Gabriella Vigliocco

John Searle (1932-2025) - Daily Nous Philosopher John Searle, well-known for his work on philosophy of mind and philosophy of language, has died. John Searle wrote extensively consciousness and the mind, intentionality, and speech act th...

Philosopher of mind John Searle has left the building
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He was best known for his Chinese Room Argument on artificial intelligence and wide-ranging work on the mind and consciousness

Research Assistant at UCL Recruiting now: Research Assistant on jobs.ac.uk. Click for details and explore more academic job opportunities on the top job board

We’re hiring! We’re looking for two RAs to study neuroplasticity in sight loss, sight rescue and development in children and adults @ucl.ac.uk using a wide range of neuroimaging and behavioral methods. Please help spread the word! Apply by 16 Oct! t.ly/q3aYe #neurojobs #NeuroSkyence

In a new paper, Mike Tanenhaus and I articulate the rationale behind different experimental tasks in the visual world paradigm and give recommendations for future studies. “Rethinking task importance in the Visual World Paradigm“ (Brain Research, in press). pure.mpg.de/rest/items/i...

Really enjoyed speaking at ESLP today! You can check out the slides for my presentation here: osf.io/nex2y

Careers at Drexel - Human Resources

The MAC lab at Drexel is looking for a new post-doc to work on NIH-funded projects investigating the intersection of prior knowledge and long-term memory consolidation. Please pass along to any interested lab members! careers.drexel.edu/cw/en-us/job...

Had the opportunity to present our #fNIRS hyperscanning study @gabriellavigliocco.bsky.social @antoniahamilton.bsky.social @saradefelice.bsky.social at #ICON2025 in the Social And Embodied Language Learning Symposium. Felt small in the huge auditorium but the room was filled w/ inspiring questions!

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...

Come be my colleague! UW-Madison Psychology is hiring! Computational Neuroscience and/or Cognitive Science, with an AI emphasis. jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/assista...

✨ #ILCB Summer School 2025 – Just a few days to go! ✨

From September 1–5, we’ll welcome students, researchers, and lecturers at CIRM, #Marseille for a week of courses, workshops, and discussions on #language, #brain & #cognition.

Looking forward to a stimulating week of scientific exchanges!

Reposting this bit of good news (all too rare these days). Congrats to @richardsever.bsky.social @johninglis.bsky.social
& the whole @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social team, for their vision, dedication and transformative impact (well done @royalsociety.org)

📢 We're hiring a Research Assistant in cognitive neuroscience & computational psychiatry! 📢

Join us at UCL to conduct an MEG study of reward & memory, exploring how brain signals link to variability in apathy and anhedonia.

🔗 apply from next week: lmdlab.github.io

🚨closes September 12th!

What’s in a name? How the sound of names can bias hiring decisions New research shows that even the sound of a name can influence how job candidates are judged.

What’s in a name? How the sound of names can bias hiring decisions

Robin Lakoff, Expert on Language and Gender, Is Dead at 82

A brilliant linguist and sociolinguist, RIP
Gift article from NYT www.nytimes.com/2025/08/15/u...

Just over a week left to apply for this exciting postdoctoral research opportunity on children and nature! 🐾

The application deadline is Wednesday the 20th of August 2025.

📢 Come to Tübingen and get your PhD with us! Unique opportunity to explore great ape communication 🐵🦧🦍 from multiple disciplinary angles within a single, integrated project. 👇

Black background with gold swirls. International Fellowships to merge with Research Fellowships. Leverhulme Trust logo, URL: leverhulme.ac.uk/news

Following a review, the Leverhulme Trust Board has decided to discontinue the International Fellowships as a standalone scheme. If you are considering applying for the Trust's Research Fellowship scheme, projects with an international research focus are welcome.
www.leverhulme.ac.uk/news/interna...

How do our brains and bodies support social learning in real time in the real-world? Check out the preprint by @saradefelice.bsky.social et al. Honoured to have been part of the team!

📣 Heads-up that our amazing dept (Berkeley Psych) is anticipating hiring *two* TT Asst Profs this Fall, under the themes of (1) Social & Personality Psychology, and (2) Biological Basis of Behavior.

Official job ads coming soon...

Send qs for (1) to Iris Mauss/Serena Chen, (2) to Linda Wilbrecht

Breaking the jar: Why NeuroAI needs embodiment Brain function is inexorably shaped by the body. Embracing this will benefit computational models of real brain function and the design of ANNs.

Embodiment is the concept that the function of the brain is inexorably shaped by the body, a lens that is often neglected when neuroscientists study specific brain subsystems, write @bingbrunton.bsky.social and @tuthill.bsky.social.

#neuroskyence #neuroai

www.thetransmitter.org/neuroai/brea...

Happy announcement (again :): Another brilliant PhD student from the lab passed her viva! Congratulations Dr @isobelslt.bsky.social! Many thanks to Isobel's great examiners: Beth Jefferies and Holly Robson; to @laurelbuxbaum.bsky.social and to Brain Research UK for sponsoring her work!

I am really happy and proud to let you know that @viktorkewenig.bsky.social has graduated and is already off working at @msftresearch.bsky.social!!! Congratulations Viktor! Many many thanks to the two PhD examiners: @mtoneva.bsky.social and David Vinson (both looking severe in this picture :)

Credit goes to @viktorkewenig.bsky.social for the paper! We hope people will find it useful!

JOB ALERT: Computational Cognitive Neuroscience Postdoc position in Osaka, Japan! Possible start in October 2025 (contact me ASAP), or from April 2026. PLEASE REPOST! #postdocjobs #neuroskyence #neuroscience #psychscisky #compneurosky #neurojobs 1/

📣 We are hiring! 📣

#BCBL has new PhD positions available for you!

🔸 1 PhD – #Neurolinguistics and #Aphasia Group
🔸 1 PhD – #PerceptualInference Group
🔸 1 PhD – #BrainRhythms and #Cognition Group

The application deadline is soon!

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

I am advertising 2 positions in language evolution with my group at ‪‪@dondersinst.bsky.social:
📢 Fully-funded PhD position (Robotics/AI 🤖) www.ru.nl/en/working-a...
📢 Postdoc position (Virtual Reality 🎮)
www.ru.nl/en/working-a...
Deadline for applications is August 14th. Please RT! :)

Fantastic positions available to work with Mark in beautiful Nijmegen - a thriving hub of language research

Wissenschaftliche*r Mitarbeiter*in (w/m/d) Bewerberfrist: 06.07.2025

We are looking for a Postdoc who loves fMRI, psychophysiology and data analysis 🎉. We run studies on social cognition and related processes with a focus on schizophrenia. German skills could be beneficial, bc the position involves teaching, but not mandatory.
stellen.uni-konstanz.de/jobposting/4...

📣 Last call to apply for #BCBL’ available positions! 📣

Three of the vacancies are for the #BIBALANCE project and the other one is for the #CorticalRhythms project.

📅 Deadline for application: 30/06/2025

+info👇

https://www.bcbl.eu/es/unete-a-nosotros/ofertas-trabajo

Postdoc position open in our #workingmemory lab! See here for more info: www.unige.ch/fapse/womcog...

Thanks for the opportunity, Because Language! 👇

Implicit bias: All your questions answered Including: Are we all racist?

A most useful catch-up on what we now know about implicit bias, and concise recap of what the IAS does and does not show. Thank you Paul!

smallpotatoes.paulbloom.net/p/implicit-b...