Reposted by Marlene BerkeSami Yousif @samiyousif.bsky.social · 12/10/2026MindCORE is awesome for many reasons, especially for those with interdisciplinary interests. Because of that fellowship, I met Sam Clarke, a philosopher and fellow mindCORE postdoc at the time, who has become my closest collaborator. This dramatically reshaped my career (for the better!). 0173
Reposted by Marlene BerkeAndrew Lampinen @lampinen.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Are you: * A cognitive science (or adjacent) PhD (current or graduated, or equivalent research exp.)? * Interested in studying LMs abilities for conceptual reasoning about cog sci, and helping to improve them? If so, apply to our new conceptual reasoning fellows program! Link below: 1266
Reposted by Marlene BerkeDavid Levari @davidlevari.bsky.social · 08/10/2026I'm hoping to recruit a new PhD student to join my lab at Brown (@browncopsy.bsky.social) this cycle. Applications are due Nov 15. Please apply! To read about our whole deal: levarilab.comlevarilab.comLevari LabThe Levari Lab at Brown University uses social and cognitive psychology to study the behavioral science of performance evaluation, improvement, and learning. 11911
Reposted by Marlene BerkeNicole Rust @nicolecrust.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Just like that: poof & gone. RIP *all* of NSF social, behavioral and economic research (including psyc & cogneuro). I’m speechless. 814864
Reposted by Marlene BerkeJosh McDermott @joshhmcdermott.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Postdoc opening in my lab to work on NeuroAI approaches to improve prosthetic devices for human hearing. We offer a great training environment and strong mentorship. Prior expertise in machine learning and signal processing are essential. Apply here: careers.peopleclick.com/careerscp/cl...careers.peopleclick.comPostdoctoral AssociateMIT - Postdoctoral Associate - Cambridge MA 02139 01911
Reposted by Marlene Berkemegan peters 🧠 @meganakpeters.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I 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. 15223
Reposted by Marlene BerkeDan Mirea @danmirea.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Thrilled to announce that I will be joining the University of Miami as an Assistant Professor of Psychology next year! I am recruiting a PhD student to start in Fall 2027 — please reach out if you are interested in joining the lab! For more info check out my website: dan-mirea.com 56913
Marlene Berke @marleneberke.bsky.social · 02/10/2026This work says yes for @aliciamchen.bsky.social because she and I are in an equal relationship, but probably not for @rebeccasaxe.bsky.social 😅 040
Marlene Berke @marleneberke.bsky.social · 02/10/2026This is one of those papers that ruins social interactions for a bit because you can’t unsee it and now you might overthink them… including this repost. If I repost @aliciamchen.bsky.social and @rebeccasaxe.bsky.social’s paper, does that create an expectation that they’ll repost my next paper? 282
Reposted by Marlene BerkeJorge Morales @jorgemorales.me · 01/10/2026Our lab is growing! We're looking for a graduate student to start next fall (applications due on Dec 1) and a postdoctoral researcher to start soon (ad coming soon; starting date is flexible, probably some time next year). subjectivitylab.orgsubjectivitylab.orgThe Subjectivity Lab · Duke University · Jorge Morales, PhDDuke interdisciplinary research group led by Dr. Jorge Morales studying vision, mental imagery, consciousness, and introspection. 14425
Reposted by Marlene Berketal boger @talboger.bsky.social · 29/09/2026We often say that humans struggle to produce random sequences… but what if that's not the whole story? In a new paper, @dorsaamir.bsky.social, @samiyousif.bsky.social & I show that context matters (a lot!). When playing strategic games, humans can produce near-random behavior osf.io/preprints/ps... 18228
Reposted by Marlene BerkeMarc Sommer @neurocircuits.bsky.social · 26/09/2026📢 To everyone on the job market who has a vision for neuroscience applied to biomedical applications & technological innovation: The Duke Department of Biomedical Engineering announces a tenure-track faculty job search in neural engineering, broadly defined! academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/32784 03521
Reposted by Marlene BerkeTomer Ullman @tomerullman.bsky.social · 22/09/2026new preprint: "Directing large language models to follow the letter or spirit of the law" arxiv.org/pdf/2609.23083 (by Qian , Li, Chen, Murthy @soniakmurthy.bsky.social , Belinkov, and me) this is particularly cool/important, and I'm allowed to say it because it was headed by @pqian.bsky.social 17423
