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Jeni Kubota @jenikubota.bsky.social · Apr 29

I feel so honored to be President-Elect of @sansmeeting.bsky.social.

These are dark times for science, but together we are stronger.

With President @dfareri.bsky.social, I look forward to advocating for science, bringing together our community, and finding a path forward.

SANS @sansmeeting.bsky.social · Apr 26

Introducing our new president Dominic Fareri and @jenikubota.bsky.social

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Society for Personality and Social Psychology @spspnews.bsky.social · Jul 30

🧠 Amid growing concern about research funding in the U.S., our members shared amazing non-federal funding opportunities for personality & social psych research!

From Russell Sage to Templeton Foundation - check out resources compiled by our community: ow.ly/PIfs50Wxoeo

A group of young adults sit together in a modern office, having a conversation.

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Diego Reinero, Ph.D. @diegoreinero.bsky.social · 23h

Keynotes: @paulbloomatyale.bsky.social & Abigail Marsh

Invited talks: @peez.bsky.social, Amrisha Vaish, @joshcjackson.bsky.social, @joodykeem.bsky.social, @sydneylevine.bsky.social, @nourkteily.bsky.social, Jessica Salerno, @mattlindauer.bsky.social

Organizers: yours truly & @jowylie.bsky.social

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Sam Nastase @samnastase.bsky.social · 6d

I'm recruiting PhD students to join my new lab in Fall 2026! The Shared Minds Lab at @usc.edu will combine deep learning and ecological human neuroscience to better understand how we communicate our thoughts from one brain to another.

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Meltem Yucel @drmeltemyucel.bsky.social · 6d

Does anyone use #RedCap for child participant database management? If so, would you be willing to share screenshots etc. of what your user interface looks like or share the template, whichever is easier.

#PsychSciSky #socialpsyc #devpsyc #AcademicSky #cogsci

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Andy Carvin @acarv.in · 7d

@npr.org just posted this to their instagram:

"Today marks the first day in public media’s history without federal funding. It’s the beginning of a new chapter — but we’re not going anywhere."⁠

It's received more than 60k likes in just 30 minutes. www.instagram.com/p/DPREnmwjyBe/

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Jeni Kubota @jenikubota.bsky.social · 7d

so excited for this!

SANS @sansmeeting.bsky.social · 7d

We're excited to announce that the #SANS2026 Presidential Keynote Speaker will be Dr. Steve Chang of Yale! (medicine.yale.edu/profile/stev...). He will deliver an address titled "Diverse Social Strategies and Neural Mechanisms underlying Mutual Cooperation"

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ISCON @iscon.bsky.social · 12d

ISCON now seeking nominations for the 2024 Best Social Cognition Paper Award!

This award recognizes an outstanding article (theoretical or empirical) in the field of social cognition. Papers eligible if published in 2024.

More info here: www.socialcognition.net/best-paper-a...

Best Paper Award | Home

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Jeni Kubota @jenikubota.bsky.social · 12d

😳 whoa that is quite a statement

Glad you are okay

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Yi Zhang @yizhang96.bsky.social · 14d

New paper out in Journal of Experimental Social Psychology! 🎉

How do we figure out who will accept or reject us in a new group?

We show that people generalize relational value across friendship ties—forming a network gradient of approach & avoidance.

authors.elsevier.com/a/1lq3x51f8w...

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Jeni Kubota @jenikubota.bsky.social · 14d

I may be biased, but I love this department! ❤️❤️❤️ Everyone should apply!

Tiffany Ito @tiffanyito.bsky.social · 16d

University of Colorado Boulder Psychology & Neuroscience is searching for TWO tenure track assistant professors!!

jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDeta...

#socialpsychology #cogpsyc #PsychSciSky #PsychJob
#psycjobs #psychology

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Assistant Professor

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Anna Weinberg @annaweinberg.bsky.social · 14d

Delighted to share that we are currently hiring for a tenure-track position (open rank) in Clinical Psychology in the Department of Psychology at McGill University. Come join a great department! Link to apply: mcgill.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/mcgill....

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Jeni Kubota @jenikubota.bsky.social · 15d

Check out this new publication @sansmeeting.bsky.social!!!

DongWon OH | 오동원 | 吳東源 @dongwonoh.bsky.social · 15d

Six years in the making, a postdoc project with @freemanjb.bsky.social is finally now out in print. Many thanks to Jon and @hennavartiainen.bsky.social and everyone who made this important work possible.

