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Sheina Lew-Levy @sheinalew.bsky.social · 27d

@durhampsych.bsky.social current has 5 (FIVE!!) PhD studentships being advertised!

3 to work with me on children as agents of cultural evolution

2 to work with @drboothroyd.bsky.social on examining school-based body image interventions.

Please share and apply!

www.durham.ac.uk/departments/...

Fees and Funding - Durham University

www.durham.ac.uk

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David Adger @davidadger.bsky.social · 27d

New podcast! @dannybate.bsky.social and I chat about Scottish Gaelic, mediaeval sea kingdoms, the spread and retreat of Gaelic in Scotland, influence from Pictish, sounds borrowed from Old Norse, and much more 🐦🐦 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a... or wherever you get your podcasts :)

Scottish Gaelic and David Adger

Podcast Episode · A Language I Love Is... · 10/09/2025 · 1h 1m

podcasts.apple.com

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Asifa Majid @asifamajid.bsky.social · Sep 3

appreciate the translation 😆

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Asifa Majid @asifamajid.bsky.social · Sep 2

Fab!

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Mark Rubin @markrubin.bsky.social · Aug 30

New scoping review and critical discourse analysis of guidance documents on open science (OS) urges researchers to be “more precise about the specific approach they take to OS and more humble about the effects it can have.”

Preprint by @jeroenderidder.bsky.social and colleagues: osf.io/zr35u_v1

Open Science as Confused: Contradictory and Conflicting Discourses in Open Science Guidance to Researchers

Abstract
The open science (OS) movement is growing, with increasing policies, guidelines, tools and infrastructures being developed to support researchers who engage in OS practices. However, there is no widely accepted single definition of OS. Different initiatives and countries employ a variety of characterizations. To chart how OS is understood in different parts of the world, we conducted a scoping review and critical discourse analysis of OS guidance documents aimed at researchers. Our search led to the inclusion of 69 national and international documents, with most originating from North America, Europe, and Latin America. Our results show that OS discourses are exaggerated, framing OS as the solution to address all scientific and societal problems. Furthermore, they provide often conflicting ideas about what OS can achieve. Many guidance documents frame OS as a tool to promote economic growth and efficiency. Others see OS as necessary to safeguard research quality and reproducibility through transparency. In contrast, few documents address knowledge equity and inclusion. Taking this into account, we see dominant OS discourses reproducing knowledge equity problems already present in research, rather than tackling them. We urge researchers be more precise about the specific approach they take to OS and more humble about the effects it can have – both positive, and negative.

#OpenSci

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Asifa Majid @asifamajid.bsky.social · Sep 2

Awesome! I'm assuming it's for English, or does it work in multiple languages?

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Rebecca Sear @rebeccasear.bsky.social · Aug 30

"It is crucial to make psychology inclusive of all the world's people but vitally important to do this in ways that are respectful, ethical & empirically accurate. I weigh the promises & pitfalls of research in small-scale societies & discuss how we can improve our research practices moving forward"

Psychology Within and Without the State | Annual Reviews

Psychological research in small-scale societies is crucial for what it stands to tell us about human psychological diversity. However, people in these communities, typically Indigenous communities in ...

www.annualreviews.org

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Bodo Winter @bodowinter.bsky.social · Aug 15

Super excited to share our new multimodal corpus analysis, "Iconic Words Are Associated With Iconic Gestures" 🥳

Project led by our PhD student Ell Wilding and in collab w/ @jeannettel.bsky.social & @mperlman.bsky.social:

doi.org/10.1111/cogs...

Iconic Words Are Associated With Iconic Gestures

Iconicity ratings studies have established that there are many English words which native speakers judge as “iconic,” that is, as sounding like what they mean. Here, we explore whether these iconic E...

doi.org

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Gasper Begus @begus.bsky.social · Aug 20

Berkeley linguistics is hiring an Assistant Professor in language revitalization!

aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05022

Assistant Professor - Language Revitalization - Linguistics

University of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!

aprecruit.berkeley.edu

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Asifa Majid @asifamajid.bsky.social · Aug 24

New paper: Validation of the Coffee Knowledge Test for Assessing Expertise in Coffee with Jonas Yde Junge, @icroij.bsky.social, Line Ahm Mielby, and Ulla Kidmose doi.org/10.1111/joss... #OpenAccess

Graphical abstract for Coffee Knowledge Test

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Bob Pellegrino @kingfunk.bsky.social · Aug 12

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Odor intensity isn’t just about concentration! We have a new preprint to prove it: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

In cahoots with @jmainland.bsky.social, @alexkoulakov.bsky.social, Rick Gerkin, Khristina Samoilova and others not on bluesky. 🧪

Which of these molecules smells stronger?

Chemical structure of acetophenone and 2-heptanone

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Lane Greene @lanegreene.bsky.social · Aug 17

Remembering the Whorf quote about how languages cut reality up in different ways. A Danish supermarket has a “pålæg” fridge—essentially things that go on (open-faced) sandwiches (see pic of pic).It’s where you find ham & salmon & various patés. But not cheese, which has its own slice of reality.

