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Dr Anna Leshinskaya

@annaleshinskaya.bsky.social

Assistant Professor of Cognitive Science at UC Irvine. She/her. Researcher in human & artificial intelligence using computational neuroscience & machine interpretability. Lab website: relcoglab.org

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My lab at USC is recruiting!
1) research coordinator: perfect for a recent graduate looking for research experience before applying to PhD programs: usccareers.usc.edu REQ20167829
2) PhD students: see FAQs on lab website dornsife.usc.edu/hklab/faq/

28.09.2025 21:46 β€” πŸ‘ 26    πŸ” 18    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

My department, cognitive sciences at UCI, is hiring at the assistant professor level. This is a fantastic place to be. Consider joining us!

11.09.2025 21:42 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Our department is hiring! We're looking for a cognitive/developmental psychologist who uses computational approaches to study human cognition and behavior to address learning, development, and education. Feel free to reach out with questions!

18.08.2025 14:55 β€” πŸ‘ 26    πŸ” 24    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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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...

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...

09.09.2025 21:08 β€” πŸ‘ 55    πŸ” 44    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
Assistant Professor - Artificial Intelligence in Psychological Science Assistant Professor - Artificial Intelligence in Psychological Science

Deadline Oct 15: Asst. prof. (tenure track), AI in Psych Science, @uoftpsychology.bsky.social jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...

10.09.2025 22:28 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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...

18.08.2025 01:36 β€” πŸ‘ 72    πŸ” 54    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
Apply - Interfolio {{$ctrl.$state.data.pageTitle}} - Apply - Interfolio

πŸ“£ 🚨 Yale Psychology has 3 searches this year!

Links below:

Quantitative link: apply.interfolio.com/171903
Social link: apply.interfolio.com/171989
Clinical link: apply.interfolio.com/171970

03.09.2025 21:35 β€” πŸ‘ 49    πŸ” 43    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
Flyer for the event!

Flyer for the event!

*Sharing for our department’s trainees*

🧠 Looking for insight on applying to PhD programs in psychology?

✨ Apply by Sep 25th to Stanford Psychology's 9th annual Paths to a Psychology PhD info-session/workshop to have all of your questions answered!

πŸ“ Application: tinyurl.com/pathstophd2025

02.09.2025 20:01 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

does someone good at coding & analysis want to work remotely w/ us in the coming few months (before end of 2025), as a paid consultant? project will be on neurofeedback (fMRI, ECoG, calcium imaging). we'll work towards developing the experiments & analysis pipelines together. if so pls DM me ur CVπŸ§ πŸ“ˆ

01.09.2025 13:06 β€” πŸ‘ 41    πŸ” 37    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ“’We're #hiring Group Leaders!

Apply to lead a lab at Janelia & advance biology using theory, computational modeling & machine learning.

πŸ”Ή5-year renewable appointment
πŸ”ΉPioneer new tools & approaches
πŸ”ΉCollaborate across disciplines

Apply by Nov. 4πŸ‘‰ https://janelia.link/groupleader

26.08.2025 19:00 β€” πŸ‘ 52    πŸ” 57    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2
Open Rank Assistant/Associate/Full Professor in Political Science The search will remain open until the position has been filled. First consideration will be given to applications received by October 10, 2025. Applications received after October 10, 2025 may be revi...

University of Rhode Island job posting: Open Rank Professor in Political Science / Director of newΒ interdisciplinaryΒ PhD Program in Computational Social Science (CSS)
jobs.uri.edu/postings/15597

26.08.2025 19:45 β€” πŸ‘ 23    πŸ” 20    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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SCIMaP - Impacts of Federal Cuts to Science and Medical Research View Projected Impact of the FY2026 Budget Cuts to the NIH

NIH FY26 #SCIMaP scorecards are now available for

* All states
* All districts

The White House has shared its vision of priorities for this year and years to come. This vision comes with consequences for our health and innovation economy.

Explore and share: scienceimpacts.org/fy26

17.08.2025 23:35 β€” πŸ‘ 40    πŸ” 24    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 5
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Kempner Research Fellowship - Kempner Institute The Kempner brings leading, early-stage postdoctoral scientists to Harvard to work on projects that advance the fundamental understanding of intelligence.

If you work on artificial or natural intelligence and are finishing your PhD, consider applying for a Kempner research fellowship at Harvard:
kempnerinstitute.harvard.edu/kempner-inst...

18.08.2025 17:27 β€” πŸ‘ 48    πŸ” 31    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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My Lab at the University of EdinburghπŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ has funded PhD positions for this cycle!

We study the computational principles of how people learn, reason, and communicate.

It's a new lab, and you will be playing a big role in shaping its culture and foundations.

Spread the words!

17.08.2025 11:52 β€” πŸ‘ 53    πŸ” 20    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 5
2025 Marketing Academia Labor Market Report.pdf

This year there are about 60-70% of the number of academic jobs of a normal year.

This is better than I expected, but still devastating to lots of early career scholars and universities. This is from marketing, it’s unclear if this applies to other fields drive.google.com/file/d/1V4n-...

14.08.2025 19:10 β€” πŸ‘ 29    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Deadline Oct 1: Asst prof (tenure track), cognitive neuroscience, newly formed Department of Neuroscience, Cognition and Behavior, University of San Diego jobs.sandiego.edu/cw/en-us/job...

