Rob Hartsuiker
@roberthartsuiker.bsky.social
Psycholinguist | Professor of Psychology, Ghent University | former President of ESCoP | Research Director | Cyclist | Swimmer | Runner | Hiker
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The European Parliament voted today to ban plant-based and lab-grown products from having meat-related names such as “burger,” “sausage” or “steak” on their labels.
EU lawmakers back ‘veggie burger’ ban
The European Parliament slips prohibition of plant-based “burgers” into wider farm reform, sparking NGO outrage and political splits.
www.politico.eu
A majority of the EP insulted the European citizen today and undermined the parliaments credibility by voting for this ridiculous law. Counterproposal: an obligatory “Meat is Murder” sticker on every package of meat.
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1 year residency program at Apple. Cogsci/neuro/ling folks studying neuro interpretability, reasoning, and decision-making under uncertainty to help Apple make progress on similar questions in LLMs. Recent PhD or more senior jobs.apple.com/en-us/detail...
November 8, 2025 at 7:47 PM
1 year residency program at Apple. Cogsci/neuro/ling folks studying neuro interpretability, reasoning, and decision-making under uncertainty to help Apple make progress on similar questions in LLMs. Recent PhD or more senior jobs.apple.com/en-us/detail...
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🎙️Emilie Caspar (@emiliecaspar.bsky.social): «La #neurociencia ayuda a comprender los procesos que ocurren antes de un genocidio». #EntrevistasEthic
Emilie Caspar: «La neurociencia ayuda a comprender los procesos que ocurren antes de un genocidio» | Ethic
La neurocientífica social Emilie Caspar explica las bases psicológicas de la obediencia y la violencia masiva.
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November 7, 2025 at 8:04 AM
🎙️Emilie Caspar (@emiliecaspar.bsky.social): «La #neurociencia ayuda a comprender los procesos que ocurren antes de un genocidio». #EntrevistasEthic
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Voor collega’s die nog wat zweven op links: de PvdD stemde gisteren vóór een bezuiniging op universiteiten van bijna een half miljard. GLpvdA, Volt, SP en D66 tegen
www.utoday.nl/news/76115/e...
www.utoday.nl/news/76115/e...
Eerste Kamer stemt in met extra bezuinigingen
De Eerste Kamer is dinsdag akkoord gegaan met de aanvullende onderwijsbegroting voor 2025, die ruim 400 miljoen euro aan extra bezuinigingen bevat. Een motie van D66 en andere partijen om deze bezuini...
www.utoday.nl
October 29, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Voor collega’s die nog wat zweven op links: de PvdD stemde gisteren vóór een bezuiniging op universiteiten van bijna een half miljard. GLpvdA, Volt, SP en D66 tegen
www.utoday.nl/news/76115/e...
www.utoday.nl/news/76115/e...
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My upcoming graphic novel, Speaking with Pictures, on cognition, language, and visual communication is out in only 3 more months... www.visuallanguagelab.com/sip
October 27, 2025 at 10:44 AM
My upcoming graphic novel, Speaking with Pictures, on cognition, language, and visual communication is out in only 3 more months... www.visuallanguagelab.com/sip
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I am close to tears; they listened and made an english version apache.be/2025/10/24/b...
@apache.be you rule 🖤
@apache.be you rule 🖤
October 24, 2025 at 10:13 AM
I am close to tears; they listened and made an english version apache.be/2025/10/24/b...
@apache.be you rule 🖤
@apache.be you rule 🖤
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Can AI simulations of human research participants advance cognitive science? In @cp-trendscognsci.bsky.social, @lmesseri.bsky.social & I analyze this vision. We show how “AI Surrogates” entrench practices that limit the generalizability of cognitive science while aspiring to do the opposite. 1/
AI Surrogates and illusions of generalizability in cognitive science
Recent advances in artificial intelligence (AI) have generated enthusiasm for using AI simulations of human research participants to generate new know…
www.sciencedirect.com
October 21, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Can AI simulations of human research participants advance cognitive science? In @cp-trendscognsci.bsky.social, @lmesseri.bsky.social & I analyze this vision. We show how “AI Surrogates” entrench practices that limit the generalizability of cognitive science while aspiring to do the opposite. 1/
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🎧🚨 New episode of The Right to Decide out now! #podcast Who is threatening women’s rights in Europe — and why?
