A nice shift in perceived colour between central and peripheral vision. The fixated disc looks purple while the others look blue. The effect presumably comes from the absence of S-cones in the fovea. From Hinnerk Schulz-Hildebrandt: arxiv.org/pdf/2509.115...

I got to give a talk today for Simon Fraser University's Defining Cognitive Science Colloquium. I opened with the CogSci hexagram, talked about cross-disciplinary collaboration, and gave an overview of recent research on spiritual experience! Everyone there was so lovely and I had a blast 🥰

I’m hiring!! 🎉 Looking for a full-time Lab Manager to help launch the Minds, Experiences, and Language Lab at Stanford. We’ll use all-day language recording, eye tracking, & neuroimaging to study how kids & families navigate unequal structural constraints. Please share: phxc1b.rfer.us/STANFORDWcqUYo

The psych job market isn’t dead! Join us at UIC!!! We are looking for a clinical psychologist (assistant or associate level)!! Chicago is simply the best, and the department is incredibly lovely! I’m not on search committee, but as the “newest” hire, I’m happy to talk about my experience thus far!

*Sharing for our department’s trainees* 🧠 Looking for insight on applying to PhD programs in psychology? ✨ Apply by Sep 25th to Stanford Psychology's 9th annual Paths to a Psychology PhD info-session/workshop to have all of your questions answered! 📝 Application: tinyurl.com/pathstophd2025

Ever stared at a table of regression coefficients & wondered what you're doing with your life? Very excited to share this gentle introduction to another way of making sense of statistical models (w @vincentab.bsky.social) Preprint: doi.org/10.31234/osf... Website: j-rohrer.github.io/marginal-psy...

New job ad: Assistant Professor of Quantitative Social Science, Dartmouth College apply.interfolio.com/172357 Please share with your networks. I am the search chair and happy to answer questions!

Come work with us at Durham! The department of Psychology is advertising for an assistant professor, with experience in forensic psychology! Please also share durham.taleo.net/careersectio...

Vassar College is hiring a tenure track assistant professor in cognitive science. vassar.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Vassar... I'll be at #CogSci2025 - happy to chat about the position and life at Vassar.

📣 Heads-up that our amazing dept (Berkeley Psych) is anticipating hiring *two* TT Asst Profs this Fall, under the themes of (1) Social & Personality Psychology, and (2) Biological Basis of Behavior. Official job ads coming soon... Send qs for (1) to Iris Mauss/Serena Chen, (2) to Linda Wilbrecht

The Stanford GSB is hiring in macro & micro OB! If you do sociology, psychology, OB, strategy, management, computational social science, please apply. On the macro side, mid-career folks are especially invited to apply. See here👇 www.gsb.stanford.edu/jobs/faculty...

I'm recruiting a lab manager for my soon-to-be-launched lab at Ohio State! If you know of any recent grads who may be interested both in helping to build the lab and in developing skills in the cognitive neuroscience of memory, please share! osu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/OSUCar...

🚨🚨🚨 The Goldman School of Public Policy at UC Berkeley is looking for a postdoc on US voting/election policy. Part of a partnership with the Brennan Center running the Voting Laws Roundup. (I have a feeling this work is gonna be important...) Apply here: aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF04879

the Department of Psychology at the University of Otago is hiring SIX faculty. open area Otago is the second-largest research university in New Zealand, and, among other nice things, is located near some of the best wineries on the planet www.seek.co.nz/job/85709111

Do you know someone with a PhD in Philosophy who would like to teach in the Central Valley of California this year? We have teaching needs in ethics; "a reasonable estimate for an initial appointment is $70,977". Please share with anyone you think may be interested! aprecruit.ucmerced.edu/JPF02002

If you haven't been looking recently at the Open Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science (oecs.mit.edu), here's your reminder that we are a free, open access resource for learning about the science of mind. Today we are launching our new Thematic Collections to organize our growing set of articles!

Thanks to everybody who chimed in! I arrived at the conclusion that (1) there's a lot of interesting stuff about interactions and (2) the figure I was looking for does not exist. So, I made it myself! Here's a simple illustration of how to control for confounding in interactions:>

🚨 Two open faculty positions in Cognitive Psychology (incl. visual perception) at University of Southern Denmark! 🚨 #PsychSciSky #VisionScience #neuroskyence #compneurosky

Postdoc job alert! I'm hiring a 3-yr postdoc to work on our Social Modifiers of Primate Lifespans grant. Job info and how to apply below. Deadline June 1. Pls share! jobs.exeter.ac.uk/hrpr_webrecr...

Extremely cool research on culture and human universals!!!

Michael Brownstein, Alex Madva and I are thrilled with the cover for our book, Somebody Should Do Something The release date is 9/16, but you can do preorders now mitpress.mit.edu/978026204978... #CoverReveal #Bookstagram @michaelbrownstein.bsky.social tein.bsky.social @mitpress.bsky.social

ACTION ITEM-----ACTION ITEM Implementation of Schedule F This is what a lot of us have been worried about. This allows for many civil service positions to replaced with political appointees. This could include NIH institute directors and even POs. BUT THERE IS A COMMENT PERIOD... 1/n

Job alert 🚨 We’re hiring a full-time research staff assistant at Columbia starting Fall 2025! The position will focus on several topics in the lab, including the cognitive & neural mechanisms underlying dynamic social perception using fMRI & natural language processing. Link: freemanlab.org/ra2025

From Masha Gessen’s op/ed. Uniting in scholarship and education outreach probably is the only way for US universities to survive this. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/16/o...

