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Sanjay Srivastava @sanjaysrivastava.com · 07/10/2026

Interesting that the top 4 most-cited papers of the last 20 years are methods papers. Number one is False-Positive Psychology, which is definitely an interesting framing for the empirical papers in the rest of the list

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MO*Magazine @mondiaalnieuws.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Wanneer kiezen journalisten voor het woord ‘regime’ in plaats van ‘regering’? Wanneer schrijven ze ‘omgekomen’ in plaats van ‘gedood’? En wat is precies het verschil tussen ‘gedood’, ‘vermoord’ en ‘uitgeschakeld’ of ‘geliquideerd’? www.mo.be/analyse/wann...

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Sophie in't Veld @sophieintveld.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I have signed up to the formal complaint filed by @albertoaleman.bsky.social about the failure of the Commission to uphold the Schengen rules and our right to free movement. We cannot stand by idly as the EU is being slowly dismantled

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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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Simon Fisher @profsimonfisher.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

To make sense of speech, listeners must segment sound streams into pieces. Across languages, people do so based more on consonants than vowels. A new @science.org study investigates the phenomenon via EEG recording in humans & dogs, finding that dogs also show consonant bias in word segmentation.🗣️🐶🧪

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Neural evidence that dogs segment the speech they hear with a humanlike consonant bias

Across many human languages, consonants carry more lexical information than vowels. During speech segmentation, humans, unlike nonhuman primates, rely more on consonant than vowel patterns, despite vo...

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Open Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science bot @oecs-bot.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Converting abstract thoughts into fluent speech requires a rapid, subconscious orchestration of syntactic structure, word choice, and motor planning. Language Production by Zenzi M. Griffin doi.org/10.21428/e2759450.b076f599 #CognitiveScience

Open Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science: "Language Production" by Zenzi M. Griffin. Speakers are typically aware of the ideas they want to express but not the steps involved in getting from those ideas to a series of motor movements. Consider describing an image with the sentence, “B

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BRUZZ @bruzzbe.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

De tweetaligheid van de Brusselse politie gaat erop achteruit, met 45,1 procent van de agenten die zich nog zowel in het Frans als Nederlands kan uitdrukken.

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Tweetaligheid Brusselse politieagenten gaat erop achteruit

De tweetaligheid van de Brusselse politie gaat erop achteruit, met 45,1 procent van de agenten die zich nog zowel in het Frans als Nederlands kan uitdrukken.

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Aidan Horner @aidanhorner.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

This is a permanent technical role @ grade 7 (equivalent to assistant prof/lecturer), so ideal for someone who loves to support other researchers across a wide range of areas related to MRI and fMRI. Deadline is 02/10/2026, so you have just under a month!

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Cas Mudde @casmudde.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

This is, and will always be, pure gold! 🙌

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Journal of Cognition @jcgntn.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Some other recent content: Brysbaert, M. (2026). How to Measure the Reliability of Tasks in Experimental Psychology. Journal of Cognition, 9(1): 42, pp. 1–13. DOI: doi.org/10.5334/joc.... We suspect this will be widely useful to any scholar interested in individual differences.

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How to Measure the Reliability of Tasks in Experimental Psychology | Journal of Cognition

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EuroSLA @eurosla.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Enjoyed the last EuroSLA conference at NOVA University Lisbon? Here's your chance to work there! www.eurosla.org/two-early-ca...

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Two Early Career Researcher positions at NOVA University Lisbon – EuroSLA

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Matt Goldrick @mattgoldrick.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Deadline 16th September: Expressions of interest to MPI for Psycholinguistics + Radboud U., research group lead + permanent assistant prof. www.mpi.nl/career-educa...

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Expressions of interest sought re. Open topic Call for Max Planck Research Group Leaders and permanent Assistant Professor positions | Max Planck Institute

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Here are some ways to “De-Google” your life. Other suggestions welcome. If this latest corrupt capitulation to Trump isn’t enough for you, read @doctorow.pluralistic.net’s Enshittification chapter on how Google killed competition and then deliberately made their products worse to increase revenue.

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Manuel Chakravarty @tacticalgrace.justtesting.org · 28/08/2026

This is our chance to get rid of these stupidity cookie banners. Let’s take it!

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Ionica Smeets @ionica.mathstodon.xyz.ap.brid.gy · 26/08/2026

The A.I. trolley problem

A cartoon of a trolley in front of a switch that goes either to 1 or 5 people tied on the tracks and two people looking at it and saying: “Luckily, the A.I. trolley will decide who to kill all on its own” - made by Paul North for The New Yorker

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Pieter T. L. Beck @ptrbck.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

We have written a statement in support of Ghent Uni's decision to suspend Nathan Cofnas. We resist attempts to frame this as a punishment for "whistleblowing" or censorship of "controversial research". We invite all academics who share our views to sign our letter. forms.gle/qwN8xzEM5C7Q...

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Open letter on the suspension of Nathan Cofnas at Ghent University

We, colleagues of Nathan Cofnas - supported by many colleagues internationally - want to respond to the negative and incorrect framing of Ghent University’s decision to suspend Nathan Cofnas. With th...

