Reposted by Han ZhangErin Westgate @erinwestgate.bsky.social · 14h🚨 TT Job Alert 🚨 Florida is hiring a new TT asst prof in developmental psychology! Area/age open, early/middle childhood preferred. Come for the gators, stay for the awesome colleagues 🐊 Apply here (deadline 10/15): explore.jobs.ufl.edu/en-us/job/54... 134
Reposted by Han ZhangHeleen Slagter @haslagter.bsky.social · 02/10/2026🚨 Job alert 🚨 Our department @vuamsterdam.bsky.social is hiring an Assistant Professor in Cognitive Neuroscience! Join our lovely community here in beautiful Amsterdam! 🧠🔥 Deadline: October 15 workingat.vu.nl/vacancies/as...workingat.vu.nlVacancy — Assistant Professor in Cognitive NeuroscienceJoin the Department of Experimental and Applied Psychology (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam) as Assistant Professor in cognitive neuroscience. 13915
Han Zhang @hanzhang.bsky.social · 28/09/2026How can principles of human cognition be applied in artificial systems? Here, we present one such example: inspired by the idea of a "priority map" in visual attention, we built a "priority field" within an artificial agent. The results are quite interesting. 🧵 arxiv.org/abs/2609.30704arxiv.orgFrom Visual Search to Movement Control: A Priority Field for Artificial AgentsHuman spatial attention is widely conceptualized as being guided by a priority map that integrates perceptual salience, current goals, and past experiences. Here, we extend priority-based computation ... 151
Reposted by Han ZhangAnthony Zanesco @anthonyzanesco.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Pleased to announce that we are seeking two tenure-track Assistant or Associate professors in Cognitive Neuroscience and/or Clinical Neuroscience in the Psychology Department at the University of Kentucky. Full details here: ukjobs.uky.edu/postings/648...ukjobs.uky.eduAssistant or Associate Professor of PsychologyThe Department of Psychology in the College of Arts Sciences at the University of Kentucky in Lexington, KY seeks to fill two tenure-eligible faculty positions at the Assistant or Associate Professor ... 134
Reposted by Han ZhangDebra Titone @dtitone.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Two #Developmental TT positions at McGill.. Could include people who study #language and #multilingualism. Please forward to colleagues/advanced trainees who might wish to join us in Montreal, Canada! mcgill.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/McGill_Caree...mcgill.wd3.myworkdayjobs.comTenure-Track Position (Assistant Professor), Developmental Psychology, Department of PsychologyPlease refer to the How to Apply for a Job (for External Candidates) job aid for instructions on how to apply. If you are an active McGill employee (ie: currently in an active contract or position at ... 03141
Reposted by Han ZhangTobias Egner @tobiasegner.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Job Alert: Our department is looking to recruit an eminent scholar for a distinguished, endowed professorship (full professor, tenured) in the domain of human neuroscience with high clinical relevance. Please broadcast widely! For application information, see academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/32753academicjobsonline.orgDuke University, Psychology and Neuroscience Job #AJO32753, Professor (tenured), Psychology and Neuroscience, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, US 02823
Reposted by Han ZhangJenn Veilleux @jenncveilleux.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Come be my colleague!! We are hiring THREE tenure-track folks at the University of Arkansas this fall: (1) clinical, (2) social, and (3) cognitive. Clinical is looking ideally for a child/adolescent person but the area is technically open. All ads linked here: psychology.uark.edu 065
Reposted by Han ZhangNanthia Suthana @suthanalab.bsky.social · 16/09/2026New tenure-track faculty position at Duke! The Neurobiology department is looking for a computational neuroscientist. Join a highly collaborative & interdisciplinary community. My time at Duke has been amazing so far & we would love the opportunity to collaborate with you! Applications due Dec 1.academicjobsonline.orgDuke University, Neurobiology Job #AJO32697, Tenure Track Assistant Professor - AI/ML Neurobiology, Neurobiology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, US 02819
