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Elham Nourani @enourani.bsky.social · 2d

🦅PhD position 🦅 in my new group at @fbm-unil.bsky.social in Switzerland, studying how the social and resource landscapes shape the learning process for soaring flight. Deadline: Oct 30. Pls repost! career5.successfactors.eu/career?caree...

Golden eagle on the nest in Finland (by O. Karlin)

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Better Streets for Birmingham @betterstreetsforbirmingham.org · 4d

Brilliant effort from the Circle the City riders last night. 🌧💨 It was chucking it down and blowing a gale, but that didn’t stop them pedalling on. 💪
#CircleTheCity #KeepPedalling #TogetherWeRide #RainOrShine

A group of cyclists smiling in the rain during an evening ride through the city. Riders are wearing helmets, bright jackets, and waterproofs, with bikes of all sizes including children’s. Wet streets and umbrellas in the background show the rainy weather.

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Arkady Konovalov @arkadykonovalov.bsky.social · 5d

📢 New (economics) preprint 📢

(with Jiaxin Yu)

Excited to share our study on the cooperation in the infinitely repeated Prisoner's Dilemma, where we use payoff manipulations and all kinds of methods to disentangle strategies, beliefs, and preferences: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

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Boris Bernhardt @borismontreal.bsky.social · 6d

🚨 New paper in Nature Methods:
HippoMaps: multiscale cartography of the human hippocampus

Open-source tools & data to explore structure and function of the 🍤🧠 (histology, in/ex vivo MRI, iEEG)

Led by @jordandekraker.bsky.social

docs: hippomaps.readthedocs.io
paper: doi.org/10.1038/s415...

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The Centre for Human Brain Health @thechbh.bsky.social · 8d

We’re excited to share some leadership updates at the CHBH! After three years, Dr @katjakornysheva.bsky.social stepped down this month, we're grateful to Katja for her leadership. Prof @bagshaap.bsky.social will continue as Co-Director and we welcome Prof Stephane De Brito as Co-Director into 25/26.

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Barbara Pomiechowska @bpomie.bsky.social · 9d

Looking for a postdoc or RA position?

Look no more! Consider applying (by Thu 2 Oct) to work with the wonderful Andy Bremner & team. Great impactful project, supportive & friendly lab with top-notch amenities. Join us in Birmingham ✨

Birmingham Babylab @bbabylab.bsky.social · 9d

Join us 🗓️ DEADLINE THIS THU 2 Oct! Last call for applications for two exciting & fun positions in the Birmingham BabyLab to work on multisensory development in term-born and preterm infancy w Andy Bremner, Monica Gori, and Andy Surtees. Please repost:
👉 lnkd.in/gczD5EwX (postdoc)
👉 lnkd.in/ga92z3sM

This link will take you to a page that’s not on LinkedIn

lnkd.in

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Eric Mandelbaum @ericman.bsky.social · Sep 6

It was so great! Really lucky to have been able to listen and learn from Barbara, Liuba, & Benedek. Some of the most insightful research happening today, from just the absolutely nicest, coolest people.

Barbara Pomiechowska @bpomie.bsky.social · Sep 5

Heading for my last day of the ESPP in Warsaw. Amazing to see philosophers and psychologists in one room. It was a privilege to talk about how symbols and compositionality emerge in babies alongside @ljubapi.bsky.social and @benedek.bsky.social 💕 to @ericman.bsky.social for organizing the symposium!

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Vauhini Vara @vauhinivara.bsky.social · Sep 5

I hope those reporting on Alpha read this thread (or better yet, the article). bsky.app/profile/vauh...

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Barbara Pomiechowska @bpomie.bsky.social · Sep 5

Heading for my last day of the ESPP in Warsaw. Amazing to see philosophers and psychologists in one room. It was a privilege to talk about how symbols and compositionality emerge in babies alongside @ljubapi.bsky.social and @benedek.bsky.social 💕 to @ericman.bsky.social for organizing the symposium!

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Barbara Pomiechowska @bpomie.bsky.social · Sep 5

This was such fun!

Liuba Papeo @ljubapi.bsky.social · Sep 3

The beautiful Hall of Mirrors that today hosts an exciting symposium on “The underconceptualization of everyday life”, put together by @ericman.bsky.social 🤩
with @bpomie.bsky.social @benedek.bsky.social and myself at the ESPP conference in Warsaw. So much to think about !

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Barbara Pomiechowska @bpomie.bsky.social · Jul 8

How exciting :) Congratulations. Is there a way to watch the stimuli? (sorry if I missed the relevant links)

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Akira Miyake @amiyake.bsky.social · May 31

If you teach cognitive psychology or related topics & are willing to share your favorite teaching resources (e.g., demos, videos), please reply to/quote this post, tag me in a new post, or send me email. I'll compile them, share the list, & keep updating it this summer. Let's inspire each other!

