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Kenji Itao @kenjiitao.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

From Apr 1, 2026, I’ll launch my own lab at Tohoku University as an Assistant Professor! I’m happy to host applicants for the JSPS International Postdoc Fellowships. If you’re interested in mathematical models of human history, feel free to DM me!

jsps.go.jp

About the Program (Standard)｜Postdoctoral Fellowships for Research in Japan｜Postdoctoral Fellowships for Research in Japan

Official Website of Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)

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Dr. Alexandra Witt @alexthewitty.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Happy to announce I started a postdoc with @watarutoyokawa.bsky.social at RIKEN-CBS! 🎉 I'm absolutely thrilled to be here (and not just because it's easy to find great waterfalls) For this position, I'm broadening my research to include more interactive and naturalistic social learning settings 🧠

Me at the RIKEN Center for Brain Science, my new place of work!

Me at Haha no Shirataki, a gorgeous waterfall near Mt. Fuji. It's pictured half-frozen, making it outstandingly cool

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Pantelis P. Analytis @pantelispa.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

I am hiring a postdoc for a DFF-funded project on social influence, and the decision processes that fuel rich-get-richer dynamics in the online/offline world. The position is for up to a year, competitive Danish salary, remote work possible. Interested or know somebody? DM me or share!

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Dr. Alexandra Witt @alexthewitty.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

Over the moon to announce that, as of last Friday, I’m officially #PhDone! I’d like to thank everyone who supported me along the way, including, but not limited to, my amazing supervisor @thecharleywu.bsky.social, and all members (past or present) of the HMC lab and the @velezcolab.bsky.social 🎓

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Bonan Zhao (赵博囡) @bonan.bsky.social · 17/08/2025

My Lab at the University of Edinburgh🇬🇧 has funded PhD positions for this cycle! We study the computational principles of how people learn, reason, and communicate. It's a new lab, and you will be playing a big role in shaping its culture and foundations. Spread the words!

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SFB 1528 - Cognition of Interaction @sfb1528.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

Don't miss it! Submit your abstract for our Satellite Symposium on Computational Neuroscience to celebrate 20 years Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience Göttingen! Deadline for your abstracts is August 17! Participation is free! Join us in Göttingen on Oct 15!

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Dr. Alexandra Witt @alexthewitty.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

Happening today after lunch! Stop by W-213 (conveniently placed at the very entrance of the salon, near fresh air!) to hear about positivity biases across individual and social learning #cogsci2025

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Vélez Lab at UCSD @velezcolab.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

The CoLab is headed to #CogSci2025!! 🥳 Here's where to find us!

A lineup showing upcoming talks and posters for the CoLab at CogSci 2025.

Wednesday
Natalia Vélez: Understanding structural diversity in human collaboration
Metareasoning Workshop, Pacific H, 10:30-11:10am

Thursday
Huang Ham: Collaborative encoding of visual working memory
P1-H-244

Friday
Bonan Zhao (new PI!): Discovering hidden laws in innovation by recombination
P2-Z-231

Elizabeth Mieczkowski: A normative account of specialization: How task and environment shape role differentiation in collaboration
P2-M-133

Bella Fascendini: Are two-year-olds intrinsically motivated to explore their own competence?
Learning & Development 2, Salon 6, 1-2:30pm

Saturday
Renée Creppy (first-timer!): Children’s expectations of dominant and prestigious leaders
P3-C-40

Natalia Vélez: Thinking in teams
Invited Symposium: New Theoretical Directions in Cognitive Science
Salon 7, 2:15-3:45pm

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Björn Lindström @bjornlindstrom.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

Thrilled that our paper on the mechanisms underlying social learning strategies is out! First big paper from my @erc.europa.eu & @kawresearch.bsky.social funded group. More to come! I'm currently looking to recruit two post docs, get in touch if you find this line of research interesting.

