ICYMI: Here's a recording of today's talk www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5ae... @sebastianshorn.bsky.social @kendraseaman.bsky.social @kimberlychiew.bsky.social @colleencfrank.bsky.social @zitamayer.bsky.social @cvlneuro.bsky.social

Online talk on value-directed remembering coming up Dec 9!

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Next week there will be an online talk by @loeckenhoff.bsky.social … looking forward to it! More info attached:

Coming up on October 28! Dr. Allie Sinclair @asinclair.bsky.social (UPenn/Rice) will be presenting in @motcogmeet.bsky.social series: "Motivational States Bias Choices, Information Consumption, and Memory" 1/

We have three (online) talks on motivated cognition this fall, everyone interested is very welcome to join… schedule here:

🚨 PostDoc Opening 🚨 The lab of Klaus Oberauer is looking for a new postdoc, starting end of this/beginning next year. Research focus is #cognition, #workingmemory, #methods and #computationalmodeling or anything in that direction. I cannot highlight ENOUGH how great it is to work in this lab 🥰🤓

I'm hiring a full-time #labmanager for my new Lab for Infant Learning and Cognition (LILAC) at UCSB! The start date is flexible, but could be as early as August 1, 2025. Application review begins July 17th and will continue until the position is filled 👶🪴 recruit.ap.ucsb.edu/JPF02992 #academicjobs

Our lab is on a big recruitment drive @tcdpsychology.bsky.social please share !

Postdoc position open in Zurich -- Prof. Martin Tomasik and I have a joint SNF project on interpretable neural network approaches for large scale, complex item / temporal structure, online learning / cognitive development data. Please retweet. tinyurl.com/PostdocGNNSNF

ICYMI: You can watch Matthias Gruber's talk on How Curiosity Shapes Spatial Exploration and Cognitive Map Formation here: youtu.be/GA16g5p47Ns

Interested in curiosity and metacognition in childhood and adolescence? Join us at Cardiff University (UK) for a Postdoc position in an international collaboration with @yanafandakova.bsky.social (Germany) and @pyoudeyer.bsky.social (France). Please repost! #DevPsych #PsychSciSky #neuroskyence

How do changes in memory and experience across the lifespan shape our judgments and decisions? Together with @yeeleeshing.bsky.social @yanafandakova.bsky.social we have edited a special issue on the theme, check it out here: tinyurl.com/EPSpecial @dr-julia-nolte.bsky.social @loeckenhoff.bsky.social

Registration for #ESCOP2025 in Sheffield, UK, opens today at 10 am BST! 📣 The first 50 ECRs (PhD students & postdocs) registering for either of the two 2-day workshops can secure 🤩free accommodation🤩 for the entire ESCOP programme! @escop.bsky.social @sheffielduni.bsky.social @vmloaiza1.bsky.social

If you're interested in motivation, you might want to attend this April 8 talk by @thepsychologist.bsky.social. It's FREE. The Zoom link & future talk information is available here: tinyurl.com/yfmar5h5 I enjoyed the last talk in this series by @ashenhav.bsky.social & look forward to this one, too.

Two Weeks from Today: Dr. Patricia Lockwood @thepsychologist.bsky.social tells us about Computational Approaches to Prosocial Behavior–How and When Do We Help Other People?

ICYMI: Here is the recording from today's talk with Amitai Shenhav - youtu.be/V9PhiAjRIfc @shenhavlab.bsky.social

Looking forward to the upcoming online talk this Wed on the "affective gradient hypothesis" @shenhavlab.bsky.social Interested researchers/students are very welcome to join! @imprs-life.bsky.social @kendraseaman.bsky.social @colleencfrank.bsky.social@kimberlychiew.bsky.social @zitamayer.bsky.social

🚨Job alert (in German) We're seeking a student assistant for developmental studies on deliberate ignorance @arc-mpib.bsky.social, @mpib-berlin.bsky.social! Please see the link for details (deadline: January 17). We look forward to receiving your application! www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/1952948/stud...

