Arjen Stolk
@stolkarjen.bsky.social
Cognitive neuroscientist studying how interacting minds meet. Mutual Understanding Lab
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Arjen Stolk
@stolkarjen.bsky.social
· Nov 15
🧠📄 How do you turn a complex neuroscience paper into a 3-minute story everyone can understand?
New collaboration with @interactingminds.bsky.social reveals surprising links between early childhood & overcoming stereotypes. 👇
New collaboration with @interactingminds.bsky.social reveals surprising links between early childhood & overcoming stereotypes. 👇
So impressed with the results! Louis and the team really dug into the research and came up with a clear and insightful video translation 🔬
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UCSD Cognitive Science Department is hiring an Assistant Professor incorporating novel computational approaches in the study of biological and/or artificial intelligence.
I have had the privilege of working in this department for 10 years and the intellectual environment really is unique. 1/3
I have had the privilege of working in this department for 10 years and the intellectual environment really is unique. 1/3
September 15, 2026 at 1:30 AM
UCSD Cognitive Science Department is hiring an Assistant Professor incorporating novel computational approaches in the study of biological and/or artificial intelligence.
I have had the privilege of working in this department for 10 years and the intellectual environment really is unique. 1/3
I have had the privilege of working in this department for 10 years and the intellectual environment really is unique. 1/3
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Super excited to announce our next big project: an NSF-funded collaboration with the @exploratorium.bsky.social to build museum exhibits that adapt on-the-fly to visitor interests, goals, and background knowledge! 🧑🔬🩻🔬🥼🧪🧬🤓🤖🚀
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Find award details and explore award abstracts and publications.
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August 12, 2026 at 11:29 PM
Super excited to announce our next big project: an NSF-funded collaboration with the @exploratorium.bsky.social to build museum exhibits that adapt on-the-fly to visitor interests, goals, and background knowledge! 🧑🔬🩻🔬🥼🧪🧬🤓🤖🚀
www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/...
www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/...
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I am recruiting a postdoctoral researcher and a PhD student, funded by a new ERC grant. The grant focuses on the role of the hippocampus in visual perception, using 7T fMRI (hippocampal subfields, cortical layers) and MEG+iEEG. The intended start dates for both positions are in early 2027. 🧠🟦 1/3
June 24, 2026 at 9:07 AM
I am recruiting a postdoctoral researcher and a PhD student, funded by a new ERC grant. The grant focuses on the role of the hippocampus in visual perception, using 7T fMRI (hippocampal subfields, cortical layers) and MEG+iEEG. The intended start dates for both positions are in early 2027. 🧠🟦 1/3
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How does the brain build sentences? A recent @nature.com paper combined wide-scale recordings of single neurons with natural language processing models and found that there are specific neurons that only care if a word is a noun, or if a phrase is ending 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Mapping the neuronal building blocks of human language with language models - Nature
Wide-scale recordings reveal neurons in the human brain that encode fundamental components of language such as the grammatical relationships between words, their parts of speech and the...
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June 19, 2026 at 5:29 PM
How does the brain build sentences? A recent @nature.com paper combined wide-scale recordings of single neurons with natural language processing models and found that there are specific neurons that only care if a word is a noun, or if a phrase is ending 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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I spent the past semester building interactive teaching apps with AI-assisted coding. I used my personal website to share them with my students, but that makes them hard to find for other educators.
So I built Galvoro — galvoro.app
So I built Galvoro — galvoro.app
May 16, 2026 at 3:58 AM
I spent the past semester building interactive teaching apps with AI-assisted coding. I used my personal website to share them with my students, but that makes them hard to find for other educators.
So I built Galvoro — galvoro.app
So I built Galvoro — galvoro.app
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Two postdoc opportunities @yale.edu in human neurophysiology.
One position in my lab @wutsaiyale.bsky.social focusing on human cognitive neurophysiology.
