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Dan Mirman @danmirman.bsky.social · 6d

Are you looking for a post-doc position where you can apply your neuroimaging expertise to neuroaesthetics and poetic language processing? Do you like working in interdisciplinary teams? Then come work with us!

Rewriting Wor(l)ds @re-writer.bsky.social · 6d

🧠 1 post for researchers w/ neuroimaging and behavioral psychology experience, w/ interest in neuroaesthetics, poetic language processing & sharing/collaborating with researchers across multiple disciplines – more info in link or project website elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

Postdoctoral Research Associate (Psychology/Neuroscience)

We invite applications for a Postdoctoral Research Associate (Psychology/Neuroscience) to be a core member of a new research project ‘Rewriting wor(l)ds: A transdisciplinary and participatory investig...

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Rewriting Wor(l)ds @re-writer.bsky.social · 6d

🎉We're hiring!🎉
We're looking for 2 Postdoctoral Researchers to join our exciting, interdisciplinary team. Both are full-time, fixed-term (almost 4 years), based in Edinburgh's @uoe-cahss.bsky.social / @uoe-llc.bsky.social w/ links to @schoolofppls.bsky.social & @morayhouse.bsky.social
Pls share!

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Dan Mirman @danmirman.bsky.social · 22d

The @re-writer.bsky.social project will span from basic science to real-world applications, from neuroaesthetics of poetry processing to promoting creative engagement with poetry. The brilliant @pat-err.bsky.social thinks big and follows through on those ideas. I'm so excited to be part of the team!

Patrick James Errington @pat-err.bsky.social · 22d

🎉 Thrilled to share that I've received a @ukri.org #FutureLeadersFellowship for our transdisciplinary, participatory, & practice-partnered project #RewritingWor(l)ds @re-writer.bsky.social/ rewriting-worlds.ed.ac.uk researching #poetry, creative engagement, & #wellbeing for young people

Rewriting Wor(l)ds

Rewriting Worlds is a UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship project researching young people's creative engagement with poetry at the University of Edinburgh.

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Psychonomic Society @psychonomicsociety.bsky.social · Jul 2

When an eyewitness shares a memory, what might make a jury perceive it as accurate? 👩🏽⚖️ A recent #psynomPBR paper by Martinez et al. suggests that certain communication styles shape how accurate a memory seems, regardless of its actual accuracy. Post by Alyssa Asmar. buff.ly/S4SeOyo

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Dan Mirman @danmirman.bsky.social · Jun 11

An amazing trip to China (first time for me!) to visit my first ever post-doc, Dr Qi Chen, now Director of School of Psychology at Shenzhen University, and my most recent post-doc, Dr Junhua Ding, now Associate Professor in the Institute of Psychology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

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Dan Mirman @danmirman.bsky.social · May 29

We're hiring a 1-year (fixed term) lecturer in Psychology of Individual Differences (e.g., personality or intelligence)! Ideal for recent PhD graduates / post-docs who want to build teaching experience in a supportive department, with great colleagues, in the best city in the world. edin.ac/4mzn4UM

Lecturer

The School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences is seeking to appoint a teaching focused lecturer in Psychology on a full time, fixed term contract until 31st of August 2026.

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Dan Mirman @danmirman.bsky.social · Apr 3

A great new journal section at Cortex! In addition to methods articles, this section will publish articles that examine/evaluate the auxiliary assumptions (often implicit and unstated!) behind our methods and tutorial articles that provide step-by-step guides and best practices.

Anne Scheel @annemscheel.bsky.social · Apr 3

Chuffed and excited to announce a new journal section in Cortex:
*Methods and Assumptions* is open for submissions starting today!

Read the opening editorial here (OA): www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 1/

Methods and Assumptions: A new section in Cortex

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British Association for Cognitive Neuroscience @bacn.co.uk · Mar 31

The #BACN2025 abstract deadline is 30 April! Share your latest work with us!
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Current, Future and past meetings — BACN

Conferences

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Dan Mirman @danmirman.bsky.social · Mar 5

My colleague is hiring a post-doc for a very cool project using text-mining and stats techniques to study the cultural evolution of archaeological information. You'd get to do interesting work with a very fun team and live in the best city in the world! www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLZ921/p...

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British Association for Cognitive Neuroscience @bacn.co.uk · Feb 4

Save the date!!
#BACN2025
11-12 September 2025, Edinburgh
www.bacn.co.uk/conferences

Submit talk and poster abstracts by 30 April 2025.