Reposted by Han ZhangMichael Hout @michaelhout.bsky.social · 12/09/2026NMSU Psychology is hiring. Please consider applying and/or sharing. careers.nmsu.edu/jobs/assista...careers.nmsu.eduAssistant Professor - Las Cruces, New Mexico, United StatesDepartment Contact: Dr. Justin MacDonald, 575-646-6223, jmacd@nmsu.edu Internal or External Search: External - Open to all applicants Advertising Summary: The Department of Psychology is seeking an ... 053
Reposted by Han ZhangTerence Tao @teorth.bsky.social · 11/09/2026A group of 25 Fields Medalists, including myself, have made a joint declaration on Math and AI: mathandai.org . We welcome additional signatories. See also this article in the Economist announcing the declaration: www.economist.com/science-and-...mathandai.orgDeclaration — Math and AIRead the declaration and add your name. 422053930
Reposted by Han ZhangAran Nayebi @anayebi.bsky.social · 11/09/2026CMU is hiring an Assistant Professor in NeuroAI! Come join our awesome NeuroAI community 🧠🤖: apply.interfolio.com/189268apply.interfolio.com Apply - Interfolio {{$ctrl.$state.data.pageTitle}} - Apply - Interfolio 02811
Han Zhang @hanzhang.bsky.social · 09/09/2026New preprint: Can large vision-language models show human-like goal-directed attention, without ever being trained on eye movements? I tested two off-the-shelf VLMs on 4,887 natural scenes under search vs. free-viewing goals. 🧵 arxiv.org/abs/2609.05517arxiv.orgEmergent Goal-Directed Attention in Large Vision-Language ModelsHuman observers prioritize visual information according to task goals. Most computational models of naturalistic viewing are gaze-trained for free viewing, leaving open whether goal-directed attention... 100
Reposted by Han ZhangPete Hitchcock @pf-hitchcock.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Emory Psychology is hiring in Developmental Science (open rank)! Come join a highly collaborative and truly interdisciplinary department. Apps due Oct. 28. apply.interfolio.com/191436apply.interfolio.com Apply - Interfolio {{$ctrl.$state.data.pageTitle}} - Apply - Interfolio 01510
Reposted by Han ZhangRuss Poldrack @russpoldrack.org · 03/09/2026We are searching for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position, with a research focus on developmental and/or social psychology. Please apply or forward to anyone who might be interested! facultypositions.stanford.edu/jobs/assista...facultypositions.stanford.eduAssistant Professor, Psychology - Stanford University, California, United StatesThe Department of Psychology at Stanford University is seeking applicants for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position, with a research focus on developmental and/or social psychology. In addition ... 08678
Reposted by Han Zhangaaron bornstein @aaronbornstein.bsky.social · 03/09/2026UC Irvine Cognitive Sciences is hiring! Focus on social cognition, broadly construed. Come be my colleague :) I am not on the search committee but happy to talk about the campus, environment, careers, etc any time. recruit.ap.uci.edu/JPF10411recruit.ap.uci.eduAssistant Professor - Cognitive SciencesUniversity of California, Irvine is hiring. Apply now! 15863
Reposted by Han ZhangWouter Kool @wouterkool.bsky.social · 02/09/2026🚨 WashU is hiring! 🚨 As part of WashU’s +AI Initiative, the search includes tenure-track opportunities in Psychological & Brain Sciences for people who place AI or machine learning at the center of their research. I'm on the committee, so feel free to reach out with questions. Please repost!insideartsci.washu.eduRules of LifeRecruiting interdisciplinary expertise to explore fundamental questions regarding living systems and the physical world 12122
Reposted by Han ZhangMarkus Brauer @markusbrauer.bsky.social · 30/08/2026The UW–Madison Department of Psychology is seeking to fill an open-rank faculty position in social psychology. If you know a great candidate, encourage them to apply! jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/assista...jobs.wisc.eduAssistant Professor, Associate Professor, or 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... 02112