Details at helfrich-lab.com/news/
Plus a possible collab with anesthesiology 👇
#NeuroTwitter #NeuroJobs #neuroskyence #EEG
Please share.
One position in my lab @wutsaiyale.bsky.social focusing on human cognitive neurophysiology.
Details at helfrich-lab.com/news/
Plus a possible collab with anesthesiology 👇
#NeuroTwitter #NeuroJobs #neuroskyence #EEG
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April 28, 2026 at 5:51 PM
Two postdoc opportunities @yale.edu in human neurophysiology.
One position in my lab @wutsaiyale.bsky.social focusing on human cognitive neurophysiology.
Details at helfrich-lab.com/news/
Plus a possible collab with anesthesiology 👇
#NeuroTwitter #NeuroJobs #neuroskyence #EEG
Please share.
One position in my lab @wutsaiyale.bsky.social focusing on human cognitive neurophysiology.
Details at helfrich-lab.com/news/
Plus a possible collab with anesthesiology 👇
#NeuroTwitter #NeuroJobs #neuroskyence #EEG
Please share.
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I always assumed that brain function had to line up with cytoarchitectonics.
It turns out I was wrong.
Human cortex, especially PFC, is tiled by chains of functional patches that subdivide and interlink architectonic areas into parallel processing streams.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
It turns out I was wrong.
Human cortex, especially PFC, is tiled by chains of functional patches that subdivide and interlink architectonic areas into parallel processing streams.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
April 22, 2026 at 9:37 PM
I always assumed that brain function had to line up with cytoarchitectonics.
It turns out I was wrong.
Human cortex, especially PFC, is tiled by chains of functional patches that subdivide and interlink architectonic areas into parallel processing streams.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
It turns out I was wrong.
Human cortex, especially PFC, is tiled by chains of functional patches that subdivide and interlink architectonic areas into parallel processing streams.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Excited to share my first-author paper now out in @natcomms.nature.com (www.nature.com/articles/s41...)! Here, we asked whether verbal narratives about social interactions activate the same brain areas as audiovisual presentations, and whether they overlap with theory of mind (ToM). (1/11)
Common and distinct neural correlates of social interaction processing and theory of mind in narratives - Nature Communications
Miao et al. find that recognizing social interactions in third-person narratives engages canonical brain areas subserving theory of mind. Using theory of mind recruits additional areas linked to action understanding.
www.nature.com
April 9, 2026 at 7:52 PM
Excited to share my first-author paper now out in @natcomms.nature.com (www.nature.com/articles/s41...)! Here, we asked whether verbal narratives about social interactions activate the same brain areas as audiovisual presentations, and whether they overlap with theory of mind (ToM). (1/11)
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We operationalize Double Empathy Problem distinguishing global autistic-trait differences from local interpersonal adjustment. Our findings suggest continuous accommodation of mental states during interaction as a mechanism through which individual differences shape communication outcomes.
Interpersonal Adjustment as An Account for Communication Challenges Among Individuals with High and Low Autistic Traits: https://osf.io/dmb4g
March 22, 2026 at 6:37 PM
We operationalize Double Empathy Problem distinguishing global autistic-trait differences from local interpersonal adjustment. Our findings suggest continuous accommodation of mental states during interaction as a mechanism through which individual differences shape communication outcomes.
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.@dartmouthpbs.bsky.social professor @stolkarjen.bsky.social's latest research highlights why individualized communication approaches are crucial, with insights that could improve understanding of autism.
Meeting People as Individuals, Not Assumptions
Why communication depends on updating our assumptions about others.
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February 5, 2026 at 8:10 PM
.@dartmouthpbs.bsky.social professor @stolkarjen.bsky.social's latest research highlights why individualized communication approaches are crucial, with insights that could improve understanding of autism.
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Imagination in bonobos!