New Postdoc position! 🐵🐵🐵🐵 On the socioecology of cognition in primates, based in Paris @mnhn.fr @cnrs.fr, with field work It has it all: - the best science - the best macaques - the best beaches - the best people - the best office view #Eiffeltower Join us!

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My team and I are getting ready to run a big study on Prolific, but we are pretty spooked about AI tools for filling out surveys online etc. What measures are you all implementing to sort out bots, and how bad is it out there? 😳

My academic department (at Wesleyan University, CT, US) is searching for a one-year Visiting Professor position in Developmental Psychology. Great place to teach for a year! Apply here: wesleyan.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/career...

Who has an academic website they’re proud of? I’m especially interested in websites by grad students, and in websites built with Quarto. I’ll be offering a local workshop on building a website with Quarto, and I’m keen to give my audience examples. #rstats

Great thread of resources on mediation analysis (as someone who could've benefitted from this like 2 months ago lol)

The world is on fire, but three post-baccs from my lab got offers to PhD programs! All women of color who are going to do amazing things! And whose research interests and amazing ideas are informed by their lived experiences as a Black woman, a Taiwanese woman, and a Mexican woman.

This summer, I will be hosting a virtual workshop for computer programming in cognitive neuroscience, funded by NSF. It is designed to teach early-career students the basics of R to analyze data from cognitive tasks. More info, including a syllabus and how to apply: sites.google.com/view/r-progr...

There are currently three open faculty positions (all levels) in my department (Psychology) Oslo is a lovely city, modestly sized (600k) but a capital, surrounded by forest and the fjord We're also a stable democracy with high support of and trust in science www.sv.uio.no/english/abou...

Just two days left to apply for this postdoc position in @bjornlindstrom.bsky.social's group in Stockholm, on an exciting project on social learning and cultural evolution ki.varbi.com/en/what:job/... in collaboration with Piet van den Berg (Leuven) and myself (Amsterdam). Reposts welcome!

PhD students in social sciences studying "metascience" and AI: This looks like an *AMAZING* opportunity. Fully funded research postdoc that can be housed at whatever university you can find an appropriate mentor. sloan.org/programs/dig...

Hello! I'm looking to hire a post-doc, to start this Summer or Fall. It'd be great if you could share this widely with people you think might be interested. More details on the position & how to apply: bit.ly/cocodev_post... Official posting here: academicpositions.harvard.edu/postings/14723

For social psychologists looking for a more permanent home in the UK, Oxford Experimental Psychology Department @oxexppsy.bsky.social is hiring. my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...

I wrote an article on some of my dissertation research on the problem-solving power of prayer for @aeon.co and today it is published! aeon.co/essays/why-p... I'm proud of the article and it was fun to write for a non-academic outlet! 🤩

Six more days to submit a grad application to the Harvard Psychology Department! I'm reading applications this year. My lab studies how people think about social relationships, usually with babies and children!

SPP 2025 will be at Cornell, June 18-21!

My short review piece, "How to Grow a Mental Model" is published today in @natrevpsych.bsky.social! Give it a read here: trebuchet.public.springernature.app/get_content/... #psychology #psychscisky #academicpublishing

I know I'm a little late to the splash this YouGov made on BlueSky, but I want to talk about it! The incoming 🔥hot take🔥 is: these errors are not a big deal!!!

Peer reviews can vary from harsh and demoralizing to constructive and kind. How can we make sure the peer reviews we write fall into the latter group? Join us for this virtual workshop w/ @blackinneuro.bsky.social to learn about the dos and don'ts of effective & constructive peer reviews!

I'm working on a piece for @aeon.co (all about my dissertation work on prayer as a problem-solving practice!) and I have to say that it is SO FUN to work with a non-academic editor ✨

It's nice to see that Purdue Philosophy is now recognized as one of the top departments to do philosophy of cognitive science. Undergrad/MA mentors: get the word out to your students! Especially if they're interested in memory, AI, rationality, moral psych, norms, cultural evolution, or x-phi.

Slightly more than 2 weeks until the deadline to apply for a 2-year postdoc position with the Minnesota Center for Philosophy of Science! Deadline: 6 Dec 2024. Location: Minneapolis / St Paul, Minnesota. Full details online:

Many of us are recruiting in the Penn State Social Psychology area! My lab, Karen Gasper, Janet Swim, Reg Adams. Here's info on our area, reach out if you have questions. We collaborate often, and offer students interdisciplinary training opportunities psych.la.psu.edu/graduate/pro... #psychscisky

Have you guys heard about this?? I didn't even realize that BU had been on strike for 7 months, and now they are not letting in grad students to several departments. Would be very interested to hear more about how these decisions were made. www.insidehighered.com/news/admissi...