Call for Applications: ESCoP Travel Grants for the 2026 Joint ESCoP-CoPM Meeting ESCoP invites applications for Travel Funding Grants for active participation in The Joint ESCoP-CoPM Meeting 2026 in Hangzhou, China.

The submission deadline for the ESCoP-CoPM 2026 Joint Meeting is extended until 31st May, 2026! We warmly invite you to submit your work and join us for an outstanding scientific and cultural experience in Hangzhou, China, from 31 August to 4 September 2026.

The deadline for application to the European Summer School on Eye Movements (ESSEM) is coming up! Details on how to register can be found here: essem2026.org #ESSEM2026 #theeyeshaveit

Open PhD position in DFG project, Cognitive Psychology, Medical School Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany Application deadline: 1 May 2026

Research and teaching assistant (PhD student) in Psycholinguistics / Cognitive Psychology / Methods, Institute of Psychology, Lausanne, Switzerland The Statistics in Psychology Team is looking for a highly motivated PhD candidate. Application deadline: 20 April 2026 or until filled.

Research Assistant/PhD Candidate (f/m/d) Cognitive psychology, RWTH Aachen University, Germany The title od the project is “Bilingual flexibility: The impact of dispositional and situational language balance on bilinguals’ word learning of a third language”. Application deadline: 20 March 2026

📣 Call for the 2026 Early Career Publication Awards This award (€1000) recognizes outstanding publications by early-career researchers, with separate categories for PhD students and postdocs. The application deadline is 15 April 2026.

📣 Call for the 2026 Paul Bertelson Award The European Society for Cognitive Psychology is proud to announce the official call for nominations for the 2026 Paul Bertelson Award. The nomination deadline is 1 May 2026.

Sensing Time Padova, Italy 6-10 July 2026 Ever wondered how humans experience the passage of time? Join the Summer School Sensing Time: How We Process Time Across Real and Extended Realities and immerse yourself in one of the mind’s most intriguing mysteries. Registration deadline: 15 March 2026

Postdoctoral Research Position in Cognition, University of Geneva, Switzerland The successful applicant will work with Prof. Dr. Evie Vergauwe and Prof. Dr. Jarrod Lewis-Peacock on a research project funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation. Application deadline: 25th March 2026.

Register Effects in Sentence and Discourse Processing (RESD 2026) Berlin, Germany 7-8 September 2026 Abstract submission deadline: 8 May 2026

Academic Councillor (100% tenured civil service position), Cognitive Psychology Unit of University of Trier, Trier, Germany The application deadline is the 30th of March 2026.

PhD Researcher - Artificial Intelligence BCBL, Basque Center on Cognition, Brain and Language One full-time predoctoral researcher with a background in computational neuroscience will be hired for a four-year period. The application deadline is 10 May 2026.

Postdoctoral Researcher (100 %), a 4-Year Postdoc on Psychology of Language Control, RWTH Aachen University, Germany The position is embedded in the DFG funded Research Unit “Bilingual Flexibility — The Psychology of Language Control”. Application deadline is 15 March 2026.

The 11th European Working Memory Symposium (EWoMS) Lyon, France 26 - 28 August 2026 The theme of this edition is “Working Memory, Strategy, and Consciousness”. Abstract submission deadline: 13 March 2026

MESEC Spring Workshop 2026: Mental Imagery and the Causal Study of Consciousness Ephesus, Turkey 31 May - 7 June 2026 MESEC is a grassroots student association focused on organizing inspiring scientific events, and for this workshop, a unique “debate hackathon” format will be held.

Summer School on Theory Building in Psychology Amsterdam, Netherlands 6-10 July 2026 Organised by the Theory Methods Society, the school is aimed at PhDs and more senior researchers interested in theory development and will feature lectures and tutorials by leading experts in the field.

Music & the Brain Summer School: from research to clinical and societal impact Pavia, Italy 22-26 June 2026 Abstract submission deadline: 15 March 2026

Postdoctoral researcher (80%) in Cognitive Psychology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland The successful applicant will work with the head of the Cognitive Psychology Unit, Klaus Oberauer, and the Cognitive Psychology team. Application deadline: 20 March 2026

Research Assistant – Babylab, BCBL, Basque Center on Cognition, Brain & Language The Basque Center on Cognition Brain and Language in San Sebastian (Basque Country, Spain) is looking for a Research Assistant to join its team. Application deadline: 28 February 2026

PhD Researcher - Bilingual LENS - Infant Language and Cognition Research Group, BCBL, Basque Center on Cognition, Brain & Language Application deadline: 20 April 2026

Postdoctoral Researcher - BILINGUAL LENS - Infant Language and Cognition Research Group, BCBL, Basque Center on Cognition, Brain & Language Application deadline: 20 March 2026

ESCoP-sponsored thematic meeting: the 11th European Working Memory Symposium (EWoMS) EWoMS will take place in Lyon, France, from August 26 to 28, 2026. The theme of this edition is “Working Memory, Strategy, and Consciousness”. Abstract submission deadline is on the 13th of March 2026.

ESCoP-sponsored summer school: MESEC Spring Workshop 2026: Mental Imagery and the Causal Study of Consciousness The upcoming Mediterranean Society for Consciousness Science Spring Workshop will take place from May 31rd to June 7th, 2026 in Ephesus, Turkey.

ESCoP-sponsored summer school: Music & the Brain Summer School – From Basic Research to Clinical and Societal Implications The Music & the Brain Summer School will take place in Pavia (Italy) from June 22 to 26, 2026.

