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Cognitive Science Society @cogscisociety.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Our webinar series returns this fall! In this online roundtable, @jsphillips.bsky.social and @mattgoldrick.bsky.social will share initial findings from the Higher Ed. Committee's analysis of #CogSci programs and curricula 🗓️ Nov.10, 10:30 EST Register at cognitivesciencesociety.org/higher-educa...

Promotional graphic for a webinar series titled “Cognitive Science Perspectives for Higher Education.” It announces Roundtable 3: “The State of CogSci in Higher Ed”, with the subtitle “Data, Perspectives, and Open Questions.” The event takes place November 10 at 10:30 EST. The graphic also describes the series as “A webinar series for Cognitive Science Educators in Higher Ed.” The design uses a dark teal background with white and bright lime-green typography.

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Cognitive Science Society @cogscisociety.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Many strong Elman Prize candidates are never nominated simply because no one thought to do it. Please repost! Your share might reach the colleague who writes the letter. Deadline: Nov 18 👇

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Cognitive Science Society @cogscisociety.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Many strong Elman Prize candidates are never nominated simply because no one thought to do it. Please repost! Your share might reach the colleague who writes the letter. Deadline: Nov 18 👇

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Cognitive Science Society @cogscisociety.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Two nomination deadlines on the horizon. Nov. 17 is the deadline to submit your nomination for Fellows of the CogSci Society. 🗳️ cognitivesciencesociety.org/fellows/ And the Elman Prize deadline is Nov. 18. 🗳️ cognitivesciencesociety.org/elman-prize/ Visit our website to learn more and nominate!

Two deadline calendars. November 17: deadline for nominations, Fellows of the Cognitive Science Society. November 18: deadline for nominations, Jeffrey L. Elman Prize for Scientific Achievement and Community Building.

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Cognitive Science Society @cogscisociety.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Nominations are open for the Jeffrey L. Elman Prize! The prize honors mid-career cognitive scientists whose work shows scientific excellence and a real commitment to community building. Deadline: Nov 18 🗓️ Details and how to nominate: cognitivesciencesociety.org/elman-prize/ #CogSci #Award

Graphic announcing “Submit your nominations for the 2027 Jeffrey L. Elman Prize,” with the subtitle “For Scientific Achievement and Community Building,” on a dark teal background with a geometric pattern in the lower-left corner.

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Cognitive Science Society @cogscisociety.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

The CogSci Society is accepting nominations for Fellows of the Society Fellows are individuals whose research has exhibited sustained excellence and had sustained impact on the #CogSci community. Visit cognitivesciencesociety.org/fellows/ and submit your nomination until November 17st!

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Koc University Language & Cognition Lab @kudilvebilis.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Our lab director Tilbe Göksun has been elected President of the Cognitive Science Society @cogscisociety.bsky.social for the 2027–2028 term! She is currently serving as President-Elect. Congratulations @tilbegoksun.bsky.social! ✨🎉 cognitivesciencesociety.org/about/

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Cognitive Science Society @cogscisociety.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Need more time? We've got you! The CogSci Mind Challenge deadline has been extended to September 14! Choose your format and show us how you’d make cognitive science engaging, accessible, and creative. cognitivesciencesociety.org/cogsci-mind-challenge

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Cognitive Science Society @cogscisociety.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

You should definitely check out the latest episode of the Many Minds podcast, where @damianblasi.bsky.social discusses the natural history of linguistic diversity. A special collaboration between the Cognitive Science Society and @manymindspod.bsky.social Give it a listen! 👇

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Cognitive Science Society @cogscisociety.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

What can the world’s languages tell us about the human mind? In this special @manymindspod.bsky.social episode, @damianblasi.bsky.social explores the natural history of linguistic diversity and why cognitive science needs to look beyond English. Check it out 👇

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Cognitive Science Society @cogscisociety.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

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Cognitive Science Society @cogscisociety.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

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Cognitive Science Society @cogscisociety.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Last chance to enter the 2026 CogSci Mind Challenge! Video? Podcast? Animation? Visual explainer? Blog post? You choose the format! Deadline for proposals is NEXT WEEK, August 26! cognitivesciencesociety.org/cogsci-mind-challenge

Graphic for the CogSci Mind Challenge 2026. Large lime-green text reads “Mind Challenge” on a dark teal background, with “CogSci” above and “2026” to the right. A bright green speech bubble in the upper-right corner reads “LAST CHANCE!”

