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Center for Lifespan Psychology, MPI for Human Development

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We are an interdisciplinary group studying human development across the lifespan at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development in Berlin. See www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/research/res…

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IMPRS CoNI @imprsconi.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
What is it like to pursue a PhD at IMPRS CoNI? Our doctoral researchers @msshuoc.bsky.social, @evadepoi.bsky.social, & @shreydixit.bsky.social share a few words about their experience. Hear directly from them what doing a PhD at IMPRS CoNI can be like. Applications open until 2 Nov 2026, 23:59 CET.😍
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Ian Ballard @iancballard.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The Computational and Cognitive Neural Sciences lab (ballardlab.org) at UC Riverside is recruiting psychology PhD students to join our team! Check out the flyer to learn about the lab and our stellar research community at UCR. Apply by 12/1! tinyurl.com/yjubmvvb
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moin syed @syeducation.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
New diamond open access outlet for developmental psych. Free to publish, free to read, and led by a great team. One more step away from for-profit publishers.
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Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Orangutan mums take their offspring on playdates to hang out with kids of the same age 👶👶 By Odd Jacobson, Maria van Noordwijk et al www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... @oddjacobson.bsky.social @bjjbarrett.bsky.social @meg-crofoot.bsky.social @livingingroups.bsky.social www.ab.mpg.de/1580677/news...
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Orangutan mothers seek out playmates for young
Mothers of the most solitary great ape plan and structure playdates, even when it comes at a cost
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DGPs FG Entwicklungspsychologie @dgps-epsy.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Lunch LecturesEntwicklungspsychologie 🗓 Datum: 13. Oktober 2026 🕛 Zeit: 12:00–13:00 Uhr 💻 Ort: Zoom Wir freuen uns auf den Vortrag von Dr. Samia Akhter-Khan (MHB): "Loneliness in context: Global perspectives on social relationships across the lifespan" Details: shorturl.at/w32bG
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Steve Fleming @smfleming.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Useful thread about how to navigate the (rapidly changing) threat of bots in online behavioural studies. A move to unpaid citizen science platforms might end up being the best long-term strategy here
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Dr. Joscelin Rocha-Hidalgo 🇧🇴🏳️‍🌈 @joscelinrocha.com · 05/10/2026
📢 2 Postdoc Positions – Infant Dev. & Comp. Methods Cardiff Univ. Multimodal infant data: head-mounted cameras, eye tracking, inertial sensors, audio, & fNIRS. 📅 Oct 7, 2026 🔗 1: buff.ly/MKb4r9Y 🔗 2: buff.ly/e6Dd3lv 📧 Dean D’Souza (DSouzaD2@cardiff.ac.uk)
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Research Associate in Tower Building | Internal & External Website
View details and apply for this Research Associate vacancy in Tower Building. Research Associate We are seeking a Research Associate to join a UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship programme at the …
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MPI for Biological Intelligence @mpiforbi.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
New paper alert at our Institute 📣 Research in zebra finches reveals how precisely timed neural activity helps segment continuous birdsong into meaningful units. 🐦🎶 Read the publication: www.jneurosci.org/content/earl...
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Heleen Slagter @haslagter.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Reposting, in case you missed it! 8-) Reskeet appreciated!
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megan peters 🧠 @meganakpeters.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I am able to take on new doctoral students through this amazing initiative! If you are interested please reach out to me by email to discuss.
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Erin Westgate @erinwestgate.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I'm recruiting a grad student at Florida this fall! If you find boredom interesting, and psychological richness weirdly compelling, consider applying! Pumpkin carving & rock painting skills a bonus. Applications due 12/1, see website for details: www.erinwestgate.com/join-the-lab...
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Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften @bbaw.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
How do we learn as we get older? In this lecture, Martin Lövdén will talk about learning and cognitive development across our entire lifespan. His talk will be based, amongst other things, on new findings from a long-term study involving around 20,000 people. To register: buff.ly/0sA9tEg
Paul-B.-Baltes Lecture, Learning in older age: A lifespan perspective, 14. Oktober 2026, 18:00 Uhr, Leibniz-Saal
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Max Planck Institute for Human Development @mpib-berlin.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
🌟 This is us: Mareike Grotheer 🌟 What happens in the brain when we learn something new? Why is the first year of life such a unique window into human development? Read an interview with the head of our Lise Meitner Research Group NeuroLearn about her work: 👉 www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/2450837/this...
