iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Krishn Bera @krishnbera.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

How fast we decide reveals how we learn. New in @plos.org #PLoSCompBio : modeling response times alongside choices disentangles working memory, reinforcement learning and cognitive control, and reveals differences in schizophrenia that choices alone missed. 🧵 t.co/BTOgmpd4YH

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Laura Ana Bustamante, PhD @lauraabusta.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

#Science magic PSA: if you or a loved one is allergic to cats, there are now foods that neutralize the major cat allergen in their saliva using antibodies derived from eggs (ex. Purina LiveClear) I am allergic to my beloved #cat Bellini and switching to this food cut my allergies down 70%

Bellini the calico cat laying on a desk, with a laptop workstation behind her. There is a sunny window with trees in the background. She is laying on the computer mouse to prevent her cat mom from working.

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Tim Kietzmann @timkietzmann.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

📢 We are hiring a full professor in "Intelligence in Biological and Artificial Systems". Come join us at Germany's first and largest cognitive science program. Please share far and wide, and get in touch with any questions. www.uni-osnabrueck.de/en/universit...

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129 FB 8 W3 Professorship Intelligence in Biological and Artificial Systems, Institute of Cognitive Science: Uni Osnabrück

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Laura Ana Bustamante, PhD @lauraabusta.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

gershmanlab.com/textbook.html could be of interest for the computational bit, written by @gershbrain.bsky.social

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aaron bornstein @aaronbornstein.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Looking to work with a postdoc. Prior experience with fMRI and computational modeling required, interest in psychiatry desired. Fellowship provides three years salary plus independent travel/equipment funds. Send CV and 2-3 manuscripts (preprints OK).

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timovaneldijk.bsky.social @timovaneldijk.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Good news! The @nwonieuws.bsky.social just announced the results for their Veni-grants and 21 researchers from the @rug.nl have received a grant! Congratulations to all the laureates! www.rug.nl/about-ug/lat...

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Veni-beurzen voor 21 RUG-onderzoekers

Aan elf onderzoekers van de Rijksuniversiteit Groningen en het UMCG is een Veni-beurs van maximaal 320.000 euro toegekend

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The Transmitter @thetransmitter.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Explore @thetransmitter.bsky.social 's newest tool, Neuro Funding Finder. Discover grants, fellowships and funding opportunities for neuroscience research at all career stages, powered by @scientifyresearch.org. #neuroskyence thetransmitter.org/neuroscience...

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Neuroscience Grants Funding Finder

Discover grants, fellowships and funding opportunities for neuroscience research at all career stages.

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Writer - E. R. C. Richardson @erc-richardson.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

July is the start of Disability Pride Month. It is tied to the signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). It was signed July 26, 1990. #disabilitypridemonth #disability #accessbenefitseveryone #disabilitylit

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Laura Ana Bustamante, PhD @lauraabusta.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

That blurb on how to communicate is so much better than the common phrase ‘we don’t know how antidepressants work’ (end of message) whenever I hear that I think, wait wait we do have a lot of neuroscience knowledge on this! Thanks for sharing 🙏

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hvansteenbergen.bsky.social @hvansteenbergen.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

1/ New paper alert! Stress often builds over time, but many scientific studies treat it as just an on/off thing. In this paper, we introduce the Leiden Stroop-like Stress Task (LSST): a new paradigm for inducing graded, mild-to-moderate stress in the lab. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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The Leiden Stroop-like Stress Task: A tool to reveal physiological dynamics using graded stress induction

Stress evokes a complex repertoire of psychological and physiological responses. This paper introduces the Leiden Stroop-like Stress Task (LSST), a pa…

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Amrita Lamba @amritalamba.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Recent preprint with Oriel FeldmanHall and Matt Nassar, showing clear neural evidence that adolescent (13-15 yrs) social media and smartphones use are associated with blunted reward signaling in the ventral striatum, the brain's reward processing hub, and worse mental health. osf.io/preprints/ps...

