Han Zhang
@hanzhang.bsky.social
Assistant Research Scientist at the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute. Attention, Cognitive Control, Human-AI Interaction. https://hanzhang.cv/
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New tenure-track faculty position at Duke! The Neurobiology department is looking for a computational neuroscientist. Join a highly collaborative & interdisciplinary community. My time at Duke has been amazing so far & we would love the opportunity to collaborate with you! Applications due Dec 1.
Duke University, Neurobiology
Job #AJO32697, Tenure Track Assistant Professor - AI/ML Neurobiology, Neurobiology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, US
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September 16, 2026 at 3:28 PM
New tenure-track faculty position at Duke! The Neurobiology department is looking for a computational neuroscientist. Join a highly collaborative & interdisciplinary community. My time at Duke has been amazing so far & we would love the opportunity to collaborate with you! Applications due Dec 1.
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A group of 25 Fields Medalists, including myself, have made a joint declaration on Math and AI: mathandai.org . We welcome additional signatories. See also this article in the Economist announcing the declaration: www.economist.com/science-and-...
Declaration — Math and AI
Read the declaration and add your name.
mathandai.org
September 11, 2026 at 5:40 PM
A group of 25 Fields Medalists, including myself, have made a joint declaration on Math and AI: mathandai.org . We welcome additional signatories. See also this article in the Economist announcing the declaration: www.economist.com/science-and-...
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CMU is hiring an Assistant Professor in NeuroAI!
Come join our awesome NeuroAI community 🧠🤖: apply.interfolio.com/189268
Come join our awesome NeuroAI community 🧠🤖: apply.interfolio.com/189268
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September 11, 2026 at 7:18 PM
CMU is hiring an Assistant Professor in NeuroAI!
Come join our awesome NeuroAI community 🧠🤖: apply.interfolio.com/189268
Come join our awesome NeuroAI community 🧠🤖: apply.interfolio.com/189268
New preprint: Can large vision-language models show human-like goal-directed attention, without ever being trained on eye movements?
I tested two off-the-shelf VLMs on 4,887 natural scenes under search vs. free-viewing goals. 🧵
arxiv.org/abs/2609.05517
I tested two off-the-shelf VLMs on 4,887 natural scenes under search vs. free-viewing goals. 🧵
arxiv.org/abs/2609.05517
Emergent Goal-Directed Attention in Large Vision-Language Models
Human observers prioritize visual information according to task goals. Most computational models of naturalistic viewing are gaze-trained for free viewing, leaving open whether goal-directed attention...
arxiv.org
September 9, 2026 at 12:36 PM
New preprint: Can large vision-language models show human-like goal-directed attention, without ever being trained on eye movements?
I tested two off-the-shelf VLMs on 4,887 natural scenes under search vs. free-viewing goals. 🧵
arxiv.org/abs/2609.05517
I tested two off-the-shelf VLMs on 4,887 natural scenes under search vs. free-viewing goals. 🧵
arxiv.org/abs/2609.05517
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Emory Psychology is hiring in Developmental Science (open rank)!
Come join a highly collaborative and truly interdisciplinary department.
Apps due Oct. 28. apply.interfolio.com/191436
Come join a highly collaborative and truly interdisciplinary department.
Apps due Oct. 28. apply.interfolio.com/191436
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September 4, 2026 at 6:21 PM
Emory Psychology is hiring in Developmental Science (open rank)!
Come join a highly collaborative and truly interdisciplinary department.
Apps due Oct. 28. apply.interfolio.com/191436
Come join a highly collaborative and truly interdisciplinary department.
Apps due Oct. 28. apply.interfolio.com/191436
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We are searching for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position, with a research focus on developmental and/or social psychology. Please apply or forward to anyone who might be interested! facultypositions.stanford.edu/jobs/assista...
Assistant Professor, Psychology - Stanford University, California, United States
The Department of Psychology at Stanford University is seeking applicants for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position, with a research focus on developmental and/or social psychology. In addition ...
facultypositions.stanford.edu
September 3, 2026 at 3:18 AM
We are searching for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position, with a research focus on developmental and/or social psychology. Please apply or forward to anyone who might be interested! facultypositions.stanford.edu/jobs/assista...