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This is us: Mareike Grotheer
Mareike Grotheer has been leading the Lise Meitner Research Group NeuroLearn since May. A conversation about her research on neuroplasticity, innovative research methods, her fascination with early de...
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Brandon Woo @brandonwoo.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I’m recruiting a PhD student to join my lab at UCSB! I'm looking for someone who's interested in how children make sense of others' actions, minds, and relationships, and/or how children come to feel socially connected to others. Learn more here: folk.psych.ucsb.edu/team/join-th... Please share!
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MPI-EVA Leipzig @mpi-eva-leipzig.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
📢📅 Apply by 30 Nov 2026! Join our vibrant research community @mpi-eva-leipzig.bsky.social or @unileipzig.bsky.social! Our Intl. Max Planck Research School The Leipzig School of Human Origins offers fully funded PhD positions. Interested? Find out more: www.leipzig-school.eva.mpg.de/application/...
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Max-Planck-Gesellschaft @maxplanck.de · 05/10/2026
Two of the 2026 #Medicine #NobelPrize winners, Peter Hegemann & Georg Nagel, made their prize‑winning discoveries during their time at Max Planck Institutes: our warmest congratulations! 🎉(and yes, we’re feeling just a tiny bit 'nobel' today, too!😉) @mpibiochem.bsky.social @mpibp.bsky.social
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Congratulations to Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel on the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
The two former Max Planck researchers Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel have been honoured with the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2026 for their discovery of light-sensitive ion channels, which e...
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Steve Fleming @smfleming.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Excited to be launching our new PhD program in Minds and Machines at UCL with co-Directors Tali Sharot and @nadinedijkstra.bsky.social To apply, find out more here: www.ucl.ac.uk/brain-scienc... Our launch event is on Nov 10th, with a cracking lineup of speakers: luma.com/cikzcth0
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MPI for Biological Intelligence @mpiforbi.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Congratulations to Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel on the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their discoveries concerning light-gated ion channels and optogenetics. 👏🥂 We are proud that some of the groundbreaking research was made here on our Campus in Martinsried.
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Max Planck Institute for Human Development @mpib-berlin.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
🔬 Du interessierst dich für Wissenschaftskommunikation und hochspannende Forschung? Wir suchen eine studentische Hilfskraft (bis zu 80 Std./Monat) für unsere Abteilung Kommunikation und Design. 👉 careers.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/jobs/8456582... #Wisskomm #ScienceCommunication #StudentJob #Berlin
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Studentische Hilfskraft Presse- und Öffentlichkeitsarbeit (max 80h/Monat) - Max-Planck-Institut für Bildungsforschung
Das Max-Planck-Institut für Bildungsforschung ist ein Forschungsinstitut in Berlin mit derzeit ca. 350 Mitarbeiter*innen aus der ganzen Welt. Wir erforschen multidisziplinär die Voraussetzungen und...
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Heleen 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...
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Vacancy — Assistant Professor in Cognitive Neuroscience
Join the Department of Experimental and Applied Psychology (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam) as Assistant Professor in cognitive neuroscience.
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Cognitive Science Society @cogscisociety.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Many strong Elman Prize candidates are never nominated simply because no one thought to do it. Please repost! Your share might reach the colleague who writes the letter. Deadline: Nov 18 👇
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Max-Planck-Gesellschaft @maxplanck.de · 03/10/2026
More than 35 years after German reunification, a substantial economic gap between East & West remains. A research project led by economist & Max Planck-Humboldt Research Award winner Ufuk Akcigit uses GDR & Treuhand data to reveal why - & what policymakers can do to help close it.
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The long road to economic reunification
Economist Ufuk Akcigit from the University of Chicago was awarded the Max Planck-Humboldt Research Prize in 2019. Drawing on an analysis of documents from the former GDR and the Treuhandanstalt, he is...
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Natalie Brito @nataliebrito.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I’m recruiting a PhD student to join my lab at Columbia! ✨ We study early development as a dynamic process between children & the people, places, & systems around them, integrating brain, behavior, physiology, & families’ lived experiences. Come join our vibrant lab - please share!