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Magdalena Skipper @magdalenaskipper.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Mental-health research urgently needs prominence & funding attention. Together with @wellcometrust.bsky.social we’ve just launched the largest award of its kind - Wellcome Prize for mental health science with Nature 🧪 Apply here 👇🏻 www.nature.com/immersive/we... www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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Mental-health research is too often invisible — it is time to change that

Mental illness needs visibility more urgently than almost any other area of medicine and health care. A new award from Wellcome and Nature aims to raise its prominence.

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Davide Gheza @davideghez.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

New preprint! Last year we showed humans adapt attention in a dimension-specific way when multiple things compete for attention. Now we read out the neural dynamics of this adaptation. doi.org/10.1101/2025.11.16.688701 w/ @mikefreund.bsky.social @theazalabak.bsky.social @wouterkool.bsky.social

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Mark Thornton @markthornton.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Where did this year's #psychjobs market end up? Thanks to an unusually high number late postings, not as bad as it was looking earlier in the year. Still, this is the smallest number of jobs posted since 2012, representing a 26% decline from last year (~2/3rds the size of the covid drop in 2020).

Bar graph showing tenure track psychology jobs posted each year since 2010 broken up by area.

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Russ Poldrack @russpoldrack.org · 27/04/2026

Our lab (w/ @patrickgbissett) is hiring a full-time research coordinator to work with us on cognitive control, dense fMRI, computational modeling, and human-AI interaction. Designed for post-bacs looking to start a Ph. D in ~2 years. Please repost. phxc1b.rfer.us/STANFORDNLbWAG

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Social Science Research Coordinator (Hybrid Opportunity) in School of Humanities and Sciences, Stanford, California, United States

Professor Russ Poldrack’s lab is seeking a new full-time Research Coordinator. The RC will work closely with and report directly to Dr. Patrick...

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Charley Wu @thecharleywu.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

🚨 New preprint w/ Valerio Rubino and Peter Dayan: how do people discover and use compositional structure under constraints? osf.io/preprints/ps... A key factor is a simple heuristic that favors reuse of repeated and symmetric fragments across scales, is robust to time pressure, and sped up RTs 🧵👇

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Aidan Horner @aidanhorner.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Exciting job opportunity! The York Neuroimaging Centre (YNiC) is looking for a new Lead Technical Specialist to manage the facility and the amazing team of techs. YNiC is an brilliant facility with 3T MRI, whole-head OPM-MEG, TMS, and EEG. Please RT! #neurojobs #psychjobs #psychscisky 🧪

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Jobs - The University of York

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Debbie Yee @debyee.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

I'm SO pleased to announce that I'll be starting as an Asst Prof at @psychiowa.bsky.social this August. The lab will focus on neural & computational mechanisms of motivation, affect, & decision-making, with the aspirational goal of translation to neuropsychiatric disorders. 🧠 yeelabneuro.com

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CAMP Lab | about

The CAMP Lab at the University of Iowa uses computational, neuroimaging, pharmacological, and neuromodulation approaches to understand motivation, affect, and decision-making — and how these processes...

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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 24/03/2026

NO KINGS 3 VIRTUAL RALLY organized by Stand Up for Science An accessible and inclusive rally for everyone, everywhere. March 28th, 12:30 - 2pm CT followed by live stream of the national flagship event from the Twin Cities (MN). standupforscience.net/sufs-nk3 #NoKings #NoKings3 #NK3VR #Rally

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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 22/03/2026

NO KINGS 3 VIRTUAL RALLY Organized by Stand Up for Science Protect Our Health, Defend Our Democracy An accessible and inclusive rally for everyone, everywhere. March 28th, 12:30 - 2:00pm CT followed by live stream of flagship Twin Cities event Details coming soon #NoKings #NoKings3 #VirtualRally

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Charley Wu @thecharleywu.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

🚨Last week to apply for a 3 year postdoc with me and @dominikdeffner.bsky.social, embedded in theadaptivemind-excellencecluster.de Focus is on developing innovative experiments and computational models to understand social & cultural learning. Deadline is March 30th 👉 hmc-lab.com/SocialLearni...