I am thrilled to share a new paper w/ Amalia Bastos, out now in @science.org
We provide the first experimental evidence that a nonhuman animal can follow along a pretend scenario & track imaginary objects. Work w/ Kanzi, the bonobo, at Ape Initiative
youtu.be/NUSHcQQz2Ko
I am thrilled to share a new paper w/ Amalia Bastos, out now in @science.org
We provide the first experimental evidence that a nonhuman animal can follow along a pretend scenario & track imaginary objects. Work w/ Kanzi, the bonobo, at Ape Initiative
youtu.be/NUSHcQQz2Ko
Apes Share Human Ability to Imagine
YouTube video by Johns Hopkins University
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February 5, 2026 at 7:18 PM
Imagination in bonobos!
I am thrilled to share a new paper w/ Amalia Bastos, out now in @science.org
We provide the first experimental evidence that a nonhuman animal can follow along a pretend scenario & track imaginary objects. Work w/ Kanzi, the bonobo, at Ape Initiative
youtu.be/NUSHcQQz2Ko
I am thrilled to share a new paper w/ Amalia Bastos, out now in @science.org
We provide the first experimental evidence that a nonhuman animal can follow along a pretend scenario & track imaginary objects. Work w/ Kanzi, the bonobo, at Ape Initiative
youtu.be/NUSHcQQz2Ko
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Congrats to @dartmouthpbs.bsky.social professor Tor Wager, who received the Atkinson Prize in Psychological and Cognitive Sciences from @nasonline.org. The prize recognizes Wager's pioneering research on the mind-body connection and innovative neuroimaging approaches. https://bit.ly/4k0glSM
January 26, 2026 at 9:45 PM
Congrats to @dartmouthpbs.bsky.social professor Tor Wager, who received the Atkinson Prize in Psychological and Cognitive Sciences from @nasonline.org. The prize recognizes Wager's pioneering research on the mind-body connection and innovative neuroimaging approaches. https://bit.ly/4k0glSM
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NEW we are hiring 2-3 Postdocs in Social & Decision Neuroscience (SDN) at Caltech. The posting is here www.hss.caltech.edu/about/job-op...
Applications are due 15 February 2026.
Our core group in SDN is RAdolphs, me, DMobbs, JO'Doherty, and ARangel. Our track record of postdoc success is strong
Applications are due 15 February 2026.
Our core group in SDN is RAdolphs, me, DMobbs, JO'Doherty, and ARangel. Our track record of postdoc success is strong
Chen Center Postdoctoral Scholar Research Associate in Social & Decision Neuroscience
From the Caltech Division of Humanities and Social Sciences
www.hss.caltech.edu
January 7, 2026 at 2:44 AM
NEW we are hiring 2-3 Postdocs in Social & Decision Neuroscience (SDN) at Caltech. The posting is here www.hss.caltech.edu/about/job-op...
Applications are due 15 February 2026.
Our core group in SDN is RAdolphs, me, DMobbs, JO'Doherty, and ARangel. Our track record of postdoc success is strong
Applications are due 15 February 2026.
Our core group in SDN is RAdolphs, me, DMobbs, JO'Doherty, and ARangel. Our track record of postdoc success is strong
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CogSci in Aarhus is hiring, open rank (assi, asso or full prof).
We want somebody working on and teaching computational modelling of cognitive processes and/or social processes. Students are amazing, work/life balance very satisfactory, and colleagues are nice!
international.au.dk/about/profil...
We want somebody working on and teaching computational modelling of cognitive processes and/or social processes. Students are amazing, work/life balance very satisfactory, and colleagues are nice!
international.au.dk/about/profil...
Assistant Professor, Associate Professor or Full Professor of Cognitive Science - Vacancy at Aarhus University
Vacancy at School of Communication and Culture - Linguistics, Cognitive Science and Semiotics, Dept. of, Aarhus University
international.au.dk
November 26, 2025 at 11:38 AM
CogSci in Aarhus is hiring, open rank (assi, asso or full prof).
We want somebody working on and teaching computational modelling of cognitive processes and/or social processes. Students are amazing, work/life balance very satisfactory, and colleagues are nice!
international.au.dk/about/profil...
