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Tom Hollenstein @tomhollenstein.bsky.social · Jun 5

My Canadian university, Queen's, is offering TWENTY 4-year funded PhDs (40k CAD/yr) for a student of ANY citizenship who has been accepted at a top 100 US university but have had offer rescinded OR are reconsidering offer due to US policy.
Details found here👇

www.queensu.ca/grad-postdoc...

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Queen’s University is a globally engaged, research-intensive institution dedicated to attracting and supporting exceptional PhD students who will significantly advance our research mission.

www.queensu.ca

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Adam Sharp @adamcsharp.bsky.social · Apr 24

What they call pedants (people who can’t resist correcting you’re spelling and grammer) in five different countries….

5. Comma fucker (Finland)
4. Little dot shitter (Switzerland)
3. Whittler of woodchips (Norway)
2. Counter of peas (Germany)
1. Sodomizer of flies (France)

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Gareth Gaskell @mggaskell.bsky.social · Apr 3

A typically brilliant talk from @jennirodd.bsky.social for her @exppsychsoc.bsky.social Mid-career Award

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The Experimental Psychology Society @exppsychsoc.bsky.social · Mar 31

Later this week is #EPSLancaster25! ☀️🧠😎

For all the up to date information, please check our website.

eps.ac.uk/next-meeting/

Next Meeting

EPS Meeting: Lancaster University. 2nd – 4th April 2025. This meeting will include the joint 23rd EPS Mid-Career Prize Lecture by Jennifer Rodd (with an accompanying symposium organised by Jo …

eps.ac.uk

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Jenni Rodd @jennirodd.bsky.social · Apr 1

My bike and I are on our way

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Gorilla Experiment Builder @gorillapsych.bsky.social · Mar 14

Let your research do the talking!
We’re awarding 5 🦍 grants ($1,770 each)—could one be yours?

Submit a 500-word research proposal + overview on how one could support your next study for a chance to win!

If you're exploring #language, #linguistics or anything in between—apply now!
➡️ bit.ly/3FeV9rX

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Jenni Rodd @jennirodd.bsky.social · Mar 18

Great opportunity to win a subscription from @gorillapsych.bsky.social

Gorilla Experiment Builder @gorillapsych.bsky.social · Mar 14

Let your research do the talking!
We’re awarding 5 🦍 grants ($1,770 each)—could one be yours?

Submit a 500-word research proposal + overview on how one could support your next study for a chance to win!

If you're exploring #language, #linguistics or anything in between—apply now!
➡️ bit.ly/3FeV9rX

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Diana Tamir @dianatamir.bsky.social · Feb 20

Are you a junior faculty member interested in spending 2-4 weeks at Princeton Psych? Please apply for our Microsabbatical program! It’s a fully funded visit for professional development and creating long-term collaborations.
psych.princeton.edu/diversity/mi...

Microsabbaticals at Princeton Psychology

Microsabbaticals at Princeton Psychology provide a several-week-long visit to our department for early-career faculty from groups that are historically under-represented in academia. The program focus...

psych.princeton.edu

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Prof. Sarah Bate @sarahbate.bsky.social · Feb 17

Wonderful to see the symposium honouring Dr. Andy Johnson. A fantastic academic and colleague, and a friend to so many. All the best to the BU PGRs presenting your work with Andy at this event - you will do him proud

The Experimental Psychology Society @exppsychsoc.bsky.social · Feb 17

The meeting programme for EPS Lancaster in April is now live!

eps.ac.uk/next-meeting/

Next Meeting

EPS Meeting: Lancaster University. 2nd – 4th April 2025. This meeting will include the joint 23rd EPS Mid-Career Prize Lecture by Jennifer Rodd (with an accompanying symposium organised by Jo …

eps.ac.uk

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Jenni Rodd @jennirodd.bsky.social · Feb 17

Unspeakably excited about this meeting.
Already getting emotional about the thought of giving an EPS prize lecture.

