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Ole Jensen @olejensen.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I would like to highlight two postdoctoral positions in the project Neuronal Mechanisms of Reading in Children Using OPM-MEG at the University of Oxford: my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecruit… my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecruit�� Deadline 30 Sep.

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Prof. Dr. Asli Ozyurek @asliozyurek.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

📣📣📣Job alert Multimodal Language Department Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics MAX PLANCK RESEARCH GROUP LEADER POSITION (W2 BBESG) lnkd.in/eaq5MW9a

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wimpouw @wimpouw.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

Marijn Hafkamp, movement scientist and cognitive scientist, is looking for a next step in Academia (postdoc/junior faculty position), check out his work! Also with @raphaelwerner @lindadrijvers.bsky.social @lucselen

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James Trujillo @jamestrujillo.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Autistic adults, regardless of whether clinically dx or self-identifying, report more difficulty processing auditory information, particularly others' speech. doi.org/10.1177/1362... New research by Elena Silva, Linda Drivers @lindadrijvers.bsky.social and myself (reposting with correct link)

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Eelke Spaak @eelkespaak.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

🚨🧠🚨 POSTDOC POSITION 🚨🧠🚨 in my lab: www.ru.nl/en/working-a... Connectivity in Working Memory. Deadline 12 Nov! Apply via website; please repost.

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Postdoc Position: Neural Circuitry Underlying Working Memory | Radboud University

Do you want to work as a Postdoc Position: Neural Circuitry Underlying Working Memory at the Faculty of Social Sciences? Check our vacancy!

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Kabir Arora @arora-borealis.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

Planning on running a RIFT study? In a new manuscript, we put together the RIFT know-how accumulated over the years by multiple labs (@lindadrijvers.bsky.social, @schota.bsky.social, @eelkespaak.bsky.social, with Cecília Hustá and others). Preprint: osf.io/preprints/ps...

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andrea e. martin @andreaeyleen.eurosky.social · 23/10/2025

OPEN PHD POSITION - Come join our group! The IMPRS at @mpi-nl.bsky.social is offering an PhD position on modelling structured meaning in the brain, supervised by me and Helen De Hoop at the Centre for Language Studies in the @dondersinst.bsky.social - www.mpi.nl/imprs-phd-fe... #NeuroJobs #cogsci

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IMPRS PhD Fellowships 2026 | Max Planck Institute

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Eelke Spaak @eelkespaak.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

🧠 Regularization, Action, and Attractors in the Dynamical “Bayesian” Brain direct.mit.edu/jocn/article... (still uncorrected proofs, but they should post the corrected one soon--also OA is forthcoming, for now PDF at brainandexperience.org/pdf/10.1162-...)

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Regularization, Action, and Attractors in the Dynamical “Bayesian” Brain

Abstract. The idea that the brain is a probabilistic (Bayesian) inference machine, continuously trying to figure out the hidden causes of its inputs, has become very influential in cognitive (neuro)sc...

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Kristof Strijkers @strijkers.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

The first publication of the #ERC project ‘LaDy’ is a fact and it’s an important one I think: We show that word processing and meaning prediction is fundamentally different during social interaction compared to using language individually! 👀 short 🧵/1 psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/202... #OpenAccess

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Marlijn ter Bekke @marlijnterbekke.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

Happy with this popular science article about our work (with @lindadrijvers.bsky.social and @judithholler.bsky.social), showing that listeners use co-speech hand gestures to predict upcoming meaning ✋ www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...

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What Using Our Hands While Speaking Reveals About Our Brains

Researchers now have fascinating insights into how our brains function while we communicate — and our hand gestures hold the key.

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Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics @mpi-nl.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

We're seeking the next Director of the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics! Lead cutting-edge research in language & cognition. Nominations (incl. self) due 19 Dec 2025. mpi.nl/career-education/vacancies/vacancy/nominations-and-self-nominations-sought-position-director-max

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wimpouw @wimpouw.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

www.envisionbox.org has been shortlisted for the Leo Waaijers Open Science price: ukb.nl/en/news/shor... @babajideowoyele.bsky.social @jamestrujillo.bsky.social @sarkadava.bsky.social @DavideAhmar @acwiek.bsky.social Amazing Markus Küpper made an animated video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=HduI...

