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Prof Rick Adams @drrickadams.bsky.social · 10d

Post doc job alert 📢! Announcing a v exciting job on a Wellcome-funded project in my group at UCL, looking at auditory hallucinations... Advert here 👀: rb.gy/230w8l - deadline is end of Oct. Please apply! 1/5

UCL – University College London

UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).

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Pascal Mamassian @mamassian.bsky.social · 16d

A nice shift in perceived colour between central and peripheral vision. The fixated disc looks purple while the others look blue.

The effect presumably comes from the absence of S-cones in the fovea.

From Hinnerk Schulz-Hildebrandt:
arxiv.org/pdf/2509.115...

An array of 9 purple discs on a blue background. Figure from Hinnerk Schulz-Hildebrandt.

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Eleanor Schille-Hudson @erbsh.bsky.social · 22d

pc to my friend, Prof. Zara Anwarzai who invited me and a shoutout to that hexagram, which changed my life when I first came upon it as a senior in high school!!

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Eleanor Schille-Hudson @erbsh.bsky.social · 22d

I got to give a talk today for Simon Fraser University's Defining Cognitive Science Colloquium. I opened with the CogSci hexagram, talked about cross-disciplinary collaboration, and gave an overview of recent research on spiritual experience! Everyone there was so lovely and I had a blast 🥰

white woman in a blazer (me) in the middle of giving a talk, standing in front of a display which says "What is Cognitive Science?"

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Monica Ellwood-Lowe @mellwoodlowe.bsky.social · 25d

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:
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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,.....

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Eleanor Schille-Hudson @erbsh.bsky.social · Sep 3

big yikes (thank you for putting this together)

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Jin X. Goh | 吴晋勋 @jinxungoh.bsky.social · Sep 2

The psych job market isn’t dead! Join us at UIC!!! We are looking for a clinical psychologist (assistant or associate level)!! Chicago is simply the best, and the department is incredibly lovely! I’m not on search committee, but as the “newest” hire, I’m happy to talk about my experience thus far!

Mikey Pasek @mikeypasek.bsky.social · Aug 30

We’re hiring an assistant or associate professor to join our psychology department at the University of Illinois Chicago! We’re a vibrant research-active department in a great city, a diverse institution with a purpose-driven mission, and a fun place to work! #psychjobs

uic.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...

Assistant or Associate Professor - Clinical Psychology (Tenure Track)

Position SummaryTeach at the undergraduate and graduate level, advise students, conduct research in area of expertise, participate in the intellectual...

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Eleanor Schille-Hudson @erbsh.bsky.social · Sep 2

ooh thank you!! I was looking for something like this :)

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Mike Frank @mcxfrank.bsky.social · Sep 2

*Sharing for our department’s trainees*

🧠 Looking for insight on applying to PhD programs in psychology?

✨ Apply by Sep 25th to Stanford Psychology's 9th annual Paths to a Psychology PhD info-session/workshop to have all of your questions answered!

📝 Application: tinyurl.com/pathstophd2025

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Eleanor Schille-Hudson @erbsh.bsky.social · Sep 2

Interesting. Is there any vocal pushback? (If so, what is the response to vocal pushback or even just voiced concerns?)

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Eleanor Schille-Hudson @erbsh.bsky.social · Sep 2

(For context I feel the ambient pressure of online hype but I am a remote postdoc and so might be shielded from other kinds of pressure!)

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Eleanor Schille-Hudson @erbsh.bsky.social · Sep 2

Sorry to jump in, but I am genuinely curious--what are the sources of the "near-insurmountable pressure to incorporate these tools into workflow" in your life? Is your university or department putting some kind of pressure on you?

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Eleanor Schille-Hudson @erbsh.bsky.social · Aug 29

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Julia M. Rohrer @dingdingpeng.the100.ci · Aug 25

Ever stared at a table of regression coefficients & wondered what you're doing with your life?

Very excited to share this gentle introduction to another way of making sense of statistical models (w @vincentab.bsky.social)
Preprint: doi.org/10.31234/osf...
Website: j-rohrer.github.io/marginal-psy...

