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Tess Forest

@tessforest.bsky.social
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Incoming Assistant Prof. of Psychology at Notre Dame (Jan 2027). PostDoc at Columbia, with Dima Amso. I study how learning changes with experience and brain development. @UBC cogs & @UofT psych alumna, Wisconsinite. sites.google.com/view/tessforest

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University of Toronto Psychology @uoftpsychology.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Psychologists @artsci.utoronto.ca have found that the speed at which people learn structured information shapes memories differently in adults versus in children www.psych.utoronto.ca/news/how-lea...
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Debra Titone @dtitone.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Two #Developmental TT positions at McGill.. Could include people who study #language and #multilingualism. Please forward to colleagues/advanced trainees who might wish to join us in Montreal, Canada! mcgill.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/McGill_Caree...
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Tenure-Track Position (Assistant Professor), Developmental Psychology, Department of Psychology
Please refer to the How to Apply for a Job (for External Candidates) job aid for instructions on how to apply. If you are an active McGill employee (ie: currently in an active contract or position at ...
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duncanlabuoft.bsky.social @duncanlabuoft.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Please spread the word: We’re recruiting a postdoc! 📣 We study how shifting brain & attentional states shape memory and how people experience their worlds. fMRI/iEEG + a fun, supportive lab community + space to pursue your own ideas. 📅 Apply by Aug 15 tinyurl.com/fx5k7teb
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Tess Forest @tessforest.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
The Notre Dame psych department keeps growing! Tenure-Track Cognitive and Developmental psych positions, deadline Sep. 15th. Please Apply! :)
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BogaertsLab @bogaertslab.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
#Postdoc vacancy in my lab as part of the STATMIND project, which aims to investigate the dynamic interplay between previously acquired linguistic knowledge (including semantic properties) and the incidental #learning of new patterns. 🗓️ Apply before August 17th. 🔗 jobs.ugent.be/job/Ghent-Po...
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Hannah Tarder-Stoll @hannahtarder-stoll.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Interested in memory updating, exploration, structure learning, & reward? @asinclair.bsky.social & I are looking for candidates to apply for a Connected Minds Postdoctoral Fellowship at York University, with the opportunity to work at Rice too. Contact Allie or me for details! #PsychJobs
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Leher Singh @lehersingh.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Excited to be editing a Developmental Science special issue on Culture, Context, and Brain Development with Heather Bortfeld, Laura Katus, and Bruce Rawlings. Seeking papers from diverse contexts using novel approaches! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal... Please share!
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Developmental Science Call for Papers Culture, context, and brain development
Developmental Science is an international journal publishing contemporary scientific developmental psychology and developmental cognitive neuroscience research.
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Francisco Rivera Rosario @franciscorr25.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Check out Neuro Funding Finder! Its a free to use, international database where researchers can find funding opportunities for neuroscience research at all career stages! #neuroskyence
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Tess Forest @tessforest.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
I'm starting a lab at the University of Notre Dame! 🎉🍀🧠 Doors open Jan 2027. I'm most excited to meet my future students (recruiting psych grad students for 2027!), help grow a budding neuroscience area, and head home to the midwest after many years away. Please reach out! @notredame.bsky.social
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tbiba.bsky.social @tbiba.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
I am excited to share my first paper, showing that episodic memory formation is theta rhythmic, is now published in Nature Human Behavior! Check it out here: rdcu.be/e6pzS. Thanks to my PI, Katherine Duncan, and to my collaborators for their support on this journey! Stay tuned for iEEG follow up 🧠
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Episodic memory encoding fluctuates at a theta rhythm of 3–10 Hz
Nature Human Behaviour - Biba et al. show that episodic memory encoding fluctuates at a theta rhythm of 3–10 Hz.
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Nina Wang @ninawang.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Interested in doing a postdoc on misinfo/belief change with me and @gordpennycook.bsky.social? We are looking for candidates to apply for a Connected Minds Postdoctoral Fellowship, based at York University. Contact me for more details! #PsychJobs
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Connected Minds Postdoctoral Fellowships - Connected Minds
INTRODUCTION: New technologies are revolutionizing society, creating a 'techno-social collective' where humans and intelligent technologies are deeply interconnected. While such advances present excit...