Host @sophieintveld.bsky.social speaks with Neil Datta, Executive Director of EPF, about anti-gender networks.
🔗https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJtmuqRmbSo
Host @sophieintveld.bsky.social speaks with Neil Datta, Executive Director of EPF, about anti-gender networks.
🔗https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJtmuqRmbSo
October 16, 2025 at 10:04 AM
🎧🚨 New episode of The Right to Decide out now! #podcast Who is threatening women’s rights in Europe — and why?
Host @sophieintveld.bsky.social speaks with Neil Datta, Executive Director of EPF, about anti-gender networks.
🔗https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJtmuqRmbSo
Host @sophieintveld.bsky.social speaks with Neil Datta, Executive Director of EPF, about anti-gender networks.
🔗https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJtmuqRmbSo
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Het verbod op de vegaburger...
Deze Duitse politicus vat het wel goed samen.
Deze Duitse politicus vat het wel goed samen.
October 8, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Het verbod op de vegaburger...
Deze Duitse politicus vat het wel goed samen.
Deze Duitse politicus vat het wel goed samen.
New JML paper led by Merel Muylle with @bonnie-nozari.bsky.social reporting simulations and experiments showing that those pesky homophone errors in typing - there/their/they’re - reflect lexical competition and not poor spelling knowledge.
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October 9, 2025 at 8:54 AM
New JML paper led by Merel Muylle with @bonnie-nozari.bsky.social reporting simulations and experiments showing that those pesky homophone errors in typing - there/their/they’re - reflect lexical competition and not poor spelling knowledge.
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A majority of the EP insulted the European citizen today and undermined the parliaments credibility by voting for this ridiculous law. Counterproposal: an obligatory “Meat is Murder” sticker on every package of meat.
The European Parliament voted today to ban plant-based and lab-grown products from having meat-related names such as “burger,” “sausage” or “steak” on their labels.
EU lawmakers back ‘veggie burger’ ban
The European Parliament slips prohibition of plant-based “burgers” into wider farm reform, sparking NGO outrage and political splits.
www.politico.eu
October 8, 2025 at 5:53 PM
A majority of the EP insulted the European citizen today and undermined the parliaments credibility by voting for this ridiculous law. Counterproposal: an obligatory “Meat is Murder” sticker on every package of meat.
Reposted by Rob Hartsuiker
PhD Position: Accented Speech Processing - Apply now!
Come work with Mirjam Broersma, @davidpeeters.bsky.social, and me at the Centre for Language Studies, Radboud University in the Netherlands.
Application deadline: 19 October 2025
For more information, see
www.ru.nl/en/working-a...
Come work with Mirjam Broersma, @davidpeeters.bsky.social, and me at the Centre for Language Studies, Radboud University in the Netherlands.
Application deadline: 19 October 2025
For more information, see
www.ru.nl/en/working-a...
PhD Position: Accented Speech Processing | Radboud University
Do you want to work as a PhD: Accented Speech Processing at the Faculty of Arts? Check our vacancy!
www.ru.nl
October 2, 2025 at 2:35 PM
PhD Position: Accented Speech Processing - Apply now!
Come work with Mirjam Broersma, @davidpeeters.bsky.social, and me at the Centre for Language Studies, Radboud University in the Netherlands.
Application deadline: 19 October 2025
For more information, see
www.ru.nl/en/working-a...
Come work with Mirjam Broersma, @davidpeeters.bsky.social, and me at the Centre for Language Studies, Radboud University in the Netherlands.
Application deadline: 19 October 2025
For more information, see
www.ru.nl/en/working-a...
