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Nicole Rust @nicolecrust.bsky.social · 1d

Let this be a motto for all of us, when we peer review:
“Review the manuscript in front of you, not the one you wish existed.”
@earlkmiller.bsky.social

JoCNForum @jocnforum.bsky.social · 1d

New post in @jocnforum.bsky.social by Early Miller @earlkmiller.bsky.social: "Principles for proper peer review"

doi.org/10.21428/8e6...

Principles for proper peer review

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Earl K. Miller @earlkmiller.bsky.social · 1d

For all the knucklehead reviewers out there.
Principles for proper peer review - Earl K. Miller
jocnf.pubpub.org/pub/qag76ip8...
#neuroscience

Principles for proper peer review

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William Matchin @wmatchin.bsky.social · 5d

With so much (boring!) AI/computational work, these positions sound quite refreshing

Dan Mirman @danmirman.bsky.social · 5d

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...

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Fernanda Ferreira @fernandaedi.bsky.social · 7d

Posting on behalf of Tamar Gollan, who is not on Bluesky:

A postdoc position is open and available immediately in Dr. Tamar Gollan’s Laboratory of Aging Bilingualism at the University of California, San Diego, funded by NIH & NSF. See link for details!

psychiatry.ucsd.edu/about/LAB_Go...

psychiatry.ucsd.edu

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William Matchin @wmatchin.bsky.social · 12d

Important paper by Sarah Schneck, @smwilson.bsky.social et al. "We found strong evidence that left posterior temporal cortex is the most critical region for language processing in post-stroke aphasia...right posterior temporal cortex made an independent contribution"

www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...

Independent contributions of language activations in left and right temporal cortex to aphasia outcomes after stroke

Recovery from aphasia after stroke is thought to depend on functional reorganization of language processing in surviving brain regions. Many studies have investigated this process, but progress has be...

www.medrxiv.org

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Oscar Woolnough @owoolnough.bsky.social · Sep 3

As it's hiring season again I'm resharing the NeuroJobs feed. Add #NeuroJobs to your post if you're recruiting or looking for an RA, PhD, Postdoc, or faculty position in Neuro or an adjacent field.

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William Matchin @wmatchin.bsky.social · 19d

Five years ago, I pulled my hair out over the cancel culture being promulgated by liberals. Now cancel culture has returned with a vengeance, perpetrated by the right and bolstered by the full weight of state power. Depressing. The solution is robust protections for free speech.

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Hilary Barth @hilarybarth.bsky.social · 20d

We’re searching for TWO tenure-track cognitive neuroscientists here in the Wesleyan University Psychology Department! Apply here wesleyan.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/careers

Careers at Wesleyan

We welcome your interest in Wesleyan’s diverse, energetic community of employees who, by their creativity, innovative thinking, and generosity of spirit, help make Wesleyan a great place to work. In t...

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Fernanda Ferreira @fernandaedi.bsky.social · 29d

UCDavis Psych is hiring an Assistant Professor in Human Cognition or Cognitive Neuroscience 🧠✨

Come join a vibrant, collaborative dept and live in a fun college town near Sacramento, San Francisco, Napa, and Lake Tahoe. Applications due Oct.21.

Please share widely!

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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William Matchin @wmatchin.bsky.social · 22d

In my opinion, one constructive way to engage positively is to join your local union. At the university of South Carolina, this means United Campus Workers ucwsc.org
and also @aaup.org Free speech rights are being eroded, workers rights attacked, and the only way forward is to fight together

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William Matchin @wmatchin.bsky.social · 22d

@davidpoeppel.bsky.social receiving the well-deserved @snlmtg.bsky.social Distinguished Career Award

David has had a lasting and deep impact on the field and on his many successful trainees. David is also known for his enjoinders to engage positively with the world.

#SNL2025

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William Matchin @wmatchin.bsky.social · 22d

Provocative piece and more interesting than most that have been written about this topic. I greatly encourage people to weigh in!

My own perspective is that while there is utility to LMs, the scientific insights are greatly overstated.

Kyle Mahowald (COLM 2025) @kmahowald.bsky.social · 23d

📣@futrell.bsky.social and I have a BBS target article with an optimistic take on LLMs + linguistics. Commentary proposals (just need a few hundred words) are OPEN until Oct 8. If we are too optimistic for you (or not optimistic enough!) or you have anything to say: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

How Linguistics Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Language Models

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William Matchin @wmatchin.bsky.social · 23d

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William Matchin @wmatchin.bsky.social · 23d

Winners of the @SNLmtg #SNL2025 fitness challenge: Sigfus Kristinsson and Vaishak Harish

Spirit awards:
Cody Zhewei Cao
@kjobson.bsky.social

Hope to continue this next year at #SNL2026 in Geneva :)

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William Matchin @wmatchin.bsky.social · 24d

Starting in less than an hour!

William Matchin @wmatchin.bsky.social · 25d

Just a reminder: fitness challenge at #SNL2025 is tomorrow!

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William Matchin @wmatchin.bsky.social · 24d

Watching one of my heroes Carol Padden presenting now on emerging sign languages. Rare contexts in which we can study the emergence of novel languages! @snlmtg.bsky.social #SNL2025

Padden authored the classic book Deaf in America, required reading for communication disorders students in my view.

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Lorna Quandt @lornaquandt.bsky.social · 24d

Day 2 of #snl2025 featured wonderful talk from Dave Poeppel, interesting keynote, posters from my team, and a thought provoking panel. My brain and heart are full!

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William Matchin @wmatchin.bsky.social · 24d

@drdyerit.bsky.social asking how we can bridge the gaps between inclusion of deaf people in discussions of cochlear implants while respecting hearing families of deaf children

@snlmtg.bsky.social #SNL2025

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William Matchin @wmatchin.bsky.social · 24d

Let me emphasize that the three positions in my department, communication sciences and disorders, are flexible in area of research and are open rank. Lots of opportunities and support for diverse research programs, from aphasia to developmental disabilities to cochlear implants to sign language

William Matchin @wmatchin.bsky.social · 29d

University of South Carolina has *7* tenure-track faculty positions in Neurobiology of Language:

tinyurl.com/USC-Faculty-...

Positions in COMD, Psych, Linguistics, School of Medicine.

@snlmtg.bsky.social #SNL2025, we will have a booth.

w/@rutvikdesai.bsky.social @imb-uofsc.bsky.social

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William Matchin @wmatchin.bsky.social · 24d

David Corina introducing the symposium on cochlear implants and sign language. Important research and policy implications.

@snlmtg.bsky.social #SNL2025

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William Matchin @wmatchin.bsky.social · 24d

@f-geranmayeh.bsky.social Fatemeh Geranmayeh’s keynote on using language models to understand stroke aphasia recovery @snlmtg.bsky.social #SNL2025

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William Matchin @wmatchin.bsky.social · 25d

Just a reminder: fitness challenge at #SNL2025 is tomorrow!

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William Matchin @wmatchin.bsky.social · 25d

Just a few reminders for navigating sign language and interpreting

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Liina Pylkkänen @liinapy.bsky.social · 26d

Spectacular talk by SNL Early Career Award winner Esti Blanco Elorrieta! Much NeLLab pride, congratulations Esti! 🎉🎉 #SNL2025 @snlmtg.bsky.social

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William Matchin @wmatchin.bsky.social · 25d

@rmc-law.bsky.social Ryan Law presenting on a unified framework for semantic memory and semantic composition in the ATL.

@snlmtg.bsky.social #SNL2025

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