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RTG 2906 Curiosity @rtg2906-curiosity.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Another doctoral researcher from our RTG (@luciabruscagnin.bsky.social) arrived safely in Thailand!

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Nivi Mani @nivimani.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

A null result, followed by two experiments - children trust external feedback more than their own (explicit and implicit) uncertainty judgements in information seeking. Out soon in JECP: osf.io/preprints/ps.... Wonderful work by Martina de Eccher #MSCAitn @rtg2906-curiosity.bsky.social

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Nivi Mani @nivimani.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Three invigorating days of the second theory kick off of the @rtg2906-curiosity.bsky.social. Exciting to see the PhD projects from the first cohort taking shape and a shout out to speakers @mjgruber.bsky.social, @isabellelaumer.bsky.social and @jamiejirout.bsky.social. Fun, fun, fun

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RTG 2906 Curiosity @rtg2906-curiosity.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

🧠 Looking back on the Curiosity Summer School 2026! Five inspiring days of interdisciplinary exchange, engaging talks, hands-on workshops, lively discussions, and new connections. 🔎 Huge thanks to all participants, speakers, lecturers & organisers! We’re excited for what’s next! 👋 See you soon!

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RTG 2906 Curiosity @rtg2906-curiosity.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Phu Khieo Wildlife Sanctuary in Thailand had some visitors from the RTG! While Kerne Rayner has been researching the amazing Assamese macaques for a while now, Valentin Hassler, who works on computer vision techniques, dropped by to say hello.

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RTG 2906 Curiosity @rtg2906-curiosity.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Another month, another paper! Our first cohort's doctoral researchers, Anne-Kathrin Mahlke and Shreya Venkatesan, have just published their latest findings. Dive in!

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RTG 2906 Curiosity @rtg2906-curiosity.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

We started the summer term with a blast! Our welcome BBQ for our Mercator Fellow, @mjgruber.bsky.social, attended by some 2nd-cohort PhDs, turned into an fantastic scientific event! Many thanks to Jürgen Schmidhuber for inspiring conversations and an amazing talk!

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RTG 2906 Curiosity @rtg2906-curiosity.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Apply now! Curiosity Summer School 2026. Deadline closes tomorrow! 📍 Göttingen 📅 July 20–24 Interdisciplinary summer school for early-career researchers in psychology, neuroscience & related fields. ✨ Lectures, workshops & hands-on sessions 🎓 Travel grants available events.gwdg.de/event/1382/r...

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Summer School 2026

We are pleased to announce the first: Curiosity Summer School 2026 The five-day summer school brings together graduate students and early-career researchers from psychology, behavioral biology, cognit...

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RTG 2906 Curiosity @rtg2906-curiosity.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Apply soon! Curiosity Summer School 2026 📍 Göttingen 📅 July 20–24 Interdisciplinary school for early-career researchers in psychology, neuroscience & related fields. ✨ Lectures, workshops & hands-on sessions 🎓 Travel grants available ⏳ Deadline coming soon: April 15! events.gwdg.de/event/1382/r...

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RTG 2906 Curiosity @rtg2906-curiosity.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Applications open: Curiosity Summer School 2026! 📍 Göttingen 📅 July 20–24 Interdisciplinary school for early-career researchers in psychology, neuroscience & related fields. ✨ Lectures, workshops & hands-on sessions 🎓 Travel grants available ⏳ Deadline: April 15 👉 events.gwdg.de/event/1382/r...

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Fabian Sinz @sinzlab.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

My lab at U Göttingen is looking for a PostDoc or PhD student to work on an ERC-funded project at the intersection of computer vision, graphics & neuroscience.

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RTG 2906 Curiosity @rtg2906-curiosity.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Another amazing project our RTG is part of!

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RTG 2906 Curiosity @rtg2906-curiosity.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

👀 Looking for a PhD position in Theoretical and Computational Neuroscience? What about applying with us? The deadline is on March 15, more details: www.uni-goettingen.de/de/open+posi... #PhDposition #Curiosity #ResearchTrainingGroup

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Nivi Mani @nivimani.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

New @sfb1528.bsky.social and @rtg2906-curiosity.bsky.social publication. We show that mothers are worthy of the pedagogical assumption: they preferentially sample information that fills their child's knowledge gaps and children learn best from maternal sampling: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Maternal information sampling targets children's knowledge gaps

According to recent computational approaches, when children are presented with information by knowledgeable others, children can make the pedagogical …

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RTG 2906 Curiosity @rtg2906-curiosity.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

⏱️Two days left to apply for the PhD position in our A1 project! Are you curious about the developmental interplay between curiosity, metacognition, and social learning? Join the second cohort of our RTG. Deadline: February 20. More details: www.uni-goettingen.de/de/open+posi...

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RTG 2906 Curiosity @rtg2906-curiosity.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

Interested? Check out our homepage with the job ads, FAQs, and some hints on the application process: www.uni-goettingen.de/de/open+posi...

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RTG 2906 Curiosity @rtg2906-curiosity.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

⏳ Another deadline is approaching! Are neural network models your thing? Apply for a PhD position in the C3 project with @violapriesemann.bsky.social More curious about children’s reading behaviour? The B3 project with Sascha Schroeder could be a good match for you. Deadline: February 15.

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Alireza Modirshanechi @modirshanechi.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Come and join us in beautiful Munich! 🧠 We have a friendly, collaborative, and inclusive environment, where scientific rigour and curiosity are celebrated. 🎉 #psychology #AI #intelligence #cogsci #neurosky #neuroskyence #ScienceCareer #AcademicJobs #Researcher #ResearchOpportunities #JobSearch

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RTG 2906 Curiosity @rtg2906-curiosity.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

🚨 Deadline extended! Ever asked yourself how children’s and adults’ curiosity affects their reading behaviour and choices? You still canapply for a PhD position in the B3 project led by Sascha Schroeder. Applications are open until February 15th. Learn more: www.uni-goettingen.de/de/open+posi...

