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Hannah Small

@hsmall.bsky.social
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5th year PhD candidate in Cognitive Science at Johns Hopkins, working with Leyla Isik www.hannah-small.com

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Leyla Isik @lisik.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Also if you're at #CCN2026 come chat with me about Minds, Machines, and Brains @mmb-journal.bsky.social A new journal we are launching with @mitpress.bsky.social with my co-EICs Kendrick Kay & Ellie Pavlick, and the rest of the wonderful editorial board: direct.mit.edu/mmb/pages/ed...
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Editorial Information | Minds, Machines, and Brains | MIT Press
Editorial Information | Minds, Machines, and Brains | MIT Press Editorial Information All inquiries should be directed to mindsmachinesandbrains@gmail.com Co-Editors in Chief Leyla Isik ...
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Leyla Isik @lisik.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Looking forward to #CCN2026 - check out the presentations from our lab!
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Leyla Isik @lisik.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
📢 We are recruiting a full-time lab manager/RA joint between our lab and @marinabedny.bsky.social 's lab. A great opportunity for a recent grad interested in gaining more research experience in cognitive neuroscience. Details and apply here: hiring.jhu.edu/careers/job/...
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Research Assistant (KSAS - Cognitive Science) | Johns Hopkins University
We are seeking a Research Assistant who will work jointly in the Isik and Bedny labs on projects involving neuroimaging (fMRI, EEG), behavioral testing, and computational approaches. The position is p...
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Leyla Isik @lisik.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Heading to #vss2026? Check out the presentations from our lab @vssmtg.bsky.social
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Sarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
Like every Mother's Day today I am asking that you consider a donation to @nationalbailout.bsky.social to help free mamas who are separated from their families by the injustices of pretrial detention systems. secure.actblue.com/donate/freeb...
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Donate to #FreeBlackMamas
With your generous support we are able to continue to bail out community members, provide life-changing supportive services and resource groups who are organizing to transform the criminal justice sys...
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Tobias Gerstenberg @tobigerstenberg.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
The Causality in Cognition Lab -- a supportive, bluesky-colored team -- is looking for a predoc to join us! Here are infos about the lab (cicl.stanford.edu) and the position (careersearch.stanford.edu/jobs/iriss-p...). The application deadline is May 1st. Please share, thank you 🙏
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Mike Frank @mcxfrank.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
Come join us! We have two research coordinator positions open with the Stanford IRISS predoctoral program, a program designed to mentor students for graduate study: LEVANTE: careersearch.stanford.edu/jobs/iriss-p... BabyView: careersearch.stanford.edu/jobs/iriss-p... (deadline 5/1)
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IRiSS Predoctoral Researcher in School of Humanities and Sciences, Stanford, California, United States
The Stanford Institute for Research in the Social Sciences (IRiSS) is seeking Predoctoral Researchers to participate in our 2026-2027 cohort. The...
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Bria Long @brialong.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
We are still hiring for our computational focus lab coordinator position! If you have a computational / software engineering background and are looking for more research experience before applying to graduate school, this would be a great fit. Read more about our lab here! www.vislearnlab.org
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Anna (Anya) Ivanova @neuranna.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Language, Intelligence & Thought lab is looking for a lab manager! This is a 2-year postbac position that will allow you to gain experience in human neuroscience, cognitive science, and AI research prior to applying to PhD programs. Express interest here: forms.gle/npXEGUjGUbp5...
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Hannah Small @hsmall.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
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Laura Gwilliams @lauragwilliams.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Soon hiring a lab manager! Looking for someone who is really interested in language neuroscience, who is organised, motivated, a great communicator, and who works well in a research team. Express interest by submitting this form: tinyurl.com/glysn-labman... Reposts appreciated!
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Bria Long @brialong.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
The Visual Learning Lab is hiring TWO lab coordinators! Both positions are ideal for someone looking for research experience before applying to graduate school. Application deadline is Feb 10th (approaching fast!)—with flexible summer start dates.
