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Selin Zeytinoglu @selinzeytinoglu.bsky.social · 1d

Excited to share my lab’s new website — the Social Experiences and Emotional Development (SEED) Lab! 🌱 NolaSEEDLab.com

Grateful to @zenyep.bsky.social for the beautiful logo design!

Prospective PhD students: check out the “Join the Team” page for application info & Tulane details.

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Stephanie L. Grella, PhD @sgrella.bsky.social · 4d

How prediction error drives memory updating: role of locus coeruleus–hippocampal interactions: Trends in Neurosciences www.cell.com/trends/neuro...

How prediction error drives memory updating: role of locus coeruleus–hippocampal interactions

The brain constantly generates predictions based on one’s knowledge of the world, as captured in memory. When these predictions are in error, our knowledge base must be revised to remain relevant. Her...

www.cell.com

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Pam Davis-Kean, PhD @umpamdk.bsky.social · 6d

@psychscience.bsky.social Submission site for Barcelona 2026 opens Oct. 30th!!! Join us in Spain for the first APS to be held outside the U.S. Many new ways to interact and to share psychological research being done around the world. www.psychologicalscience.org/conventions/...

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Jonathan A. Michaels @jonathanamichaels.bsky.social · 7d

The neural control & computation lab is recruiting!

If you're interested in using large-scale neural population recordings to study how the brain learns to produce complex and flexible behaviours, please get in touch.

www.ncclab.ca

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Pam Davis-Kean, PhD @umpamdk.bsky.social · 7d

📢How can APS be the society that is international, interdisciplinary, and interesting to you as a scientist? We want to hear from you. 🫵https://www.psychologicalscience.org/publications/observer/aps-todays-world.html #PsychSciSky #DevPsych #PsychSci

APS in Today’s World

"If APS is to thrive, we must come to terms with each of these issues," writes APS President James W. Pennebaker in his second presidential column.

www.psychologicalscience.org

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Lexi Decker @lexidecker.bsky.social · 7d

Excited to share that I'm joining WashU in January as an Assistant Prof in Psych & Brain Sciences! 🧠✨!

I'm also recruiting grad students to start next September - come hang out with us! Details about our lab here: www.deckerlab.com

Reposts are very welcome! 🙌 Please help spread the word!

DeckerLab

www.deckerlab.com

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Elif Isbell, PhD @elifisbell.bsky.social · 11d

Please share. The second-year Ph.D. students are now INELIGIBLE for the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program.

Science Magazine @science.org · 12d

NSF today released instructions for the next round of applicants to its Graduate Research Fellowship Program. A key group—second-year Ph.D. students—is no longer eligible, and students who are still able to apply will face an unusually narrow timeframe. https://scim.ag/3KlQkQk

‘Completely shattered.’ Changes to NSF’s graduate student fellowship spur outcry

The announcement comes months later than usual, leaving many would-be applicants stranded

www.science.org

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Dr. Stephanie Craig @drstephcraig.bsky.social · 12d

Last week, the Ont govt announced that psychologists will be getting prescription rights.

This next week, our psych college announced that in response to govt pressure, the new standard to be a
psychologist will be 1/3 of the training we currently require.

This needs to be public.

Canadian Psychological Association @canadianpsychology.bsky.social · 13d

CPA/OPA joint letter to Ontario College of Psychologists and Behavioural Analysts re: proposed regulatory changes in Ontario:

buff.ly

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Neuromatch @neuromatch.bsky.social · 13d

Exciting news! 🎉 Our Computational Neuroscience course has been awarded NIH BRAIN Initiative funding! Students will get hands-on experience w real BRAIN Initiative datasets, helping them build computational skills that are essential for the future of neuroscience.

www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

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Karla Holmboe @karlaholmboe.bsky.social · 13d

Exciting PhD opportunity on parental mental health and early executive function development in the UK and South Africa! www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Please share 😊

Funded PhD GW4 BioMed DTP - The impact of parental mental health on the brain bases of early executive function development at University of Bristol on FindAPhD.com

PhD Project - Funded PhD GW4 BioMed DTP - The impact of parental mental health on the brain bases of early executive function development at University of Bristol, listed on FindAPhD.com

www.findaphd.com

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Michael Inzlicht @minzlicht.bsky.social · 14d

What happens when the data say no, but our feelings say yes? From stereotype threat to implicit bias, psychology keeps choosing vibes over evidence. Maybe the data was just decoration?

Does Data Matter in Psychology?

Psychology presents itself as deeply empirical and quantitative.

open.substack.com

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Dr. Allison G. Harvey @allisonharvey.bsky.social · 15d

Are you applying to a PhD in Clinical or Counseling Psychology? Here is a list of mentors who are taking students. Please circulate widely (and on X) so all applicants can benefit 😀. If you are mentoring please do add your name!
#clinicalpsychology @abctnow.bsky.social

Accepting Clinical or Counselling Psychology Grad Student?

docs.google.com

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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 16d

The @washingtonpost.com story on Tylenol & autism leaves out a MAJOR 2.5M sibling-controlled study of children in Denmark, which "found no evidence that acetaminophen use during pregnancy was associated with children’s risk of autism, ADHD or intellectual disability." jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Acetaminophen Use During Pregnancy and Children’s Risk of Autism, ADHD, and Intellectual Disability

This nationwide cohort study with sibling control analysis examines the association of acetaminophen use during pregnancy with children’s risk of autism, ADHD, and intellectual disability.

jamanetwork.com

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Jena Doom @truedrdoom.bsky.social · 21d

Come be my colleague! We’re hiring a tenure-track assistant professor of developmental psychology at the University of Denver. Please share with anyone on the job market this year! jobs.du.edu/en-us/job/49...

