Excited to share our review in @cp-neuron.bsky.social with @lauriebayet.bsky.social and @mickbonner.bsky.social! We describe how implementing principles from child development can advance the mechanistic plausibility and capacities of AI models We packed A LOT into this review, here's a quick 🧵

Neuron@cp-neuron.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Nature reports on how labs are teaming up to run a host of huge projects that aim to bring rigour to cognitive science. #cogpsyc 🧪

Can an army of babies and dogs rescue psychology from its reproducibility crisis?

Labs are teaming up to run a host of huge projects that aim to bring rigour to cognitive science.

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New paper! Had lots of fun writing this with @lauriebayet.bsky.social There is so much more to say about extrinsic and intrinsic experiences which shape infants' face perception and learning, hopefully this keeps & starts conversations about a topic we love! journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

From a Baby’s Point of View: How Infants’ Face Diets Shape Their Face Perception - Charisse B. Pickron, Laurie Bayet, 2026

Individual variations in face-perception expertise become apparent by the second year of life. We propose that infants’ “face diet”—the nature and quantity of t...

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A new Department of Cognitive Science is being created at Bocconi University in Milan, Italy. Here is the call for a cluster hire (for around 10 faculty) in all areas of cognitive science, at both junior and senior levels: www.unibocconi.it/en/faculty-a... Deadline: May 4th, 2026

Another call for 2 open T32 postdoc training positions! Join us at the Institute of Child Development, UMN icd.umn.edu/employment

ManyBabies8: Screen Use 📱 MB8 aims to document early screen use across diverse cultural contexts & examine links to language & socio-emotional development in children under 3. We’re inviting you to join! Interested? 🔗 Fill out our short survey: forms.gle/7ASVadD7LT4j... More: manybabies.org/MB8/

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Apologies, here is the right link to apply for postdoc positions in the lab: forms.gle/Hb8rS9hD3BV7... Please repost to help us spread the word!

Laurel Joy Gabard-Durnam@laurelgd.bsky.social · 7mo ago

PINE Lab is hiring up to two postdoctoral fellows to join our community in Boston summer 2026! If you are a senior graduate student interested in doing postdoctoral studies with PINE Lab, please submit an application here: lnkd.in/evTakygw

Deadline coming up! If you're interested in a postdoc position in fMRI + plasticity, individual differences, and a translational twist, email me and/or apply.

Ella Striem-Amit@striemamit.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Pls report: We're hiring! Looking for a postdoctoral research fellow to join our study of individual differences in plasticity in #blindness (+ possible extension to #deafness) using fMRI. Details and application: apply.interfolio.com/177838 #hiring #postdoc #neurojobs #Neuroscience #NeuroTwitter

🎉 PINE Lab is hiring a postbacc Research Coordinator! Projects include cohort studies examining brain mechanisms linking adversity to cognition/language & RCTs of early interventions on neurodevelopment. apply: forms.gle/Dyay39x2XEMn... more info: www.plasticityinneurodevelopmentlab.com/join-us

🚨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!

This was such a fun section to write! The review provides an on-ramp to further integrating DL within the developmental field. Existing DNN findings & tools, while not without caveats, open new empirical developmental questions. I'm grateful for NSF's support to my lab as we tackle some of them 👶

Vlad Ayzenberg@vayzenb.bsky.social · 8mo ago

This paper was an awesome collaborative effort of a @fitngin.bsky.social working group. It provides a detailed review of how DNNs can be used to support dev neuro research @lauriebayet.bsky.social and I wrote the network modeling section about how DNNs can be used to test developmental theories 🧵

On Tuesday February 5th, at 5pm GMT /11am Central US, join our FIT'NG Together webinar on *How to write an award-winning abstract* ! We'll discuss how to design a great abstract, and discuss reviewers' expectations. Details & registration at fitng.org/fitng-togeth... @fitngin.bsky.social #FITNG2026

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LAST WEEK TO APPLY! #infantstudies Founding Generation Summer Fellowship student applications close on November 25! The program pairs promising students with researchers from around the world who conduct cutting-edge science. infantstudies.org/founding-gen...

Pls report: We're hiring! Looking for a postdoctoral research fellow to join our study of individual differences in plasticity in #blindness (+ possible extension to #deafness) using fMRI. Details and application: apply.interfolio.com/177838 #hiring #postdoc #neurojobs #Neuroscience #NeuroTwitter

It’s grad school application season, and I wanted to give some public advice. Caveats: -*-*-*-* 
> These are my opinions, based on my experiences, they are not secret tricks or guarantees 
> They are general guidelines, not meant to cover a host of idiosyncrasies and special cases

Looking for graduate students for next year! We have fully-funded positions open to study signed languages, cognitive/educational neuroscience, development, and educational technology! Email me for more info or see here: tinyurl.com/EdNeuro2026 Please share!!