Marlene Berke @marleneberke.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Check out the paper: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... With Daniel Horschler, @amandaroyka.bsky.social, @lauriesantos.bsky.social, and @julianje.bsky.socialsciencedirect.com 080
Marlene Berke @marleneberke.bsky.social · 14/09/2026We found that, while non-human primates might have human-like mental state representations, they fail to use or deploy these representations with the ease and frequency that people do. This demonstrates the power of computational modeling for theory-testing! 280
Marlene Berke @marleneberke.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Comparing these models' behavior to observed primate behavior allowed us to evaluate the theories' abilities to predict primate behavior --- and reveal the theories' hidden assumptions about how primates use their mental representations! 130
Marlene Berke @marleneberke.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Do non-human primates have theory of mind? My new paper takes a new computational approach to this classic question. We implemented verbal theories of primates' mental representations as computational models. These models completed classic visual perspective-taking tasks. 29134
Reposted by Marlene BerkeMike Frank @mcxfrank.bsky.social · 30/08/2026*Sharing for our department’s trainees* 🧠 Looking for insight on applying to PhD programs in psychology? ✨ Apply by Sep 21st to Stanford Psychology's 10th annual Paths to a Psychology PhD info session/workshop to have all of your questions answered! 📝 Application: forms.gle/4nujgDd3W2tx...forms.glePaths to a Psychology Ph.D.: An Information Session and WorkshopJoin Stanford Psychology graduate students, research assistants, and faculty for a free one-day virtual information session and workshop on applying to research positions and Ph.D. programs in psychol... 0227
Reposted by Marlene BerkeTobias Gerstenberg @tobigerstenberg.bsky.social · 13/02/2026Thanks @katenuss.bsky.social for sharing your work with us! Kate studies how people learn about the world through external exploration (acting) and internal exploration (imagining). Modeling & experiments reveal that people learn by simulating counterfactuals! 📃 elifesciences.org/articles/84260 1142
Reposted by Marlene BerkeYang Tan Collective @yangtancollective.bsky.social · 11/02/2026For #InternationalDayOfWomenAndGirlsInScience, we spoke with 3 Collective scientists, asking what made them interested in science & what their advice is for girls who are also interested in science 👩🔬 Read what @marleneberke.bsky.social has to say ⬇️ 021
Reposted by Marlene BerkeNicole Rust @nicolecrust.bsky.social · 16/01/2026If you missed this thread, I recommend! Megan is (gasp!) studying the thing that inspired a huge fraction of us to enter the field (consciousness) - & while she's modest about it all, she's ++ earned her many accolades. BUT! her path has not been linear. I admire her for sharing it. So inspiring. 1171
Reposted by Marlene BerkeYale University @yale.edu · 06/01/2026A new approach could help AI answer complex questions faster and more accurately. In a prize-winning paper, Yale engineer Alex Lew shows how some guiding constraints can slow AI or distort results and offers a practical way to improve both speed and quality. #Yalebit.lyAn algorithm that generates faster and better responses to your inquiriesThe new paper provides a faster and more accurate algorithm for generating structured text from language models. 043
Reposted by Marlene BerkeAndrew Lampinen @lampinen.bsky.social · 23/12/2025New post! Last week I shared why I thought cognitive (neuro)science hasn’t contributed as much as one might hope to the design of AI systems; this week I'm sharing my thoughts on how methods and principles from these fields *have* been useful in my work. infinitefaculty.substack.com/p/how-cognit...infinitefaculty.substack.comHow cognitive science can contribute to AI: methods for understanding#2 in a series on cognitive science and AI 2418
Reposted by Marlene BerkeMonica H Green @monicamedhist.bsky.social · 19/12/2025This report in Nature on the costs of competing for & administering scientific grants is shocking: "In other words, European taxpayers will have spent more on the funding process than on the funding itself, and the scientific ecosystem has been drained." www.nature.com/articles/d41... 🧪nature.comPoint of no returns: researchers are crossing a threshold in the fight for fundingWith so little money to go round, the costs of competing for grants can exceed what the grants are worth. When that happens, nobody wins. 8425241