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Mick Bonner @mickbonner.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
Hopkins Cog Sci is hiring! We have two open faculty positions: one in vision, and one language. Please repost!
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Wenshuo Qin @qinwenshuo.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Why do AI models struggle with social scenes? 🧐 Our new preprint with @lisik.bsky.social reveals a fundamental gap: most AI vision models lack explicit 3D pose information that humans rely on for social judgments. Read the full work: arxiv.org/abs/2511.03988
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Simple 3D Pose Features Support Human and Machine Social Scene Understanding
Humans can quickly and effortlessly extract a variety of information about others' social interactions from visual input, ranging from visuospatial cues like whether two people are facing each other t...
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Subha Nawer Pushpita @pushpita1729.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
Excited to share our work on mechanisms of naturalistic audiovisual processing in the human brain 🧠🎬!! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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JHU Cognitive Science @jhucogsci.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
The department of Cognitive Science @jhu.edu is seeking motivated students interested in joining our interdisciplinary PhD program! Applications due 1 Dec Our PhD students also run an application mentoring program for prospective students. Mentoring requests due November 15. tinyurl.com/2nrn4jf9
Call for applications to cognitive science PhD program with QR code to the link above
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Kathy Garcia @gkathy.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
🚨New preprint w/ @lisik.bsky.social! Aligning Video Models with Human Social Judgments via Behavior-Guided Fine-Tuning We introduce a ~49k triplet social video dataset, uncover a modality gap (language > video), and close via novel behavior-guided fine-tuning. 🔗 arxiv.org/abs/2510.01502
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Jorge Morales @jorgemorales.me · 29/09/2025
🚨🚨🚨 The Subjectivity Lab is looking for a lab manager! The position is available immediately. We want someone who can help coordinate our large sample fMRI study, plus other behavioral work. Because *gestures at everything* the job was approved only now (ends in June 2026). Great opportunity! 🧵 1/4
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Laboratory Technician
About the Opportunity SUMMARY The Subjectivity Lab, directed by Jorge Morales, and housed in the Department of Psychology at Northeastern University is excited to invite applications for a full-time L...
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Heather L Kosakowski @kosakowski.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
My lab at USC is recruiting! 1) research coordinator: perfect for a recent graduate looking for research experience before applying to PhD programs: usccareers.usc.edu REQ20167829 2) PhD students: see FAQs on lab website dornsife.usc.edu/hklab/faq/
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Hannah Small @hsmall.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
Excited to share new work with @hleemasson.bsky.social , Ericka Wodka, Stewart Mostofsky and @lisik.bsky.social! We investigated how simultaneous vision and language signals are combined in the brain using naturalistic+controlled fMRI. Read the paper here: osf.io/b5p4n 1/n
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Nick Blauch @nblauch.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
What shapes the topography of high-level visual cortex? Excited to share a new pre-print addressing this question with connectivity-constrained interactive topographic networks, titled "Retinotopic scaffolding of high-level vision", w/ Marlene Behrmann & David Plaut. 🧵 ↓ 1/n
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Emily Finn @esfinn.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Despite everything going on, I may have funds to hire a postdoc this year 😬🤞🧑‍🔬 Open to a wide variety of possible projects in social and cognitive neuroscience. Get in touch if you are interested! Reposts appreciated.
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Kathy Garcia @gkathy.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
📢 Excited to announce our paper at #ICLR2025: “Modeling dynamic social vision highlights gaps between deep learning and humans”! w/ @emaliemcmahon.bsky.social, Colin Conwell, Mick Bonner, @lisik.bsky.social ‬ ‪📆 Thur, Apr, 24: 3:00-5:30 - Poster session 2 (#64) ‬ ‪📄 bit.ly/4jISKES%E2%8... [1/6]
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C.H. Romatowski @chromatowski.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
This is incredibly cool: if you search for a condition that’s affected your family, the site returns stats on how much NIH has done for that disease, *and* a contact form for reaching out to tell your Members of Congress why you want to see them defend NIH. Pass it on!