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"Kevin" Tingke Shen (沈庭柯) @shenkev.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

I always wondered what the point of going to conferences was. Finally figured it out this year at @cogscisociety.bsky.social and CCN: to maximize the number of interesting, fulfilling scientific conversations! Had such a blast in Rio and NYC, will cherish all the convos I had :)

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Cognitive Science Society @cogscisociety.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Have an idea for communicating cognitive science? There’s still time to submit it to the CogSci Mind Challenge 2026. 🗓️ Deadline: August 26

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Cognitive Science Society @cogscisociety.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

The CogSci Mind Challenge is ALL NEW for 2026! Choose your format: video, podcast, animation, visual explainer, blog post, and more! New formats. New possibilities. Same challenge: make cognitive science accessible and engaging. Deadline: Aug. 26🗓️ cognitivesciencesociety.org/cogsci-mind-...

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Cognitive Science Society @cogscisociety.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Closing the symposium, Roberto Lent presents a new perspective on cognitive reserve, proposing that previously unknown brain connections may help explain neuroplasticity. #CogSci2026

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Cognitive Science Society @cogscisociety.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Ramesh Kumar Mishra discusses the future of cognitive science research in India, examining how the field can move beyond diversity and multilingualism toward more locally grounded perspectives. #CogSci2026

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Cognitive Science Society @cogscisociety.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Kicking off the ‘(In)efficiency in Cognitive Science Research symposium’, Nayra Rodriguez Soto examines how prenatal exposure to Hurricane Maria and maternal distress may jointly shape child neurodevelopment in Puerto Rico. #CogSci2026

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Nayra Rodriguez Soto presents during CogSci 2026, speaking behind a clear lectern. Behind her, a slide titled “Children’s exposure to climate hazards” summarizes UNICEF estimates showing that more than half of the world’s children are exposed to climate-related risks, including droughts, heatwaves, extreme heat, tropical storms, and floods. The slide highlights that 1.1 billion children face at least three overlapping climate hazards, threatening their health, education, and survival, and cites the UNICEF Children Climate Risk Report 2026.

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Cognitive Science Society @cogscisociety.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

The final Glushko Dissertation Prize talk features Lynn Schmittwilken @lschmittwilken.bsky.social, who examines how the tiny movements our eyes make continuously shape visual perception from its earliest moments. #CogSci2026

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Cognitive Science Society @cogscisociety.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Aida Ramezani continues the Glushko Dissertation Prize Symposium with research at the intersection of language, AI, and moral cognition, exploring how models can infer changes in moral reasoning from text. #CogSci2026

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Cognitive Science Society @cogscisociety.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Next in the Glushko Dissertation Prize Symposium, Alireza Karami @alirezakr.bsky.social explores ‘The Representation of Numerosity in the Human Brain and Machines’, comparing how humans and AI systems perceive and represent quantity. #CogSci2026

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Cognitive Science Society @cogscisociety.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Next in the Glushko Dissertation Prize Symposium, Marina Dubova @mdubova.bsky.social presents Cognitive Mechanisms of Discovery, exploring how people generate, evaluate, and refine new ideas and explanations. #CogSci2026

Marina Dubova presents during CogSci 2026, standing beside a clear lectern while holding a presentation remote. Behind her, a slide titled “how can we better learn about the world?” explores how cognitive science can test intuitions about the scientific method. The slide questions ideas such as Occam’s razor, whether good experiments should aim to falsify theories or distinguish between competing models, and features a cartoon ghost wearing a graduation cap at the center.

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Cognitive Science Society @cogscisociety.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

First up in the Glushko Dissertation Prize Symposium: Andrea de Varda @andreadevarda.bsky.social examines what multilingual neural language models can reveal about language and cognition. #CogSci2026

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Ridhi Bandaru @rbanda.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

📍 Presenting at #CogSci2026! 📄 Title: Stochastic Parrot See, Stochastic Parrot Do: Hierarchical Sequence Processing Across Artificial and Biological Intelligences ⏰ Virtual Flash Talk Session 46-48: FT.47.8

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Cognitive Science Society @cogscisociety.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Julia Hermida delivers the #CogSci2026 keynote, exploring how socioeconomic status shapes cognitive development and what this relationship can teach us about reducing educational and social inequalities.

Julia Hermida presents during CogSci 2026, speaking behind a clear lectern while holding a presentation remote. Behind her, a slide titled “SES measurement complexity” introduces the principle of diminishing welfare returns to income. A graph shows cognitive and other outcomes increasing with income but at a decreasing rate, illustrating that additional income has progressively smaller benefits.

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Cognitive Science Society @cogscisociety.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

A look back at a year in the Cognitive Science Society: highlights, milestones, and updates from across the community at the #CogSci2026 Business Meeting.

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Rafael M Batista @rafmbatista.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Good morning #CogSci2026! I’ve got a poster to share with you this afternoon Come on by so we can meet and I can tell you about what I’ve working been with on (together w/ Tom Griffiths @cocoscilab.bsky.social ) rafaelmbatista.com/sycophantic-...

