Manuel Bohn
@elmanubohn.bsky.social
Developmental psychologist at Leuphana with an eye on ManyPrimates (@manyprimates.bsky.social)
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Stockholm University's Department of Zoology seeks an Associate Professor in Animal Ecology and Evolution. Deadline: Feb 28, 2026. More info: https://su.varbi.com/en/what:job/jobID:883922/where:4/ #job
Associate Professor in Zoology with focus on ecology and evolution
Associate Professor in Zoology with focus on ecology and evolution
su.varbi.com
December 17, 2025 at 5:50 AM
Stockholm University's Department of Zoology seeks an Associate Professor in Animal Ecology and Evolution. Deadline: Feb 28, 2026. More info: https://su.varbi.com/en/what:job/jobID:883922/where:4/ #job
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Very excited to share the first empirical paper from LEVANTE: we describe the LEVANTE core tasks, a set of nine open source tasks for measuring learning and development in kids ages 5-12 years.
osf.io/preprints/ps...
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osf.io/preprints/ps...
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December 18, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Very excited to share the first empirical paper from LEVANTE: we describe the LEVANTE core tasks, a set of nine open source tasks for measuring learning and development in kids ages 5-12 years.
osf.io/preprints/ps...
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osf.io/preprints/ps...
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🚀 Excited to announce that I'm looking for people (PhD/Postdoc) to join my Cognitive Modelling group @uniosnabrueck.bsky.social.
If you want to join a genuinely curious, welcoming and inclusive community of Coxis, apply here:
tinyurl.com/coxijobs
Please RT - deadline is Jan 4‼️
If you want to join a genuinely curious, welcoming and inclusive community of Coxis, apply here:
tinyurl.com/coxijobs
Please RT - deadline is Jan 4‼️
December 18, 2025 at 2:52 PM
🚀 Excited to announce that I'm looking for people (PhD/Postdoc) to join my Cognitive Modelling group @uniosnabrueck.bsky.social.
If you want to join a genuinely curious, welcoming and inclusive community of Coxis, apply here:
tinyurl.com/coxijobs
Please RT - deadline is Jan 4‼️
If you want to join a genuinely curious, welcoming and inclusive community of Coxis, apply here:
tinyurl.com/coxijobs
Please RT - deadline is Jan 4‼️
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A common problem w/ studies testing non-WEIRD groups is they compare multiple groups using the same WEIRD measure. How can we compare groups w/ apples-apples measures w/o distorting cross-cultural differences? We explore this in this new paper! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
The Development of Morality and Conventionality Across Cultures: Implementing a Two‐Stage Model for Cross‐Cultural Research
Establishing a shared sense of right and wrong is an essential milestone for human cooperation, raising the question of whether a universal set of moral intuitions exists. However, tests of universa.....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
December 16, 2025 at 6:11 AM
A common problem w/ studies testing non-WEIRD groups is they compare multiple groups using the same WEIRD measure. How can we compare groups w/ apples-apples measures w/o distorting cross-cultural differences? We explore this in this new paper! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Curious about how smartphones shape children’s development?
We’re recruiting a Postdoctoral Researcher for 3(+2) years for a cutting-edge randomized controlled trial conducted in collaboration with @orbenamy.bsky.social and her team.
iwm-tuebingen.de/en/career/jo...
We’re recruiting a Postdoctoral Researcher for 3(+2) years for a cutting-edge randomized controlled trial conducted in collaboration with @orbenamy.bsky.social and her team.
iwm-tuebingen.de/en/career/jo...
IWM Tübingen
Post-Doctoral Researcher (m/f/d)
iwm-tuebingen.de
December 12, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Curious about how smartphones shape children’s development?
We’re recruiting a Postdoctoral Researcher for 3(+2) years for a cutting-edge randomized controlled trial conducted in collaboration with @orbenamy.bsky.social and her team.
iwm-tuebingen.de/en/career/jo...