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RTG 2906 Curiosity @rtg2906-curiosity.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

⏰Until January 31, you can apply for 3 PhD positions! Join Sascha Schroeder in his B3 project on children’s reading behaviour, or explore what is boosted by curiosity in project B4 with @nivimani.bsky.social. If hierarchical modeling is more your thing, join @sinzlab.bsky.social in the C5 project!

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RTG 2906 Curiosity @rtg2906-curiosity.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

⏰ Apply until Jan 15 if you want to work on baboons (the A3 project with @julxf.bsky.social). If you prefer lemurs, the B2 project with @kirindy.bsky.social is for you. The A4 project with @anne-schacht.bsky.social in Psychology/Affective Neuroscience is open for applications too!

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RTG 2906 Curiosity @rtg2906-curiosity.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

🐒 Would you like to study the fantastic Assamese macaques at the Phu Khieo Wildlife Sanctuary in Thailand? Apply for a PhD position in our A2 project led by @primbehavecol.bsky.social! ⏰You can apply until tomorrow, December 20. More info here: www.uni-goettingen.de/de/open+posi...

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RTG 2906 Curiosity @rtg2906-curiosity.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

🎉We are proud to announce: we have our first alumnus! Today, Andreas C. Schneider from the @violapriesemann.bsky.social lab has successfully defended his doctoral thesis, congratulations! Do you want to learn more about Andreas’ research? Check out his recent publication: arxiv.org/pdf/2412.02482

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RTG 2906 Curiosity @rtg2906-curiosity.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

📢Applications are open for the second cohort of our RTG! Learn more about the opportunities: www.uni-goettingen.de/de/open+posi... 🔔Join our info meeting on Dec 10, 1 p.m. CET. Register via: survey.academiccloud.de/index.php/34...

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RTG 2906 Curiosity @rtg2906-curiosity.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

❓Do you want to join us? We are looking for a PhD in Behavioral Ecology: www.uni-goettingen.de/en/644546.ht... 💡 Do you want to learn more about the upcoming open positions in the second cohort or register for our info event? Take a look at our homepage: www.uni-goettingen.de/de/open+posi...

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SFB 1528 - Cognition of Interaction @sfb1528.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

Do you want to join us? Our colleagues @violapriesemann.bsky.social (MPI Dynamik & Selbstorganisation) & Michael Wibral (@uni-goettingen.de) recruit a postdoc to develop dyadic interaction paradigms suitable for OPM-MEG at our new research building #HuCaB www.mpg.de/25532084/pos...

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SFB 1528 - Cognition of Interaction @sfb1528.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

Finally, many thanks to all helpers and our co-organisers @rtg2906-curiosity.bsky.social, @spp2205.bsky.social, the Campus Institute Dynamics of Biological Networks, the Campus Institute Data Science and the Human and Cognition Research Center @uni-goettingen.de

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RTG 2906 Curiosity @rtg2906-curiosity.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

Last week, we had three amazing days full of discussions and wondering what curiosity actually means. Thank you to @modirshanechi.bsky.social, @mjgruber.bsky.social, and Lisa Beinborn for being there with us, it was a pleasure. Special thanks to Azzurra Ruggeri for her great talk!

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RTG 2906 Curiosity @rtg2906-curiosity.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

What an event - or rather, what a year! Our RTG celebrated its first year! We had the pleasure of listening to a talk by the president of @uni-goettingen.de about his research on curiosity. Later, we explored new disciplines. Maybe it’s not rocket science, but we’re still giving our best 😉

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RTG 2906 Curiosity @rtg2906-curiosity.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

After a visit is before the next visit! Thank you for sharing your research with us @gambichiara.bsky.social from @warwickpsych.bsky.social and Louise Goupil from @uelbabydevlab!

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SFB 1528 - Cognition of Interaction @sfb1528.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

🔎 Forschung virtuell erleben! Bei der #Nacht-des-Wissens könnt Ihr mit unserer Virtuellen Tour Labore, Feldstationen und Freilandforschung entdecken – und gleichzeitig erfahren, wie wir an neuer Wissenschaftskommunikation arbeiten. 📍 Theologicum, Platz der Göttinger Sieben 2 📅 21.6., ab 17 Uhr

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RTG 2906 Curiosity @rtg2906-curiosity.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

At the booth of RTG 2636: Form-meaning mismatches. Thank you, Felicia!

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SFB 1528 - Cognition of Interaction @sfb1528.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

Join us in Göttingen for the First Interdisciplinary Göttingen Cognition Forum 2025: Curiosity & Interaction Oct 13-15, 2025, Alte Mensa in Göttingen Info and registration: events.gwdg.de/e/goettingen... Participation is free! Abstracts due: August 1st, 2025! Please share!

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The Göttingen Cognition Forum: Curiosity & Interaction

We are pleased to announce the First Göttingen Cognition Forum: Curiosity & Interaction Social and physical interactions with the environment shape cognition in humans and non-human animals alike. Und...

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RTG 2906 Curiosity @rtg2906-curiosity.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

Do you want to learn more about when, why, and how we are curious? Ask our PhDs at the Night of Science! #ndwgoe @uni-goettingen.de @ndw-goe.bsky.social

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RTG 2906 Curiosity @rtg2906-curiosity.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

Get to know our PhDs and research projects during #NightofScience at @uni-goettingen.de on June 21st. You will find us at at Central Lecture Hall Building (ZHG), upper foyer. We have a lot of knowledge for curious little explorers (more advanced ones are welcome too)!

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