Reposted by @elijahtramm.bsky.socialFrancesco Poli @francescopoli.bsky.social · 02/10/2026So excited to share that I will be starting my research group at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology! 🥳 My lab will study curiosity and exploration across biological (and artificial) minds. I will recruit a PhD, a postdoc and an RA in the coming months, so please spread the word! 86414
Reposted by @elijahtramm.bsky.socialingmarvisser.bsky.social @ingmarvisser.bsky.social · 28/09/2026New paper 🍼📄 ManyBabies 3 is out (open access, registered report in Developmental Science). 30 labs, 33 languages, 839 infants set out to replicate a textbook finding: 7-month-olds learn abstract rules from speech (@garymarcus.bsky.social et al., 1999). We didn’t find it. 🧵 37647
Reposted by @elijahtramm.bsky.socialNature @nature.com · 22/05/2026Nature research paper: Neural representation of action symbols in primate frontal cortex go.nature.com/4v1FDEDgo.nature.comNeural representation of action symbols in primate frontal cortex - NatureA drawing-like task designed to study compositional generalization identifies a specific neural population in the ventral premotor cortex in primates that encodes action symbols. 03010
Reposted by @elijahtramm.bsky.socialStephen Ferrigno @sferrigno.bsky.social · 16/03/2026Opportunities to work with some great coworkers, like @elijahtramm.bsky.social @alessandra-silva.bsky.social & Datu from the @henryvilaszoo.bsky.social 031
elijahtramm.bsky.social @elijahtramm.bsky.social · 16/03/2026Come work with us! Dr. Ferrigno is a fantastic scientist and mentor, and working in the lab is a truly unique opportunity! 030
Reposted by @elijahtramm.bsky.socialThe Japan Times @japantimes.co.jp · 13/01/2026Ai, a "genius" chimpanzee that could recognize more than 100 Chinese characters and the English alphabet, has died at the age of 49, Japanese researchers have said.ebx.sh'Genius' chimpanzee Ai dies in Japan at 49Aside from mastering Chinese characters and the alphabet, Ai could also identify the Arabic numerals from zero to nine and 11 colors, a primatologist said. 1192
Reposted by @elijahtramm.bsky.socialLos Angeles Times @latimes.com · 01/10/2025Jane Goodall, the trailblazing naturalist whose intimate observations of chimpanzees in the African wild produced powerful insights that transformed basic conceptions of humankind, has died. She was 91. Read more about her legacy www.latimes.com/obituaries/s... 315167
Reposted by @elijahtramm.bsky.socialEmily M. Sanford @emilymsanford.bsky.social · 26/09/2025NSF changed their eligibility requirements for the GRFP a month before the deadline. Students used to be able to apply in their 1st or 2nd year, now only 1st years can apply - excluding an entire cohort of students with no notice. Yet another way this admin is kneecapping American sciencensf.govNSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) 052
Reposted by @elijahtramm.bsky.socialStephen Ferrigno @sferrigno.bsky.social · 15/09/2025New work with @samcheyette.bsky.social & Susan Carey testing the memory architecture used when learning/producing center-embedded sequences. Adults don't use Push-Down Stacks as is often assumed, instead they rely on a Queue-like memory architecture onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...onlinelibrary.wiley.comDo Humans Use Push‐Down Stacks When Learning or Producing Center‐Embedded Sequences?Complex sequences are ubiquitous in human mental life, structuring representations within many different cognitive domains—natural language, music, mathematics, and logic, to name a few. However, the.... 0206
Reposted by @elijahtramm.bsky.socialBrad Postle @bradpostle.bsky.social · 09/09/2025The Dept. of Psychology at the U. Wisconsin–Madison has an opening for an Assistant Professor in the area of Computational Neuroscience and/or Cognitive Science, with an emphasis on artificial intelligence (AI). Domain of behavior or cognition is open. Details at jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/assista...jobs.wisc.eduAssistant Professor of Psychology - Madison, Wisconsin, United StatesCurrent Employees: If you are currently employed at any of the Universities of Wisconsin, log in to Workday to apply through the internal application process.Job Category:FacultyEmployment Type:Regula... 15544
Reposted by @elijahtramm.bsky.socialStephen Ferrigno @sferrigno.bsky.social · 04/08/2025Another fun #cogsci2025 in the books! Thanks to everyone who stopped by the CO-Lab grad student posters! Alessanda Silva on Number-Space mappings & @elijahtramm.bsky.social on Hierarchical grammar learning in monkeys (and humans). Posters still available through Cog. Sci. or reach out for a copy. 0153
Reposted by @elijahtramm.bsky.socialJohn Hawks @johnhawks.net · 19/03/2025The remarkable bonobo that humans named Kanzi has died, age 44. During his life he helped researchers learn much more about the capabilities of his species, and by extension about our shared common ancestors. www.apeinitiative.org/remembering-... 712224