Educational Neuroscience PhD: Application Information

Fully-Funded Ph.D. Positions in Educational Neuroscience At Gallaudet University in Washington, DC The Ph.D. in Educational Neuroscience (PEN) Program at Gallaudet University invites prospective st...

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I’ll soon(ish) post an ad for a postdoc position in my lab to study individual differences in brain plasticity following blindness or deafness, with a start date of spring/summer 2026. Feel free to email me if you’re interested.

The Dept. of Psychology at the U. Wisconsin–Madison has an opening for an Assistant Professor in the area of Computational Neuroscience and/or Cognitive Science, with an emphasis on artificial intelligence (AI). Domain of behavior or cognition is open. Details at jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/assista...

Assistant Professor of Psychology - Madison, Wisconsin, United States

Current Employees: If you are currently employed at any of the Universities of Wisconsin, log in to Workday to apply through the internal application process.Job Category:FacultyEmployment Type:Regula...

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My lab has an open post-doc position! We will begin reviewing applications as they come in. The post-doc will work with a vibrant research team at Penn State in the Department of Psychology and the Child Study Center. psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/PSU_Academic... 1/3

Postdoctoral Research Scholar, The Cognition, Affect, and Temperament Lab, College of the Liberal Arts, Department of Psychology-2

APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS: CURRENT PENN STATE EMPLOYEE (faculty, staff, technical service, or student), please login to Workday to complete the internal application process. Please do not apply here, a...

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Come be my colleague! The Department of Psychology at Princeton and @princetonneuro.bsky.social‬ are jointly searching for an Assistant Prof in Cog Neuro. puwebp.princeton.edu/AcadHire/app...

We are looking to hire a new post-bac MRI tech! Great opportunity pre grad school! umd.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/UMCP/job/Uni...

Ireland launches global talent fund! www.researchireland.ie/funding/glob... If you're a neuroscience professor (assistant/associate/full) and would consider relocating to the vibrant and booming city of Dublin, please get in touch!

Alert! ... for the child development world! @fluxsociety.bsky.social @fitngin.bsky.social ‪ The Healthy Brain and Child Development (HBCD) Study has released its first data wave - it’s massive. Check here: docs.hbcdstudy.org and here: nbdc-datahub.org Here’s why it matters 🧠🍼

the psych department at Waikato (in Hamilton, New Zealand) is recruiting at the junior level, in developmental and/or perception/cognition (in NZ 'lecturer' means 'assistant professor', and is a permanent role)

Lecturer in Psychology - Hamilton, New Zealand job with UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO | 394487

We are looking for a stellar individual who will bring professional and academic experience to facilitate our portfolio of research ...

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Funded PhD opportunity with @sjblakemore.bsky.social and I, at Cambridge. We are looking for someone interested in developmental science, to start in the coming academic year. Please share it with anyone you think might be interested (see details attached 😁). drive.google.com/file/d/1RIvg...

🚨Postdoc opportunity🚨 We're looking for a postdoc to work on EEG and fNIRS projects with 3-18-month-old infants, looking at whether/how/when infants represent affordances: careers.ceu.edu/job-invite/8... Part of the @simonsfoundation.org SCENE project: www.simonsfoundation.org/2025/04/24/s...

Post-doctoral Researcher (f/m/d)

Post-doctoral Researcher (f/m/d)

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bit of good news: approved technical staff position! link below. please be in touch if this matches your skills & interests! drive.google.com/file/d/16J2J... (hr listing posted harvard-internal now; external soon, per guidelines), happy for ?s & plan on quick turnaround! #CogSciSky #PsychSciSky 🐦🐦

We're looking for a PhD student interested in developing brains and developing new methods to study them! Anna Kowalczyk and myself have a fully funded PhD position to advance OPM-MEG methods for infant and neonatal brain imaging. 👉 Please repost to help us spread the word 🙏 More info & links 👇

Kristina Olson and I have a truly incredible advisee who won an NSF but had no luck on clinical psych PhD applications this round. Anyone able to consider another candidate this late in the process? Trust me, you won't regret it!

Still time to apply! This role could transition to a developmental psychology PhD spot w/ my lab 2026. (I do not offer clinical psych, but PINE Lab RAs have 100% success rate w/ clinical programs) Submit a cover letter, CV, & contact information for 2 recommenders to northeastern.pinelab@gmail.com

Laurel Joy Gabard-Durnam@laurelgd.bsky.social · last yr.

We are hiring a post-bacc research coordinator to help on projects exploring EEG and MRI measures of neuroplasticity supporting sensory and language learning in the first 2 years of life! Please repost to help us spread the word! more info here: www.plasticityinneurodevelopmentlab.com/join-us