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UC Irvine Cognitive Sciences is hiring! Focus on social cognition, broadly construed. Come be my colleague :)
I am not on the search committee but happy to talk about the campus, environment, careers, etc any time.
recruit.ap.uci.edu/JPF10411
I am not on the search committee but happy to talk about the campus, environment, careers, etc any time.
recruit.ap.uci.edu/JPF10411
Assistant Professor - Cognitive Sciences
University of California, Irvine is hiring. Apply now!
recruit.ap.uci.edu
September 3, 2026 at 12:23 AM
UC Irvine Cognitive Sciences is hiring! Focus on social cognition, broadly construed. Come be my colleague :)
I am not on the search committee but happy to talk about the campus, environment, careers, etc any time.
recruit.ap.uci.edu/JPF10411
I am not on the search committee but happy to talk about the campus, environment, careers, etc any time.
recruit.ap.uci.edu/JPF10411
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🚨 WashU is hiring! 🚨 As part of WashU’s +AI Initiative, the search includes tenure-track opportunities in Psychological & Brain Sciences for people who place AI or machine learning at the center of their research. I'm on the committee, so feel free to reach out with questions. Please repost!
Rules of Life
Recruiting interdisciplinary expertise to explore fundamental questions regarding living systems and the physical world
insideartsci.washu.edu
September 2, 2026 at 9:33 PM
🚨 WashU is hiring! 🚨 As part of WashU’s +AI Initiative, the search includes tenure-track opportunities in Psychological & Brain Sciences for people who place AI or machine learning at the center of their research. I'm on the committee, so feel free to reach out with questions. Please repost!
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The UW–Madison Department of Psychology is seeking to fill an open-rank faculty position in social psychology. If you know a great candidate, encourage them to apply! jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/assista...
Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, or 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
August 30, 2026 at 6:36 PM
The UW–Madison Department of Psychology is seeking to fill an open-rank faculty position in social psychology. If you know a great candidate, encourage them to apply! jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/assista...
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Psychological Science special issue call 📣
Ever had your research denigrated bc it's "only descriptive", "what's the mechanism though?" and "but what are the theoretical implications?"
Now has come your time to shine. Send your best descriptive work!
www.psychologicalscience.org/publications...
Ever had your research denigrated bc it's "only descriptive", "what's the mechanism though?" and "but what are the theoretical implications?"
Now has come your time to shine. Send your best descriptive work!
www.psychologicalscience.org/publications...
August 27, 2026 at 6:11 AM
Psychological Science special issue call 📣
Ever had your research denigrated bc it's "only descriptive", "what's the mechanism though?" and "but what are the theoretical implications?"
Now has come your time to shine. Send your best descriptive work!
www.psychologicalscience.org/publications...
Ever had your research denigrated bc it's "only descriptive", "what's the mechanism though?" and "but what are the theoretical implications?"
Now has come your time to shine. Send your best descriptive work!
www.psychologicalscience.org/publications...
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Playing with the P, I, and D weights in a PID controller.
P = Proportional: push in proportion to how far the ball is off
I = Integral: accumulate historical error to fix slow drift
D = Derivative: respond to how fast the error is changing, to damp it
P = Proportional: push in proportion to how far the ball is off
I = Integral: accumulate historical error to fix slow drift
D = Derivative: respond to how fast the error is changing, to damp it
August 25, 2026 at 4:03 PM
Playing with the P, I, and D weights in a PID controller.
P = Proportional: push in proportion to how far the ball is off
I = Integral: accumulate historical error to fix slow drift
D = Derivative: respond to how fast the error is changing, to damp it
P = Proportional: push in proportion to how far the ball is off
I = Integral: accumulate historical error to fix slow drift
D = Derivative: respond to how fast the error is changing, to damp it
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Are you on the #neurojob #psychjob market this fall? Come be my colleague! The Psych and Brain Sciences department @psychiowa.bsky.social is hiring TT faculty in clinical science and neuroscience, as well as clinical-track faculty. The initial review deadline is Sept 28. More info below!👇
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We have 3 current and upcoming faculty searches in our department. First, we are currently doing an open-rank Clinical-Track Faculty search. Interest in leadership (clinic director) desirable. Learn more here: psychology.uiowa.edu/about/job-op...
We have 3 current and upcoming faculty searches in our department. First, we are currently doing an open-rank Clinical-Track Faculty search. Interest in leadership (clinic director) desirable. Learn more here: psychology.uiowa.edu/about/job-op...