Yay!!! 🎉 Excited to join #Bluesky! 🌟 We're sharing the latest updates on cutting-edge research and fresh insights into human development. Let's connect, learn, and explore together! 🚀 #Science #MaxPlanck

Bewusste Ignoranz: Wann wir lieber wegsehen – und warum das manchmal sinnvoll ist 🔍 Was steckt hinter diesem psychologischen Konzept? Nadine Zeller im SWR-Gespräch mit dem Psychologen Ralph Hertwig @arc-mpib.bsky.social 👉 tinyurl.com/ypc96zvu

I'm compiling types of manipulations in psychology: 1) Vignette study 2) Autobiographical ("Remember a time you ...") 3) Confederate acts some way 4) Watch video inducing emotion 5) Behavioral instruction ("talk to a stranger") 6) Prime a construct 7) Framing outcomes To contribute, reply

Please shout this from the rooftops! If the “right answer” is 3% and the average response is 30%, this doesn’t mean people are “wrong” and actually believe it’s 30%. They might just not be paying attention to your survey and/or are guessing randomly.

Dear all I'm hiring a PhD candidate (3 years) to work in Active Sensing, EEG & Interoception! 🧠🫀🫁 This is a great opportunity: beautiful campus, novel research. In collab. with the Max Planck Inst. -> @mgblr.bsky.social Deadline: 22/11/24 +info: alexgalvezpol.com/joinlab/ PleaseRT

The *registration* for this year's satellite meeting of the Society of Mathematical Psychology at Psychonomics in New York City will *close Sunday, November 10!* If you plan to attend, register by Sunday for free on the meeting website: mathpsych.org/conference/17/

🎙️Our new podcast episode is out! Join us with Dr. Tomás Lejarraga, and dive into how birth order might shape siblings' risk-taking. We also explore sibling rivalry, environmental influences, and how scientists measure risk. Watch now! #Podcast #UnravBehavior www.youtube.com/watch?v=BegT...

This week Wed we have an online talk in the "motivated cognition meetings" (MCM) with @koumurayama.bsky.social on "Knowledge as a Sustainable Source of Internal Rewards".. Looking forward to it! Interested researchers and students are very welcome to join: sites.google.com/view/motcogm...

Question for fMRI aficionados: We are planning a spatial memory study in 4-8 yo kids. For navigating the virtual environment, we are looking for a MRI compatible joystick / touch pad etc. that allows easy 360° movements. Do you have any suggestions for suitable devices?

The Max Planck Institute for Human Development in Berlin is currently hosting the LIFE Fall Academy with fellows and faculty from all four sites: from institutions in Berlin and the Universities of Michigan, Virginia, and Zurich.

Wie sieht dein mentales Lexikon aus? Mit unserem Wortassoziationsspiel möchten wir herausfinden, wie Wörter im #Gedächtnis angeordnet sind. Nimm teil! smallworldofwords.org/de #CitizenScience #Sprache

LIP project "Mechanisms and Sequential Progression of Plasticity” (PI: Ulman Lindenberger) is looking for a Student Research Assistant: www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/1906748/2024... #neurojobs #psychjobs

Testing if this works... Trying to make a starter pack for researchers in #perception science Please share ! Will be adding more folks as I learn how #academicsky works ! go.bsky.app/V99fSBK

✨We launched a brand new podcast, "Unraveling Behavior" Explore the world of human cognition and behavior with insights from researchers @arc-mpib.bsky.social and more! 👉Watch the first episode on digital platforms and political polarization www.youtube.com/watch?v=6N5w... #Podcast #UnravBehavior

📢 Job alert: My department is advertising *two* permanent Lectureships in any area of psychology (including Origins of Mind) @ Univ of St Andrews, UK. Please circulate! #PsychSciSky #Psychology #AcademicSky #EHBEA @eslr.bsky.social Deadline: 06/09/24 www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vacancies/I/...

Some quantitative psychology (longitudinal emphasis) positions available with me at Uni Zurich from September on, rebleets appreciated! Postdoc: jobs.uzh.ch/offene-stell... PhD: jobs.uzh.ch/offene-stell...

Next week July 8 we will have the next online talk in the series on "motivated cognition", by Alexandra Cohen (Emory Univ.). Looking forward to it! Any interested scholars and researchers are welcome to join! @motcogmeet #cognition #motivation sites.google.com/view/motcogm...