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Manuel Bohn
@elmanubohn.bsky.social
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Developmental psychologist at Leuphana with an eye on ManyPrimates (@manyprimates.bsky.social)
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emilymsanford.bsky.social
Are humans really the only rational animals? Our NEW PAPER 🎉 out in @science.org suggests otherwise! In a large collaboration led with my joint first author @hanna-schleihauf.bsky.social, we show that “Chimpanzees rationally revise their beliefs” 🧵
Chimpanzees rationally revise their beliefs
The selective revision of beliefs in light of new evidence has been considered one of the hallmarks of human-level rationality. However, tests of this ability in other species are lacking. We examined...
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October 30, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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meanwhileina.bsky.social
Opening for PhD position (3.5 years) on

Language Evolution | Computational Modeling | Primate Communication

Joint project with @marlenfroehlich.bsky.social & @elmanubohn.bsky.social at @unituebingen.bsky.social in CRC "Common Ground".

Share, apply, or reach out for details!

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PhD Researcher (m/f/d, E13 TV-L, 75%)
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October 16, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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themanybirds.bsky.social
🐦 Exciting news! Our new paper is out in PLOS Biology:
“A large-scale study across the avian clade identifies ecological drivers of neophobia.”
Led by the #ManyBirds Project - 129 researchers, 82 institutions, 24 countries 🌍
🔗 journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
@themanybirds.bsky.social
A large-scale study across the avian clade identifies ecological drivers of neophobia
Neophobia (the aversive response to novelty) varies considerably across species and individuals, and can impact adaptability and survival. This study assesses neophobia in 1400 subjects from 136 bird ...
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October 14, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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mpi-nl.bsky.social
We're seeking the next Director of the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics! Lead cutting-edge research in language & cognition. Nominations (incl. self) due 19 Dec 2025.
mpi.nl/career-education/vacancies/vacancy/nominations-and-self-nominations-sought-position-director-max
October 3, 2025 at 7:53 AM
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rogierk.bsky.social
Gather round, all those bayes curious, pragmatic, committed or indifferent, for an elegant and flexible way to approach reliability estimation using bayesian measurement models! All thoughts and ideas welcome
bignardi.bsky.social Giacomo Bignardi @bignardi.bsky.social · Oct 1
New preprint with @rogierk.bsky.social @paulbuerkner.com - we introduce "relative measurement uncertainty" - a reliability estimation method that's applicable across a broad class of Bayesian measurement models (e.g., generative-, computational- and item response theory-models osf.io/h54k8
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October 1, 2025 at 10:22 AM
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Deadline approaching fast (October 1st)!
elmanubohn.bsky.social Manuel Bohn @elmanubohn.bsky.social · Jul 31
Applications open for the new #PhD program “Embracing Transformation” @leuphana.bsky.social (36 positions)

Research how societies respond to change – whether in climate, democracy, work, or digital culture.

Fin me in "Psychology of Transformation"

More info: www.leuphana.de/transformation-phd
September 19, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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Applications open for the new #PhD program “Embracing Transformation” @leuphana.bsky.social (36 positions)

Research how societies respond to change – whether in climate, democracy, work, or digital culture.

Fin me in "Psychology of Transformation"

More info: www.leuphana.de/transformation-phd
July 31, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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mcxfrank.bsky.social
A first blogpost from the LEVANTE team, introducing our global project perspective.

A good intro if you're interested in learning more about cross-cultural developmental data collection using LEVANTE.

levante-network.org/global-colla...
Global Collaboration to Capture Variability in Child Development - Levante
Ensuring that children around the world can flourish is one of the most important goals of our time. Developmental science has made major strides in understanding how children grow, learn, and thrive ...
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September 15, 2025 at 11:54 PM
elmanubohn.bsky.social
Applications open for the new #PhD program “Embracing Transformation” @leuphana.bsky.social (36 positions)

Research how societies respond to change – whether in climate, democracy, work, or digital culture.

Fin me in "Psychology of Transformation"

More info: www.leuphana.de/transformation-phd
July 31, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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jacobscenteruzh.bsky.social
Studying children often comes with challenges such as high data variance, data loss, and sample attrition. A new study by Dr. Stephanie Wermelinger, @moritzdaum.bsky.social, and Marco Bleiker examined person- and situation-level factors that affect data quality in developmental research.

