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Nobel Prize @nobelprize.org · 05/10/2026

BREAKING NEWS The 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel “for their discoveries concerning light-gated ion channels and optogenetics.”

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 24/07/2026

The Fields Medal, awarded every four years to mathematicians under 40, was given to Yu Deng, John Pardon, Jacob Tsimerman and Hong Wang for their groundbreaking work. Wang is only the third woman to win.

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For only third time ever, a woman shares math’s top prize

This year’s Fields Medal honors four mathematicians in their 30s who have made their mark in geometry and physics.

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Menghuan Chen @menghuanchen.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Very grateful to be able to attend and share my PhD work at the 4th computational psychiatry conference #cpconf #cpconf2026, at Yale University, New Haven. Come to visit 👋 We examined how competing outcomes reshape established approach-avoidance tendencies.

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yuzhu194.bsky.social @yuzhu194.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

Excited to share our new Nature Methods paper on DeepCor, a contrastive autoencoder for denoising fMRI. DeepCor separates neural signal from noise at the voxel level, works for single participants, and outperforms CompCor by up to 215% on real data. 1/7 doi.org/10.1038/s415...

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DeepCor: denoising fMRI data with contrastive autoencoders - Nature Methods

DeepCor is a deep-learning-based denoising approach for task-based and resting-state fMRI data that can be used even for single participants.

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Sam Gershman @gershbrain.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

To accompany my textbook (Computational Foundations of Cognitive Neuroscience) and the class I taught this semester, I'm open-sourcing my lectures slides: gershmanlab.com/lectures.html I'll continue to update these as I improve them.

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Stefano Palminteri @stepalminteri.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

🧵 I gave Claude two things: a short paper (doi.org/10.1073/pnas...) and a raw behavioural dataset with 3 lines of variable descriptions. Then I asked it to fit three computational RL models described only by equations in the manuscript. No code, no toolbox, no guidance on the fitting procedure. 1/3

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Jan R. Wessel @janw.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

I reviewed 5+ fMRI papers on response inhibition within roughly the last year, and the same points come up over and over again. So I wrote a short note last week entitled "The unique limitations of BOLD-fMRI in the study of response inhibition". You can read it here. osf.io/preprints/ps...

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OSF

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Robb Rutledge @robbrutledge.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

📣🔥Submit your symposium (30 Jan) and poster (12 Feb) abstracts to the 2026 Computational Psychiatry Conference www.cpconf.org Excited to announce new keynotes: @danisbassett.bsky.social Eyiyemisi Damisah @adredish.bsky.social Guillermo Horga, Frederike Petzschner. See you in New Haven! #CPConf2026

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Computational Psychiatry Conference

New Haven, USA (July 14-16, 2026)

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Jerome Sallet @jsallet.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

Really delighted to share our new article in Current Biology showing that the cingulate-to-dorsolateral prefrontal pathway is not involved in trial-to-trial short-term adaptation but rather in sustained motivational control. doi.org/10.1016/j.cu...

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Redirecting

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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

New @naturemedicine.bsky.social The power of our mind to shape immune response, as seen in a randomized trial of trained neurofeedback for increased reward activity. More positive expectation-> more antibody response nature.com/articles/s41... nature.com/articles/s41...

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RTG 2660 @rtg2660.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

We're extremely happy and proud to announce that the RTG 2660 will be extended for a 2nd funding period of 4.5 years! 🥳https://www.uni-wuerzburg.de/en/news-and-events/news/detail/news/rtgs-11-2025/

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Research Training Groups: A Boost for Early-Career Researchers

A new Research Training Group in medicine and an extended one in psychology, psychiatry and neurobiology: researchers in Würzburg are celebrating funding success from the German Research Foundation (D...

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eLife @elife.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

Evidence from 14 research funding programmes confirms that early winners tend to keep winning (Matthew effect). But the idea that an early setback makes you stronger later doesn’t replicate widely. buff.ly/UEtcRd4

eLife Assessment

This important study reports the results of efforts to replicate two phenomena of significant interest to early-career scientists and scientific policymakers: the Matthew effect and the early-career setback effect. Several previous studies of these effects have focused on early-career researchers with grant proposals that fell just below or just above a funding threshold. Those just above the threshold were more likely to be successful when they applied for funding later in the career (an example of the well-known Matthew effect), while those just below were more likely to go on to have stronger publication records (the early-career setback effect). In this study the Matthew effect was found to be robust across funders, and to generalize from those close to the funding threshold to the whole population. The early-career setback effect was not robust across funders and did not generalize to the whole population. The evidence reported is convincing.