Reposted by Han ZhangJulia M. Rohrer @dingdingpeng.the100.ci · 27/08/2026Psychological Science special issue call 📣 Ever had your research denigrated bc it's "only descriptive", "what's the mechanism though?" and "but what are the theoretical implications?" Now has come your time to shine. Send your best descriptive work! www.psychologicalscience.org/publications... 7244128
Reposted by Han ZhangMatt Henderson @matthen.com · 25/08/2026Playing with the P, I, and D weights in a PID controller. P = Proportional: push in proportion to how far the ball is off I = Integral: accumulate historical error to fix slow drift D = Derivative: respond to how fast the error is changing, to damp it 512628
Reposted by Han ZhangDebbie Yee @debyee.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Are you on the #neurojob #psychjob market this fall? Come be my colleague! The Psych and Brain Sciences department @psychiowa.bsky.social is hiring TT faculty in clinical science and neuroscience, as well as clinical-track faculty. The initial review deadline is Sept 28. More info below!👇 21812
Reposted by Han ZhangCaterina Gratton @caterinagratton.bsky.social · 24/08/2026🚨Job Search announcement 🚨 @psychillinois.bsky.social is searching for an assistant prof in cognitive neuroscience. Come join us! Pls RT 🙏 Full ad: illinois.csod.com/ux/ats/caree... #neuroskyence #psychscisky #neuroimagingillinois.csod.comAssistant Professor- Psychology - College of LASDuties & Responsibilities 03729
Reposted by Han ZhangDan Garisto @dangaristo.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Finally, this has gone a bit under the radar, so I want to highlight it: The social, behavioral and economic sciences directorate (SBE) has simply ceased to deliver grants to many of its subareas. Any topic not specifically OK'd by the Trump administration is receiving zero new awards. 6422226
Reposted by Han ZhangMatthias Nau @matthiasnau.bsky.social · 19/08/2026🚨 Job alert 🚨 Our department @vuamsterdam.bsky.social is hiring an Assistant Professor in Cognitive Neuroscience! Join our lovely community here in beautiful Amsterdam! 🧠🔥 Deadline: October 15 Apply: workingat.vu.nl/vacancies/as...workingat.vu.nlVacancy — Assistant Professor in Cognitive NeuroscienceJoin the Department of Experimental and Applied Psychology (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam) as Assistant Professor in cognitive neuroscience. 16348
Reposted by Han ZhangJsonGeller @jgeller1phd.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Been wanting to write this paper for a while: many experimental psychologists analyzing RTs with the ex-Gaussian in brms are doing it incorrectly. I've seen this mistake across several outlets. osf.io/preprints/ps...osf.ioOSF 1144
Reposted by Han Zhangbrowncopsy.bsky.social @browncopsy.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Brown University CoPsy is hiring an Assistant Professor! Research areas: AI & cognition, collective behavior, or brain health. Starting July 2027. Apply by Sept 15: apply.interfolio.com/190677apply.interfolio.com Apply - Interfolio {{$ctrl.$state.data.pageTitle}} - Apply - Interfolio 2711
Reposted by Han ZhangSociety for the Improvement of Psychological Science (SIPS) @improvingpsych.org · 11/08/2026The Center for Open Science recently announced its decision to phase out OSF Projects. We want to share how those changes will affect PsyArXiv, a psychology preprint server run and maintained by SIPS volunteers but hosted on the OSF platform. improvingpsych.org/2026/08/11/w...improvingpsych.orgWhat Researchers Need to Know about PsyArXiv Given Upcoming Changes to OSF ProjectsIn just a few short days (August 15th, 2026), PsyArXiv – the community preprint server for psychology – turns 10! 🥳 Over the past decade, our community has published over 58,000 preprin… 02628
Reposted by Han ZhangJonathan Peelle @jpeelle.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Yikes “Starting November 16, 2026, no new projects or child components of existing projects can be created on OSF. After February 19, 2027, all public and private OSF projects will become read-only.” www.cos.io/osf-changescos.ioOSF Changes | Center for Open ScienceWe are preparing substantial changes to OSF that will reduce its functionality, focus OSF on its unique strengths, and move toward an integrated model with complementary services. As part of that shif... 31916