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EnvisionBOX overview2025

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Donders Institute @dondersinst.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

👀 👂 How does the brain merge what we hear & see? @lindadrijvers.bsky.social got an ERC Starting Grant (≈ €1.5M) for HANDWAVE, studying how we integrate audiovisual signals. Vital for understanding language disorders & improving diagnostics.👇 www.ru.nl/en/research/...

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ERC Starting Grants for research into language, money circulation and medieval songs | Radboud University

Three researchers at Radboud University will receive a Starting Grant from the European Research Council (ERC). They will receive a grant of rougly 1.5 million euros.

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Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics @mpi-nl.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

We are seeking a #Postdoctoral #Researcher to join our Multimodal Language Department for the NWO funded project: 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐆𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐱𝐭: 𝐎𝐛𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭- 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧-𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐀𝐈 𝐌𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐔𝐬𝐞 Start: ideally February 1, 2026 but negotiable. www.mpi.nl/career-educa...

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Olaf Dimigen @olaf.dimigen.de · 22/08/2025

🚨 New preprint: Invisible neural frequency tagging (RIFT) for the underfunded researcher: 👉 www.biorxiv.org/cgi/content/... RIFT uses high-frequency flicker to probe attention in M/EEG with minimal stimulus visibility and little distraction. Until now, it required a costly high-speed projector.

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Rapid Invisible Frequency Tagging (RIFT) with a consumer monitor: A proof-of-concept

Rapid Invisible Frequency Tagging (RIFT) enables neural frequency tagging at rates above the flicker fusion threshold, eliciting steady-state responses to flicker that is almost imperceptible. While R...

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The LAB Lab 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @thelablab.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

Call for papers @jneurolang.bsky.social: Towards a Deeper Understanding of the Relationship Between the Neurobiology of Language and Consciousness. 🧠🗨️ direct.mit.edu/DocumentLibr... ☎️ DM me for more details.

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Nicola Molinaro @nicolaml.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

Neural tracking: evoked or oscillatory? 🎧🧠 The #TrackingUmbrella paper argues it’s not either/or — both perspectives reveal how our brains align with speech, music, and more. Method matters. Let’s rethink how we measure and interpret tracking! tinyurl.com/ywbe7rrz

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(PDF) The Tracking Umbrella: Diverse Interpretations Under a Common Neural Term

PDF | Neural tracking, the alignment of brain activity with the temporal dynamics of sensory input, is a crucial mechanism underlying perception,... | Find, read and cite all the research you need on ...

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andrea e. martin @andreaeyleen.eurosky.social · 19/06/2025

deadline 23 June!! Please re-bleat(??) widely!

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ISGS2025 @isgs2025.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

📢 We are thrilled to announce that the full program for #ISGS2025 is now available on our website: isgs10.nl ✨Explore the detailed schedule featuring latest advancements in multimodal language research ✨

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Marieke van Vugt @mvugt.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

Don't forget to submit your symposia and panels for the Dutch brain and cognition conference happening in December! www.societyforbrainandcognition.nl/calls/

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Calls – Dutch Society for Brain and Cognition

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Katharina Duecker @katduecker.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

Finally out in @commsbio.nature.com ! Using MEG and Rapid Invisible Frequency Tagging (RIFT) in a classic visual search paradigm we show that neuronal excitability in V1 is modulated in line with a priority-map-based mechanism to boost targets and suppress distractors!

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Ole Jensen @olejensen.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

Our latest study on reading using MEG, eyetracking and Rapid Invisible Frequency Tagging headed by Yali Pan from @thechbh.bsky.social : Parallel and dynamic attention allocation during natural reading www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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Parallel and dynamic attention allocation during natural reading

During natural reading, attention constantly shifts across words, yet how linguistic properties (e.g., lexical frequency) impact the allocation of attention remains unclear. In this study, we co-regis...

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Sofie Cairo @cairosofie.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

📉 Key findings: Mothers suffer penalties of 25 percentage points on their annual output of scientific publications compared to fathers in the first seven years after childbirth, and participation in research publishing is 16% lower among mothers relative to fathers.

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Colette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

*scream laughs in toddler mom*

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Linda Drijvers @lindadrijvers.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

Great opportunity on a very exciting project!

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PessoaBrain @pessoabrain.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗹 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗯𝘂𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝘁 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸? Don't expect simple mappings between mind and brain. Check out this piece I wrote for Aeon. aeon.co/essays/how-t...