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Bertsch Lab - Uni Wuerzburg @bertsch-lab.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

Come join our team!💼A new PhD position is available in our group, focusing on emotional biases and socioemotional competencies in depression. Feel free to share!😃 #PhDPosition #ClinicalPsychology #JobOpening

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Lea Bartsch @leabartsch.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

🚨 PostDoc Opening 🚨 The lab of Klaus Oberauer is looking for a new postdoc, starting end of this/beginning next year. Research focus is #cognition, #workingmemory, #methods and #computationalmodeling or anything in that direction. I cannot highlight ENOUGH how great it is to work in this lab 🥰🤓

Applications are invited for a
Postdoctoral Position (80%)
at the Cognitive Psychology Unit, Department of Psychology, University of Zurich. The ideal
start date would be January 1st, 2026 but could be somewhat earlier or later. The position is for
initially 3 years, with possible renewal for another 1.5 years.
The successful applicant will work with the head of the Cognitive Psychology Unit, Prof. Dr. Klaus
Oberauer, and the Cognitive Psychology team. The post involves research and teaching (one course
per semester).
Research at the Zurich Cognitive Psychology Unit focuses on capacity limits of cognition, in particular
working memory, long-term memory, and attention, which we investigate with experimental,
individual-differences and aging studies and computational modeling. For further information see:
https://www.psychology.uzh.ch/en/areas/nec/allgpsy.html
We offer:
- An attractive research environment with close collaboration within the team
- Excellent lab infrastructure
- Salary according to Cantonal regulations
We expect:
- a PhD in psychology or a related discipline
- experience with experimental research
- excellent method knowledge and skills
- very good command of English
- interest in pursuing an academic career in cognitive psychology
In addition, it would be desirable if you had:
- experience with publishing in international journals
- programming skills
- experience with mathematical / computational modeling
Please send applications including your CV and motivation letter
no later than September 10, 2025
electronically as a single PDF to: Michaela Oestmann, michaela.oestmann@psychologie.uzh.ch
For questions about the position please contact Klaus Oberauer, k.oberauer@psychologie.uzh.ch

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Sahib Khalsa @skhalsa.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

Postdoc job alert! I’m looking for someone with a PhD in neuroscience/psychology, psychiatry, biomed engineering, computational modeling or a related field to join my NIH-funded team at UCLA studying the neural & computational mechanisms of #interoception in anorexia nervosa 1/2

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Marco K Wittmann @mkwittmann.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

📢 Job announcement: Two (!) 3-year postdoc jobs in our lab at UCL 📢 🧠💫🔊 We are looking for postdocs interested in the abstract mechanisms underlying social cognition. Modelling, fMRI and non-invasive ultrasound, a new deep-brain stimulation method. Please RT www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

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UCL – University College London

UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).

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tor @torwager.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

Online #fMRI course coming up August 6-8! 3-day intensive with lectures and hands-on analysis for all skill levels. #SPM, #ICA, #DataScience with @vcalhoun.bsky.social and Kent Kiehl. We love teaching this course and meeting students from all areas! Info+Reg here: sites.google.com/dartmouth.ed...

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Tobias Hauser @tobiasuhauser.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

We are hiring for several research positions for this grant, starting early next year. Please reach out if you're interested! More details on the jobs here: devcompsy.org/wp-content/u...