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Pedro De Bruyckere @thebandb.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Meertaligheid kan je brein tot 13 jaar jonger houden, zo lees ik in een persbericht. Interessant! Alleen kan ik het onderzoek zelf nergens vinden. Wat doe je dan? Een kleine oefening in het lezen van wetenschappelijk nieuws. wp.me/prJwm-e4Q

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Riccardo Fusaroli @fusaroli.eurosky.social · 22/08/2026

The Danish government wants to reduce the n of international students. To comply Aarhus uni has decided to convert our Cognitive Science BSc into a Danish only education. Our wonderful students are pushing back: omnibus.au.dk/en/archive/s... 1/

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OPINION: AU wants international talent – but is closing the door on them at Cognitive Science

Students and alumni at Cognitive Science urge the Senior Management Team to reopen the decision to convert the Bachelor’s programme in Cognitive Science to Danish. Why should Arts be left without an E...

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Daniel Lakens @lakens.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

New Blog post: Which Data Repository Should you Use? In light of OSF closing down, I compare Zenodo, Dataverse, ResearchBox, PsychArchive, and local repositories on six important dimensions. If you want to know which to pick: It depends! daniellakens.blogspot.com/2026/08/whic...

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Which Data Repository Should You Use?

The Center for Open Science has announced that from November 16, 2026, no new projects can be created on the Open Science Framework. After F...

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Colin Phillips @colinphillips.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

We are recruiting a lab manager for our new Psycholinguistics Lab in Oxford! Good opportunity for young researchers, e.g., post-bac/masters. Open to applicants from the UK or abroad. Full details here: my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...

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Rob Hartsuiker @roberthartsuiker.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Working in the verandah this morning, commenting on a student’s manuscript, I suddenly saw a rat coming out of the adjacent storage room. Although the creature must have realised there was a large, male primate only 2 meters away, it walked out into the garden at leisure, as if it owned the place.

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Sandie Cleland @sandiecleland.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Do you like Pictish hill forts? Assassins? Romans? Violent pine martens? Kelpies? Well I have good news for you...

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Gavin Buckingham @drgbuckingham.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

The Cognition Group in the Psychology dept at Exeter are at risk of redundancy because "basic cognitive psychology research does not align with the current priorities of funding bodies" If you think this is overtly wrong and misguided, please sign this open letter docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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Open Letter in Support of the Cognition Group, University of Exeter

To Executive members of the University of Exeter, including Vice Chancellor Prof. Lisa Roberts, Senior Vice-President and Provost Prof. Dan Charman, Pro Vice Chancellor and Executive Dean Prof. Sallie...

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Rob Hartsuiker @roberthartsuiker.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

A 16th Century painting I had the pleasure to admire in the Groeninge museum, Bruges last weekend: Mars, accompanied by the Arts and Sciences, defeats ignorance. Perhaps it’s time for Mars to rise again!

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Don Moore @donandrewmoore.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Thank you, Mickey, for this courageous and insightful essay.

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Melissa Baese-Berk @m2b2.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Friends at #CogSci2026! @mattgoldrick.bsky.social received this year's Elman prize (BEYOND well-deserved) and now he and I are giving joint talks as part of the Elman Symposium at this year's meeting! Friday 2-3:30pm in Gavea A! Multilingualism, cognitive science, and society! Come see us!

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Eiko Fried @eikofried.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

If you are considering a Marie Curie for the September deadline that fits in the lab (depression, measurement, time-series, complex systems, history of psychiatry), please don't hesitate to send me an email if you'd like to work with me :).

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Computational Linguistics @ UZH @cl-uzh.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

For everyone interested in computational psycholinguistics, please feel encouraged to submit your work to the 2nd edition of the Computational Psycholinguistics Meeting, co-organized by our lenajaeger.bsky.social, to be held in Utrecht, NL. cpl2026.sites.uu.nl/2026/05/19/c...

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Call for Abstracts open! | Computational Psycholinguistics Meeting 2026

The call for abstracts for CPL 2026 is now open! We welcome contributions on any topic related to computational psycholinguistics, including both novel work and recently published research. Check the ...

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Laurens Dassen @laurensdassen.voltnederland.org · 06/07/2026

Nein, non, nee. Als je Thatcher's koers volgt, krijg je geen sterker Europa. Jetten, kies voor een nieuwe Europese koers. Mijn opinie met @svenfranck.bsky.social en @reiniervanlanschot.volteuropa.org www.trouw.nl/opinie/opini...

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Journal of Cognition @jcgntn.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

We're so very proud of this! Not much of the journal metrics per se (they don't always reflect well what they're supposed to measure...), but of the fact that we offer a reputable outlet for strong cognitive science outside of commercial logics. Send us your best papers, folks!