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Dr Anna Leshinskaya @annaleshinskaya.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I am recruiting graduate students for UCI's PhD in Cognitive Sciences - www.cogsci.uci.edu/graduate/pro... The lab's focus is on how relational structure and combinatorial reasoning is implemented in human brains and large language models--and if they are similar.
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Cognitive Science Society @cogscisociety.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Nominations are open for the Jeffrey L. Elman Prize! The prize honors mid-career cognitive scientists whose work shows scientific excellence and a real commitment to community building. Deadline: Nov 18 🗓️ Details and how to nominate: cognitivesciencesociety.org/elman-prize/ #CogSci #Award
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rogier kievit @rogierk.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Exactly this. Make yourself and your work easily findable. Yes, also if you are just starting - Perhaps you gave an impressive talk or an exciting poster, and I want to know more, invite you to something, or recommend you to a colleague. I can't count the number of times I just gave up & moved on
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Dr. Joscelin Rocha-Hidalgo 🇧🇴🏳️‍🌈 @joscelinrocha.com · 30/09/2026
📢 Assistant Professor – Cognitive Psychology (Tenure-Track) University of Arkansas | Department of Psychological Science 📅 Full consideration: October 12, 2026 🔗 Apply: buff.ly/H9iPZNv 📧 Contact: Bill Levine (whlevine@uark.edu)
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Assistant Professor of Psychology
Current University of Arkansas System employees, including student employees and graduate assistants, need to log in to Workday via MyApps.Microsoft.com, then access Find Jobs from the Workday search…
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Dr. Joscelin Rocha-Hidalgo 🇧🇴🏳️‍🌈 @joscelinrocha.com · 30/09/2026
📢 Assistant Professor – Developmental Science (Tenure-Track) Univ. of Florida is seeking a dev scientist studying brain & behavior 📅 Review begins: Oct 15, 2026 🔗 Apply: buff.ly/9LlczH1 📧 Contacts: Lisa Scott (lscott@ufl.edu) & Natalie Ebner (natalie.ebner@ufl.edu)
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Tobias Hauser @tobiasuhauser.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
My former postdoc @kaehsan.bsky.social is looking for short-term opportunities in cognitive neuroscience. He has excellent signal processing skills in various cognitive neuroscience modalities - from fMRI decoding to eyetracking and fast-cycling voltammetry data. Interested? Give him a shout!
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MPI for Biological Intelligence @mpiforbi.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Your PhD journey starts here and now! 🚀 🎓 We are recruiting PhD students in the life sciences for our international and fully funded graduate program IMPRS-BI in the Munich area, Germany. 📆 Apply from: 01 October 2026 ⏰ Deadline: 10 November 2026 ❗ Apply now: imprs-bi.mpg.de/51861/How-to...
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Dirk Wulff @dirkwulff.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
📣 Delighted to share that I have joined WU (Vienna University of Economics and Business) as Professor of Artificial Intelligence and Behavioral Science. Announcements for at least one postdoc-level position will follow soon. Please reach out if you are interested.
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Max Planck Institute for Human Development @mpib-berlin.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Herzlichen Glückwunsch, Mara Mather @maramather.bsky.social! Der Tagesspiegel zählt unsere Direktorin zu den 100 wichtigsten Köpfen der Berliner Wissenschaft 2026. 👏 Mehr erfahren: www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/ehrungen/mar...
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Max Planck Institute for Human Development @mpib-berlin.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Watch out! Our Spotlight Magazine 2026 is now available. Read more about the breadth of research conducted at the Institute and explore current questions at the intersection of brain, behavior, and environment. 👉 rr26.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/spotlight-ma...