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Menghuan Chen @menghuanchen.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

Hallo #CPConf2025, Poster 3.7! Excited to share our fMRI study on #approach-avoidance conflict at this amazing conference. Avoid something you want, or approach something you fear? 😧😲🙈 Come see how the our brain resolves these motivational dilemmas!🧠👁️💃

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Hu Chuan-Peng is on paternity leave @hcp4715.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

A super interesting meta-research on flexibility of exp design of reversal learning paradigm. "methodological standards diverge dramatically across taxa... "The number of reversal phases differed more than threefold among groups." osf.io/preprints/ps... reminds me a similar work in my group ->

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Menghuan Chen @menghuanchen.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

Very glad to share my first published PhD paper onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... We provide evidence of the behavioral/cognitive costs of overcoming automatic approach-avoidance responses triggered by affective stimuli. Huge thanks to my supervisors @gamerlab.bsky.social and @Andre Pittig

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<em>Psychophysiology</em> | SPR Journal | Wiley Online Library

This study advances our understanding of how individuals control automatic approach and avoidance tendencies to appetitive and aversive stimuli. Merging behavioral, physiological, and oculomotor resp...

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Daniela Mier @danielamier.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

We are looking for a Postdoc who loves fMRI, psychophysiology and data analysis 🎉. We run studies on social cognition and related processes with a focus on schizophrenia. German skills could be beneficial, bc the position involves teaching, but not mandatory. stellen.uni-konstanz.de/jobposting/4...

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Wissenschaftliche*r Mitarbeiter*in (w/m/d)

Bewerberfrist: 06.07.2025

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Sebastian Gluth @sgluth.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

Job altert: Postdoc position (100%, 2 yrs) in our lab (@cmdn-lab.bsky.social) in context with the DFG Research Unit on Belief Updating (www.uni-hamburg.de/ru5389/resea...). We are looking for people with strong quantitative skills. Info and application via: www.uni-hamburg.de/stellenangeb...

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DFG Research Unit 5389

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Gamer Lab Wuerzburg @gamerlab.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

Next poster from the group #pug2025 - B 191 by @menghuanchen.bsky.social on approach-avoidance control

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Menghuan Chen @menghuanchen.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

Hi #PuG, B 191: Come and visit👉 How competing outcomes (reward vs. threat) bidirectionally but asymmetrically reshape approach-avoidance behavior, physiology and attention

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Menghuan Chen @menghuanchen.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

🛌 Time for memory consolidation of the first day at the #PuG2025

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Dr Matthew Nour @mattnour.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

🚨 Job adverts LIVE! 🚨 We want to understand how the brain supports abstract cognition in psychosis, using cutting-edge neuroscience. Non-Clinical RA: lnkd.in/eva-Zzfj Clinical RA: lnkd.in/eSgdad_F Postdoc: lnkd.in/eid8gtbR Oxford University Due June 23

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This link will take you to a page that’s not on LinkedIn

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Mental Health Research Incubator @mhrincubator.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

🚨JOB ALERT🚨 @oxengsci.bsky.social, in collaboration with @oxexppsy.bsky.social & St Catherine's college, is hiring an Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering (Technologies for Mental Health and Cognition). To view the job particulars and apply, click the link below. Feel free to share! 👇

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Job Details

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Neural Dynamics Lab, Institute of Neuroinformatics, ETH Zurich @ndlab.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

We also have a open Postdoc position in human brain electrophysiology in collaboration with Prof. Maxime Baud at the University of Bern, check it out: ndlab.ch #JobAlert #PostDoc #EEG #MachineLearning

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Neural Dynamics lab |

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Andrej Bicanski @andrejbicanski.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

My colleague Dan Bush (not on BSky) at UCL is looking for a post-doc. Focus on intracranial EEG and single cell recordings from epilepsy patients + MEG recordings from healthy volunteers during spatial and episodic memory tasks. Apply here tinyurl.com/n6nkty8e

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UCL – University College London

UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).

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George O’Neill @goneill.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

My PI is hiring a new postdoc! if you are interested in memory, navigation, or just curious about the hippocampus, come join a lab processing data from human single cell recordings up to whole brain MEG! (Deadline 28th May) www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

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UCL – University College London

UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).

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Lena Palaniyappan @lenapl.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

We show cannabis use disorder is associated with higher midbrain neuromelanin, where such an increase is associated with #psychosis severity. The higher the use, the greater the putative dopamine turnover. Led by Jessica Ahrens @healthsciences.mcgill.ca IPN jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

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Convergence of Cannabis and Psychosis on the Dopamine System

This cohort study investigates the association between cannabis and the midbrain dopamine pathway involved in psychosis.