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A Rational Analysis of the Effects of Sycophantic AI

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Tobias Gerstenberg @tobigerstenberg.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Wonderful keynote by @hyogweon.bsky.social at #cogsci2026 on "Distinctively human intelligence: Thinking, learning, and communicating about the self". Hyo argues that better understanding how people think about the self is a key ingredient for uncovering what makes us intelligent.

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RTG 2271: Breaking Expectations @rtg2271.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

📢 Fabian Parth has presented his poster at #CogSci2026! Congrats Fabi! 🎉

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Mandana Samiei @mandanas.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Presenting our work today at #CogSci2026 🎉 Our findings reveal interesting similarities, and important differences, in how humans and modern AI systems explore causal structures. If you're at the conference, come by and say hello! Today 5:30–7:00pm Reasoning session, P3-L-104

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Penny Pexman @pennypexman.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Thanks to all mentors and mentees who participated in our @cogscisociety.bsky.social Mentorship Lunch at #CogSci2026 in Rio, and kudos to @iakankshagupta.bsky.social for stellar support of the event.

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AbstractionERC @abstractionerc.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

🇧🇷 ABSTRACTION goes to Rio! 🧠🌎 @lauraocchipinti.bsky.social is presenting our research at #CogSci2026, exploring how word concreteness and specificity (two dimensions of Abstraction) differently shape children’s perceptions of clarity and informativeness in written texts. ☀️ #CognitiveScience

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Oviya Mohan @oviya-mohan.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Spotted any marmosets at #CogSci2026 yet? Learn more about how they coordinate at my flash talk tomorrow! FT.50.1, July 25 @4pm Rio time

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Cognitive Science Society @cogscisociety.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Closing the invited symposium (In)efficiency in Social Cognition and Cooperation, Luz Gonzalez-Gadea explores how children and adolescents respond to social transgressions, and what those responses reveal about cooperation, social norms, and relationships. #CogSci2026

Luz Gonzalez-Gadea presents during CogSci 2026, standing behind a clear lectern while gesturing with one hand and holding a presentation remote in the other. Behind her, an overview slide outlines three research questions about children’s and adolescents’ responses to moral transgressions: whether children care about moral norm violations, what motivates children’s third-party punishment, and how adolescents think justice should be restored. A banner across the top of the slide states that children and adolescents are strongly motivated to respond to social transgressions and that these responses may play an important role in regulating social life.

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Cognitive Science Society @cogscisociety.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Up next in (In)efficiency in Social Cognition and Cooperation: Joaquín Navajas @joaconavajas.bsky.social examines when discussion improves collective judgment—and when convergence can actually make groups less accurate. #CogSci2026

Joaquín Navajas presents during the invited symposium (In)efficiency in Social Cognition and Cooperation at CogSci 2026. Standing beside a clear lectern, he gestures while holding a presentation remote. Behind him, a slide titled “Collectives are not static independent judgements” explains how discussion can lead groups to converge on shared opinions. The slide notes that while convergence can reduce diversity and collective wisdom, it may also improve the reliability of judgments under certain conditions. An illustration of people exchanging ideas and references to research studies appear on the slide.

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Rafael M Batista @rafmbatista.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

I’ve created a Collection of papers on @semble.so for #CogSci2026 The collection is not exhaustive but I’ve made it open so anyone can add papers (+ connect it to other work) @cogscisociety.bsky.social @oecs-bot.bsky.social This is such a promising tool—enjoy! semble.so/profile/rafm...

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CogSci2026 (by Rafael M Batista) — Semble

Papers presented at CogSci 2026

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Cognitive Science Society @cogscisociety.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Kicking off the invited symposium (In)efficiency in Social Cognition and Cooperation, Katie Slocombe explores whether the ability to share attention extends beyond humans to other primates. #CogSci2026

Katie Slocombe delivers the opening talk of the invited symposium (In)efficiency in Social Cognition and Cooperation at CogSci 2026. Standing beside a clear lectern, she gestures while presenting a slide titled “Joint Attention.” The slide describes joint attention as the coordination and sharing of attention about objects and events, calls it “the small change that made a big difference,” and notes that it predicts early vocabulary development and theory of mind in Western samples. The stage backdrop features a panoramic view of Rio de Janeiro with the Christ the Redeemer statue and CogSci 2026 branding.

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Cognitive Science Society @cogscisociety.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Now underway at #CogSci2026: the Elman Prize Symposium, ‘Multilingualism: Enhancing Cognitive Science in Theory and Practice’, honoring 2026 prize recipient Matthew Goldrick @mattgoldrick.bsky.social.