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Brielle Stark, PhD {she} @briellestark.bsky.social · Jan 28

Call for papers: extended until May 2025! *#Neurocognitive perspectives on #discourse & connected #language*. This special issue will highlight advances from cog & clinical #neuroscience in modeling discourse that spans from multi-word utterances to naturalistic stories. #aphasia bit.ly/4hdKbBb

Call for papers - Cortex | ScienceDirect.com by ElsevierScienceDirect

Read the latest articles of Cortex at ScienceDirect.com, Elsevier’s leading platform of peer-reviewed scholarly literature

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Joey Saito @jsaito25.bsky.social · Jan 28

We are currently seeking nominations for a new Editor-in-Chief at @psychonomicsociety.bsky.social journal, AP&P, whether it be you or a colleague you'd like to nominate! For details, see our announcement at www.psychonomic.org/page/2025app...

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Psychonomic Society @psychonomicsociety.bsky.social · Jan 16

Ever notice how colors link to your mood and emotions? Domicele Jonauskaite and Christine Mohr conducted a systematic review spanning 128 years of color psychology. 🎨 Post by Brett Myers. https://buff.ly/40zMkRR

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Laura Gwilliams @lauragwilliams.bsky.social · Dec 13

✨i'm hiring a lab manager, with a start date of ~September 2025! to express interest, please complete this google form: forms.gle/GLyAbuD779Rz...

looking for someone to join our multi-disciplinary team, using OPM, EEG, iEEG and computational techniques to study speech and language processing! 🧠

Google Forms: Sign-in

Access Google Forms with a personal Google account or Google Workspace account (for business use).

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Psychonomic Society @psychonomicsociety.bsky.social · Dec 18

AP&P, a journal of the Psychonomic Society, is seeking nominations for a new Editor-in-Chief to begin January 1, 2026. Please consider nominating yourself or a colleague by February 15, 2025. Learn more: https://buff.ly/3AXZLk6 #psynomAPP

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Psychonomic Society @psychonomicsociety.bsky.social · Dec 18

CR:PI, an open access journal of the Psychonomic Society, is seeking nominations for a new Editor-in-Chief to begin January 1, 2026. Please consider nominating yourself or a colleague by February 15, 2025. Learn more: https://buff.ly/4gCHBUH #gocrpi

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Dan Mirman @danmirman.bsky.social · Dec 16

Are you a quantitative psychologist looking for a teaching-focused permanent position? I have good news for you! We're hiring: elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid... Great department and Edinburgh is a fantastic place to live. Happy to answer any questions about working and living here

Lecturer

The School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences is seeking to appoint one full time, open-ended, teaching-focused Lecturer to its Department of Psychology.

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Dan Mirman @danmirman.bsky.social · Oct 31

My colleagues and I are participating in a Movember drive to raise money for mental health services. If you want to see me grow a silly mustache, donate at this link and recommend your favourite silly mustache style www.justgiving.com/page/edpsych...

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Dan Mirman @danmirman.bsky.social · Sep 26

So great to see people working on the difficult problem of how auxiliary assumptions affect theory testing/falsification!

Psychonomic Society @psychonomicsociety.bsky.social · Sep 25

What does it take to falsify a theory? New post by Maria Robinson & Jamal Williams on #psynomPBR paper by Robinson, Williams, John Wixted & Brady.

A case study on the challenges of theory testing in psychology

“But when does lack of 'simplicity' in the protective belt of theoretical adjustments reach the point at which the theory must be abandoned?” - Lakatos, 1976 What does it take to falsify a…

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Dan Mirman @danmirman.bsky.social · May 6

This job advert is live! I'm looking for a postdoc to work on a 2-year mixed methods project studying communication strategies in aphasia. Part of a big grant on language, neurodiversity, and flourishing elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

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Psychonomic Society @psychonomicsociety.bsky.social · Apr 24

Join us for the upcoming One World Seminar “Different perceptual strategies in auditory processing” presented by Leah Fostick from Ariel University, Israel. Reserve your free ticket today! bit.ly/4aOs7KE

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Dan Mirman @danmirman.bsky.social · Apr 23

PB&R has joined the Peer Community in Registered Reports as a PCI RR-interested journal. We're looking forward to increasing our engagement with the Registered Report format and contributing to PCI RR! bit.ly/3U7cI1a

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Dan Mirman @danmirman.bsky.social · Apr 19

Live footage of the park a 5-minute walk from the Psychology building. Come for the job, stay for the weather

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Dan Mirman @danmirman.bsky.social · Apr 19

We are hiring a fixed-term (1-year) lecturer in developmental psychology. Great opportunity for an early career academic to boost their teaching experience in a supportive and vibrant department. Apply now (deadline: 25 April)! elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

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Dan Mirman @danmirman.bsky.social · Apr 2

But it made the up-front work a lot more challenging and we later realised that some of our planned analyses didn't make sense, and updating the plan required a lot of explicit explanation. On balance, I think it was worth it, but I wouldn't use the RR format every time 6/6

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