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Peter Adamson @histphilosophy.bsky.social · Aug 12

Long read on Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, who we had the honor of interviewing on the History of Africana Philosophy podcast a while back:

www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...

Take away our language and we will forget who we are: Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o and the language of conquest

The long read: The late Kenyan novelist and activist believed erasing language was the most lasting weapon of oppression. Here, Aminatta Forna recalls the man and introduces his essay on decolonisatio...

www.theguardian.com

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anthony k webster🐿 @ethnopoetics.bsky.social · Aug 7

I'm sorry to hear of the passing of Robin Lakoff, hugely influential. The first work of hers I encountered was Talking Power, which we read in an undergrad class for Myrdene Anderson

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David Barner @drbarner.bsky.social · Aug 2

Susan Carey mic-drop at #cogsci2025. "There are no innate concepts: Discuss"

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Tobias Gerstenberg @tobigerstenberg.bsky.social · Aug 2

Brilliant keynote by @laurennross.bsky.social at #cogsci2025 on cognitive science and its philosophy. Lauren pointed out the myriad ways in which cogsci and philosophy support and benefit one another, using explanation and causal reasoning as case studies. Thank you for a great talk!! 🙏

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Tobias Gerstenberg @tobigerstenberg.bsky.social · Aug 1

Josh Tenenbaum's inspiring keynote at #cogsci2025 on growing vs scaling AI, the big questions of cognitive science, and the many open questions for the field.

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Kanishka Misra 🌊 @kanishka.bsky.social · Aug 1

Doug’s papers on concepts and categories (along with Smith, Murphy) had a heavy influence on me during PhD! So happy his work was recognized!!! And such a powerful speech too 🙏

todd gureckis @toddgureckis.bsky.social · Aug 1

Congrats to Doug Medin on becoming the next Rumelhart prize winner! 🏆 My “academic grandpa” through multiple pathways! #cogsci2025

doug medin finding out he is the rumelhart prize winner

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todd gureckis @toddgureckis.bsky.social · Aug 1

Congrats to Doug Medin on becoming the next Rumelhart prize winner! 🏆 My “academic grandpa” through multiple pathways! #cogsci2025

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Vivek V. Venkataraman @vivek123.bsky.social · Jul 31

Pleased to present our new preprint on sleep and circadian rhythms among the Orang Asli of Peninsular Malaysia.

This is a fascinating system for exploring sleep biology. Lots of variation in light exposure, housing type, and subsistence.

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

🧵 below.

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Asifa Majid @asifamajid.bsky.social · Aug 1

Tune in today

Ron Chrisley @chrisley.bsky.social · Jul 31

Margaret Boden, giant of Cognitive Science and the Philosophy of AI, is one of the people whose lives will be remembered on BBC Radio 4’s Last Word programme tomorrow at 4pm UK time. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

BBC Radio 4 - Last Word, Dame Cleo Laine, Hulk Hogan, Margaret Boden, Tom Lehrer

Matthew Bannister on a singer, a wrestler, a cognitive scientist and a satirist.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Cognitive Science Society @cogscisociety.bsky.social · Jul 31

Huge congratulations to the brilliant Nora Newcombe, recipient of the 2025 David E. Rumelhart Prize! 🏅#CogSci2025

Nora S. Newcombe and Robert Glushko stand together smiling on stage at CogSci 2025. Nora wears the Rumelhart Prize medal around her neck

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Natalia Vélez @natvelali.bsky.social · Aug 1

Notes from @noranewcombe.bsky.social 's beautiful Rumelhart Prize "tasting menu" - congratulations Nora!!! #CogSci2025

Sketchnote of Nora Newcombe's Rumelhart Prize Talk, posing three questions and case studies for cognitive science: (1) innateness (with the geometric module as a case study), (2) representations (featuring cognitive maps vs. graphs), and (3) embodiment (featuring mental rotation)

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Asifa Majid @asifamajid.bsky.social · Jul 31

It's amazing that we can communicate with so many researchers across the world in English, but how do we do that and still allow local languages to thrive in different contexts?
www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Academic language has become a proxy for European culture wars

Some European governments are rethinking the use of English in universities, exposing tensions between internationalization and national priorities.

www.nature.com

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Asifa Majid @asifamajid.bsky.social · Jul 30

Looking for a new Editor-in-Chief for one of the oldest psychology journals in the UK. Established over 75 years ago, QJEP is looking for someone with vision and verve to steer it through the next years. Open call!

The Experimental Psychology Society @exppsychsoc.bsky.social · Jul 30

We are seeking an Editor-in-Chief for @qjep.bsky.social, to lead a team of associate editors and manage the journal.

The new EiC will start shadowing the current role from July 2026 and will take over fully in January 2027. The term is initially for 4 years.

eps.ac.uk/an-open-call...

An Open Call for the next Editor-in-Chief of QJEP.

We are seeking an Editor-in-Chief for the Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, to lead a team of associate editors and manage the journal. The current Editor-in-Chief is Professor An…

eps.ac.uk

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