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How the human brain is like a murmuration of starlings | Aeon Essays

The brain is much less like a machine than it is like the murmurations of a flock of starlings or an orchestral symphony

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Judith Holler @judithholler.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

New review out on facial signalling in conversation, making the argument that the notion of ‘speech acts’ is outdated due to its unimodal focus, especially in the light of the fundamental contributions of the face towards social action communication www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Facial clues to conversational intentions

It has long been known that we use words to perform speech acts foundational to everyday conversation, such as requesting, informing, proposing, or co…

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Limor Raviv 🐘🤗🦒🍄🦄 @limorraviv.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

Interested in the evolution of human language and in understanding the pressures that shape languages today? Come do a PhD with me! Fully funded PhD position available in my group @mpi-nl.bsky.social, application deadline June 2nd: www.mpi.nl/career-educa...

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Fully funded 4-year PhD position in Language Evolution | Max Planck InstituteMax Planck Institute for psycholinguistics

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Brian Nosek @briannosek.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

You do not need to be Dutch to sign. If you simply care to preserve programs that have been leaders in rigor and reform in psychology, then signal your support for them to continue to thrive.

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Sho Akamine @shoakamine.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

If anyone is interested in using WhisperX to transcribe speech, this tutorial is for you!! In this tutorial, I provide an easy-to-use pipeline where you will get a time-aligned transcript as a Praat TextGrid file, a TSV file, and a subtitle file🙌 github.com/ShoAkamine/w...

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GitHub - ShoAkamine/whisperx_tutorial

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Linda Drijvers @lindadrijvers.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

Very much looking forward to this!

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Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics @mpi-nl.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

In face-to-face conversations, speakers use hand movements to signal meaning. But do listeners actually use these gestures to predict what someone might say next? A study using virtual avatars showed that listeners used the avatar’s gestures to predict upcoming speech. www.mpi.nl/news/listene...

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Marlijn ter Bekke @marlijnterbekke.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

🧠 In an EEG experiment, we recorded brain activity while participants listened to the questions. Gestures led to signals of 𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙞𝙥𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 before the upcoming target word (i.e., alpha and beta power decreases), and 𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙞𝙚𝙧 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙘𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙜 of the target word once it was heard (i.e., less negative N400) ✔️

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Linda Drijvers @lindadrijvers.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

Happy to see this finally out! Another paper led by @marlijnterbekke.bsky.social - gestures are used to predict what someone might say next

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Marlijn ter Bekke @marlijnterbekke.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

Hora est! 🎓 On Friday I successfully defended my PhD thesis "On how gestures facilitate prediction and fast responding during conversation", which can be found here (lnkd.in/eewcJYyt). It was an absolutely fantastic day! 😍

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Linda Drijvers @lindadrijvers.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

I think this is a very powerful example of how 'the language network' comes about (or doesn't). See our paper on why we think 'the language network' is widely distributed in the brain: pure.mpg.de/rest/items/i... (same pic of simulation posted below w/ white background for those who use dark mode)

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The LAB Lab 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @thelablab.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

This is is a concern not just for language, but for much of cognitive neuroscience. And this is not the only issue that @lindadrijvers.bsky.social, @slsmall.bsky.social, and I have with claiming that 'the language network' is a 'natural kind'. 🖱️ to find more qualms: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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The LAB Lab 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @thelablab.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

An example is depicted in the simulation below. 👇 It shows dynamic 'language region' activity (brains 🔴) and connectivity (circle graphs 🔴) between regions and with 'peripheral' brain regions (🔵, 🟢), at different times. These are averaged and thresholded. Behold, 'the language network'. 🪄🎩

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The LAB Lab 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @thelablab.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

🗣️ Language is widely distributed throughout the brain 🧠 In a recent correspondence in @natrevneurosci.bsky.social, we suggest that there is no 'language network' in the brain. What appears as such is an inevitable illusion created in part by the methods we use. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Dan Lametti @daniellametti.com · 07/01/2025

The neurobiology of language does not operate in a vat. An important perspective from the @thelablab.bsky.social and colleagues: "Language is widely distributed throughout the brain" www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Language is widely distributed throughout the brain - Nature Reviews Neuroscience

Nature Reviews Neuroscience - Language is widely distributed throughout the brain

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