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PhD Candidate @mpi-nl.bsky.social‬ | Interested in Language Acquisition 🧠👶🗣 | Individual Differences over Language Development |

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Lea Bartsch @leabartsch.bsky.social · Aug 6

🚨 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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Eleni Zimianiti @elenizimianiti.bsky.social · Jun 11

Very much needed! Amazing work!

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Prof. Dr. Louisa Kulke @loukulke.bsky.social · Nov 1

Using eye-tracking for online research in young children: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... #ManyBabies

Validation of an open source, remote web‐based eye‐tracking method (WebGazer) for research in ea...

Measuring eye movements remotely via the participant's webcam promises to be an attractive methodological addition to in-person eye-tracking in the lab. However, there is a lack of systematic researc....

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Lauren Gawne @superlinguo.bsky.social · Nov 1

I've made my annual update to the list of linguistics podcasts! Lots of linguistics for your ears! (and I've tried to flag where podcasts have transcripts, for those who prefer linguistics for their eyes!)

www.superlinguo.com/post/7319149...

Linguistics and Language Podcasts

superlinguo: Looking for podcasts about language and linguistics? Here’s a comprehensive list with descriptions! I’ve also mentioned if shows have transcripts. If there are any I missed, let ...

www.superlinguo.com

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Elliott Wimmer @elliottwimmer.bsky.social · Oct 30

Postdoc job alert! We have an opening in our growing group. The research will focus on neuroimaging of memory and goal-directed decision-making, with decoding of representations with MEG (+ RL, mood, and computational psychiatry)

@ UCL @ FIL @ Max Planck UCL Centre

https://lmdlab.github.io/
Learning Memory & Decision lab at UCL

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Riccardo Fusaroli @fusaroli.bsky.social · Oct 31

"Repeat after me? Both autistic & neurotypical children commonly align their language with that of their caregivers" in which we critically assess alignment and echolalia, out now in Cognitive Science: dx.doi.org/10.1111/cogs... w @ethanweed.bsky.social, @rockberta.bsky.social &al. A thread: 1/n

Repeat After Me? Both Children With and Without Autism Commonly Align Their Language With That of Th...

Linguistic repetitions in children are conceptualized as negative in children with autism – echolalia, without communicative purpose – and positive in typically developing (TD) children – lingui...

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Matthew Apps @brainapps.bsky.social · Oct 31

My lab is seeking a postdoc to work on Wellcome trust/ERC grants to examine the cognitive, computational & neural basis of human motivation and decision-making. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DDS251/r.... This is a 2.5 year post initially with possibility of extension. Deadline is November 17th. Please repost!

Research Fellow at University of Birmingham

An academic position as a Research Fellow is being advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Click now to find more details and explore additional academic job opportunities.

www.jobs.ac.uk

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Lea Michel @leacmichel.bsky.social · Oct 27

Currently working on a paper looking at the joint development of grey and white matter.
Do you know of any papers exploring longitudinal data for both grey and white matter metrics? Open to any lifespan period and typical or atypical cohort.
#PsychSciSky #CogSci #DevSci #NeuroSkyence #compneuro

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Eleni Zimianiti @elenizimianiti.bsky.social · Oct 25

Many Paths to Language conference (MPaL 2023) has started with a welcome from prof.dr. Caroline Rowland!
📌Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics
#MPaL #languageacquisition #MPI #languagedevelopment

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Elisa Baek @elisabaek.bsky.social · Oct 18

🚨First post here! The Dept of Psychology at USC has 4 open TT assistant prof positions:
- Brain & CogSci: usccareers.usc.edu/job/los-ange...
- Developmental: usccareers.usc.edu/job/los-ange...
- Clinical: usccareers.usc.edu/job/los-ange...
- Quant & Computational: usccareers.usc.edu/job/los-ange...

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