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Journal of Cognition @jcgntn.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

A new paper out, cognitive peeps: Wang Y., Hendrix P., & Keuleers E. (2026). Orthographic Neighbourhood Size Effects in Chinese Character Recognition: Small, Inconsistent, and Theoretically Ambiguous. Journal of Cognition 9(1):33, pp. 1–23. DOI: doi.org/10.5334/joc....

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Orthographic Neighbourhood Size Effects in Chinese Character Recognition: Small, Inconsistent, and Theoretically Ambiguous | Journal of Cognition

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Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics @mpi-nl.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

New release: "The Perks of Being a Bookworm: The Science of the Benefits of Reading" by @falkhuettig.bsky.social, now out with @universitypress.cambridge.org www.cambridge.org/core/books/p...

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Rob Hartsuiker @roberthartsuiker.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Only 49 student papers and 7 master theses to go and then I’m done with the first summer marking period… how’s *your* summer going?

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The LAB Lab 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @thelablab.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Inner speech and the neurobiology of psychosis: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... with @daniellametti.com

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languagemit.bsky.social @languagemit.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

—— Open Mind is MIT Press’s Diamond Open Access Cognitive Science journal. We now have our first Impact Factor: 2.9 as of June 2026 Submit your papers to Open Mind direct.mit.edu/opmi

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Bram van Gendt @bramvangendt.eurosky.social · 19/06/2026

Volt komt met een initiatiefnota om de kansen van AI te verzilveren en de negatieve neveneffecten te dempen. Volt doet met één zetel in de Kamer nu al meer zinnig werk dan die 50 zetels ter rechterzijde van de VVD bij elkaar. Chapeau. 1/2

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Rob Hartsuiker @roberthartsuiker.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

On the way home from Beijing, after a tour of China - four cities, four talks, great meetings, sightseeing, and food. Now time for some rest and a diet.

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Jan Theeuwes @jthee.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Our newest finding: tiny microsaccades are biased toward the location that is about to be attentionally suppressed. This suggests that attention briefly precedes suppression: before the system can suppress a location, it first appears to select it.

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Learned statistical regularity modulates anticipatory micro-saccades toward suppressed distractor locations - Nature Communications

Statistical learning guide attention by shaping anticipatory oculomotor behavior. Here, the authors show that microsaccades are biased to expected distractor locations before stimulus onset and predic...

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 04/06/2026

11. Addendum: here are the words characteristic of LLMs. Notice anything? It reads like an email from our upper administration.

Table S1. List of 228 Focal Words disproportionately associated with LLM outputs.3
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achieves contextualize exacerbates integrates oversight showcasing
achieving contextually exacerbating integrating oversimplify signifying
acknowledges cornerstone exceeding intensifies paving situates
adaptable crucial excelled intensifying pinpointing situating
addressing culminating excelling interpretability pivotal sourced
adept delineates excels interpretable poised strategically
adeptly delve exemplifies intricacies posits streamline
adjustments delved exhibits intricacy practicality streamlined
adjusts delves facilitating intricate preserving streamlining
advancements delving featuring intricately primarily strengthens
advancing dependencies formidable introduces prioritise struggle
advocating diminishes fortifying juncture prioritize stylistic
aiding discernible fostering leverage prioritizes surpasses
align downturns fosters leverages prioritizing surpassing
aligning dynamically foundational leveraging promise symbolizing
aligns elucidates frameworks meticulous prowess synthesizes
alongside elucidating garnered meticulously reaffirming thereby
amidst emphasising garnering mitigate realm thoroughness
amplifies emphasizes grappling mitigates redefines thoughtfully
avenues emphasizing groundbreaking mitigating refine thrives
boasting employs harnessing multifaceted refines timelines
boasts enabling heighten navigates refining transcends
bolster encapsulates heightened navigating reflecting transitioning
bolstering encompass heightening necessitate reinforces underexplored
bolsters encompassed heightens necessitates reliance undermines
broader encompasses highlighting necessitating renowned underperform
capitalizes encompassing highlights notable reshapes underperformed
captivating endeavors hinges notably reshaping underpins
captures enhance imperatives nuanced revolutionize underscore
capturing enhancements inadequately nuances revolutionizing underscored
categorizes enhance…

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Adrienne LaFrance @adriennelaf.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Ted Chiang is brilliant. He takes the question of AI consciousness to its logical conclusion—really a must-read, right down to the last word: www.theatlantic.com/philosophy/2...

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No, Artificial Intelligence Is Not Conscious

Taken to its logical conclusion, this line of thinking is absurd—and damning.  

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vrtnws @vrtnws.be · 03/06/2026

Maladaptief dagdromen: wanneer fantaseren een probleem wordt vrtnws.be/p.M96EA4a4a?t=178... @vrtnws.be

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Maladaptief dagdromen: wanneer fantaseren een probleem wordt

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Stefan Frank @stefanfrank.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

@edithkaan.bsky.social @iwinther.bsky.social and I are editing a special issue "Bridging psycholinguistic and computational approaches to bilingualism". Have a look at mmmm2026.github.io/LAB/ if you're interested!

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Rob Hartsuiker @roberthartsuiker.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Attention to all teaching introduction to psycholinguistics

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