Details - Assistant Professor, Developmental Psychology CAHSS | University of Denver

jobs.du.edu

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Laurel Joy Gabard-Durnam @laurelgd.bsky.social · 20d

If you're looking for an evidence-based vaccine schedule for your child, please consider this one since the CDC is not a reliable source in 2025 anymore:

Alyson Smith @pedsaly.bsky.social · Aug 28

American Academy of Pediatrics vaccine schedule for newborns - 18 yrs is the one to use. Just published August 19, 2025 ❤️ downloads.aap.org/AAP/PDF/AAP-...

American Academy of Pediatrics Recommended Child and Adolescent Immunization Schedule
Table 1 for Ages 18 Years or Younger, United States, 2025
Published August 19, 2025. View full document and notes here: https://downloads.aap.org/AAP/PDF/AAP-Immunization-Schedule.pdf

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Ole Jensen @olejensen.bsky.social · 20d

In our Trends in Cogn Sci paper we point to the connectivity crisis in task-based human EEG/MEG research: many connectivity metrics, too little replication. Time for community-wide benchmarking to build robust, generalisable measures across labs & tasks. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Confronting the connectivity crisis in human M/EEG research

The cognitive neuroscience community using M/EEG has not converged on measures of task-related inter-regional brain connectivity that generalize acros…

www.sciencedirect.com

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Ignacio Saez, PhD @ignaciosaezphd.bsky.social · Jul 21

How is prefrontal neural activity refined as we age?

Out today in @nathumbehav.nature.com‬! This study, from Elizabeth Johnson, uncovers how subtle changes in neural 'noise' impact our attention, memory, and cognition through development.

Proud to have contributed!

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

The development of aperiodic neural activity in the human brain header

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Monica Ellwood-Lowe @mellwoodlowe.bsky.social · 23d

I’m hiring!! 🎉 Looking for a full-time Lab Manager to help launch the Minds, Experiences, and Language Lab at Stanford. We’ll use all-day language recording, eye tracking, & neuroimaging to study how kids & families navigate unequal structural constraints. Please share:
phxc1b.rfer.us/STANFORDWcqUYo

Research Coordinator, Minds, Experiences, and Language Lab in Graduate School of Education, Stanford, California, United States

The Stanford Graduate School of Education (GSE) seeks a full-time Research Coordinator (acting lab manager) to help launch and coordinate the Minds,.....

phxc1b.rfer.us

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Dr Anna Leshinskaya @annaleshinskaya.bsky.social · 27d

My department, cognitive sciences at UCI, is hiring at the assistant professor level. This is a fantastic place to be. Consider joining us!

aaron bornstein @aaronbornstein.bsky.social · 27d

Come work with us! UC Irvine Cognitive Sciences is looking for a new Assistant Professor to join our team: recruit.ap.uci.edu/JPF09896

I'm not on the committee, but happy to talk if you're interested.

Assistant Professor - Cognitive Sciences

University of California, Irvine is hiring. Apply now!

recruit.ap.uci.edu

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Selin Zeytinoglu @selinzeytinoglu.bsky.social · 29d

Excited to announce that I started as an Assistant Professor at Tulane’s Psychology Department! Made it to the beautiful New Orleans & enjoying the oak trees! Recruiting PhD students through the Brain, Cognition & Dev Science area (deadline Dec 1). Please share widely & contact me with questions!

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Cientifico Latino, Inc. @cientificolatino.com · 29d

Applying to the NSF-GRFP (or another fellowship) on a tight deadline?

We built a 7-week guide + timeline to get you from draft to submission. It’s not too late — you’ve got this! ✨

🔗 cientificolatino.com/apply-in-7-weeks

#NSFGRFP #GradSchool #Fellowship

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Allie Sinclair @asinclair.bsky.social · Sep 8

🌟 Excited to share that I'm recruiting PhD students in Psychology for my new lab at Rice University this cycle (Signal boost appreciated!)

To learn more, check out the Learning & Behavior Change Lab website:
www.sinclairlab-rice.com

Applications are due Dec 1st: psychology.rice.edu/graduate/pro...

Sinclair Lab

The Learning & Behavior Change Lab at Rice University, directed by Dr. Sinclair

www.sinclairlab-rice.com

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Yuko Munakata @yukomunakata.bsky.social · Sep 8

UC Davis is hiring! A tenure-track assistant professor of psychology, in human cognition or cognitive neuroscience #psychjobs recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07300

Assistant Professor of Psychology - Human Cognition or Cognitive Neuroscience

University of California, Davis is hiring. Apply now!

recruit.ucdavis.edu

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Chuck Geier @geierbrainlab.bsky.social · Sep 4

Faculty position announcement! Assistant/Associate Professor in Human Development and Family Science and Center for Developmental Science at the University of Georgia @universityofga Find me @FluxSociety #Flux2025 meeting to talk and learn more!!

www.ugajobsearch.com/postings/448...

Assistant/Associate Professor of Biobehavioral Health

The Department of Human Development and Family Science (HDFS) at the University of Georgia is seeking applicants for the position of assistant or associate professor, with an anticipated start date of...

www.ugajobsearch.com

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Ryan Lei @ryanlei.bsky.social · Aug 29

I'm seeing quite a few developmental jobs at SLACs. I'm happy to chat with anyone who's thinking of applying (or if your students are applying). Doing dev work at a SLAC can be super rewarding but also brings a number of unique challenges.

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