Reposted by Marlene BerkeDaniel Yon @danieljamesyon.bsky.social · 16/12/2025I've got a fully-funded PhD studentship open at @birkbeckpsychology.bsky.social, investigating social learning about metacognition & awareness, w/ behavioural studies & neuroimaging (fMRI) - thanks to @leverhulme.ac.uk More details here: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPV831/p... #cogsci #neuroskyencejobs.ac.ukPhD Studentship: Social Learning of Metacognition and Awareness at Birkbeck, University of Londonjobs.ac.uk now advertising a PhD Studentship: Social Learning of Metacognition and Awareness Visit jobs.ac.uk to apply and to browse more PhD opportunities. 24554
Reposted by Marlene BerkeKate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 17/12/2025The University of Washington's Center for an Informed Public is looking to bring on new postdoctoral scholars to join our research community starting in 2026-2027. Come collaborate w/ our amazing, interdisciplinary team working to understand & help people navigate our complex information ecosystem! 18664
Reposted by Marlene BerkeAlex Engler @alexengler.bsky.social · 17/12/2025Selfishly piggybacking but people interested in this may also be interested in our new postdoc! bsky.app/profile/alex... 172
Reposted by Marlene BerkeGriffiths Computational Cognitive Science Lab @cocoscilab.bsky.social · 16/12/2025Princeton's AI Lab is advertising positions for AI Postdoctoral Fellows in two areas: studying natural and artificial minds, and designing, understanding or engineering large AI models. We are also searching for a Lead Research Software Engineer! ai.princeton.edu/ai-lab/emplo...ai.princeton.eduEmployment OpportunitiesFind and learn more about our open positions.Join our team 02710
Reposted by Marlene Berkejason-z-kim.bsky.social @jason-z-kim.bsky.social · 02/12/2025The brain computes by processing information over time through interactions between connectivity and dynamics that are hard to model. Here we infer these interactions from data and find they better predict cognitive performance! www.nature.com/articles/s41... w/ @lindenmp.bsky.social 43512
Reposted by Marlene BerkeChaz Firestone @chazfirestone.bsky.social · 02/12/2025Well this is exciting! The Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences at Johns Hopkins University (@jhu.edu) invites applications for a full-time tenured or tenure-track faculty member in Cognitive Psychology, in any area and at any rank! Application + more info: apply.interfolio.com/178146apply.interfolio.com Apply - Interfolio {{$ctrl.$state.data.pageTitle}} - Apply - Interfolio 19355
Marlene Berke @marleneberke.bsky.social · 26/11/2025Congratulations Dr. Witt!!!! I hope the process was as smooth as a PhD dissertation and defense can be! 020
Marlene Berke @marleneberke.bsky.social · 24/11/2025This year, as @tightlippedorg.bsky.social runs our annual fundraiser, I’m asking for donations from non-patient allies. People who don’t have chronic vulvar or vaginal pain themselves, but who agree that this situation is f***ed up, and want to help us fund systemic change. tinyurl.com/2s4992awtinyurl.comTight Lipped's 2025 Fall FundraiserSupport Tight Lipped so that every person in pain can get the care they need and deserve 030
Marlene Berke @marleneberke.bsky.social · 24/11/2025This paper came from that conference — the only one in the world on a chronic pain condition affecting ~1 in 10 women. Now guess who sponsored the conference. Not the NIH. Not a big foundation. Patients did. Patients fund the research. Patients do the advocacy. It shouldn’t all be on us. 120
Marlene Berke @marleneberke.bsky.social · 24/11/2025In March 2024, I had surgery to remove part of my vulva, where I had had pain for my entire life. Pain with tampons, pain with sex, and pain just sitting. 4 weeks post-op, I was supposed to be on bedrest, but I traveled to DC. Why? Because I don’t want other women to go through what I went through… 100
Marlene Berke @marleneberke.bsky.social · 24/11/2025New paper announcement! journals.lww.com/greenjournal... The Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology is an unusual place for me to publish… Let me tell you the story of this paper.journals.lww.com 1112
