Asst. Prof. at @SabanciU & PI of @_AlViN_lab. MSc @cimec_unitrento ,Ph.D. @KU_Leuven, Visiting Scholar @Stanford & @YorkUPsyc
İstanbul, Türkiye
Joined April 2023
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Looking for a PhD program where you can study computational neuroscience? NYU has a fantastic array of researchers covering the field, and we'd love to consider your application:
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Read our latest #perspective on spatiotemporal routines in perception and cognition, published in @NatRevPsych 👉rdcu.be/fgYWU, with @arni_kr, thanks to @snsf_ch @_TheSense_ @unil @CHUVLausanne @Brainmind_EPFL
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Applications are now OPEN for 13 #PhD fellowships in the Doctoral Programme in Cognitive and Brain Sciences at CIMeC, University of Trento, Italy!
Research fields: brain, neuroscience, cognition, language, neuroimaging, vision and more.
Apply by May 7
🔗 phd.unitn.it/drcimec/
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It’s not too late to apply for the PhD position in my lab! Please send your documents (cover letter, CV, transcripts, names of references) through the official application platform by Nov 25!
Please RT! I am looking for a PhD candidate in the area of Computational Cognitive Neuroscience to start in early 2026.
The position is funded as part of the Excellence Cluster "The Adaptive Mind" at @jlugiessen.
Please apply here until Nov 25:
uni-giessen.de/de/ueber-uns/…
ALT View from the office window onto Giessen and surrounding villages.
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We are deeply saddened to share that Dr. Paul Ekman has passed away. His groundbreaking research transformed our understanding of emotion, facial expression, deception and compassion. We are creating a memorial page if you would like to share a reflection: ow.ly/vvX650XtSyi
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I'm recruiting PhD students to join my new lab in Fall 2026! The Shared Minds Lab at @USC will combine deep learning and ecological human neuroscience to better understand how we communicate our thoughts from one brain to another.
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Drawing on methods from psychophysics across ten experiments, Boger and Firestone examine the cognitive and computational foundations of style perception. Their findings suggest that this capacity is grounded in known psychological processes
nature.com/articles/s41562-0…
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What you see when you look at this image depends on the culture you grew up in. The question is: Are you shocked to hear that people see rectangles or circles? That and more of the best from @ScienceMagazine and science in this edition of #ScienceAdviser: science.org/content/article/…
ALT These lines either make rectangles or circles to you. Anthony Norcia/Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute
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Apply or retweet! :-)
🧠 Investigate memory, attention, and hippocampal mapping using intracranial #EEG 👉 1 fully funded PhD position at @cimec_unitrento!
Supervisor: Roberto Bottini
📌 Apply by June 5, 2025
🔗 phd.unitn.it/drcimec
#Neuroscience @BottiniRob
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This video shows how lighting angle, intensity and hue variations can change literally everything.
[📹 Nacho Guzman]
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Fakülte Öğretim Üyemiz Nihan Alp, bilişsel sinir bilimi alanındaki psikofizik ve EEG çalışmalarından bahsediyor. 🎤
youtu.be/tY8hg50d_-I?si=LPjT…
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Finally, a tattoo your mom might approve of. @SciTechDaily1 has a look at new mind-reading tattoos. This ultra-thin wearable tech can monitor #brainwaves in real time. Learn more about this fusion of ink and innovation now at: bit.ly/3BcR46c #brain #neurotech
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Contrary to expectations, some of the first neurons lost in Alzheimer's are inhibitory neurons. The most detailed picture of #Alzheimers yet is thanks to the gifts of 84 brain donors and research by @AllenInstitute, @KPWaResearch, @UWMedicine, and more.
kpwashingtonresearch.org/new…
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Sabancı Üniversitesi Kurumsallaşma ve Toplumsal Katkı Süreçlerinden Sorumlu Rektör Yardımcısı, İstanbul Politikalar Merkezi Direktörü ve Uluslararası İlişkiler Profesörü Fuat Keyman'ı kaybetmiş olmanın derin üzüntüsünü yaşıyoruz.
Kendisine Allah'tan rahmet; tüm yakınları, sevenleri ve öğrencilerine baş sağlığı diliyoruz.
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hooray, the "Bayesian Models of Cognition" book is out, for all your Bayesian models of cognition needs :)
(I contributed to 3 chapters in the book -- development, intuitive physics, theory of mind -- that can be read on the ol' website)
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PhD position openings in my group! Check out topics and how to apply below. At the moment, I'm particularly interested in the topic of modularity in both biological and artificial networks, and how it can be used to scale up intelligent processes.
neural-reckoning.org/opening…
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“You dream of having a good career but this is over and on top of that. It’s a great surprise and honour.”
Daron Acemoglu (@DAcemogluMIT) reacting to the news of his prize in economic sciences today. Congratulations to our new laureate!
#NobelPrize
ALT Illustration of Nobel Prize laureate Daron Acemoglu.
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Are you interested in perception, culture, & big-data analysis? Join my new lab at Cornell: COCOCO: COrnell COmputational COgnition! Multiple PhD & Postdoc opportunities available: norijacoby.com/cococo.html. Please retweet & spread the word! @CO3lab 1/6