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Laurel Joy Gabard-Durnam @laurelgd.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
🚨Thrilled to share I am able to hire someone (PhD preferred) with coding expertise to work on our HAPPE software for EEG! Knowledge of Matlab, Python, and EEG signal processing required. Enthusiasm for teaching/mentoring, collaboration, and developmental science preferred!
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Lexi Decker @lexidecker.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
🧠 Hiring a Research Assistant/Lab Manager! Share widely! 📍 St. Louis | ⏰ Full-time We're launching the How We Learn Lab @WashU, studying attention, learning & memory interactions. Perfect for anyone interested in dev cog neuro who wants hands-on experience before grad school. deckerlab.com
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How We Learn Lab
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Laurel Joy Gabard-Durnam @laurelgd.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
We're collecting examples of funded F31 and F32 grants in Psych/Neuro that folks are comfortable sharing for a new section of our Resources website, please email me if you'd be willing to share! Small token and eternal gratitude if you do! L.gabard-durnam@northeastern.edu
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Katie Insel @katieinsel.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Sign up for our final winter session of Scan Camp!! Looking for teens in the Chicagoland area! 8-10 MRI scans at Northwestern's Feinberg campus. Wear an Oura ring and answer daily surveys. Earn up to $1,360, prizes, and a 3D-print of your brain! northwestern.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
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Natalie Brito @nataliebrito.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
Please share widely!
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Katie Insel @katieinsel.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
I'm recruiting PhD students for my lab at Northwestern! I'm reviewing applications for the Department of Psychology for the Cognitive Affective Neuroscience and Clinical areas, due 12/1. 🧠 Come join the CATS Lab: nucatslab.com Learn about our latest research: iamh.northwestern.edu/research/res...
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CATS Lab
Child & Adolescent Translational Science Lab at Northwestern University
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MIT Press @mitpress.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
"We hope to inspire curiosity ... prompting researchers to uncover why children experience the world so distinctively and what this reveals about cognitive development." @jocn.bsky.social's November issue presents a special focus on the development of event segmentation: #NeuroSky #cognition
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Volume 37 Issue 11 | Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience | MIT Press
Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience | 37 | 11 | November 2025
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Tess Forest @tessforest.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
The Budding Minds Lab at the University of Toronto is hiring a Postdoc in the developmental cognitive neuroscience of memory 🧠 🫧 This is (one of) my graduate labs and I can't recommend the department's people, resources, location, or culture strongly enough! see buddingmindslab.utoronto.ca for more
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Budding Minds
We are a developmental cognitive neuroscience lab located on the St. George campus of the University of Toronto. Our research aims to understand how we form and recall memories, and how we can use...
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Dr Jen Ryan @drjenryan.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
Memory problems will change how you see the world...literally 👀 Across two new papers, we examined the eye movement patterns of younger adults, older adults, individuals with mild cognitive impairment, and amnesic cases. 1/5
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European Research Council (ERC) @erc.europa.eu · 08/10/2025
For researchers in Canada and the USA 👇 Online info session about ERC research grants, on Wednesday, October 15th, 2025 at 12:00 noon ET (9:00 AM PT, 6:00 PM CEST). The meeting is free but advance registration is required. euraxess.ec.europa.eu/worldwide/no...
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ERC Grants: Q&A and testimonials
EURAXESS North America will host an online meeting with officials from the European Research Council Executive Agency, which administers ERC grants, as well as current ERC grantees, who will share the...
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Brokoslaw Laschowski @drlaschowski.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
Come join us at University of Toronto. We're hiring a Professor of computational cognitive neuroscience. #neuroAI #compneuro jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...
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Professor - Computational Cognitive Neuroscience
Professor - Computational Cognitive Neuroscience
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Tristan Yates @tristansyates.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
How does spontaneous memory reinstatement at rest relate to episodic memory during development? And how do early experiences influence neural mechanisms of episodic memory encoding and reinstatement? New preprint! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Spontaneous reinstatement of episodic memories in the developing human brain
The hippocampus supports episodic memories in development, and yet how the brain stabilizes these memories determines their long-term accessibility. This study examined how episodic memories formed in...
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Nina Wang @ninawang.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
I am recruiting (Canadian🇨🇦) graduate students at York University for Fall 2026 in Social and Personality Psychology! If you are interested in misinformation, political polarization, and/or computational social science, I'd love to hear from you. Feel free to reach out with any questions.