Society for Neuroscience Meeting (SfN 2026) Washington DC, USA 14-18 November 2026 Abstract submission deadline for posters: 10 June 2026 www.sfn.org/meetings/neu...

The 23rd European Conference on Eye Movements (ECEM 2026) Ulm, Germany 30 August – 3 September 2026 Deadline for symposia submission: 31 January 2026 Deadline for poster submission: 31 March 2026

PhD and Postdoc Positions in the Brain Attention and Time Lab, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Prof. Ayelet Landau's Brain Attention and Time Lab is recruiting postdocs and PhD students for an exciting project on modeling memorability and time perception in the visual system.

Cognitive Neuroscience Society Annual Meeting (CNS 2026) Vancouver, Canada 7-10 March 2026

iWORDD - International Workshop on Reading and Developmental Dyslexia Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain 7-9 October 2026 Abstract submission deadline: 15 April 2026

Position: Postdoctoral Fellow Position at the Visual Attention Lab of Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

The 8th Annual Meeting of the Society for the Cognitive Science of Culture Aix-en-Provence, France 22-24 April 2026 Abstract submission deadline: 31 January 2026

Call for Papers for a special issue of Brain and Cognition: The Neuroscience of Mindfulness: Cognitive and Neural Mechanisms Guest Editors: Chong C. Chen & Henri Cohen Submission deadline: 30 June 2026

Tenure-track Appointments in the Department of Psychology, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel The Department of Psychology announces an open call for tenure-track appointments in developmental psychology, social psychology, and cognitive psychology/cognitive neuroscience.

Call for papers! Josie Booth (The University of Edinburgh) and Eva Van den Bussche (KU Leuven) are guest editing a special issue of British Journal of Developmental Psychology on "Citizen Science in developmental psychology research". Abstract submission deadline is 31 May 2026.

Postdoctoral Researcher in Marketing, University of Basel, Switzerland Application deadline: until filled

Postdoctoral Position: SENSE: Sensory Education in Children with Multiple Impairments, DPU, Copenhagen, Denmark Application deadline: 15 January 2026

International Conference on Prospective Memory ICPM 2026 Heidelberg, Germany 12-16 July 2026 Abstract submission deadline: 31 December 2025 Early registration deadline: 14 March 2026 Registration deadline: 15 April 2026

PhD position (75% according to German TVL13 salary scale, funded by the DFG) for four years in the area of cognitive neuroscience of bilingual control, Aachen, Germany

Interdisciplinary collaboration is essential for addressing complex scientific challenges, resulting in novel approaches, innovative methodologies and a more holistic understanding of complex phenomena. 🔹To encourage this, the CIMCYC has launched six novel multidisciplinary collaborative projects.

Funded PhD Position, BCBL, Basque Center on Cognition, Brain & Language, Spain The Signal Processing in Neuroimaging research group at the Basque Centre on Cognition, Brain, and Language invites applications for a fully funded three-year PhD position. Application deadline: 6 January 2026

Psycholinguistics in Flanders Pavia, Italy 12-13 MAY 2026 (please not that the date in the previous post was incorrect) Abstract submission deadline: 20 February 2026 Early registration deadline: 31 March 2026 Registration deadline: 1 May 2026 sites.google.com/view/pifpavia

ESCoP is refreshing its logo The new design modernizes our visual identity while drawing inspiration from the core ideas of the current emblem: information processing, networked cognitive models, and EEG-like signal patterns.

2026 Call for Applications to PhD Program: International Doctorate for Experimental Approaches to Language And Brain (IDEALAB) at Universities of Potsdam (GER), Groningen (NL), and Macquarie University (AUS) Application deadline: 26 January 2026

📣 ESCoP Sheffield - post conference survey raffle winners! Following the ESCoP Conference in Sheffield, we are pleased to announce the three winners of our post-conference survey raffle: Iona Glebov Russinov, Luc Selen, and Elena Benini. Each of them will receive a one-year free ESCoP membership!

New content: Körner, A., Röth, L., & Rummer, R. (2025). Names with /i/ Suit Positive Faces: The Naming Paradigm. Journal of Cognition, 8(1): 52, pp. 1–14. DOI: doi.org/10.5334/joc.... #psychscisky

New content: Siew, C. S. Q., Chang, F., & Wong, J. J. (2025). Investigating the Effects of Valence, Arousal, Concreteness, and Humor on Words Unique to Singapore English. Journal of Cognition, 8(1): 53, pp. 1–22. DOI: doi.org/10.5334/joc.... #psychscisky

New content: Bethke, S., Monen, J., Rinsma, T., Trilsbeek, P., Meyer, A. S., & Hintz, F. (2025). IDLaS-DE – A Web-Based Platform for Running Customized Studies on Individual Differences in German Language Skills. Journal of Cognition, 8(1): 54, pp. 1–13. DOI: doi.org/10.5334/joc.... #psychscisky

Join us for Fall 2026. In our group, you can run studies from human behavior and neuroimaging, to large-scale NHP ephys, and join them up with a robust computational foundation. Bonus: you can help build the reading list.

New content: Ford, D., & Nadarevic, L. (2025). Revisiting the Plausibility Effect in Remembering Truth and Falsity: An Analysis of Underlying Memory and Guessing Processes. Journal of Cognition, 8(1): 46, pp. 1–13. DOI: doi.org/10.5334/joc.... #psychscisky