Matthew Goldrick, recipient of the 2026 Elman Prize, delivers his keynote at CogSci 2026. Standing beside a clear lectern, he gestures while presenting a slide titled “Acoustic Property of Speech: VOT,” which explains voice onset time as an acoustic cue distinguishing voiced and voiceless consonants. The stage backdrop features a panoramic image of Rio de Janeiro with the Christ the Redeemer statue and CogSci 2026 branding.

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Affective Cognition Lab @affcoglab.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Come check out the AffCog Lab's work at #CogSci2026 on Friday!

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RTG 2271: Breaking Expectations @rtg2271.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

📢 @tamhak.bsky.social has presented her poster at #CogSci2026! Congrats Tamineh! 🎉

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Jiong Xiao @jiongx.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

I’ll give a flash talk virtually at #CogSci2026 1045-1115 tomorrow(Rio time) on the work “Bounded Adaptive Control by Modeling Linearly and Acting Locally”. We explore how people achieve adaptive multidimensional control given limited computational resources. Feel free to reach out and chat!

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Robert Hawkins @rdhawkins.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

good morning!! it's day 2 of #cogsci2026, and we're so excited to hear about new work from Seo-young Lee, Jess Mankewitz, Polina Tvilodub, Jinyi Kuang, and Karla Perez!

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Cognitive Science Society @cogscisociety.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Hyowon Gweon @hyogweon.bsky.social delivers her #CogSci2026 keynote, ‘Distinctively Human Intelligence: Thinking, Learning, and Communicating About the Self’, exploring the cognitive foundations of how humans think, learn, and communicate about themselves.

Hyowon Gweon stands behind a clear lectern delivering a keynote presentation during CogSci 2026. Behind her, a large slide titled “What does it mean to be intelligent?” contrasts learning from one’s own experiences with learning from and communicating with others, highlighting concepts such as perception, prediction, generalization, social learning, language, and explanation. The slide also includes sections on what children know and how they think and learn, with references to developmental psychology and cognitive science research.

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Cognitive Science Society @cogscisociety.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Huge congratulations to the recipient of the 2026 David E. Rumelhart Prize, Douglas Medin! Visit the Rumelhart Prize page on our website to learn more cognitivesciencesociety.org/rumelhart-pr...

Robert Glushko shakes hands with Douglas Medin after presenting him with the 2026 David E. Rumelhart Prize at CogSci 2026. Both wear light-colored jackets and face the camera in front of a large screen displaying Medin’s portrait and the award announcement.

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Cognitive Science Society @cogscisociety.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Kyle Mahowald @kmahowald.bsky.social concludes the symposium with ‘Linguistic Efficiency and Linguistic Interpretability’, connecting efficient linguistic representations with the internal mechanisms learned by large language models. #CogSci2026

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Cognitive Science Society @cogscisociety.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Helena Miton @helenamiton.bsky.social continues our invited symposium with ‘(In)efficiency in visual communication systems’, examining how writing systems balance graphic complexity, frequency and communicative effectiveness. #CogSci2026

Helena Miton stands at a clear lectern presenting during CogSci 2026. Behind her, a large red presentation slide asks, “What does efficiency look like for visual communication?” and lists three principles: using relatively simple shapes, using complex shapes only when needed, and using as many features as necessary.

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Cognitive Science Society @cogscisociety.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Mélissa Berthet @berthetmelissa.bsky.social opens our first invited symposium with ‘Efficiency in nonhuman animal communication systems’, exploring how primates convey rich information despite limited repertoires and cognitive constraints. #CogSci2026

Mélissa Berthet stands behind a clear podium delivering a presentation during CogSci 2026. Behind her, a large slide titled ”(In)efficiency in animal communication” identifies her as being from the University of Milan and features a close-up photograph of a black-furred monkey peering from behind a tree.

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Cognitive Science Society @cogscisociety.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

2026 @fabbs.org Early Career Impact Award recipient Damián Blasi @damianblasi.bsky.social takes the #CogSci2026 stage to share research at the intersection of language, culture and human cognition.

Damián Blasi stands at a clear lectern delivering a keynote presentation during CogSci 2026. Behind him, a large presentation slide reads, “Ahistoricism in cognitive science and the golden era of language diversity,” alongside an image of an ancient golden funerary mask and the logos of several supporting organizations, including FABBS, National Geographic, UNESCO, and Schmidt Sciences.

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Cognitive Science Society @cogscisociety.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Judith Fan @judithfan.bsky.social takes the #CogSci2026 stage for her Gleitman Prize Talk, exploring how drawings, data visualizations and physical representations help us uncover useful abstractions.

Judith Ellen Fan stands at a lectern delivering a presentation during CogSci 2026.

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