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Dr. Alexandra Witt @alexthewitty.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

This was so fun! Thanks to everyone for coming, presenting, and exchanging ideas! :)

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Junyi Chu @junyi.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

Delighted to announce our CogSci '25 workshop at the interface between cognitive science and design 🧠🖌️! We're calling it: 🏺Minds in the Making🏺 🔗 minds-making.github.io June – July 2024, free & open to the public (all career stages, all disciplines)

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Dr. Alexandra Witt @alexthewitty.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

🚨CogSci preprint alert🚨 When you look at reviews, do you like to focus on positive or negative ones? @stepalminteri.bsky.social, @thecharleywu.bsky.social and I set out to investigate how learning rate biases differ between individual and social learning in our new study. osf.io/bcrw9_v2 🧵 below!

osf.io

OSF

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Charley Wu @thecharleywu.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

👨‍🎤COSMOS strikes back🌠! This time in Tokyo 🇯🇵 with a fantastic new program designed to teach computational modeling of social phenomena. As always, it's free to attend & we will offer travel stipends to ensure diverse attendance. For details visit 👉 cosmossummerschool.github.io/application/ pls share🙏

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Dr. Alexandra Witt @alexthewitty.bsky.social · 23/09/2024

How do we integrate social information from others with similar, but distinct, preferences? Find the answer in the first publication of my PhD, now out in PNAS! (pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... Or get the quick rundown in the thread below 🧵

Multiple people give different star ratings about the same product

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Dr. Alexandra Witt @alexthewitty.bsky.social · 25/07/2024

Ever had to go through the gruelling process of finding a good restaurant based on Google reviews? 🍝 Come check out my poster today to learn how humans use social information from others with similar, but nonidentical, tastes! #CogSci2024 (P1-LL-178!)

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Senne Braem @sebraem.bsky.social · 27/03/2024

We're looking for a new PhD student to come and work with us on the topics of cognitive control and reinforcement learning! Deadline April 26th. For more information, please see users.ugent.be/~sbraem/

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Dr. Alexandra Witt @alexthewitty.bsky.social · 22/03/2024

Happy to share that I recently started a research visit at the @velezcolab.bsky.social - looking forward to collaborating with the experts on collaboration, and to delve back into neuroscience 🥳 🧠

The poster is standing in front of the Princeton Neuroscience Institute and pointing at the sign.

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Dr. Alexandra Witt @alexthewitty.bsky.social · 27/02/2024

Super stoked to announce that the preprint for my first PhD project is out! 🥳 In everyday life, we often rely on other people's opinions, despite them not sharing our exact preferences. But how do we do this adaptively? Find out in this 🧵 (1/7) or here: osf.io/e4g3q

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Natalia Vélez @natvelali.bsky.social · 22/02/2024

Our fearless inaugural lab manager @bellafascendini.bsky.social is going to grad school (🥳🎉), so the CoLab is hiring a lab manager!! Please share with anyone who wants to deepen their experience in cog sci before grad school. Review starts on 3/15! research-princeton.icims.com/jobs/18575/r...

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Wataru Toyokawa @watarutoyokawa.bsky.social · 04/01/2024

📣 We are hiring!! 📣 A postdoc position in the Computational Group Dynamics (COGNAC) lab, RIKEN CBS, Tokyo (Wako). Starting in April 2024 or soon after. Interested in experimenting human collective behaviour? See full details 👉 cbs.riken.jp/en/careers/2... Please Repost 🙏

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Nivi Mani @nivimani.bsky.social · 22/11/2023

Been saving this for my first post here. As part of a new Research Training Group on Curiosity to be established at Göttingen (www.uni-goettingen.de/de/681631.html), we advertise a PhD position in developmental curiosity research in my group. More details here: www.uni-goettingen.de/de/document/...

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Jeremy Hogeveen @jeremyhogeveen.bsky.social · 02/12/2023

New paper alert: a mini meta analysis of human studies related to exploration and exploitation. Hopefully the start of a great collab with this team! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Chaz Firestone @chazfirestone.bsky.social · 20/11/2023

Out today! www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

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