The Experimental Psychology Society @exppsychsoc.bsky.social · Feb 17

The meeting programme for EPS Lancaster in April is now live!

eps.ac.uk/next-meeting/

Next Meeting

EPS Meeting: Lancaster University. 2nd – 4th April 2025. This meeting will include the joint 23rd EPS Mid-Career Prize Lecture by Jennifer Rodd (with an accompanying symposium organised by Jo …

eps.ac.uk

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Jenni Rodd @jennirodd.bsky.social · Jan 23

Thanks. Could she email me? J dot rodd @ ucl.ac.uk

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F. Perry Wilson, MD @fperrywilson.bsky.social · Jan 22

Every week, I see a new study talking about this or that effect of GLP-1 receptor agonists like #ozempic. FINALLY, we have a study evaluating all the outcomes (good and bad) in one dataset. There are some... surprises. 🧵

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Antonia Hamilton @antoniahamilton.bsky.social · Jan 22

ICN is hiring at Prof / reader level. Come and join the best and most fabulous cognitive neuroscience department anywhere www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/.... Please share

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).

www.ucl.ac.uk

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Jenni Rodd @jennirodd.bsky.social · Jan 23

Particularly keen to find people age 30+

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Jenni Rodd @jennirodd.bsky.social · Jan 23

I have a student recruiting Cantonese speaking people living in the UK for a 20-minute vocabulary task.
Does anyone know good ways to recruit?
We can pay via paypal or Amazon vouchers.

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Jon Simons @jonsimons.bsky.social · Jan 21

Announcing a new endowed Chair in Young People's Mental Health at @campsydept.bsky.social. An exciting opportunity to shape mental health strategy and conduct world-leading research in one of the most intellectually vibrant places in the world. Please share!

The Dawson Professorship of Young People's Mental Health - Job Opportunities - University of Cambridge

The Dawson Professorship of Young People's Mental Health in the Department of Psychology at the University of Cambridge.

www.jobs.cam.ac.uk

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Prof Andy Field @profandyfield.com · Jan 20

Trying to compile a list of people with active pedagogic interests in teaching statistics go.bsky.app/Qg6YSq6

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Jenni Rodd @jennirodd.bsky.social · Jan 17

The April @exppsychsoc.bsky.social meeting opens for submissions on Monday. I'm giving a prize lecture & Jo Taylor has organised an amazing symposium: Recent perspectives on the mental lexicon.

eps.ac.uk/next-meeting/

Next Meeting

EPS Meeting: Lancaster University. 2nd – 4th April 2025. This meeting will include the joint 23rd EPS Mid-Career Prize Lecture by Jennifer Rodd (with an accompanying symposium organised by Jo …

eps.ac.uk

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Jenni Rodd @jennirodd.bsky.social · Jan 19

Absolutely. Yes.
And it happens earlier if you embrace benign neglect as a parenting style

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Jenni Rodd @jennirodd.bsky.social · Jan 17

The symposium features @kathyrastle.bsky.social @drmattdavis.bsky.social @matthewmakpsy.bsky.social & other word-nerd superstars

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Jenni Rodd @jennirodd.bsky.social · Jan 17

The April @exppsychsoc.bsky.social meeting opens for submissions on Monday. I'm giving a prize lecture & Jo Taylor has organised an amazing symposium: Recent perspectives on the mental lexicon.

eps.ac.uk/next-meeting/

Next Meeting

EPS Meeting: Lancaster University. 2nd – 4th April 2025. This meeting will include the joint 23rd EPS Mid-Career Prize Lecture by Jennifer Rodd (with an accompanying symposium organised by Jo …

eps.ac.uk

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Celia Heyes @celiaheyes.bsky.social · Jan 13

Uta’s here! Welcome!

Uta Frith @utafrith.bsky.social · Jan 8

The power of being social.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences @pnas.org · Dec 27

Researchers challenged longhorn crazy ants and humans with the same task: maneuvering a T-shaped object through two consecutive open doorways. Single humans always outperformed single ants, but ant groups could beat human groups. In PNAS: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

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Duncan Astle @duncanastle.bsky.social · Jan 10

We are hiring! We're looking for a great project manager to help with a large-scale Wellcome funded study. If you know of anyone that this might appeal to, please share.

www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/49880/

Project Manager (Part Time, Fixed Term) - Job Opportunities - University of Cambridge

Project Manager (Part Time, Fixed Term) in the MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit at the University of Cambridge.

www.jobs.cam.ac.uk

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CantlonLab @cantlonlab.bsky.social · Jan 8

The best award in psychology is now OPEN: The Glushko Dissertation Prize is a $10,000 award to a recent PhD in the field of cognitive science. Several awards are made each cycle. Deadline is January 18th. @cogscisociety.bsky.social
cognitivesciencesociety.org/glushko-diss...

Glushko Dissertation Prize - Cognitive Science Society

cognitivesciencesociety.org

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Gareth Gaskell @mggaskell.bsky.social · Jan 8

Welcome to Bluesky, @exppsychsoc.bsky.social. The best society in the world.*

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