Models as Prediction Machines: How to Convert Confusing Coefficients into Clear Quantities

Abstract
Psychological researchers usually make sense of regression models by interpreting coefficient estimates directly. This works well enough for simple linear models, but is more challenging for more complex models with, for example, categorical variables, interactions, non-linearities, and hierarchical structures. Here, we introduce an alternative approach to making sense of statistical models. The central idea is to abstract away from the mechanics of estimation, and to treat models as “counterfactual prediction machines,” which are subsequently queried to estimate quantities and conduct tests that matter substantively. This workflow is model-agnostic; it can be applied in a consistent fashion to draw causal or descriptive inference from a wide range of models. We illustrate how to implement this workflow with the marginaleffects package, which supports over 100 different classes of models in R and Python, and present two worked examples. These examples show how the workflow can be applied across designs (e.g., observational study, randomized experiment) to answer different research questions (e.g., associations, causal effects, effect heterogeneity) while facing various challenges (e.g., controlling for confounders in a flexible manner, modelling ordinal outcomes, and interpreting non-linear models).

Figure illustrating model predictions. On the X-axis the predictor, annual gross income in Euro. On the Y-axis the outcome, predicted life satisfaction. A solid line marks the curve of predictions on which individual data points are marked as model-implied outcomes at incomes of interest. Comparing two such predictions gives us a comparison. We can also fit a tangent to the line of predictions, which illustrates the slope at any given point of the curve.

A figure illustrating various ways to include age as a predictor in a model. On the x-axis age (predictor), on the y-axis the outcome (model-implied importance of friends, including confidence intervals).

Illustrated are
1. age as a categorical predictor, resultings in the predictions bouncing around a lot with wide confidence intervals
2. age as a linear predictor, which forces a straight line through the data points that has a very tight confidence band and
3. age splines, which lies somewhere in between as it smoothly follows the data but has more uncertainty than the straight line.

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · Aug 21

New job ad: Assistant Professor of Quantitative Social Science, Dartmouth College apply.interfolio.com/172357

Please share with your networks. I am the search chair and happy to answer questions!

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Monique Botha @drmbothapsych.bsky.social · Aug 19

Come work with us at Durham! The department of Psychology is advertising for an assistant professor, with experience in forensic psychology! Please also share

durham.taleo.net/careersectio...

Assistant Professor (Research %26 Education)

Click the link provided to see the complete job description.

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Josh de Leeuw @joshdeleeuw.bsky.social · Jul 29

Vassar College is hiring a tenure track assistant professor in cognitive science. vassar.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Vassar...

I'll be at #CogSci2025 - happy to chat about the position and life at Vassar.

Assistant Professor of Cognitive Science, Tenure Track

Department Cognitive Science Vassar College is dedicated to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees and welcomes applications from individuals of all backgrounds. Deci...

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Eleanor Schille-Hudson @erbsh.bsky.social · Jul 29

hahah

Eleanor Schille-Hudson @erbsh.bsky.social · Jul 29

!!!!!!! is that rude? or is it helpful? 😂

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Eleanor Schille-Hudson @erbsh.bsky.social · Jul 29

too real

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Amitai Shenhav @ashenhav.bsky.social · Jul 25

📣 Heads-up that our amazing dept (Berkeley Psych) is anticipating hiring *two* TT Asst Profs this Fall, under the themes of (1) Social & Personality Psychology, and (2) Biological Basis of Behavior.

Official job ads coming soon...

Send qs for (1) to Iris Mauss/Serena Chen, (2) to Linda Wilbrecht

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Amir Goldberg @amirgo.bsky.social · Jul 24

The Stanford GSB is hiring in macro & micro OB! If you do sociology, psychology, OB, strategy, management, computational social science, please apply.

On the macro side, mid-career folks are especially invited to apply.

See here👇
www.gsb.stanford.edu/jobs/faculty...

Faculty Positions in Organizational Behavior

Learn about tenured and non-tenured faculty positions open in the organizational behavior area at Stanford GSB.

www.gsb.stanford.edu

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Brynn Sherman @brynnsherman.bsky.social · Jul 24

I'm recruiting a lab manager for my soon-to-be-launched lab at Ohio State! If you know of any recent grads who may be interested both in helping to build the lab and in developing skills in the cognitive neuroscience of memory, please share!

osu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/OSUCar...

Research Associate

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Eleanor Schille-Hudson @erbsh.bsky.social · Jul 24

"actually I'm not available from 3-4 on Tuesday"

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Eleanor Schille-Hudson @erbsh.bsky.social · Jul 23

lmaooooo every post I'm seeing about this is so wild

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