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Max Planck Institute for Human Development @mpib-berlin.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Congratulations to our director Mara Mather @maramather.bsky.social on being named one of the Top 100 Minds in Berlin Science 2026 by Tagesspiegel. Read more: www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/2463520/awar... #BerlinScience #Neuroscience #AgingResearch #MaxPlanck #WomenInScience
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Dirk Wulff @dirkwulff.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Women still exit psychological research at a disproportionate rate. Tracking 80k researchers, our new article maps the gender attrition gap and shows that differences in performance, networks, and institutions explain only part of it. psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/... arxiv.org/abs/2510.13273
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Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR) @mpidr.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
🎂Happy Birthday to us!🍾 MPIDR is turning 30 on this very day. 🎉 Thanks to everyone who has supported us along the way, helps moving demography forward and, overall makes MPIDR such a fantastic place! www.demogr.mpg.de/go/30yMPIDR | English www.demogr.mpg.de/go/30jMPIDR | Deutsch
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Juan Linde-Domingo @lindedomingo.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
🚨 New preprint! With @mdelmarco.bsky.social and @gonzalezgarcia.bsky.social Can episodic memory become more flexible, expanding retrieval to new cues, without sacrificing concrete details? Our results suggest so, highlighting the adaptive nature of episodic memory www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Episodic memory adaptively expands retrieval through typicality-guided transformation while concrete details remain accessible
Memory faces a fundamental challenge. It has to become flexible enough to be accessed by novel cues without losing the specific information that defines each individual episode. Whether memory transfo...
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Anna Thoma @annaithoma.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
🚻 Even though women make up the majority of psychology students, they still leave research at a higher rate than men. 📄 In our new paper, led by Xinyi Zhao, we take a closer look at the gender attrition gap in academic psychology. 👉 Get a quick overview in this press release: mpib.berlin/EBDvH
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Women leave psychological research more often than men
The bigger hurdle appears not to be entering academia but staying in it: An international study by researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development shows that, despite high entry rates, w...
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Jonathan Peelle @jpeelle.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
You swear it will never happen to you and then…
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Christina Bergmann @chbergma.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
As you should have an ORCID ( @orcid.org ) anyhow, start here!
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bioDGPS and DGPA @biodgps-dgpa.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
📣 Registration is open for the Young Scientist Retreat 2026 in Leipzig (18–20 Nov)! Meet and connect with fellow ECRs, get input on your project, learn about others' research, and much more! Register here: 👉 forms.gle/4u3nFcAz5kF5... @biodgps-dgpa.bsky.social @dgps.bsky.social
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Scott Cairney @sacairney.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Fully funded PhD studentship investigating sleep’s role in forgetting unwanted memories at my lab at @yorkpsychology.bsky.social, starting in September 2027. Funding includes UK home fees and a 3-year tax-free stipend (~£22K per year). Please share widely www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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Forgetting unwanted memories during sleep at University of York on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Forgetting unwanted memories during sleep at University of York, listed on FindAPhD.com
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Chris Baldassano @chrisbaldassano.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Columbia Psychology is hiring for a Cognitive Science/Neuroscience Assistant Professor position as part of our ongoing push to expand our Cognitive research program (including two hires last year). We'll be starting application reviews next week so get materials in asap! apply.interfolio.com/193975
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Andreas Brandmaier @brandmaier.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Ever looked at your graph and thought: this needs a more dramatic exit strategy? Make your R base plots self-destruct with style. If you must, download here: github.com/brandmaier/d... #RStats #DataVisualization #RProgramming #DataScience #OpenSource #AcademicHumor #noAI
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Iyad Rahwan | إياد رهوان @iyadrahwan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Please share widely, especially to researchers in disaster and war zones. Proud to launch the 2nd round of the Max Planck mentoring program for researchers (including students) at risk due to natural disaster or war. Deadline 18 October. www.maxminds.mpg.de/3630/apply
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Henrike Jungeblut @henrikejngblt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Join us for this year's Young Scientist Retreat in Leipzig! I participated in 2024 and have many fond memories of the event. This year, I switched sides and joined the organizing team. 🤩 We will visit the Primate Research Center at Leipzig Zoo and host a career-planning session. Don't miss out!
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Rik Henson @rhens.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
So thankful to the University of Cambridge for enabling a new chapter in the long history of the APU/CBU (since MRC decided to close all its units…)
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Ralf Kurvers @ralfkurvers.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Could not be more proud of @felicie-dhellemmes.bsky.social for pulling off this insane project, tracking humans and fish simultaneously to study how they interact
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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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Jefferson Moss Rehabilitation Research Institute @mossresearch.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Our Cognitive-Motor Learning Lab, led by Dr. Aaron L Wong, has an open #postdoc position! The postdoc will engage in research at the intersection of cognition and motor neuroscience, focused on how people learn and plan complex, real-world behaviors. Learn more and apply: ow.ly/gaw350ZPLJY
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