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Mohamady El-Gaby @melgaby.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

A bit late to the Bluesky party but here’s our work showing a coordinate system for behavioural space, and an algorithm for computing behavioural sequences in the mFC: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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A cellular basis for mapping behavioural structure - Nature

Mice generalize complex task structures by using neurons in the medial frontal cortex that encode progress to task goals and embed behavioural sequences.

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Prof Rick Adams @drrickadams.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

📢 Fantastic post doc job opportunity in my group and co-supervised by DeepMind's @mariaeckstein.bsky.social - now live! Ad here: tinyurl.com/26rafzdc - deadline May 29th. This is part of a very exciting collaboration with @melgaby.bsky.social and Matt Nour, funded by @wellcometrust.bsky.social.

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UCL – University College London

UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).

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Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft @dfg.de · 08/05/2025

#ECR attention! Just finishing your #PhD and wondering if the DFG’s Walter Benjamin Programme might be a funding option for you? Come and find out in our info talk in our research career series #Prospects (in English). The link to the meeting will be published here: ➡️ www.dfg.de/en/research-...

Walter Benjamin Programme
Monday, 26 May 2025, 3:30 - 5:00 p.m. CET

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Tina Lonsdorf @tinalonsdorf.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

⚠️Permanent position (E13) as lab manager (psychophysiology, experimental behavioral neuroscience) at University of Bielefeld. Earliest starting date is in July but later is absolutely possible. Please share widely uni-bielefeld.hr4you.org/job/view/427...

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Laborleiter*in (m/w/d) Psychophysiologie und Verha...

In der Fakultät für Psychologie und Sportwissenschaft ist zum nächstmöglichen Zeitpunkt die Stelle der*des Laborleiter*in (TV-L E12 bzw. E13) im B...

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Mario Gollwitzer @mariogollwitzer.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

🎺JOB ALERT👀: We (@LMU Munich) are hiring a postdoc (full-term) for the coordination of META-REP, a metascientific research consortium (www.lmu.de/psy/de/forsc...). Application deadline May 15, 2025. See full job ad here: job-portal.lmu.de/jobposting/3.... Contact me if you need more info!

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Research Associate (m/f/x)

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Lénárd Döme @lenarddome.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

We are excited to announce our hands-on workshop aimed at lowering barriers to entry into the world of computational modeling using our user-friendly python toolbox, cpm (cpm-toolbox.net)! 📢 Limited seats – don't miss out! 📅 17.07.2025 9.00 – 13.00 📍 Tübingen Apply 👉 forms.office.com/e/xtqb6sv604

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Brendan Barrett @bjjbarrett.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

Posting for a postdoc position in @enourani.bsky.social new group in Lausanne on Evolution of learning strategies for behavioral development career5.successfactors.eu/career?compa...

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Career Opportunities: Postdoctoral position in Evolution of learning strategies for behavioral development (22259)

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Matilde Vaghi @matildevaghi.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

❗️We have extended the application deadline for our open postdoctoral position❗️ You can send in your application until May 28th! Email me 📩 if interested and you want to know more 🧠

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Mario Reutter-Dieker @mreutter.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

📊Do you want to learn data analysis with R?📊 🔓Check out these free and open materials!🔓 1. Crash course (~4 hrs; part 1 only): spressi.github.io/precision_wo... 2. Full course (~20 hrs): spressi.github.io/biostats/ #rstats

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R Workshop: Handling Uncertainty in your Data – Precision Workshop

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Menghuan Chen @menghuanchen.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

Great and huge congratulations to Sabrina

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Ravi Menon @northernthrux.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Mandatory listening. Peter has a knack for these interviews. And this dropped just a week after Seiji turned 91.

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Gamer Lab Wuerzburg @gamerlab.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

🚨 PhD position (65%, 3 years) 🚨 We are currently looking for a PhD candidate within the @rtg2660.bsky.social on the neural mechanisms of approach and avoidance behavior. Please share widely and feel free to reach out if you have any questions! www.psychologie.uni-wuerzburg.de/fileadmin/06...

Job announcement for a 65% PhD position for 3 years

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