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Postdoc position -- Social Learning and Cultural Evolution

Postdoc position -- Social Learning and Cultural Evolution posted on March 2, 2026 We are currently seeking a highly motivated individual...

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Dr Stephen Hendry @drstephenhendry.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Neurodivergent scientists bring vital creativity, focus, and new ways of thinking. But many labs and workplaces aren’t designed with them in mind @rsc.org Neurodiversity isn’t something to fix, it is something to embrace rsc.li/3PlotCd #NeurodiversityWeek #Neurodiversity #ChemSky #DisabledInSTEM

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Neurodiversity in the chemical sciences

Understanding and celebrating different neurocognitive experiences

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Tobias Gerstenberg @tobigerstenberg.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Congratulations @judithfan.bsky.social on winning the Lila R. Gleitman Prize for early-career contributions to Cognitive Science 🥳 Amazing!! cognitivesciencesociety.org/gleitman-pri...

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Joshua Weitz @joshuasweitz.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

The data is in: the NIH goalposts have shifted. What were once almost certain fundable scores have become coin flips and what used to be likely grants have become aspirational, leading to fewer awards. Another manifestation of how HHS policies have led to fewer awards and less science.

Graph of award probability of R35 and R01 from NIH factbook as a function of review rank percentile. As is apparent, 2025 is a significant departure, with lower award probabilities at all scores <40 and significant departures from norm, where even being in the top 10% is no longer a nearly certain indicator of success.

Data source: https://report.nih.gov/nihdatabook/report/302

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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 06/03/2026

Stand Up For Science announces George Conway, JD (@gtconway.bsky.social) as a speaker at the Washington D.C. National Day of Action rally on Saturday, March 7th! Visit standupforscience.net/march7 to find local rally! #standupforscience #March7DC

STAND UP FOR SCIENCE ANNOUNCES GEORGE CONWAY, JD AS A SPEAKER AT THE WASHINGTON D.C. NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION RALLY ON MARCH 7th!

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Laura Ana Bustamante, PhD @lauraabusta.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

Join me today & tomorrow for Precision Medicine in Neuroscience: Tools, Translation, and Implementation Workshop Wednesday, March 4, 2:00 – 5:00p & Thursday, March 5, 9:00a – 4:00p [ET] I’m co-chairing session 2 w Brian Fiske @ 3:55pm today! 🧠 🧪 #NASEM www.nationalacademies.org/projects/CHP...

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Precision Medicine in Neuroscience: Tools, Translation, and Implementation: A Workshop

Workshop Details Day 1 - March 4, 2026, 2:00pm - 5:00pm ET Day 2 - March 5, 2026, 9:00am - 4:00pm ET Workshop Objectives A planning committee of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and ...

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Eiko Fried @eikofried.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Great new paper led by @bringmannlaura.bsky.social, highlight the need to collect qualitative data in ESM / EMA research. #PsychSciSky 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s44...

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Seán Froudist-Walsh @seanfw.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

If you want to tackle the "biggest problem holding neuroscience back right now" - comparing mechanisms of cognition across species - join us in @ox.ac.uk and @tcddublin.bsky.social . Please share! 3x Job Details below: (fantastic article @suthanalab.bsky.social ) #neuroskyence #neurojobs

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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 18/02/2026

ATLANTA! Join your local March 7th rally to take back our science! Learn more at standupforscience.net/march7 #rally #March7 #ImpeachRFKJr #science #standupforscience

NATIONAL DAY of ACTION
Take back our science, health, and democracy!

MARCH 7TH, 2026
ATLANTA, GA
AND NATIONWIDE!