Job Openings
Learn more about the job opportunities available at University of Iowa in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences.
psychology.uiowa.edu
August 25, 2026 at 5:36 PM
Are you on the #neurojob #psychjob market this fall? Come be my colleague! The Psych and Brain Sciences department @psychiowa.bsky.social is hiring TT faculty in clinical science and neuroscience, as well as clinical-track faculty. The initial review deadline is Sept 28. More info below!👇
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🚨Job Search announcement 🚨
@psychillinois.bsky.social is searching for an assistant prof in cognitive neuroscience. Come join us! Pls RT 🙏
Full ad: illinois.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...
#neuroskyence #psychscisky #neuroimaging
@psychillinois.bsky.social is searching for an assistant prof in cognitive neuroscience. Come join us! Pls RT 🙏
Full ad: illinois.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...
#neuroskyence #psychscisky #neuroimaging
Assistant Professor- Psychology - College of LAS
Duties & Responsibilities
illinois.csod.com
August 24, 2026 at 2:09 PM
🚨Job Search announcement 🚨
@psychillinois.bsky.social is searching for an assistant prof in cognitive neuroscience. Come join us! Pls RT 🙏
Full ad: illinois.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...
#neuroskyence #psychscisky #neuroimaging
@psychillinois.bsky.social is searching for an assistant prof in cognitive neuroscience. Come join us! Pls RT 🙏
Full ad: illinois.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...
#neuroskyence #psychscisky #neuroimaging
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Finally, this has gone a bit under the radar, so I want to highlight it: The social, behavioral and economic sciences directorate (SBE) has simply ceased to deliver grants to many of its subareas. Any topic not specifically OK'd by the Trump administration is receiving zero new awards.
August 20, 2026 at 6:19 PM
Finally, this has gone a bit under the radar, so I want to highlight it: The social, behavioral and economic sciences directorate (SBE) has simply ceased to deliver grants to many of its subareas. Any topic not specifically OK'd by the Trump administration is receiving zero new awards.
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🚨 Job alert 🚨
Our department @vuamsterdam.bsky.social is hiring an Assistant Professor in Cognitive Neuroscience! Join our lovely community here in beautiful Amsterdam! 🧠🔥
Deadline: October 15
Apply: workingat.vu.nl/vacancies/as...
Our department @vuamsterdam.bsky.social is hiring an Assistant Professor in Cognitive Neuroscience! Join our lovely community here in beautiful Amsterdam! 🧠🔥
Deadline: October 15
Apply: workingat.vu.nl/vacancies/as...
Vacancy — Assistant Professor in Cognitive Neuroscience
Join the Department of Experimental and Applied Psychology (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam) as Assistant Professor in cognitive neuroscience.
workingat.vu.nl
August 19, 2026 at 7:42 PM
🚨 Job alert 🚨
Our department @vuamsterdam.bsky.social is hiring an Assistant Professor in Cognitive Neuroscience! Join our lovely community here in beautiful Amsterdam! 🧠🔥
Deadline: October 15
Apply: workingat.vu.nl/vacancies/as...
Our department @vuamsterdam.bsky.social is hiring an Assistant Professor in Cognitive Neuroscience! Join our lovely community here in beautiful Amsterdam! 🧠🔥
Deadline: October 15
Apply: workingat.vu.nl/vacancies/as...
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Been wanting to write this paper for a while: many experimental psychologists analyzing RTs with the ex-Gaussian in brms are doing it incorrectly. I've seen this mistake across several outlets. osf.io/preprints/ps...
OSF
osf.io
August 17, 2026 at 6:04 PM
Been wanting to write this paper for a while: many experimental psychologists analyzing RTs with the ex-Gaussian in brms are doing it incorrectly. I've seen this mistake across several outlets. osf.io/preprints/ps...
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Brown University CoPsy is hiring an Assistant Professor! Research areas: AI & cognition, collective behavior, or brain health. Starting July 2027. Apply by Sept 15: apply.interfolio.com/190677
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August 11, 2026 at 7:54 PM
Brown University CoPsy is hiring an Assistant Professor! Research areas: AI & cognition, collective behavior, or brain health. Starting July 2027. Apply by Sept 15: apply.interfolio.com/190677
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The Center for Open Science recently announced its decision to phase out OSF Projects. We want to share how those changes will affect PsyArXiv, a psychology preprint server run and maintained by SIPS volunteers but hosted on the OSF platform.
improvingpsych.org/2026/08/11/w...
improvingpsych.org/2026/08/11/w...
