📣 Results for the 2026 ESCoP Early Career Publication Award for PhD students! The committee recognised Johan Achard and colleagues for the paper "Extending continuous flow models of immediate decision reports to delayed decision reports" (Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 2025).

📣 Results for the 2026 ESCoP Early Career Publication Award for Postdocs! The evaluation committee awarded Marius C. Vollberg and colleagues for their outstanding paper, "Place-related representations in setting the stage for empathy" (Cognition, 2026).

The deadline for submitting your paper to the International Society for the Philosophy of the Sciences of the Mind-ISPSM is approaching (31/07). The conference will take place between 4-6/11 ONLINE, so, no participation fees. Info below #philmind #philsci #philsky #philpsy #neurosky #neuroskyence

📣 Announcement of the Paul Bertelson Award recipient! It is our pleasure to announce that this year’s Paul Bertelson Award is awarded to Dr. Joshua Snell. We are looking forward to what announces to be an exciting keynote lecture at the next year’s 25th ESCoP conference in Cluj-Napoca, Romania.

New paper out in the journal: Newman, L., Cao, M., Tauber, S., & van Vugt, M. (2026). The Role of Different Thoughts in Tacit Coordination and Its Malleability by Interventions. Journal of Cognition, 9(1): 31, pp. 1–16. DOI: doi.org/10.5334/joc..... Come check it out!

Some recent new content in the journal: Bleser, A., Fink, G. R., Vossel, S., & Mengotti, P. (2026). The Impact of Prior Beliefs about Volatility on Adaptive Behavior. Journal of Cognition, 9(1): 32, pp. 1–18. DOI: doi.org/10.5334/joc....

We're so very proud of this! Not much of the journal metrics per se (they don't always reflect well what they're supposed to measure...), but of the fact that we offer a reputable outlet for strong cognitive science outside of commercial logics. Send us your best papers, folks!

A new paper out, cognitive peeps: Wang Y., Hendrix P., & Keuleers E. (2026). Orthographic Neighbourhood Size Effects in Chinese Character Recognition: Small, Inconsistent, and Theoretically Ambiguous. Journal of Cognition 9(1):33, pp. 1–23. DOI: doi.org/10.5334/joc....

A new paper is out in the journal: Fujita, H. (2026). Competing Biases in Real-Time Sentence Processing. Journal of Cognition, 9(1): 35, pp. 1–19. DOI: doi.org/10.5334/joc.... Come check this out!

Last year, the great @ruthbyrne.bsky.social was awarded the prestigious Broadbent prize by @escop.bsky.social. Her research on imaginative thought now shines in the journal -- doi.org/10.5334/joc..... Come check it out!

Research Assistant - Consciousness Research group, BCBL, Basque Center on Cognition, Brain & Language Application deadline: 30 June 2026

PhD position in the BraveNewWord ERC project, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy Application deadline: 18 July 2026

If you like Metascience, come by June 25th in Oslo! We are in Norway for a lab retreat, and will present work on effect size interpretation and Metacheck. See you there! ONH Metascience Symposium 2026 | Oslo Nye Høyskole oslonyehoyskole.no/Arrangement/...

The submission portal for #AIMOS2026 is now open. Submit your lightning talks, discussion groups hackathons, and workshops now. www.aimos2026.org/submit

Flux Congress 2026 La Jolla, California, USA 8-10 September 2026 The Flux Society’s purpose is to advance the understanding of human brain development by serving as a forum for professional and student scientists, physicians, and educators.

Fechner Day 2026 Umeå, Sweden 20-22 October 2026 Fechner Day 2026 will bring together researchers interested in quantitative approaches to sensation and perception in the vibrant university city of Umeå, in northern Sweden.

Graduate Summer School on Computational Decision Sciences London, UK 7-11 September 2026 Graduate Summer School on Computational Decision Sciences will bring together an interdisciplinary audience tackling decision making in different scientific fields. Registration deadline: 15 June 2026

ERC-funded PhD Position, University of Pavia The 3-year position embedded in the ERC-funded project OutOfSpace (PI: Luca Rinaldi), which investigates how human knowledge emerges from the interaction between spatial, perceptual and linguistic representations. Application deadline: 15 June 2026

A new paper just out at JoC: Davis, G. (2026). Centre-of Mass Confounds Contribute to Familiar Size Stroop Effects with Boger and Firestone’s ‘Visual Anagrams’. Journal of Cognition, 9(1): 27, pp. 1–10. DOI: doi.org/10.5334/joc....

New content in the journal, come check it out! Frede L., Bardach L., Strittmatter Y., Richter E., Mueckstein M., & Spitzer M. W. H. (2026). Knowledge Gap Illustrations Spark Curiosity. Journal of Cognition, 9(1):28, pp. 1–22. DOI: doi.org/10.5334/joc....

Postdoctoral position in Artificial Intelligence, BCBL, Basque Center on Cognition, Brain and Language, Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain Application deadline: 10 June 2026

The Erasmus Mundus Joint Master’s Degree “Multilingualism and Cultural Diversity (MultiDiverse)” The Erasmus Mundus Joint Master’s Degree “Multilingualism and Cultural Diversity (MultiDiverse)” is a prestigious, international programme combining linguistics, education, psychology, and sociology.

