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3 year PhD position in cognitive computational neuroscience available @psychologyuea.bsky.social Working with @timkietzmann.bsky.social @stephanierossit.bsky.social Deadline 30th April. Unfortunately only open to UK candidates. Pls retweet. #neuroskyence #VisionScience #compneurosky

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Post-doc position available from Sept 2025 for 18 months on a @leverhulme.bsky.social project into children's perceptual decision-making using diffusion models. Closes 10th March. Pls share! edzz.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid... #VisionScience #PsychSciSky

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We've received a 𝐋𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐡𝐮𝐥𝐦𝐞 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐭 to support 𝐃𝐫. 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐡 @fraserwsmith.bsky.social in studying the neural and computational mechanisms of material perception 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐦 Dr. Stephanie Rossit Dr. Tim Kietzmann (Osnabrück Uni) Paula Zuccotti (Ethnographer) We’re hiring: shorturl.at/RgxHT

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We have an opening for a 12 month Research Assistant post, funded by an ERC grant. The postholder would help with several neuroimaging projects, including MEG and 7T fMRI. Please repost and share with anyone who may be interested. www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/... #neuroskyence #Neuroimaging

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Question Time last night was pretty fierce. And had to be. There's a deliberate effort now to shift the ground: towards appeasement, inhumanity and authoritarianism. Once more, we must resist it. We must fight hard for kindness. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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George Monibot, "We have a Chancellor and. Prime Minister who seem to have no vision at all, except this thing called growth, GDP growth" "GDP should not be used as a measure of national welfare" #BBCQT

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A new settlement is needed for universities and their staff!

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On International Day of Women and Girls in Science, we celebrate the women shaping the future of science 👩‍🔬 In 2023, women made up only 41% of scientists and engineers in the EU. Denmark has the highest representation of female scientists and engineers (50.8%), while Hungary has the lowest (30.7%).

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Modern-Day Oracles or Bullshit Machines? Jevin West (@jevinwest.bsky.social) and I have spent the last eight months developing the course on large language models (LLMs) that we think every college freshman needs to take. thebullshitmachines.com

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My lab is looking for a computational neuroscience postdoctoral researcher: www.ru.nl/en/working-a... Come join us at the @dondersinst.bsky.social!

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𝐃𝐫. 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐮𝐬 𝐇𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐨𝐧 shared his expertise with 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡 on why intrusive thoughts happen and how sleep deprivation can make them worse. www.telegraph.co.uk/health-fitne... #ResearchExcellence #UEAPsy Check out @harrington-mo.bsky.social latest publication: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

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UEA has received a @leverhulmetrust.bsky.social grant for 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐟. 𝐋𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐚 𝐒𝐚𝐦𝐮𝐞𝐥𝐬𝐨𝐧’s research on early word learning, in collaboration with 𝐃𝐫. 𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐫 & 𝐃𝐫. 𝐀𝐣𝐚𝐳 𝐁𝐡𝐚𝐭 We’ll soon be looking for a Postdoc Scholar and a Data Collection Assistant! 🌐 lnkiy.in/ddlabs

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SOON !!! Developmental psychology + language jobs at @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social

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#neurojobs #neuroimaging #neuroskyence 🧠 NEUROIMAGING POST-DOC 🧠 Do you have (or will have in a year) a PhD in Psychology, Neuroscience or Neuroimaging? Do you want to live in gorgeous Norwich? Then apply: vacancies.uea.ac.uk/vacancies/13... Join the SIGHT project: www.uea.ac.uk/about/school...

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📣UEA UCU members have overwhelmingly voted YES to industrial action, in the largest turnout we've had in a paper ballot at UEA. 📣We hope management will now recognise the depth of feeling there is at the University about the need to avoid compulsory redundancies. #SaveUEA

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🧠 📌 FINAL CALL FOR POST-DOC IN NEUROIMAGING 🧠 📌 Do you have (or will have soon) a PhD in Psychology, Neuroscience or Neuroimaging? Are you looking for a post-doc in neuroimaging? Do you want to join a friendly lab in a fab Psychology department? Do you wish to live in gorgeous Norwich?

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So now we have it. Rachel Reeves's claim that a third runway at Heathrow Airport would boost economic growth comes from a report commissioned by .... Heathrow Airport. Instead of acting in the national interest, she's channelling corporate lobbyists. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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A brave and urgent column by the Labour MP Clive Lewis - @labourlewis.bsky.social - calling on his own party to stop appeasing capital and work on behalf of people and the living world. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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We are looking for new external examiners for our Master's-level programmes in Psychology at the University of Plymouth. Please RT and alert those who might be interested. They can message me, or email me [email protected]. Thank you. #EduSky #AcademicSky #neuroskyence #CogPsych

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A third runway at #Heathrow in the midst of a climate emergency is a vile act of vandalism. Rachel Reeves is happy to burn the planet for a tiny (probably elusive) increment of GDP. How does this benefit us? Article coming later today.