We want somebody working on and teaching computational modelling of cognitive processes and/or social processes. Students are amazing, work/life balance very satisfactory, and colleagues are nice!
international.au.dk/about/profil...
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Ready to start thinking about summer? ☀️
Issues in Philosophy of Memory 5 is headed to Purdue
June 10-12, 2026
Keynote lineup is 🔥🔥🔥. Come join us!
Call for papers is live. 750 word abstracts, on any philosophical topic related to memory. Submit by Dec 20th!
Issues in Philosophy of Memory 5 is headed to Purdue
June 10-12, 2026
Keynote lineup is 🔥🔥🔥. Come join us!
Call for papers is live. 750 word abstracts, on any philosophical topic related to memory. Submit by Dec 20th!
November 19, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Ready to start thinking about summer? ☀️
Issues in Philosophy of Memory 5 is headed to Purdue
June 10-12, 2026
Keynote lineup is 🔥🔥🔥. Come join us!
Call for papers is live. 750 word abstracts, on any philosophical topic related to memory. Submit by Dec 20th!
Issues in Philosophy of Memory 5 is headed to Purdue
June 10-12, 2026
Keynote lineup is 🔥🔥🔥. Come join us!
Call for papers is live. 750 word abstracts, on any philosophical topic related to memory. Submit by Dec 20th!
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Fully funded #PhDposition in Comparative Cultural Psychology @mpi-eva-leipzig.bsky.social.
We will use touchscreen experiments & eyetracking to study mental simulations in nonhuman apes & human children across different cultures.
All info here: www.eva.mpg.de/career/posit...
Please share / apply!🙏
We will use touchscreen experiments & eyetracking to study mental simulations in nonhuman apes & human children across different cultures.
All info here: www.eva.mpg.de/career/posit...
Please share / apply!🙏
Positions available - Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
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November 13, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Fully funded #PhDposition in Comparative Cultural Psychology @mpi-eva-leipzig.bsky.social.
We will use touchscreen experiments & eyetracking to study mental simulations in nonhuman apes & human children across different cultures.
All info here: www.eva.mpg.de/career/posit...
Please share / apply!🙏
We will use touchscreen experiments & eyetracking to study mental simulations in nonhuman apes & human children across different cultures.
All info here: www.eva.mpg.de/career/posit...
Please share / apply!🙏
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How mood states shift in the brain remains one of psychiatry’s biggest mysteries.
With generous support from @bipolardiscoveries.org, our @sinaibrain.bsky.social team will apply cutting-edge techniques to map these transitions—aiming to build the most precise understanding of bipolar disorder yet.
With generous support from @bipolardiscoveries.org, our @sinaibrain.bsky.social team will apply cutting-edge techniques to map these transitions—aiming to build the most precise understanding of bipolar disorder yet.
PRESS RELEASE! @mountsinainyc.bsky.social receives $4.5 million @bipolardiscoveries.org grant! Led by @ignaciosaezphd.bsky.social, team will investigate neural mechanisms underlying #BipolarDisorder & pioneer novel neuromodulation-based treatment strategies 👉 www.mountsinai.org/about/newsro...
October 28, 2025 at 4:12 PM
How mood states shift in the brain remains one of psychiatry’s biggest mysteries.
With generous support from @bipolardiscoveries.org, our @sinaibrain.bsky.social team will apply cutting-edge techniques to map these transitions—aiming to build the most precise understanding of bipolar disorder yet.
With generous support from @bipolardiscoveries.org, our @sinaibrain.bsky.social team will apply cutting-edge techniques to map these transitions—aiming to build the most precise understanding of bipolar disorder yet.
