Franke, and me! We will soon be advertising 2 PhD positions (linguistics/biology/psychology) for our SFB subproject "Modeling Great Ape Signaling Behaviour" 🧮 🐵 Stay tuned!
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Fully funded PhD position
@leuphana.bsky.social
- psychology of sustainability and transformation! Come work with us
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Oliver Genschow
7 months ago
Are you passionate about
#scicomm
& psychology in the context of
#Sustainability
? We are looking for a PhD-candidate (75%; 4 yrs) for the Hub Science project "Psychology of Transformation" at Leuphana University Lüneburg!
www.leuphana.de/universitaet...
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Hub Science Project “Psychology of Transformation towards Sustainability”: Doctoral Research Associate with a background in Psychology or a related field
https://www.leuphana.de/universitaet/jobs-und-karriere/forschung-lehre/ansicht-forschung-lehre/2025/05/28/hub-science-project-psychology-of-transformation-towards-sustainability-doctoral-research-associate-with-a-background-in-psychology-or-a-related-field.html
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Limor Raviv 🐘🤗🦒🍄🦄
8 months ago
Interested in the evolution of human language and in understanding the pressures that shape languages today? Come do a PhD with me! Fully funded PhD position available in my group
@mpi-nl.bsky.social
, application deadline June 2nd:
www.mpi.nl/career-educa...
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Fully funded 4-year PhD position in Language Evolution | Max Planck InstituteMax Planck Institute for psycholinguistics
https://www.mpi.nl/career-education/vacancies/vacancy/fully-funded-4-year-phd-position-language-evolution
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Cedric Boeckx
7 months ago
Delighted to announce the publication of a collaborative effort, co-led by
@limorraviv.bsky.social
@mpi-nl.bsky.social
, showcasing the ways in which researchers have made language evolution an empirical issue: A handbook of experimental approaches to the fascinating problem of language evolution 🧪
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Mike Frank
7 months ago
We're still accepting apps for our research scientist position with LEVANTE (
levante-network.org
). This position is ideal for folks wanting to be the interface between a cool scientific project and an awesome team of software developers. Think of it as a technical product manager, but for science!
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