We’re recruiting a Postdoctoral Researcher for 3(+2) years for a cutting-edge randomized controlled trial conducted in collaboration with @orbenamy.bsky.social and her team.
iwm-tuebingen.de/en/career/jo...
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Now in press at Topics in Cognitive Science! We review children's understanding of different kinds of visual media across contexts, and argue that this work has important implications for childhood learning and assessment tools @cogscisociety.bsky.social
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
December 13, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Now in press at Topics in Cognitive Science! We review children's understanding of different kinds of visual media across contexts, and argue that this work has important implications for childhood learning and assessment tools @cogscisociety.bsky.social
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Excited that this is now out in @nathumbehav.nature.com 🎉
David Rose (davdrose.github.io) led this project on how children's understanding of causal language develops.
📃 (preprint): osf.io/preprints/ps...
📎: github.com/davdrose/cau...
David Rose (davdrose.github.io) led this project on how children's understanding of causal language develops.
📃 (preprint): osf.io/preprints/ps...
📎: github.com/davdrose/cau...
December 5, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Excited that this is now out in @nathumbehav.nature.com 🎉
David Rose (davdrose.github.io) led this project on how children's understanding of causal language develops.
📃 (preprint): osf.io/preprints/ps...
📎: github.com/davdrose/cau...
David Rose (davdrose.github.io) led this project on how children's understanding of causal language develops.
📃 (preprint): osf.io/preprints/ps...
📎: github.com/davdrose/cau...
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📢 Applications are open for the 2026 #JacobsCIFARFellowship!
A new partnership between the Jacobs Foundation and CIFAR supports early- & mid-career researchers advancing how children learn & develop worldwide.
🗓️ Apply by 2 February 2026 → cifarportal.smapply.io/prog/jacobs_...
A new partnership between the Jacobs Foundation and CIFAR supports early- & mid-career researchers advancing how children learn & develop worldwide.
🗓️ Apply by 2 February 2026 → cifarportal.smapply.io/prog/jacobs_...
November 24, 2025 at 4:05 PM
📢 Applications are open for the 2026 #JacobsCIFARFellowship!
A new partnership between the Jacobs Foundation and CIFAR supports early- & mid-career researchers advancing how children learn & develop worldwide.
🗓️ Apply by 2 February 2026 → cifarportal.smapply.io/prog/jacobs_...
A new partnership between the Jacobs Foundation and CIFAR supports early- & mid-career researchers advancing how children learn & develop worldwide.
🗓️ Apply by 2 February 2026 → cifarportal.smapply.io/prog/jacobs_...
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Who wants to be the new professor for general #linguistics in Cologne? 👀
ifl.phil-fak.uni-koeln.de/sites/lingui...
ifl.phil-fak.uni-koeln.de/sites/lingui...
ifl.phil-fak.uni-koeln.de
November 26, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Who wants to be the new professor for general #linguistics in Cologne? 👀
ifl.phil-fak.uni-koeln.de/sites/lingui...
ifl.phil-fak.uni-koeln.de/sites/lingui...
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🚨NEW PUBLICATION ALERT!🚨
The 'Design Features' of Language Revisited (w/ @mperlman.bsky.social @glupyan.bsky.social Koen de Reus & @limorraviv.bsky.social)
Feature Review out now in #OpenAccess in @cp-trendscognsci.bsky.social! #language #linguistics
Paper: doi.org/10.1016/j.ti...
The 'Design Features' of Language Revisited (w/ @mperlman.bsky.social @glupyan.bsky.social Koen de Reus & @limorraviv.bsky.social)
Feature Review out now in #OpenAccess in @cp-trendscognsci.bsky.social! #language #linguistics
Paper: doi.org/10.1016/j.ti...
November 25, 2025 at 7:49 PM
🚨NEW PUBLICATION ALERT!🚨
The 'Design Features' of Language Revisited (w/ @mperlman.bsky.social @glupyan.bsky.social Koen de Reus & @limorraviv.bsky.social)
Feature Review out now in #OpenAccess in @cp-trendscognsci.bsky.social! #language #linguistics
Paper: doi.org/10.1016/j.ti...