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Columbia Psych is hiring *two* junior faculty in Cognitive Science/Neuroscience this year! If you work on cognition (broadly defined), submit your application materials as soon as possible (review starts Nov 1). If you have questions you can reach out to me by email! apply.interfolio.com/175428
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October 23, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Columbia Psych is hiring *two* junior faculty in Cognitive Science/Neuroscience this year! If you work on cognition (broadly defined), submit your application materials as soon as possible (review starts Nov 1). If you have questions you can reach out to me by email! apply.interfolio.com/175428
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Our next MTS Guest Speaker is @stolkarjen.bsky.social, Assistant Professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences at Dartmouth! Join us Monday (10/13) for "Building a Shared Conceptual Space" - examining the extreme flexibility of selecting and interpreting signals. Details in the flyer!
October 9, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Our next MTS Guest Speaker is @stolkarjen.bsky.social, Assistant Professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences at Dartmouth! Join us Monday (10/13) for "Building a Shared Conceptual Space" - examining the extreme flexibility of selecting and interpreting signals. Details in the flyer!
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We are hiring at Emory Psychology in Developmental!
Come join a wonderful department in a great city ☀️
apply.interfolio.com/173594
Come join a wonderful department in a great city ☀️
apply.interfolio.com/173594
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October 7, 2025 at 6:50 PM
We are hiring at Emory Psychology in Developmental!
Come join a wonderful department in a great city ☀️
apply.interfolio.com/173594
Come join a wonderful department in a great city ☀️
apply.interfolio.com/173594
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Randolph is fantastic, and this will be an incredible opportunity to work on cutting edge science! Definitely consider applying
New position, new social media account. After 5 fantastic years in Tuebingen, I moved to @yale.edu and the @wutsaiyale.bsky.social this summer - which means that I’ll be recruiting PhD students and postdocs. Please help me to spread the word and see current opportunities below 👇
October 6, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Randolph is fantastic, and this will be an incredible opportunity to work on cutting edge science! Definitely consider applying
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I'm recruiting grad students!! 🎓
The CoDec Lab @ NYU (codec-lab.github.io) is looking for PhD students (Fall 2026) interested in computational approaches to social cognition & problem solving 🧠
Applications through Psych (tinyurl.com/nyucp) are due Dec 1. Reach out with Qs & please repost! 🙏
The CoDec Lab @ NYU (codec-lab.github.io) is looking for PhD students (Fall 2026) interested in computational approaches to social cognition & problem solving 🧠
Applications through Psych (tinyurl.com/nyucp) are due Dec 1. Reach out with Qs & please repost! 🙏
codec lab
codec-lab.github.io
October 6, 2025 at 2:26 PM
I'm recruiting grad students!! 🎓
The CoDec Lab @ NYU (codec-lab.github.io) is looking for PhD students (Fall 2026) interested in computational approaches to social cognition & problem solving 🧠
Applications through Psych (tinyurl.com/nyucp) are due Dec 1. Reach out with Qs & please repost! 🙏
The CoDec Lab @ NYU (codec-lab.github.io) is looking for PhD students (Fall 2026) interested in computational approaches to social cognition & problem solving 🧠
Applications through Psych (tinyurl.com/nyucp) are due Dec 1. Reach out with Qs & please repost! 🙏
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🐘 Do elephants know when we're looking at them?
A new study shows that Asian elephants can recognise human visual attention by reading both body and face orientation.
🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#SciComm #AnimalBehaviour 🧪
A new study shows that Asian elephants can recognise human visual attention by reading both body and face orientation.
🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#SciComm #AnimalBehaviour 🧪
Asian elephants (Elephas maximus) recognise human visual attention from body and face orientation - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Asian elephants (Elephas maximus) recognise human visual attention from body and face orientation
www.nature.com
October 3, 2025 at 6:43 AM
🐘 Do elephants know when we're looking at them?
A new study shows that Asian elephants can recognise human visual attention by reading both body and face orientation.
🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#SciComm #AnimalBehaviour 🧪
A new study shows that Asian elephants can recognise human visual attention by reading both body and face orientation.
🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#SciComm #AnimalBehaviour 🧪