14.08.2025 21:00 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Complexity Postdoctoral Fellowship - Santa Fe Institute

Complexity Postdoctoral Fellowships at the Santa Fe Institute @sfiscience.bsky.social are now open for applications!

(I should also announce a postdoc opening with me at Johns Hopkins pretty soon.)

apply-sfi.smapply.org/prog/complex...

28.07.2025 14:23 β€” πŸ‘ 40    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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NYU Application Support Group Matching Form Dear Prospective Neuroscience & Psychology PhD Students, We are a group of current NYU Neuroscience & Psychology PhD students who would like to help you with your PhD applications. We want to support...

Thinking of applying to US-based Ph.D. programs in neuroscience, psychology, or cognitive science? We’ve got your back! NYU’s Application Support Group is a student-led, free mentorship program offering 1-on-1 support and guidance. Apply now! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

28.07.2025 15:15 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 16    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Home | Social Connection Lab The Social Connection Lab ("SoCoLab") at USC investigates what helps people feel socially connected to one another.

🚨We are recruiting a lab manager who will spend 80% of their effort in my lab and 20% of their effort in @leorhackel.bsky.social's lab. Please share widely!

Apply at usccareers.usc.edu/job/los-ange... with:
completed questionnaire (socolab.org/lab-manager-application), CV & Cover Letter!

28.07.2025 19:42 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Research Associate Screen reader users may encounter difficulty with this site. For assistance with applying, please contact hr-accessibleapplication@osu.edu. If you have questions while submitting an application, pleas...

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...

24.07.2025 18:14 β€” πŸ‘ 57    πŸ” 52    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 2
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πŸ“£ We are hiring! πŸ“£

#BCBL has new PhD positions available for you!

πŸ”Έ 1 PhD – #Neurolinguistics and #Aphasia Group
πŸ”Έ 1 PhD – #PerceptualInference Group
πŸ”Έ 1 PhD – #BrainRhythms and #Cognition Group

The application deadline is soon!

+info πŸ‘‡

www.bcbl.eu/es/unete-a-n...

18.07.2025 11:18 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2

Do LLMs have consistent values? Em Smullen @emstrictly.bsky.social presents their work showing strikingly low consistency across convergent tasks, including revealed preferences. Today at #ICML2025, West Ballroom B, World Models Workshop poster session @ 3:45pm! Paper: tinyurl.com/5n7wte49

18.07.2025 18:03 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Our speakers combine mechanistic interpretability methods with cognitive theory towards answering how neural networks could enable syntactic, combinatorial, and variable-binding operations -- or their limitations therein. Check us out on Aug 1 at 4pm in Salon 1!

17.07.2025 05:40 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thrilled to announce our symposium, Cognitively Inspired Interpretability inn Large Neural Networks, at #CogSci2025 featuring @taylorwwebb.bsky.social, Ellie Pavlick, Jiahai Feng, Gustaw Opielka, β€ͺβ€ͺ@claires012345.bsky.social‬, and Idan Blank!

17.07.2025 05:40 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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Detecting dementia earlier With $4 million grant, UC Irvine researcher seeks to develop inexpensive assessment of cognitive ability

Detecting dementia earlier | With $4 million grant, UC Irvine cognitive scientist Aaron Bornstein seeks to develop inexpensive assessment of cognitive ability

@ucirvine.bsky.social @aaronbornstein.bsky.social @uofcalifornia.bsky.social

14.07.2025 17:46 β€” πŸ‘ 23    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Join FAR.AI! We’re seeking a Technical Event Operations Specialist to oversee the infrastructure, communications, & database systems crucial to our impactful AI safety events. Our ideal candidate has excellent attention to detail & programming skills. πŸ”—πŸ‘‡

14.07.2025 15:32 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Western University is offering new scholarships of up to 40k CAD for four years to doctoral students who are studying at, have an offer from, or have had an offer rescinded from one of the top 100 American universities.

Come and study with me or one of my colleagues!

14.07.2025 13:14 β€” πŸ‘ 62    πŸ” 60    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 2

I took a lot of inspiration and material from this for my upper div undergrad methods course! It has been an amazing resource! πŸ™

02.07.2025 02:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
on left, pregnancy and sars cov2 infection, leads to cytokine storm in fetus. This affects brain development at age 6 and age 24 months.

on left, pregnancy and sars cov2 infection, leads to cytokine storm in fetus. This affects brain development at age 6 and age 24 months.

Children exposed to COVID in utero had developmental delays at age 24 months:
🧠36% cognitive delays
πŸ—£οΈ64% communication delays
πŸƒ57% had motor delays

πŸ§ͺ Specific developmental delays were related to specific inflammation cytokines found in their cord blood at birth. buff.ly/AQSfBm9

#Medsky #Pedsky πŸ›ŸπŸ˜·

13.06.2025 05:01 β€” πŸ‘ 654    πŸ” 342    πŸ’¬ 35    πŸ“Œ 37
Postdoctoral Scholar in Social/Personality Psychology University of California, Riverside is hiring. Apply now!

I’m looking for a postdoctoral scholar to join me in the Self & Society Laboratory at UC Riverside! Sharing would be much appreciated! aprecruit.ucr.edu/JPF02104

11.06.2025 18:30 β€” πŸ‘ 32    πŸ” 38    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 3

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