Jon Freeman @freemanjb.bsky.social · 19d

New findings from my lab in Nature Communications suggest that racial stereotypes can lead the brain's perceptual system to temporarily "see" weapons where they don't exist.

Led by: @dongwonoh.bsky.social

Paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Jeni Kubota @jenikubota.bsky.social · 16d

@sansmeeting.bsky.social check it out!

Jakub Limanowski @jlimanowski.bsky.social · 16d

New (i.e. finally published!) paper alert 🥳:
We asked whether unpredicted visual movement feedback is processed differently depending on whether it is behaviourally relevant or not.

MINI THREAD 👇

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That’s (relevant for) me: Task set dependent brain responses to delayed visual movement feedback

Abstract. Bodily self-other distinction relies on the detection of (mis)matches between predicted and actual sensory movement consequences, but the brain c

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Thekla Morgenroth @theklamorgenroth.bsky.social · 16d

New paper! "Reviewing Research on Transgender and Nonbinary People in Social Psychology: Insights and Future Research Directions" With the magical @kirameans.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

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Society for Personality and Social Psychology @spspnews.bsky.social · 19d

📣 Join SPSP tomorrow from 2-3 PM ET for a Free-Form Friday session, as three SPSP members who have experienced recent grant terminations share their stories and discuss how they're navigating next steps in their research.

Register here: ow.ly/1aKx50WYNwl

Free-Form Friday event titled 'Navigating Uncertainty: A Community Conversation on Research Funding Challenges' scheduled for Friday, September 19, 2-3 PM ET.

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Jena Doom @truedrdoom.bsky.social · 20d

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

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Jeni Kubota @jenikubota.bsky.social · 21d

congrats!!!

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Jeni Kubota @jenikubota.bsky.social · 21d

❤️ thank you for this

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Tobias Gerstenberg @tobigerstenberg.bsky.social · 21d

🚨 NEW PREPRINT: Multimodal inference through mental simulation.

We examine how people figure out what happened by combining visual and auditory evidence through mental simulation.

Paper: osf.io/preprints/ps...
Code: github.com/cicl-stanfor...

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Jeni Kubota @jenikubota.bsky.social · 21d

🚨 Exciting News! 🚨

Introducing the @sansmeeting.bsky.social Fellows Program!

We are thrilled to recognize SANS members for their scholarship, mentorship, or service!

Consider nominating a deserving individual, including yourself!

socialaffectiveneuro.org/sans-fellows...

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Koraly @drkoraly.bsky.social · 23d

Penn State Psychology is hiring in Child Clinical!
Assistant or Associate Professor

*This is a 2nd position*
We're also hiring in quant-computational.

Q's app process: [email protected]
Q's position: [email protected], Cynthia Huang-Pollock

psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/PSU_Ac...

Assistant or Associate Professor, Child Clinical Psychology, Department of Psychology

APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS: CURRENT PENN STATE EMPLOYEE (faculty, staff, technical service, or student), please login to Workday to complete the internal application process. Please do not apply here, a...

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aaron bornstein @aaronbornstein.bsky.social · 26d

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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Gordon Hodson @gordonhodsonphd.bsky.social · 28d

Postdoc @debshulman.bsky.social presenting at BPS Social @bps-social-psych.bsky.social

Asking whether contact induces within-person changes in people in ways that can shift attitudes and related variables.

BPS Social Psychology Section @bps-social-psych.bsky.social · 28d

Deborah Shulman shared their studies examining within-person changes in intergroup contact

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Michaelle DiMaggio-Potter @michaelle.bsky.social · 28d

NSF GRFP deadline published! www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...

End of October! Solicitation seemingly on the way

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)

www.nsf.gov

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Brad Postle @bradpostle.bsky.social · 28d

The Dept. of Psychology at the U. Wisconsin–Madison has an opening for an Assistant Professor in the area of Computational Neuroscience and/or Cognitive Science, with an emphasis on artificial intelligence (AI).

Domain of behavior or cognition is open. Details at jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/assista...

Assistant Professor of Psychology - Madison, Wisconsin, United States

Current Employees: If you are currently employed at any of the Universities of Wisconsin, log in to Workday to apply through the internal application process.Job Category:FacultyEmployment Type:Regula...

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