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New content: Vidal, A., Damiani, F., Valyan, A., Soto-Faraco, S., & Moreno-Bote, R. (2025). Fluctuations in Sequential Many-Alternative Decisions Reveal Strategies Beyond Immediate Reward Maximisation. Journal of Cognition, 8(1): 55, pp. 1–31. DOI: doi.org/10.5334/joc.... #psychscisky

New content: Rothermund, K., Martini, A., Sprengholz, P., & Moeller, B. (2026). Underlying Sources of Response-Response Contingency Learning. Journal of Cognition, 9(1): 19, pp. 1–14. DOI: doi.org/10.5334/joc..... Come check this out people!

New content guys! Chen, I. Y., Mathȏt, S., & Akyürek, E. G. (2026). Subtle Gaze and Pupil Dynamics: Detecting Recognition of Familiar Faces with Moving Serial Visual Presentation. Journal of Cognition, 9(1): 20, pp. 1–21. DOI: doi.org/10.5334/joc....

Some new exciting content in the journal folks! Hermans, F., Schaeken, W., Bruckmüller, S., & Hoorens, V. (2026). When Do Generics Feel Justifiable? A Registered Report Bridging Key Theories. Journal of Cognition, 9(1): 21, pp. 1–26. DOI: doi.org/10.5334/joc....

Some new content again for you, guys 😎❤️ Franke, K., Rothermund, K., Hommel, B., & Giesen, C. G. (2026). Negative Feedback Does Not Reverse Observationally Acquired Binding and Retrieval Effects: A Failed Replication. Journal of Cognition, 9(1): 22, pp. 1–14. DOI: doi.org/10.5334/joc....

New content alert: Keller, V. G., Mak, M. H. C., Cairney, S. A., & Gaskell, M. G. (2026). No Effects of Predictability on Word Meaning Priming and Incidental Memory. Journal of Cognition, 9(1): 23, pp. 1–28. DOI: doi.org/10.5334/joc.... Come check this out!

New paper published folks: Weis, P. P., Kunde, W., & Wirth, R. (2026). Playing With Matches: Preparatory Cognitive Processing Shapes Affective Evaluation. Journal of Cognition, 9(1): 24, pp. 1–15. DOI: doi.org/10.5334/joc....

Some new content again, people: Dames, H., Popov, V., & Oberauer, K. (2026). Forget For Now, but Remember Later: Can People Selectively Remove Information From Working Memory While Keeping it in Long-Term Memory? Journal of Cognition, 9(1): 25, pp. 1–22. DOI: doi.org/10.5334/joc....

A new paper is out: Shimi, A., & Charalambidou, C. (2026). When Attention Fails Memory: Voluntary Orienting Deficits and Visual Short Term Memory in Intellectual Disability. Journal of Cognition, 9(1): 26, pp. 1–16. DOI: doi.org/10.5334/joc....

Four-year PhD position in developmental neurosciences at the Centre for Research in Cognition and Neurosciences, Université libre de Bruxelles, Belgium Adélaïde de Heering is hiring a graduate student on the Acquisition and Learning of Infant Conscious Experience. Application deadline: 1 July 2026.

PhD program in Psychological Sciences, University of Padua, Italy A three-year programme entirely taught in English, 10 fully funded positions (scholarships included). Application deadline: 20 May 2026

International Conference On Memory (ICOM7) Glasgow, UK 26-30 July 2027 We are delighted to announce that, after a 10‑year hiatus, the International Conference on Memory (ICOM) returns in July 2027, hosted in Glasgow, UK.

***4-year Career Development Research Fellowship in Psychology now available at Oxford!*** Open to all areas of Psychology, including Cognitive/Behavioural Neuroscience. PhD in last three years, or be about to submit (some exceptions apply). Deadline: 21st May. www.sjc.ox.ac.uk/discover/vac...

A four-year PhD position in computational cognitive science at the Center for Research in Cognition and Neuroscience, Université libre de Bruxelles Application deadline: 1 May 2026

CIMCYC International Doctoral Summer School on Psychological Approaches to Misinformation in Minds and Society Granada, Spain 15-18 September 2026 Abstract submission deadline: 22 May 2026

Postdoc position in cognitive/computational neuroscience, BCBL, San Sebastian, Basque Country, Spain The project will investigate how the brain learns and exploits the statistical structure of the sensory input during auditory perception. Application deadline: 31 May 2026

PhD position in Brain & Cognition, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium A PhD candidate would conduct research in the field of cognitive control, multitasking and aging, under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Eva Van den Bussche and Dr. Gethin Hughes.

CCPM 2026: Cognitive Control and Performance Monitoring Carry-le-Rouet, France 20-22 May 2026 The conference aims at bringing together experts in distinct but related research domains like cognitive control, metacognition or introspection. Abstract submission deadline: 30 April 2026

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