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Nominate yourself to come run your own research dept in lovely MPI-PL in the woods. Or nominate someone amazing - your colleague, supervisor, former student.... Deadline for nominations 19th December
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 8:26 AM
Nominate yourself to come run your own research dept in lovely MPI-PL in the woods. Or nominate someone amazing - your colleague, supervisor, former student.... Deadline for nominations 19th December
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Volt is the only party in the Netherlands that sees climate as a #1 priority. With our candidate for Dutch Parliament, Simone Ritzer, do something new – vote Volt on 29 October. 💜🧡💜
‼️ IMPORTANT: A Dutchie living abroad? Get your postal vote to the embassy before October 24.
‼️ IMPORTANT: A Dutchie living abroad? Get your postal vote to the embassy before October 24.
October 2, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Volt is the only party in the Netherlands that sees climate as a #1 priority. With our candidate for Dutch Parliament, Simone Ritzer, do something new – vote Volt on 29 October. 💜🧡💜
‼️ IMPORTANT: A Dutchie living abroad? Get your postal vote to the embassy before October 24.
‼️ IMPORTANT: A Dutchie living abroad? Get your postal vote to the embassy before October 24.
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Inner speech and the neurobiology of psychosis
biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
With @daniellametti.com and David Green
biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
With @daniellametti.com and David Green
August 27, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Inner speech and the neurobiology of psychosis
biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
With @daniellametti.com and David Green
biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
With @daniellametti.com and David Green
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Collaborate with us!! #workingmemory
Call for collaborators! 🧵
The TL;DR: we seek collaborators on a #ManyLabs #RegisteredReport about what causes rapid forgetting.
In-principle accepted Stage 1: osf.io/ahjn5
Expressions of interest: cardiffunipsych.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
Further details in the 🧵:
The TL;DR: we seek collaborators on a #ManyLabs #RegisteredReport about what causes rapid forgetting.
In-principle accepted Stage 1: osf.io/ahjn5
Expressions of interest: cardiffunipsych.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
Further details in the 🧵:
September 28, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Collaborate with us!! #workingmemory
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Deadline Oct 15: Asst. prof. (tenure track), AI in Psych Science, @uoftpsychology.bsky.social jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...
Assistant Professor - Artificial Intelligence in Psychological Science
Assistant Professor - Artificial Intelligence in Psychological Science
jobs.utoronto.ca
September 10, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Deadline Oct 15: Asst. prof. (tenure track), AI in Psych Science, @uoftpsychology.bsky.social jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...
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🧡💜 Dutch living abroad? You can vote in the Dutch elections.
Make sure you don’t miss the opportunity to change the future. Register before September 17 here:
👉 www.netherlandsworldwide.nl/voting-abroad
👉 www.stemmenvanuithetbuitenland.nl
Make sure you don’t miss the opportunity to change the future. Register before September 17 here:
👉 www.netherlandsworldwide.nl/voting-abroad
👉 www.stemmenvanuithetbuitenland.nl
September 15, 2025 at 3:28 PM
🧡💜 Dutch living abroad? You can vote in the Dutch elections.
Make sure you don’t miss the opportunity to change the future. Register before September 17 here:
👉 www.netherlandsworldwide.nl/voting-abroad
👉 www.stemmenvanuithetbuitenland.nl
Make sure you don’t miss the opportunity to change the future. Register before September 17 here:
👉 www.netherlandsworldwide.nl/voting-abroad
👉 www.stemmenvanuithetbuitenland.nl
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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...
Domain of behavior or cognition is open. Details at jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/assista...
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...
jobs.wisc.edu
September 9, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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...
Domain of behavior or cognition is open. Details at jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/assista...
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University of South Carolina has *7* tenure-track faculty positions in Neurobiology of Language:
tinyurl.com/USC-Faculty-...
Positions in COMD, Psych, Linguistics, School of Medicine.
@snlmtg.bsky.social #SNL2025, we will have a booth.
w/@rutvikdesai.bsky.social @imb-uofsc.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/USC-Faculty-...