Akira Miyake @amiyake.bsky.social · May 29

I teach an undergrad cognitive psychology class. I've been thinking about assembling useful teaching resources (demos, videos, etc.) from other cogpsy instructors & sharing them in a single place. If there's enough interest here, I'll make a separate post & ask you to share your favorite materials.

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Dr swift parrot @teamswiftparrot.bsky.social · Jun 15

Gorgeously fuzzy regent parrot bub 🤩

Fuzzy grey parrot chick cradled in hands

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Junyi Chu @junyi.bsky.social · Jun 6

Delighted to announce our CogSci '25 workshop at the interface between cognitive science and design 🧠🖌️!

We're calling it: 🏺Minds in the Making🏺
🔗 minds-making.github.io

June – July 2024, free & open to the public
(all career stages, all disciplines)

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Russ Poldrack @russpoldrack.org · Jun 2

The quality of evidence in psychology publications has improved substantially over the last two decades, across all subareas. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · Jun 3

Ecologists’ horror as nature reserves around the world are emptied of insects - with rising temperatures joining habitat destruction as likely causes:

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

‘Half the tree of life’: ecologists’ horror as nature reserves are emptied of insects

A new point in history has been reached, entomologists say, as climate-led species’ collapse moves up the food chain even in supposedly protected regions free of pesticides

www.theguardian.com

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Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · May 27

A little bear figurine carved out of amber some 6,000 years ago 🐻 ❤️

A hole runs through the bear’s torso, suggesting it was threaded onto a cord and perhaps worn as a protective amulet.

Discovered in a peat bog near Slupsk in Poland. 📷 National Museum in Szczecin.

#Archaeology

Photo by G. Solecki/A. Pietak of a small figurine of a bear carved out of amber between 9600 and 4100 BC. The amber is a deep translucent orange colour. The bear's head is carved to show ears, mouth, nostrils and eyes. A hole runs through the bear’s torso, suggesting it was threaded onto a cord and perhaps worn as a protective amulet. Dimensions: 10.2 x 4.2 x 3.5 cm.

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Needhi Bhalla 💅🏽 @needhibhalla.bsky.social · May 13

important historical perspective on the value of federal funding of basic research at universities: "These are the building blocks of America's extraordinary strength, created over the last 100 years, and they are now being dismantled in 100 days" 🧪

www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Qk4...

Fareed’s Take: Trump is gutting what made American science great

YouTube video by CNN

www.youtube.com

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Charlotte Reese Marshall used to be Tom Rhys Marshall @tomrhysmarshall.bsky.social · May 20

<<help requested>>

Folks working with human volunteers: What do you do to ensure your advertising and recruitment texts use *inclusive language*?

Looking for examples; the more specific the better. Feel free to reply in thread or direct message.

Please repost and share for visibility.

Thanks! 👍

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Yannick Becker @ybecker.bsky.social · May 15

🚨 Language connection FOUND in chimpanzees? 🧠🗣️

For years, scientists thought the key to human language was a fibre connection, missing in chimp brains.

New high-res brain scans just changed the game. 👀🐒
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

#Neuroscience #LanguageEvolution #Chimpanzees
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Portrait of the chimpanzee “Wazak” (©James Mollison) & Nerve fibres in the chimpanzee brain (©MPI CBS)
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-59254-8

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Barbara Pomiechowska @bpomie.bsky.social · May 15

Beautiful work!

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John Munro @johnmunro.bsky.social · May 10

A deep sense of gloom descended on Birmingham‘s York Road this evening as people came out in number to mourn the absence of cars.

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · May 2

Labour is handing this country on a silver platter to Reform. People do not vote Labour because they hate immigrants and want Reform-lite. They vote Labour because they want it to make a positive difference to their lives.

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Sheina Lew-Levy @sheinalew.bsky.social · May 9

I'm THRILLED that our book is out. This book, with other 60 contributors from across the globe (!!!) is a love letter to the science we want to do, and a how-to guide for how to do it. Please read it and share it!

Open Book Publishers @openbookpublish.bsky.social · May 9

OUT NOW: A Field Guide to Cross-Cultural Research on Childhood Learning reimagines how we study kids—globally. With voices from 21 countries, this inclusive, practical guide bridges disciplines and challenges Western-centric research. buff.ly/0qk1cOs

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Cat Hobaiter @nakedprimate.bsky.social · May 9

TLDR: new paper headed up by @vestaeleuteri.bsky.social
& with an awesome team, incl @andrearavignani.bsky.social , showing chimps have rhythm in their drumming & differences b/w east & west drum rhythms!

www.cell.com/current-biol...

But didn’t we know this already you ask? Well… 🧵1/16

Chimpanzee drumming shows rhythmicity and subspecies variation

Chimpanzees drum on the buttress roots of trees for communication. Eleuteri et al. investigate the presence of key elements of musical rhythm and of regional variation in chimpanzee buttress drumming....

www.cell.com

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