Link👇
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July 28, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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manydogsproject.bsky.social
🚨 Calling all dog behavior & cognition researchers - ManyDogs Project is launching ManyDogs 2!

🔍🐕‍🦺We're studying overimitation: Do dogs copy irrelevant actions just b/c their favorite human does them?

Email manydogsproject2@gmail.com to collaborate globally and contribute to reproducible science!
A white and gray dog touches a yellow dot hanging on the wall with his nose. Text says ManyDogs 2 - Join the Team!
July 22, 2025 at 2:19 AM
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tomhardwicke.bsky.social
Come and join us at the University of Sydney School of Psychology! 🦘 Senior Lecturer / Associate Professor position usyd.wd105.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/USYD_E...
Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor in Psychology
Full time, continuing position, located on the Camperdown Campus at the School of Psychology Opportunity to contribute to research and teaching in a world leading Psychology department Base Salary, le...
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July 21, 2025 at 2:02 AM
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patkanngiesser.bsky.social
Our (short) perspectives piece on challenging dyads as defaults in developmental psychology research is out (open access). Check it out here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

With Roman Stengelin (MPI EVA)
Challenging dyads as defaults in research on childhood social cognition
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July 18, 2025 at 8:23 AM
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btscon.bsky.social
Mark your calendars! BTSCON2025 is officially set for October 6-8th.
@psysciacc.bsky.social @abrir.bsky.social @manybabies.org
July 6, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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kathelijnekoops.bsky.social
Join us!!! 2 (!) PhD positions on wild chimpanzees and bonobos in the Ape Behaviour & Ecology Group and Wildminds Lab!!! 🤩🤩🤩
nakedprimate.bsky.social Cat Hobaiter @nakedprimate.bsky.social · Jul 2
📣 Join the K/Creative Ape Team 🤓 2 PhDs on Creativity in Wild Chimpanzees & Bonobos; w myself & the v awesome @kathelijnekoops.bsky.social

@snf-fns.ch Uni Zurich @uniofstandrews.bsky.social @efp2026.bsky.social @ips-primatenews.bsky.social @primatesocietygb.bsky.social @primbehavecol.bsky.social 🐵🧪
two 4-year PhD positions in the Ape Behaviour & Ecology Group of the Department of Evolutionary Anthropology at the University of Zurich, and the Wild Minds Lab of the School of Psychology and Neuroscience at the University of St Andrews, to study wild chimpanzees and bonobos. The PhD candidates will work within the Creative Ape Project. The overall goal of the project is to enhance our understanding of the evolution of creativity, and to shed light on whether humans are a uniquely 'creative ape'. To do so we will apply a comparative approach, quantifying the creative capacities of wild non-human apes to investigate the underlying drivers that shape creative expression across species. The project explores four interconnected topics: i) Making mavericks, ii) Funny guys and arty-types, iii) Lone ape geniuses, and iv) Creative ape economies. We employ a comprehensive approach that leverages long-term datasets, new field data, detailed manual video-coding, bespoke automated deep-learning models, and advanced modelling, to extract rich information on the ways in which apes solve problems in their daily lives. Excellent collaborative, independent working and time management skills are essential. Previous field experience (incl. behavioural data collection) is required, and experience working in remote places under difficult living conditions is highly recommended. The project will require strong data management and data analysis skills, and 12-18 months of field work split into 2-3 periods. Please submit your application in a single PDF to kathelijne.koops@iea.uzh.ch and clh42@st-andrews.ac.uk – by 4th of August 2025. Feel free to get in touch if you have any inquiries about the positions. Applications should include: 1) cover letter stating your motivation and how your expertise fits the project (max. 1 page), 2) Curriculum Vitae, 3) copy of the highest degree obtained, 4) names and contact details of two referees, and 5) reprints of 1-2 selected publications A tiny chimpfant looks at the camera with surprise
July 3, 2025 at 4:46 AM
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meanwhileina.bsky.social
PostDoc position (3.5y) available in interdisciplinary Collaborative Research Center "Common Ground".

🎯 Topic: Pragmatic reasoning about Common Ground
🎓 linguistics | philosophy of language | cognitive science
📅 Deadline: July 14
tinyurl.com/3vd9wa6p

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@toddthelinguist.bsky.social
Post-Doctoral Researcher (m/f/d, E13 TV-L, 100%)
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July 1, 2025 at 10:19 AM
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meanwhileina.bsky.social
Our large-scale interdisciplinary research initiative @unituebingen.bsky.social on "Common Ground" now has a website: uni-tuebingen.de/en/research/...