Positions in COMD, Psych, Linguistics, School of Medicine.
@snlmtg.bsky.social #SNL2025, we will have a booth.
w/@rutvikdesai.bsky.social @imb-uofsc.bsky.social
September 9, 2025 at 2:49 PM
University of South Carolina has *7* tenure-track faculty positions in Neurobiology of Language:
tinyurl.com/USC-Faculty-...
Positions in COMD, Psych, Linguistics, School of Medicine.
@snlmtg.bsky.social #SNL2025, we will have a booth.
w/@rutvikdesai.bsky.social @imb-uofsc.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/USC-Faculty-...
Positions in COMD, Psych, Linguistics, School of Medicine.
@snlmtg.bsky.social #SNL2025, we will have a booth.
w/@rutvikdesai.bsky.social @imb-uofsc.bsky.social
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UPDATE: Abstract deadline: Nov 1, 25! Invited speakers: Corrine Occhino, Dagmar Divjak, Idan Blank, Randy Allen Harris, Gary Lupyan, Laura Michaelis, Kanishka Misra !
@dagmardivjak.bsky.social @randyallenharris.bsky.social @congramqueen.bsky.social @glupyan.bsky.social @kanishka.bsky.social
@dagmardivjak.bsky.social @randyallenharris.bsky.social @congramqueen.bsky.social @glupyan.bsky.social @kanishka.bsky.social
📌 👉 The 14th International Construction Grammar conference will be held at Princeton, June 4-7, 2026
Usage-based analyses and Empirical methods
Stay tuned for updates!
Usage-based analyses and Empirical methods
Stay tuned for updates!
August 24, 2025 at 2:45 PM
UPDATE: Abstract deadline: Nov 1, 25! Invited speakers: Corrine Occhino, Dagmar Divjak, Idan Blank, Randy Allen Harris, Gary Lupyan, Laura Michaelis, Kanishka Misra !
@dagmardivjak.bsky.social @randyallenharris.bsky.social @congramqueen.bsky.social @glupyan.bsky.social @kanishka.bsky.social
@dagmardivjak.bsky.social @randyallenharris.bsky.social @congramqueen.bsky.social @glupyan.bsky.social @kanishka.bsky.social
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Stemmen op een écht Europese partij: het kan wél. Stem Volt!
September 5, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Stemmen op een écht Europese partij: het kan wél. Stem Volt!
#Escop2025 is over, ending (for me) with a great talk by Merel Muylle…
September 5, 2025 at 6:25 PM
#Escop2025 is over, ending (for me) with a great talk by Merel Muylle…
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Onderwijsraad: meertaligheid in de klas is ook goed voor de Nederlandse taalvaardigheid
Onderwijsraad: meertaligheid in de klas is ook goed voor de Nederlandse taalvaardigheid
www.volkskrant.nl
September 4, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Onderwijsraad: meertaligheid in de klas is ook goed voor de Nederlandse taalvaardigheid
Off to Sheffield for #ESCOP2025 . Hope to see many of you there!
September 2, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Off to Sheffield for #ESCOP2025 . Hope to see many of you there!
@miekeslim.bsky.social waarom denk ik bij dit bericht meteen aan jou? :-)
Normalerweise ist es ja andersherum, aber im hessischen Dieburg stand ein Mann vor Gericht, weil er eine Bulldogge ins Ohr gebissen haben soll. Verurteilt wurde er nicht. Der Hund hatte sich bereits gerächt.
Dieburg bei Darmstadt: Mann beißt Hund ins Ohr
Normalerweise ist es ja andersherum, aber im hessischen Dieburg stand ein Mann vor Gericht, weil er eine Bulldogge ins Ohr gebissen haben soll. Verurteilt wurde er nicht. Der Hund hatte sich bereits gerächt.
www.spiegel.de
August 21, 2025 at 4:02 PM
@miekeslim.bsky.social waarom denk ik bij dit bericht meteen aan jou? :-)