Reposted by Han ZhangMinds, Machines, and Brains (MMB) @mmb-journal.bsky.social · 02/08/2026Hello world! 👋 We’re Minds, Machines, and Brains (MMB) 👤🤖🧠 a new open access journal from @mitpress.bsky.social exploring the principles of intelligence and cognition across natural and artificial minds. Submissions open this Fall! 🔗 direct.mit.edu/mmbdirect.mit.eduMinds, Machines, and Brains | MIT Press 223793
Reposted by Han Zhangcjl2007.bsky.social @cjl2007.bsky.social · 22/06/2026Happy to share that our paper on objective quality assessment for "precision" fMRI is now out in @cp-neuron.bsky.social A recap of what it does, what's new since the preprint, and code you can run on your own data. cell.com/neuron/fullt... 27622
Han Zhang @hanzhang.bsky.social · 17/06/2026Dedicated the past few months transforming this beast into a research-level simulator…Excited to see the cool data that will come out of it! 020
Reposted by Han ZhangBrad Postle @bradpostle.bsky.social · 12/06/2026Postdoc position available at postlab.psych.wisc.edu. Pls send cv to postle@wisc.edupostlab.psych.wisc.eduPO-STL-ABOur interests in human memory and cognition encompass the cognitive and neural basis of working memory, attention, control, and consciousness.News Madison Symposium on Memory & Control. On 30 May 202... 15571
Reposted by Han ZhangJason Tsukahara @drjt.bsky.social · 12/06/2026Excited to introduce the CALM Lab at UNC Wilmington! @calmlab.bsky.social calmlab.sciencecalmlab.scienceHome – CALM LAB 173
Reposted by Han ZhangAidan Wright @aidangcw.bsky.social · 11/06/2026Thrilled to share a new consensus statement just published in Nature Mental Health: "Ambulatory assessment in mental health: expert consensus and recommendations" Glad to have contributed to this group effort. Open-access read cube link here: rdcu.be/fnxDZrdcu.beAmbulatory assessment in mental health: expert consensus and recommendationsNature Mental Health - This Consensus Report addresses the methodological variability in ambulatory assessment studies within mental health. Utilizing a Delphi-adapted process with 26 experts, it... 15116
Reposted by Han ZhangbioRxiv Neuroscience @biorxiv-neursci.bsky.social · 09/06/2026HSSM: A Widely Applicable Toolbox for Hierarchical Bayesian Neuro-cognitive Modeling www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/20… 0178
Reposted by Han ZhangSam Verschooren @samversc.bsky.social · 04/06/2026🎉New paper out today in Nature Reviews Psychology🎉 with @mjdahl.bsky.social, @mariamaly.bsky.social, and @thiasmittner.bsky.social. We've been working on a unified framework for attentional states and the dynamics of transitions between them. 🧵 312050
Reposted by Han ZhangMichael Hout @michaelhout.bsky.social · 31/05/2026OPAM34 is now accepting abstract submissions! The conference embraces a diversity of approaches, including psychophysics, eye-tracking, and neuroimaging. OPAM occurs immediately before the Psychonomic Society meeting and at the same venue. Learn more here: www.opamconference.com/opam2026opamconference.com 063
Reposted by Han ZhangHarrison Ritz @hritz.bsky.social · 27/05/2026direct.mit.edu/imag/article...direct.mit.eduBuilding Bridges Between Brain and Behavior: An Open-Source Toolbox for Joint Modeling with fMRIAbstract. Understanding how neural activity relates to behavior remains a central challenge in cognitive neuroscience. Joint modeling offers a principled method by simultaneously fitting behavioral an... 0104
Reposted by Han ZhangMartin Hebart @martinhebart.bsky.social · 17/05/2026I'm proud to say we are releasing LAION-fMRI, a densely sampled 7T fMRI dataset of natural images, with very broad stimulus sampling for testing countless hypotheses and for deeply exploring brain representations. The dataset is now available at laion-fmri.hebartlab.com What does LAION-fMRI offer? 🧵laion-fmri.hebartlab.comLAION-fMRI - a 7T fMRI dataset of human visionLAION-fMRI (LfMRI / LAION MRI dataset): 5 subjects, 25,052 launch-release natural images, 165 acquired 7T fMRI sessions with single-trial GLMsingle betas, retinotopy, localizers, and diffusion. 312857