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Colton Casto @coltoncasto.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
New paper! 🧠 **The cerebellar components of the human language network** with: @hsmall.bsky.social @moshepoliak.bsky.social @gretatuckute.bsky.social @benlipkin.bsky.social @awolna.bsky.social @aniladmello.bsky.social and @evfedorenko.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... 1/n 🧵
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The cerebellar components of the human language network
The cerebellum's capacity for neural computation is arguably unmatched. Yet despite evidence of cerebellar contributions to cognition, including language, its precise role remains debated. Here, we sy...
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Nancy Kanwisher @nancykanwisher.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
I’m hiring a full-time lab tech for two years starting May/June. Strong coding skills required, ML a plus. Our research on the human brain uses fMRI, ANNs, intracranial recording, and behavior. A great stepping stone to grad school. Apply here: careers.peopleclick.com/careerscp/cl... ......
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Technical Associate I, Kanwisher Lab
MIT - Technical Associate I, Kanwisher Lab - Cambridge MA 02139
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Scott Delaney @scott-delaney.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Substantial updates to the list of cancelled grants👇 - THANK YOU to all who have contributed. Crowdsourcing restores faith in humanity. - It's still a work in progress. You'll see more updates shortly. - There are multiple teams & efforts engaged in tracking & advocacy. More to come soon!
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Rescinded NIH & NSF Grants
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Rosa Lafer-Sousa @rosalafersousa.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
As a result of Trump’s slashes to research funding, dozens of graduate programs have announced reductions and cancellations of graduate admissions slots. If you are an impacted applicant, please fill out this survey: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... 🧪🧠🧬🔬🥼👩🏼‍🔬🧑‍🔬
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Grad Admission Impacts Survey
It is grad admissions season and many postbacs are feeling the chilling impacts of the Trump administration's recent executive orders freezing and slashing extramural research funding. Dozens of gradu...
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Ev Fedorenko @evfedorenko.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Our language neuroscience lab (evlab.mit.edu) is looking for a new lab manager/FT RA to start in the summer. Apply here: tinyurl.com/3r346k66 We'll start reviewing apps in early Mar. (Unfortunately, MIT does not sponsor visas for these positions, but OPT works.)
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EvLab
Our research aims to understand how the language system works and how it fits into the broader landscape of the human mind and brain.
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Apurva Ratan Murty @apurvaratan.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Hey Bsky friends on #neuroskyence! Very excited to share our @iclr-conf.bsky.social paper: TopoNets! High-performing vision and language models with brain-like topography! Expertly led by grad student Mayukh and Mainak! A brief thread...
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Laura Gwilliams @lauragwilliams.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
✨i'm hiring a lab manager, with a start date of ~September 2025! to express interest, please complete this google form: forms.gle/GLyAbuD779Rz... looking for someone to join our multi-disciplinary team, using OPM, EEG, iEEG and computational techniques to study speech and language processing! 🧠
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Leyla Isik @lisik.bsky.social · 13/11/2023
Our paper "Relational visual representations underlie human social interaction recognition" led by @manasimalik.bsky.social is now out in Nature Communications www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Leyla Isik @lisik.bsky.social · 01/11/2023
Our paper "Hierarchical organization of social action features in the lateral visual stream" led by @emaliemcmahon.bsky.social with Mick Bonner is now out in @currentbiology.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Hannah Small @hsmall.bsky.social · 25/10/2023
If you are interested in PhD Application Mentoring for the JHU Cog Sci program, fill out the interest form here! forms.gle/aBuBLzSa4Qje...
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Haemy Lee Masson @hleemasson.bsky.social · 24/10/2023
My recent work with @lisik.bsky.social on social touch is now published on JNeuro. We show that the brain detects the social-affective significance of observed touch at an early stage, within the time frame of feedforward visual processing through social perceptual brain regions.
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Rapid processing of observed touch through social perceptual brain regions: an EEG-fMRI fusion study
Seeing social touch triggers a strong social-affective response that involves multiple brain networks, including visual, social perceptual, and somatosensory systems. Previous studies have identified ...
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