We are also hiring! Check out recent postings here and the continually added job ads here:
uni-tuebingen.de/en/universit...

#linguistics + friends
CRC Common Ground
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July 2, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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leuphana.bsky.social
We are hiring 14 early-career researchers!
In the programme “Embracing Transformation” researchers investigate what transformation is and how it can be successfully shaped.

Find out more: www.leuphana.de/en/portals/e...
June 13, 2025 at 11:32 AM
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olivergenschow.bsky.social
There is only this week left to apply for the Phd-position (75%; 4 yrs) about #scicomm & psychology in the context of #Sustainability at Leuphana University Lüneburg @leuphana.bsky.social.
olivergenschow.bsky.social Oliver Genschow @olivergenschow.bsky.social · Jun 2
Are you passionate about #scicomm & psychology in the context of #Sustainability? We are looking for a PhD-candidate (75%; 4 yrs) for the Hub Science project "Psychology of Transformation" at Leuphana University Lüneburg! www.leuphana.de/universitaet...
Hub Science Project “Psychology of Transformation towards Sustainability”: Doctoral Research Associate with a background in Psychology or a related field
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June 23, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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mcxfrank.bsky.social
Experimentology is out today!!! A group of us wrote a free online textbook for experimental methods, available at experimentology.io - the idea was to integrate open science into all aspects of the experimental workflow from planning to design, analysis, and writing.
Experimentology cover: title and curves for distributions.
July 1, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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meanwhileina.bsky.social
We are hiring! Two PhD positions for interdisciplinary work on great ape communication and language evolution in a joint project with @marlenfroehlich.bsky.social & @elmanubohn.bsky.social.

🎯 evolutionary or probabilistic modeling
🗓️ deadline: Aug 13
🔗 tinyurl.com/2cnzwakj
July 1, 2025 at 10:12 AM
elmanubohn.bsky.social
Come work with us on this really exciting interdisciplinary project!
marlenfroehlich.bsky.social Marlen Fröhlich @marlenfroehlich.bsky.social · Jun 30
📢 2 PhD positions (E13 TV-L, 75%) in our DFG-funded project on great ape communication & the evolution of common ground!

🧠 Backgrounds in biology, psychology or linguistics welcome.
🗓️ Deadline: Aug 13
🔗 bit.ly/4l8p7hy & bit.ly/46jcfAq

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June 30, 2025 at 7:42 AM
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marlenfroehlich.bsky.social
📢 2 PhD positions (E13 TV-L, 75%) in our DFG-funded project on great ape communication & the evolution of common ground!

🧠 Backgrounds in biology, psychology or linguistics welcome.
🗓️ Deadline: Aug 13
🔗 bit.ly/4l8p7hy & bit.ly/46jcfAq

Please share!
@elmanubohn.bsky.social @meanwhileina.bsky.social
June 30, 2025 at 7:39 AM
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hbaum.bsky.social
It's been a ton of fun to work with @mcxfrank.bsky.social and @asifamajid.bsky.social on this. I'm so lucky to get to support projects like this (and @manybabies.org and @btscon.bsky.social and ...)!
mitpress.bsky.social MIT Press @mitpress.bsky.social · Jun 24
The Open Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science (OECS) now features over 100 published articles! Editors-in-Chief @mcxfrank.bsky.social & @asifamajid.bsky.social share their vision for this open, online reference developed to guide the next generation of exploration in cognition & intelligence:
A conversation with the editors of the Open Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science
Editors-in-Chief Michael C. Frank and Asifa Majid share their vision for the Open Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science as it surpasses 100 published articles.
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June 26, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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dietmartill.bsky.social
Die @dfg.de hat den linguistischen SFB Common Ground: Kognition – Grammatik – Kommunikation an der @unituebingen.bsky.social bewilligt! 🎉🥂Großer Erfolg der Kolleg:innen!! Herzliche Glückwünsche!! Hier geht es zur PM 👉👉👉 www.dfg.de/de/service/p...
DFG fördert 13 neue Sonderforschungsbereiche
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May 30, 2025 at 10:22 AM