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benjaminpitt.bsky.social @benjaminpitt.bsky.social · 4d

Another great PhD opportunity: An ERC-funded project on “Children as agents of cultural evolution,” lead by @sheinalew.bsky.social at Durham University. Come do fieldwork with Mayan groups in Belize with her, @dorsaamir.bsky.social, and I! One of three, 3-year PhD positions starting Fall 2026.

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benjaminpitt.bsky.social @benjaminpitt.bsky.social · 4d

I’ll be considering graduate school applications for Fall 2026 – positions are fully funded, typically for 5 years. Deadline to apply to the Cognition program is December 1. Come do science with me in beautiful Amherst, Massachusetts! www.umass.edu/natural-scie...

PhD in Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience : College of Natural Sciences : UMass Amherst

Engage in research centered on fundamental theoretical questions about cognitive function using multiple experimental methods and data analysis.

www.umass.edu

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benjaminpitt.bsky.social @benjaminpitt.bsky.social · 4d

The Cognitive Construction Lab will study children and adults across cultures to understand how the diversity of human experience produces a diversity of human minds. Check out the brand new lab website! cognitiveconstructionlab.com

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benjaminpitt.bsky.social @benjaminpitt.bsky.social · 4d

I’m delighted to announce that I’ll be joining the faculty at @umassamherst.bsky.social next year as an assistant professor in Psychological & Brain Sciences! 🥳

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Bill Thompson @wdt.bsky.social · Dec 13

We have extended the deadline for this position to January 31st. Also, the start date is pretty flexible; if you're graduating next spring/summer and interested in the role, apply!

Bill Thompson @wdt.bsky.social · Nov 19

We have a postdoc position available in my lab at UC Berkeley, 2 years+, flexible start date, research focus is social reasoning and cultural evolution from a computational perspective. Deadline = November 29th. aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF04639

Postdoctoral Scholar Employee - The Computational Cognitive Science Laboratory -Psychology

University of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!

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Léo Fitouchi @lfitouchi.bsky.social · Dec 16

Our new paper, on the evolution of institutions, is out in PNAS!

How can institutions promote cooperation when they themselves rely on cooperation? Check out JB's awesome thread!

Very proud of this paper with @jliep.bsky.social, N. Baumard, @jbaptistandre.bsky.social!
www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1...

Jean-Baptiste André @jbaptistandre.bsky.social · Dec 16

Do we cooperate because of institutions, or do institutions exist because we cooperate?

In this @pnas.org paper led by @jliep.bsky.social, with @lfitouchi.bsky.social & N. Baumard, we develop a mathematical model that answers this question.

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www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

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Christoph Völter @christophvoelter.bsky.social · Nov 27

No evidence for inequity aversion in non-human animals: a #meta-analysis of accept/reject paradigms
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
New paper led by Oded Ritov and w/ @nicholaraihani.bsky.social and Jan Engelmann.

No evidence for inequity aversion in non-human animals: a meta-analysis of accept/reject paradigms | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Disadvantageous inequity aversion (IA), a negative response to receiving less than others, is a key building block of the human sense of fairness. While some theorize that IA is shared by species acro...

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