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Thumbs up to all UEA UCU members who have already posted their ballot for industrial action! 👍 If you haven't already, please remember to post yours before Friday 31st Jan and to let the branch know. #SaveUEA

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Academic workers across the country are organizing to call on our congressional representatives on Thursday, 1/30, at 3pm ET / 12pm PT to demand these restrictions be lifted immediately. There will be a training over zoom at the beginning of the event. Join us! form.jotform.com/250226137228...

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JOB ALERT: Computational Cognitive Neuroscience Postdoc position in Osaka, Japan! Plus PhD positions for April 2026. PLEASE REPOST! #postdocjobs #neuroskyence #neuroscience #psychscisky #compneurosky We had to re-start the process after our preferred candidate withdrew. Info 👇.

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Did someone say the IMRF submission portal is open? Oooh yeah! You heard it - send us your symposium proposals by February 14; talk/poster proposals by March 14 📝 More information, submission templates, and submission instructions on: imrf2025.sciencesconf.org We cannot wait to read them!

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Do you have a PhD in Psychology, Neuroscience or Neuroimaging & are looking for a post-doc? Do you want to join a friendly lab? Do you want to live in Norwich (UK) - gorgeous city close to the beach? You can surf, meet seals, do wonderful walks, eat gelato & enjoy gorgeous sunsets!

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Check out our lab’s new paper by the brilliant @luakoenig.bsky.social !

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Congratulation fresh off her viva Dr @annadelaet.bsky.social ! Thanks to her examiners Lisa Henderson and Louise Ewing for drilling her for almost 3 hours but requesting no corrections!

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Finally Biden has said the word: oligarchy. Why has it taken so long for the Democrats to explain what is happening?

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Come and work with us and do a PhD with on a very exciting project #neurojobs

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PhD studentship available in cognitive computational neuroscience (neuroimaging and deep neural networks) investigating multimodal material perception. Working with myself, @stephanierossit.bsky.social @timkietzmann.bsky.social Funded by @leverhulme.bsky.social www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLL004/p...

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I am looking for a post-doc on neuroimaging analysis. Come & join my team at UEA (Norwich, UK). The post is for 32 months starting from April. Norwich is a wonderful & affordable city. ➡Apply: vacancies.uea.ac.uk/vacancies/13... ⏰Deadline: 13 February 2025 Questions: [email protected]

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Great post-doc opportunity working on stroke and neuroimaging analysis in beautiful Norwich with a great team!

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www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... Paper out now: Feedback to the periphery and fovea of V1 follows different functions. Contextual scene information goes to both regions. Object information to the fovea if it is task relevant. Thanks to my team @ccniuofg.bsky.social and have a good break now.

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If we agree that youth mobility to and from the EU is important, then please consider contacting your MP (this is a convenient auto-email site related to this upcoming parliamentary discussion) www.europeanmovement.co.uk/contact-mp-y...

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My former science career peaked when I was once described as a “boffin” in the national press; my heritage career may have reached its zenith too with the latest Private Eye Nooks & Corners columns quoting @archhfund.org.uk recommendations from an article I wrote about Scottish churches at risk!

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🚀 Ready for #BRNet7? 🚀 Join us in vibrant Utrecht to explore how the #brain represents the #body using #computational approaches! 🧠💡 🔗 Submit your abstract by March 1st! bodyrepresentation.wixsite.com/brnet/genera... Don't miss out on shaping the future of body representation research! 🌍✨

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(1/4) The Algonauts Project 2025 challenge is now live! Participate and build computational models that best predict how the human brain responds to multimodal movies! Submission deadline: 13th of July. #algonauts2025 #NeuroAI #CompNeuro #neuroscience #AI algonautsproject.com

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Spot on and hilarious

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I feel so honored by the publication of this special issue of Neuropsychologia. Thanks so much to my friends and colleagues who put this together. And thanks to all the contributors. There are so many wonderful articles. I can't tell you how delighted I am. 🧪🧠 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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We’re partnering with @ri-science.bsky.social to complement the CHRISTMAS LECTURES 2024 theme, The Truth About Food. As well as themed Chats, students can extend the conversations to class with a Debate Kit that asks ‘Do we have free choice over what we eat?’ Learn more: https://buff.ly/3ZIjtdI

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Incredibly lucky to have just been successful on another NIHR i4i grant. This will fund a feasibility study of our attention rehab app EyeFocus in clinical settings. Exciting times ahead 👀🧠🤩

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PhD studentship on the development of gaze understanding, in beautiful Norwich, funded by @leverhulme.bsky.social

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Placating banks and the financiers is more important than staff livelihoods and jobs,” Nick Grant, @uea-ucu.bsky.social co-chair. www.timeshighereducation.com/news/appeasi...

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