Reposted by Marlene BerkeJane Acierno @janeacierno.bsky.social · 05/11/2025🧠 New paper alert! Can people infer others’ values not from what they choose, but simply from what comes to mind? Across four studies, we show they can—drawing on an intuitive theory of how options are generated. doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2025.106238 👇doi.orgRedirecting 12815
Reposted by Marlene BerkeBrynn Sherman @brynnsherman.bsky.social · 29/10/2025Our experience of time is powerfully shaped by boundaries between events (i.e., going from one meeting to the next). But what about time *within an event*? In new work, we find reliable distortions of time based on internal event structure (e.g., beginnings, middles, and ends)! tinyurl.com/n8mn2sn7sciencedirect.comUnfolding event structure distorts subjective timeOur experience of time is often distorted in striking ways. Although prior work has shown that boundaries between events can shape temporal perception… 39737
Reposted by Marlene BerkeMark Ho @markkho.bsky.social · 06/10/2025I'm recruiting grad students!! 🎓 The CoDec Lab @ NYU (codec-lab.github.io) is looking for PhD students (Fall 2026) interested in computational approaches to social cognition & problem solving 🧠 Applications through Psych (tinyurl.com/nyucp) are due Dec 1. Reach out with Qs & please repost! 🙏codec-lab.github.iocodec lab 36048
Reposted by Marlene BerkeBria Long @brialong.bsky.social · 07/10/2025We’re recruiting a postdoctoral fellow to join our team! 🎉 I’m happy to share that I’ve opened back up the search for this position (it was temporarily closed due to funding uncertainty). See lab page and doc below for details! 26237
Reposted by Marlene BerkeLexi Decker @lexidecker.bsky.social · 01/10/2025Excited to share that I'm joining WashU in January as an Assistant Prof in Psych & Brain Sciences! 🧠✨! I'm also recruiting grad students to start next September - come hang out with us! Details about our lab here: www.deckerlab.com Reposts are very welcome! 🙌 Please help spread the word!deckerlab.comDeckerLab 68033
Marlene Berke @marleneberke.bsky.social · 29/09/2025Psychophysics meets moral psych! In the best possible way! I worry what this means for clinical research and patient reported outcomes, which often measure things like pain on a very simple 1-10 scale, often without clear anchoring. Such important work by @vladchituc.bsky.social!vladchituc.bsky.socialVlad Chituc (@vladchituc.bsky.social)Cognitive scientist studying how morality, happiness, and other subjective magnitudes can be quantified. Postdoctoral fellow at Yale University https://www.vladchituc.com/ 0125
Reposted by Marlene BerkeTiffany Ito @tiffanyito.bsky.social · 22/09/2025University of Colorado Boulder Psychology & Neuroscience is searching for TWO tenure track assistant professors!! jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDeta... #socialpsychology #cogpsyc #PsychSciSky #PsychJob #psycjobs #psychology 1/njobs.colorado.eduAssistant Professor 4110107
Reposted by Marlene BerkeMark J. Nelson @mm-jj-nn.bsky.social · 07/09/2025Our neuroscience department is hiring an Assistant Professor of Computational Neuroscience who works in "areas such as artificial intelligence, convolutional neural networks, reinforcement learning, decision making, memory, computational modeling, cognitive and neural processing".american.wd1.myworkdayjobs.comAssistant Professor of NeuroscienceAmerican University is a student-centered research institution located in Washington, DC, with highly-ranked schools and colleges, internationally-renowned faculty, and a reputation for creating meani... 01712
Reposted by Marlene BerkeCian O'Donnell @cianodonnell.bsky.social · 04/09/2025thinking about this again. Is it the earliest articulation of a theoretical neuroscience? @neurograce.bsky.social ? 2389
Reposted by Marlene BerkeMark Thornton @markthornton.bsky.social · 03/09/2025The psych job market may not be dead... but it is gravely injured 😬 So far it's looking like the Trump administration's attacks on higher ed/research are going to have more than 2x the impact on the job market as the covid-19 pandemic. #psychjobs #neurojobs #academicjobs 1416573
Reposted by Marlene BerkeJin X. Goh | 吴晋勋 @jinxungoh.bsky.social · 02/09/2025The psych job market isn’t dead! Join us at UIC!!! We are looking for a clinical psychologist (assistant or associate level)!! Chicago is simply the best, and the department is incredibly lovely! I’m not on search committee, but as the “newest” hire, I’m happy to talk about my experience thus far! 16738
Reposted by Marlene BerkeKristi Multhaup @kristimulthaup.bsky.social · 01/09/2025Review of applications begins Sept 15 for this quantitative Psych position. Please share; TYIA! 0109