What Researchers Need to Know about PsyArXiv Given Upcoming Changes to OSF Projects
In just a few short days (August 15th, 2026), PsyArXiv – the community preprint server for psychology – turns 10! 🥳 Over the past decade, our community has published over 58,000 preprin…
improvingpsych.org
August 11, 2026 at 3:54 PM
The Center for Open Science recently announced its decision to phase out OSF Projects. We want to share how those changes will affect PsyArXiv, a psychology preprint server run and maintained by SIPS volunteers but hosted on the OSF platform.
improvingpsych.org/2026/08/11/w...
improvingpsych.org/2026/08/11/w...
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Yikes
“Starting November 16, 2026, no new projects or child components of existing projects can be created on OSF.
After February 19, 2027, all public and private OSF projects will become read-only.”
www.cos.io/osf-changes
“Starting November 16, 2026, no new projects or child components of existing projects can be created on OSF.
After February 19, 2027, all public and private OSF projects will become read-only.”
www.cos.io/osf-changes
OSF Changes | Center for Open Science
We are preparing substantial changes to OSF that will reduce its functionality, focus OSF on its unique strengths, and move toward an integrated model with complementary services. As part of that shif...
www.cos.io
August 11, 2026 at 12:33 PM
Yikes
“Starting November 16, 2026, no new projects or child components of existing projects can be created on OSF.
After February 19, 2027, all public and private OSF projects will become read-only.”
www.cos.io/osf-changes
“Starting November 16, 2026, no new projects or child components of existing projects can be created on OSF.
After February 19, 2027, all public and private OSF projects will become read-only.”
www.cos.io/osf-changes
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Hello world! 👋
We’re Minds, Machines, and Brains (MMB) 👤🤖🧠 a new open access journal from @mitpress.bsky.social exploring the principles of intelligence and cognition across natural and artificial minds.
Submissions open this Fall! 🔗 direct.mit.edu/mmb
We’re Minds, Machines, and Brains (MMB) 👤🤖🧠 a new open access journal from @mitpress.bsky.social exploring the principles of intelligence and cognition across natural and artificial minds.
Submissions open this Fall! 🔗 direct.mit.edu/mmb
Minds, Machines, and Brains | MIT Press
direct.mit.edu
August 2, 2026 at 4:26 PM
Hello world! 👋
We’re Minds, Machines, and Brains (MMB) 👤🤖🧠 a new open access journal from @mitpress.bsky.social exploring the principles of intelligence and cognition across natural and artificial minds.
Submissions open this Fall! 🔗 direct.mit.edu/mmb
We’re Minds, Machines, and Brains (MMB) 👤🤖🧠 a new open access journal from @mitpress.bsky.social exploring the principles of intelligence and cognition across natural and artificial minds.
Submissions open this Fall! 🔗 direct.mit.edu/mmb
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Happy to share that our paper on objective quality assessment for "precision" fMRI is now out in @cp-neuron.bsky.social
A recap of what it does, what's new since the preprint, and code you can run on your own data.
cell.com/neuron/fullt...
A recap of what it does, what's new since the preprint, and code you can run on your own data.
cell.com/neuron/fullt...
June 22, 2026 at 5:22 PM
Happy to share that our paper on objective quality assessment for "precision" fMRI is now out in @cp-neuron.bsky.social
A recap of what it does, what's new since the preprint, and code you can run on your own data.
cell.com/neuron/fullt...
A recap of what it does, what's new since the preprint, and code you can run on your own data.
cell.com/neuron/fullt...
Dedicated the past few months transforming this beast into a research-level simulator…Excited to see the cool data that will come out of it!
June 17, 2026 at 3:15 PM
Dedicated the past few months transforming this beast into a research-level simulator…Excited to see the cool data that will come out of it!
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Postdoc position available at postlab.psych.wisc.edu. Pls send cv to [email protected]
PO-STL-AB
Our interests in human memory and cognition encompass the cognitive and neural basis of working memory, attention, control, and consciousness.News Madison Symposium on Memory & Control. On 30 May 202...
postlab.psych.wisc.edu
June 12, 2026 at 7:44 PM
Postdoc position available at postlab.psych.wisc.edu. Pls send cv to [email protected]
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