Han Zhang @hanzhang.bsky.social · 09/05/2026Trying to read while people talk nearby? Our new eye-tracking study shows that irrelevant speech increases rereading for low-frequency and semantically unpredictable words, despite little evidence for disruption during initial lexical processing. link.springer.com/article/10.1...link.springer.comI’m trying to read here! How does irrelevant speech affect how you read? - Cognitive ProcessingReading involves a remarkable coordination of perceptual and linguistic processes. This coordination is reflected by a close coupling between reading eye movements and lexical properties of words, suc... 0111
Reposted by Han ZhangRuss Poldrack @russpoldrack.org · 01/05/2026People in the AI world seem to adore the System 1/2 dichotomy. I love this quote from Gerd Gigerenzer about the concept: 26011
Reposted by Han ZhangDan McNeish @dmcneish.bsky.social · 23/04/2026New paper— everyone is collecting intensive longitudinal data but recent review studies report that less than half of studies consider measurement/psychometrics. The paper covers a few foundational psychometric methods for ILD and provides a shiny app to apply them link.springer.com/article/10.3...link.springer.comA primer on intensive longitudinal psychometrics - Behavior Research MethodsMany intensive longitudinal studies are interested in topics that are not always amenable to direct physical measurement and instead are often theorized as latent constructs (e.g., affect, emotion, mo... 310446
Reposted by Han ZhangJean-Rémi King @jeanremiking.bsky.social · 21/04/2026We're happy to release NeuralSet: a simple, fast, scalable package for Neuro-AI Supports: 🧠 fMRI, EEG, MEG, iEEG, spikes… preprocessing 💬 text 🔊 audio ▶️ video 🏞️ image… embeddings 📦 pip install neuralset 🔍 facebookresearch.github.io/neuroai/neur... 📄 kingjr.github.io/files/neural... 🧵 Details👇 17530
Reposted by Han ZhangNicole Rust @nicolecrust.bsky.social · 13/04/2026Reminder! The Open Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science (OECS) hosts summaries of what we know vs don't about a host of fascinating issues. All freely available. What a terrific alternative to doomscrolling: learning about (e.g.) The Mind-Body problem, Delusion, or Free Will. oecs.mit.edu 211250
Reposted by Han ZhangBen Schneider @bschneidr.bsky.social · 12/04/2026👀 looks like the core Stan folks are pretty bullish on Jax as the software of choice for fitting Bayesian models bob-carpenter.github.io/dj-paper/bob-carpenter.github.ioJAX à la Stan 0278
Reposted by Han ZhangMatthias Nau @matthiasnau.bsky.social · 01/04/2026#BIDS has been extended to #EyeTracking data! There is now a standard for organizing and sharing eye tracking, covering gaze position, pupil size, meta data, messages, and more. Great news for #OpenScience! 🎉 Martin Szinte et al: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... 111036
Reposted by Han ZhangDamian Koevoet @dkoevoet.bsky.social · 31/03/2026Do you want to measure pupil size while participants move their eyes around 👀? We offer a straightforward solution to gaze-induced distortions on pupil size measurements in our newest paper! 0113
Reposted by Han ZhangMatthias Michel @matthiasmichel.bsky.social · 28/03/2026The recording of Mel Goodale's talk at the MIT Consciousness Club is now available here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=kThw....youtube.comMelvyn Goodale - Linking Past and Present Worlds in the Visual Control of BehaviourYouTube video by MIT Consciousness Club 04414
Reposted by Han ZhangNick Gaspelin @ngaspelin.bsky.social · 19/03/2026Excited to see this work out! We show that attention can rapidly learn to ignore salient distractions within 1-2 exposures. Interestingly, this learned suppression is highly contingent on an initial instance of capture! More to come! journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... @yuezhang-mu.bsky.socialjournals.sagepub.comFrom Capture to Control: Initial Capture Increases Learned Suppression - Yue Zhang, Nicholas Gaspelin, 2026Salient stimuli have the potential to distract us from our immediate goals. Much research has therefore aimed to understand how we learn to use attention to res... 02310
Reposted by Han ZhangMax Elliott @maxwellelliott.bsky.social · 13/03/2026Are you interested in detecting brain changes in individuals with higher precision over shorter intervals? Check out our new paper in Nature Communications. With Randy Buckner, @jingnandu.bsky.social, and others. Link - doi.org/10.1038/s414... 25528