Simon Farrell

Goddamn. What a sobering and poignant piece of conceptual art. What an amazing artist.

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

🚨 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 🥰🤓

Australia Admits All Those Animals Made Up

Australia Admits All Those Animals Made Up theonion.com/austral...

I watched this with the kids on the weekend expecting it to be not good and it was actually great

How clear and simple data visualizations bring the climate crisis home Climate change is a slow-moving disaster. We need graphics that capture both its pace and its impact.

"there is growing evidence that more intuitive visualizations, informed by psychological research, can help people make better sense of climate data."
thebulletin.org/2025/07/how-...

International students have not driven rents and inflation higher, RBA says An RBA paper suggests the rapid growth in foreign students post-pandemic did not play a big role in pushing rents higher.

International students have not driven rents and inflation higher, RBA says www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07...

“Australia is continuing to collect more revenue from HECS fees than it gets from the PRRT."
- Richard Denniss, Executive Director

In 2023-24 Australian HECS/HELP revenue rose to $5.1bn while PRRT fell to less than a quarter that amount to just $1.1bn. @richarddenniss.bsky.social #auspol

The Biases in Captive Chimpanzee Cognitive Research: First Insights From the Ape Research Index (ARI) Database

Important new work (from Elisa Bandini,
@ctennie.bsky.social, @sofiaforss.bsky.social et al.) addressing an elephant in the room - how weird are our weirdest apes, and how is that skewing research efforts?

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

I have a lot of concerns about the Binz et al. Centaur paper, but I'll start this thread with what I like: Matching human behavioral data is critical when modeling human cognition. Trying to match neural data is interesting and possibly informative, but not sufficient for modeling the human mind. 1/

Thank you for your attention regarding this matter

Albanese government criticised for ‘weak’ response to US attacks on Iran as experts decry ‘flagrant breach’ of law Former adviser to Penny Wong argues Australia should make clear ‘we are a country that stands up … for the rules-based order’

Well said by Allan Behm

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

the level of misinformation sparked because of this bananas EEG preprint is just really tragic.

By the way if you think that a researcher caused cognitive decline to happen to participants in a study you should probably be freaked out by that

The following thread contains 201 open access articles, books, chapters & reports written and led by First Nations’ researchers. We write our own research across all areas. The order is random and ranges across disciplines, because of course it does.
#201FirstNationsArticles

🚨 Calling all colleagues who work on #workingmemory and #aging 🚨 Do you have any unpublished data on age differences in WM? 👴 👵 🧠 🌨️ We're working on a BIG meta-analysis, and I'd love any and all data that are currently not "out there" for us to find! 🔬 🤓 Please repost for reach, thanks! 🔁 😁

🚨PSA for anyone using GPT in human subjects research🚨

A judge has ruled that OpenAI must retain ChatGPT and API data indefinitely, with few exceptions.

This might have implications for your IRB compliance and the security of your participants' data. 1/

Attacks on Australia’s preferential voting system are ludicrous. We can be proud of it | Kevin Bonham It’s been argued the election would have had a different outcome with first-past-the-post voting. I cannot overstate how unsound this assumption is * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast The Coalition’s lopsided defeat in the 2025 federal election has been followed by a new round of attacks on preferential voting. No longer do anti-preferencing campaigners have the excuse that Labor “lost” the primary vote, with Labor currently 2.6% ahead. Nor can they say preferences won Labor the election, with Labor leading the primary vote in 86 of 150 seats. The latest complaint is just the scale of Coalition casualties. The Coalition will win at most 44 seats (29.3%) off a primary vote of about 32%. This will be the first time since 1987 that the Coalition parties’ seat share has been substantially below their primary vote. Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...

Attacks on Australia’s preferential voting system are ludicrous. We can be proud of it | Kevin Bonham

Really enjoyed the first two episodes of Sanctuary Moon

‘I came out as autistic. Everyone said: That explains a lot’ | The Observer An autism diagnosis helped Laurie Penny make sense of their experiences, but its real value was in helping them understand the rest of society

"There’s now a standard way to tell the rest of this story. I’m supposed to reassure you with an upbeat tale of self-acceptance. Instead I’m going to make things awkward and tell the truth."

The Professional Self: The Enemy Inside

I'd like to share this short piece on a topic I hope you will find useful. It is the result of a personl journey and many discussions with friends and peers. Let me know your thoughts.

network.febs.org/posts/the-pr...

YIKES @soundcloud.dev no thank you

Webinar on Responding to NSF Grant Terminations Join the Federation of Associations in Behavioral and Brain Sciences (FABBS) on Friday, May 9th, at 2:00 PM ET for an informative webinar on responding to NSF grant terminations. We will discuss the rules, procedures and available options for grantees who have had their grant terminated.

🧪 If you had your NSF grant terminated, I'd *highly* recommend going to this Friday's webinar.

Friday May 9 at 2-3 pm ET

Will talk about both the appeals process, in addition to allowable closeout costs. Share widely.

Register here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Such a relief in #auspol results tonight. There hasn’t been a sense that ppl are energised by labour, but seems like a clear rejection of regressive politics

Australia Institute Live: Election 2025 results It is do or die time – there is nothing more the political candidates can do - now it's time for the votes to be counted and Australia's new parliament to be decided. All the night's events, with ana...

Post-Dutts clarity – Peter Dutton will lose Dickson live.australiainstitute.org.au/2025/05/aust...

Google searches for "fine for not voting" are up 1000% in the past four hours.

(related searches: places to vote, when do polls close, can i vote online, what happens if I don't vote)

Nature Reviews Psychology is interviewing individuals with doctoral degrees in psychology who pursued non-academic careers.

We spoke with Teon Brooks about his journey from a postdoctoral scholar to a data science consultant.

go.nature.com/3GAhf9b

#psychscisky #academicsky

It'll never stop making me feel insane that writers are made to feel crazy for appropriately valuing their craft while guys who haven't written an email on their own in three years are painting themselves as essential to the future

At the leaders debate, Albanese and Dutton were united in their support for the teen social media ban

It's a bipartisan embarrassment to support such a flimsy, bizarre law that appears to prioritise optics and corporate interests over our children's wellbeing

www.crikey.com.au/20...

INPEX produces gas entirely for export INPEX exports 9 million tonnes of LNG from Australia every year. This ismore gas than is used by households and businesses in NSW, Victoria and South Australia combined.ii

Nice @rodcampbell.bsky.social demonstration here of the sheer scale of Australia's export of fossil gas - Inpex alone exports more than domestic consumption for SA, Vic, NSW.

Aus' gas export industry is a profit engine for multinationals: nothing more

australiainstitute.org.au/report/big-g...

Can confirm that my NSF grant "How False Beliefs Form & How to Correct Them" was cancelled today because it is "not in alignment with current NSF priorities" Shocking that understanding how people are misled by false information is now a forbidden topic. Our work will continue but at a smaller scale

This statement from the NSF is insane.

Science is, in essence, designed to separate the true from the false.

Understanding how falsehoods spread is key to the scientific endeavor. It is not a violation of free speech to be proven wrong.