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Jessica Sommerville @jessicas.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
📣📣📣 Hi Everyone! I'm accepting PhD students for the Fall 2026 cycle! Our lab topics include the developmental origins and elaboration of moral cognition/prosocial behavior, persistence, and optimism. More info below!!
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Allie Sinclair @asinclair.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
🌟 Excited to share that I'm recruiting PhD students in Psychology for my new lab at Rice University this cycle (Signal boost appreciated!) To learn more, check out the Learning & Behavior Change Lab website: www.sinclairlab-rice.com Applications are due Dec 1st: psychology.rice.edu/graduate/pro...
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Sinclair Lab
The Learning & Behavior Change Lab at Rice University, directed by Dr. Sinclair
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The AND Lab @theandlab.org · 27/08/2025
🧠 We are recruiting a fully-funded PhD student (Fall ‘26) to study attention in kids using fMRI, MRS & eye-tracking. 📩 Email Dr. Andrew Lynn to inquire (UofL website under construction). 🔗 Visit www.theandlab.org/work-with-us to learn more.
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WORK WITH US | Join Our Research Team Today — The AND Lab
Explore research opportunities at The AND Lab in Psychological & Brain Sciences. We are hiring for a fully-funded graduate research position focused on neuroimaging and childhood attention development...
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Karen Campbell @karampbell.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
Just a reminder about this session tomorrow. Hope to see you there!
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Tess Forest @tessforest.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
Happy to share "The Dynamics of Caregiver Unpredictability Shape Moment-to-Moment Infant Looking During Dyadic Interaction," out now in Child Development thanks to a large team of people I worked on this with! srcd.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdfdirec...
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<em>Child Development</em> | SRCD Journal | Wiley Online Library
Cognitive development is associated with how predictable caregivers are, but the mechanisms driving this are unclear. One possibility is caregiver predictability initially shapes how infants gather i...
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Brynn Sherman @brynnsherman.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
I'm recruiting a lab manager for my soon-to-be-launched lab at Ohio State! If you know of any recent grads who may be interested both in helping to build the lab and in developing skills in the cognitive neuroscience of memory, please share! osu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/OSUCar...
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Research Associate
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Daniel Ansari 🇨🇦 @numcog.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
Graduate students who have an offer to study in the US but are reconsidering or have been denied entry or current grad students who want to leave, then consider coming to Western University in Canada. Our University just launched a US-CAN Doctoral Excellence Program : grad.uwo.ca/finances/wes...
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US-CAN Doctoral Excellence Award
Western University, in vibrant London, Ontario, delivers an academic and student experience second to none.
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Jessica Sommerville @jessicas.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
🚨 Postdoc Opportunity!!! The Toronto Early Cognition Lab (@UofT) is hiring a postdoc to study early optimism in infants & young children. Work w/ multi-method approach, amazing undergrads & grads. Start: Fall 2025 or later. Details: jessica.sommerville@utoronto.ca RTs appreciated 💫
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Jeff Zacks @jzacks.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Excited that we are recruiting for a new postdoctoral program in Cognitive, Computational, and Systems Neuroscience at #WashU! Get in touch if you have questions! sites.wustl.edu/systemsneuro...
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CCSN Postdoctoral program | McDonnell Center for Systems Neuroscience | Washington University in St. LouisWashU Medicine
CCSN Postdoctoral Funding Now OpenFace Page &amp; Mentor FormApplications Due by 5:00 pm Friday, May 2, 2025.Funding expected to start July 1, 2025....
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Hisham Zerriffi @hishamzerriffi.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
U.S. citizen interested in grad studies at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver (Canada)? Grad programs are re-opening applications of US programs for one week. With expedited decisions. U.S. Applicant Week: www.grad.ubc.ca/us-applicant... #AcademicChatter #Canada #GradSchool
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
If the NIH gets messed up, there is no alternative. Not just in the US, but globally. It is by far the biggest engine of health research in the world. Which is why the idea that US scientists can just do their work elsewhere is a little fanciful. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/politicizi...
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Tess Forest @tessforest.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Hadn’t found an important use for my first blue-sky “tweet”… but then all our training grants were taken. @tristansyates.bsky.social wrote what I’m feeling quite eloquently
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