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Ben Phillips @benphillips76.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

I don’t know who needs to hear Jesse Jackson leading the kids on Sesame Street in this beautiful call-and-response reminding them that every child is somebody, but here it is

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Soledad Gonzalo Cogno @soledad-gcogno.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Applications are now open for the summer school: 𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐌𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐝𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐮𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐍𝐞𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 🧠 Apply before March 15: www.compneuronrsn.org 📍 Located in beautiful Eresfjord 🇳🇴 🗓️ Between July 6-24 Supported by the @kavlifoundation.org In collaboration with @kavlintnu.bsky.social

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Mathematical Methods in Computational Neuroscience

Summer school in Eresfjord, Norway (July 8th - 26th, 2024)

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Jan R. Wessel @janw.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

I am looking to hire 2-3 post-docs over the course of the next few months to work on questions related to cognitive control in humans, broadly construed. EEG, TMS, DBS, sEEG, fMRI or related methodological experience preferred. Apply here: jobs.uiowa.edu/jobSearch/po... Lab website: wessellab.org

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Postdoctoral Requisition Details - Jobs@UIOWA: Search and Apply for Jobs at The University of Iowa

Jobs@UIOWA: The official place to search and apply for jobs at The University of Iowa.

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Laura Ana Bustamante, PhD @lauraabusta.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

🙏 thanks for saying that, I want to help out & feel a bit weird saying no to all review requests, but I really can’t justify this unpaid labor that won’t lead to paid labor. I already feel weird working/grant writing full-time unpaid, but there’s no way around it as I’m following my life’s passion 👩🏻‍🔬

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Laura Ana Bustamante, PhD @lauraabusta.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

That’s so cool! Never heard of it, will have a look 👏

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

Yes it’s Valentine’s Day. But it’s also the chosen birthday of Frederick Douglass who was born in 1818 on a plantation in Talbot County, Maryland. He escaped from slavery & rose to become the most eloquent and forceful voice for the abolition of slavery & for Black voting rights in the U.S.

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febsopenbio.bsky.social @febsopenbio.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

This #InternationalDayofWomenAndGirlsInScience, join us in celebrating the brilliant research led by women across the sciences 👩‍🔬 🧬 Check out these insightful articles published in FEBS Open Bio: 📘https://buff.ly/FXIAohO 📕https://buff.ly/MzzccJO 📗https://buff.ly/GqaSzjG #WomeninSTEM #PhDchat #ECR

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Laura Ana Bustamante, PhD @lauraabusta.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

Anyone in my lovely network have example #Humboldt fellowship applications to share? #psych #cogsci 🧠 🧪 👩🏻‍🔬 Channelling my current anthem "Backup Plan" and gettin' back up after yesterday's disappointment of getting an excellent/previously fundable #MSCA score w/o funding youtu.be/Yyd5kmngrOU?...

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Bailey Zimmerman with Luke Combs - Backup Plan (Lyric Video)

YouTube video by Bailey Zimmerman

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Laura Ana Bustamante, PhD @lauraabusta.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

... go on and prove it Don't let nobody clip your wings Keep your head down, keep on the blinders Tune out the doubters and all the closed minders If it's in your blood, fallin' down ain't enough To change who you were born to be Gettin' back up, that's the only backup plan you need" 🤘💪😉🤓

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Laura Ana Bustamante, PhD @lauraabusta.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

"And you're hearin' all the talk about 'Maybe you should think about What you're gonna do if it don't work out' As far as I can see, there ain't no way to be Somebody if you're just 'gon quit So, if you got a fire, don't lose it If you got a do-or-die dream, do it If you got somethin' to prove, ...

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Laura Ana Bustamante, PhD @lauraabusta.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

This will be the SIXTH grant I'll write since learning of the devastating US #science funding cuts that cost me my job 1 year ago. I'm proud of myself for persevering, grateful for the help & encouragement I get from ya'll 🫶 & for these kickass lyrics by Bailey Zimmerman & Luke Combs...

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Bailey Zimmerman with Luke Combs - Backup Plan (Lyric Video)

YouTube video by Bailey Zimmerman

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Laura Ana Bustamante, PhD @lauraabusta.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Thanks @hoptmanm.bsky.social ! At least it seems I’m in good company 😉🫠

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