My lab at USC is recruiting!
1) research coordinator: perfect for a recent graduate looking for research experience before applying to PhD programs: usccareers.usc.edu REQ20167829
2) PhD students: see FAQs on lab website dornsife.usc.edu/hklab/faq/
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MIT Mentor: @Nancy_Kanwisher (center) has guided more than 70 PhD students + postdocs during her career, including @ev_fedorenko (left), @JoshHMcDermott (center) + @Rebecca_Saxe (right), who are now her colleagues at the McGovern Institute.
Learn more: indd.adobe.com/view/dce9d2fc…
ALT Four researchers smiling in a group. Two women have their hands resting on the shoulders of the woman in the center. Photo credit: Steph Stevens
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Accepting the first of two 2025 Troland Research Awards is Evelina Fedorenko of @mitbrainandcog, for groundbreaking contributions and insights into the language network in the human brain. 🧠 #NASaward #NAS162
Watch now: ow.ly/R6gP50VIsih
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We’re pleased to announce the 2025 NAS Awards recipients! These 20 individuals are honored for their extraordinary scientific achievements in a wide range of fields spanning the physical, biological, and medical sciences. nasonline.org/news/2025-nas-… #NASaward #Science #Awards
When you see this image, does it make you wonder what that baby is thinking. Do you think the baby is merely perceiving a set of shapes or do you think that the baby is also inferring meaning from the face they are looking at? 1/5
ALT A baby on a person's chest smiling and looking at the person's face.
In our recent review, @rebecca_saxe & I bring together fMRI & fNIRS findings from the last decade to argue that babies not only perceive faces but that they also attribute meaning to those faces. It’s a short read & we’d love to hear your thoughts. 4/5 doi.org/10.1177/096372142513…
And if you have an extra minute, read the story @rebecca_saxe wrote about making a modern Mother and Child image in an MRI machine. 5/5 smithsonianmag.com/science-n…
ALT MRI image of an adult kissing a baby's head.
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Reminder that the post SPSP retreat for Black social and personality psychologists is back on! Take a couple minutes to apply. Current deadline 12/27
Please apply here: forms.gle/y4DfBhJhqoXJRtKT7
@Ivuoma, @Sakiera, and I are excited to welcome applications to the Black Social & Personality Psychologists' Retreat!
BlaSPR is a 3-day retreat (Feb 23-25) following SPSP for Black PhD students and postdocs to connect & share resources. Apps due Dec 27. forms.gle/y4DfBhJhqoXJRtKT7
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“To our delight, the trusty little blob showed up in exactly the same place every time.” - @Nancy_Kanwisher on finding a region of the brain that responds only to faces.
nature.com/articles/d42473-0…
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🚀At @NeurIPSConf tomorrow? Don't miss @nikolasmcneal and @MainakDeb19 's poster at the @unireps workshop on the adversarial sensitivity of vision encoding models of fMRI responses! A brief teaser about what they find.
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Are you an undergrad #STEM major looking for a life changing summer research experience? Check out #MSRPBio at: biology.mit.edu/program-deta… @MITBiology @SACNAS @ABRCMS @WhiteheadInst @mitbrainandcog @NIGMSTraining
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Within-individual organization of the human cognitive cerebellum: Evidence for closely juxtaposed, functionally specialized regions | Science Advances science.org/doi/10.1126/scia…
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We have set up a new fund @MIT @MediaLab: The ByWithFor Fund. This is to receive tax-deductible gifts to support research innovating better mental health and wellbeing by, with, and for neurodiverse and at-risk individuals. One such group is youth in the child welfare system or at risk of entering it. We actively involve "lived experts" in shaping our research and future technology developments and this funding helps pay for their time. Please feel free to share this opportunity with people in your network: giving.mit.edu/search/node/3…
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My colleague Idan Blank (not on X these days) asked me to spread the word about the ***2025 LSA Summer Institute*** :) He's teaching "Language and Thought" and "Language in Intelligent Machines".
Reg opens later but you can check out the courses now center.uoregon.edu/LSA/2025/
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My lab in Washington DC 🌸 is hiring! We are seeking a post-bacc RA to assist on NSF/foundation-funded projects in infant cognitive neuroscience 👶🧠
Learn more: american.wd1.myworkdayjobs.c…
Interested? Apply with a CV & cover letter listing 2-3 references. Join the team! 📝
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ALT a person holding an EEG net in our lab space
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I'm thrilled to announce Harvard's annual Prospective PhD and RA Event in Psychology (PPREP)! A two-day informational and mentoring event. See details:
psychology.fas.harvard.edu/p…
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Have you faced unusual adversity, or do you come from a non-traditional academic background? The Student-run BCS Application Assistance Program offers free advice on grad school applications in one-on-one and group settings. Sign up by November 20: mitbcsaap.notion.site/eebb59…