The 'Design Features' of Language Revisited (w/ @mperlman.bsky.social @glupyan.bsky.social Koen de Reus & @limorraviv.bsky.social)
Feature Review out now in #OpenAccess in @cp-trendscognsci.bsky.social! #language #linguistics
Paper: doi.org/10.1016/j.ti...
We are trying something new @leuphana.bsky.social
Our "Individual Research Master" will launch in fall '26.
Students (any discipline) team up with a supervisor from Leuphana and design their own research-based curriculum that optimally prepares them for a PhD.
More info: tinyurl.com/5bvr2mbv
Our "Individual Research Master" will launch in fall '26.
Students (any discipline) team up with a supervisor from Leuphana and design their own research-based curriculum that optimally prepares them for a PhD.
More info: tinyurl.com/5bvr2mbv
Individual Research Master
Complete the degree programme Individual Research Master (M.Sc.) and kick-start you academic career working on your topic. ▶ Learn more!
www.leuphana.de
November 25, 2025 at 12:43 PM
We are trying something new @leuphana.bsky.social
Our "Individual Research Master" will launch in fall '26.
Students (any discipline) team up with a supervisor from Leuphana and design their own research-based curriculum that optimally prepares them for a PhD.
More info: tinyurl.com/5bvr2mbv
Our "Individual Research Master" will launch in fall '26.
Students (any discipline) team up with a supervisor from Leuphana and design their own research-based curriculum that optimally prepares them for a PhD.
More info: tinyurl.com/5bvr2mbv
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Looking for a funded Ph.D. in #CogSci in an interdisciplinary, research-first program? Apply to CEU!
cognitivescience.ceu.edu/admission
Deadline February 4, 2026. Please share with any interested students!
#PsychSciSky #DevPsych #CogPsych
cognitivescience.ceu.edu/admission
Deadline February 4, 2026. Please share with any interested students!
#PsychSciSky #DevPsych #CogPsych
Applications Are Now Open for Academic Year 2026-2027 | Department of Cognitive Science
cognitivescience.ceu.edu
November 24, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Looking for a funded Ph.D. in #CogSci in an interdisciplinary, research-first program? Apply to CEU!
cognitivescience.ceu.edu/admission
Deadline February 4, 2026. Please share with any interested students!
#PsychSciSky #DevPsych #CogPsych
cognitivescience.ceu.edu/admission
Deadline February 4, 2026. Please share with any interested students!
#PsychSciSky #DevPsych #CogPsych
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⚠️ New Postdoc or PhD position open (3 years+) ⚠️
🚩Developmental milestones across cultures 🌍
Based @leuphana.bsky.social , in collaboration with @mpi-eva-leipzig.bsky.social
Please share/apply!
Link: tinyurl.com/58dsn43u
🚩Developmental milestones across cultures 🌍
Based @leuphana.bsky.social , in collaboration with @mpi-eva-leipzig.bsky.social
Please share/apply!
Link: tinyurl.com/58dsn43u
jobs-praktika-aktuell
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November 19, 2025 at 11:39 AM
⚠️ New Postdoc or PhD position open (3 years+) ⚠️
🚩Developmental milestones across cultures 🌍
Based @leuphana.bsky.social , in collaboration with @mpi-eva-leipzig.bsky.social
Please share/apply!
Link: tinyurl.com/58dsn43u
🚩Developmental milestones across cultures 🌍
Based @leuphana.bsky.social , in collaboration with @mpi-eva-leipzig.bsky.social
Please share/apply!
Link: tinyurl.com/58dsn43u
⚠️ New Postdoc or PhD position open (3 years+) ⚠️
🚩Developmental milestones across cultures 🌍
Based @leuphana.bsky.social , in collaboration with @mpi-eva-leipzig.bsky.social
Please share/apply!
Link: tinyurl.com/58dsn43u
🚩Developmental milestones across cultures 🌍
Based @leuphana.bsky.social , in collaboration with @mpi-eva-leipzig.bsky.social
Please share/apply!
Link: tinyurl.com/58dsn43u
jobs-praktika-aktuell
tinyurl.com
November 19, 2025 at 11:39 AM
⚠️ New Postdoc or PhD position open (3 years+) ⚠️
🚩Developmental milestones across cultures 🌍
Based @leuphana.bsky.social , in collaboration with @mpi-eva-leipzig.bsky.social
Please share/apply!
Link: tinyurl.com/58dsn43u
🚩Developmental milestones across cultures 🌍
Based @leuphana.bsky.social , in collaboration with @mpi-eva-leipzig.bsky.social
Please share/apply!
Link: tinyurl.com/58dsn43u
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W3-Professur Entwicklungs- und Gesundheitspsychologie an der Sozial- und Bildungswissenschaftlichen Fakultät der Universität Passau. Schwerpunkt: Schulbezogene Forschung, insbesondere Lern- und Entwicklungsstörungen, Stressprävention und Umgang mit digitalen Medien: www.uni-passau.de/fileadmin/do...
www.uni-passau.de
November 12, 2025 at 7:11 PM
W3-Professur Entwicklungs- und Gesundheitspsychologie an der Sozial- und Bildungswissenschaftlichen Fakultät der Universität Passau. Schwerpunkt: Schulbezogene Forschung, insbesondere Lern- und Entwicklungsstörungen, Stressprävention und Umgang mit digitalen Medien: www.uni-passau.de/fileadmin/do...
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New paper challenging the didactic role of Infant-Directed Speech (IDS)
We hypothesised that parents use IDS as a didactic tool by acoustically emphasising unknown words.
Analysing 38k speech segments (182 parents of 8-18m olds)
=> NO evidence for a didactic strategy!
doi.org/10.1037/dev0002077
We hypothesised that parents use IDS as a didactic tool by acoustically emphasising unknown words.
Analysing 38k speech segments (182 parents of 8-18m olds)
=> NO evidence for a didactic strategy!
doi.org/10.1037/dev0002077
November 12, 2025 at 7:51 PM
New paper challenging the didactic role of Infant-Directed Speech (IDS)
We hypothesised that parents use IDS as a didactic tool by acoustically emphasising unknown words.
Analysing 38k speech segments (182 parents of 8-18m olds)
=> NO evidence for a didactic strategy!
doi.org/10.1037/dev0002077
We hypothesised that parents use IDS as a didactic tool by acoustically emphasising unknown words.
Analysing 38k speech segments (182 parents of 8-18m olds)
=> NO evidence for a didactic strategy!
doi.org/10.1037/dev0002077
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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...
www.science.org
October 30, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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” 🧵
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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!
tinyurl.com/y2av9hhd
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!
tinyurl.com/y2av9hhd
PhD Researcher (m/f/d, E13 TV-L, 75%)
tinyurl.com
October 16, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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!
tinyurl.com/y2av9hhd
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!
tinyurl.com/y2av9hhd
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🐦 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.”
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 ...
journals.plos.org
October 14, 2025 at 6:45 PM
🐦 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.”
Led by the #ManyBirds Project - 129 researchers, 82 institutions, 24 countries 🌍
🔗 journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
@themanybirds.bsky.social
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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
mpi.nl/career-education/vacancies/vacancy/nominations-and-self-nominations-sought-position-director-max
October 3, 2025 at 7:53 AM
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
mpi.nl/career-education/vacancies/vacancy/nominations-and-self-nominations-sought-position-director-max
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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
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
OSF
osf.io
October 1, 2025 at 10:22 AM
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
Deadline approaching fast (October 1st)!
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
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
Deadline approaching fast (October 1st)!
Reposted by Manuel Bohn
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
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
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
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
Reposted by Manuel Bohn
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...
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 ...
levante-network.org
September 15, 2025 at 11:54 PM
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...
A good intro if you're interested in learning more about cross-cultural developmental data collection using LEVANTE.
levante-network.org/global-colla...
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
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
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
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