Join us next week for our free virtual ACNS webinar presented by @clairegillan.bsky.social.
Prof. Gillan will explore emerging research on the role of habits in compulsive disorders, challenging traditional models centred on cognitive control.
📅 Thurs, 18 June 16:00 AEST
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FIVE academic jobs currently open in the School of Psychology at UNSW Sydney, across a variety of areas; see links below. Please come and join us! It's an outstanding department with excellent people.
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📢Abstract submissions and registrations are open for
#NeuroAlliance2026!
📅 Submissions close Wednesday 22 July 2026, 23:59 AEST.
Submit your abstract for consideration as an oral, datablitz, or poster presentation. neuroalliance26.eventsair.site
"If I think back 10, 20 years ago, [scientists] would never talk about funding. They're really just there to tell everyone about their work. Now, almost every single person comes in, brings up the issue of how bad the funding situation is. It is palpable." #science #auspol #WomeninSTEM
📢Early Career Researcher opportunities incoming!
We’ve found some PhD opportunities, and research assistant, research fellow, and lecturer positions across Australia that you might be interested in! Take a look at the replies to this post for details.
#NeuroAlliance2026 is coming 🧠
🏆Pitch Event: pitch your science, find your next collaborator (Sun 29 Nov)
🍹Social Night: unwind, connect, make friends across the field (Mon 30 Nov)
🍳Mentoring Breakfast: real advice on the stuff that matters (Tues 1 Dec)
Spots limited. Don't miss out. Register here
This is one of the most exciting pieces of science I have had the privilege to be involved in, led by @rui-xu.bsky.social, Bob Desimone, and Mark Richardson: the discovery of actual long-range monosynaptic connections in the human brain! For example the FFA connects to the rTPJ, how cool is that?
I'm proud to say we are releasing LAION-fMRI, a densely sampled 7T fMRI dataset of natural images, with very broad stimulus sampling for testing countless hypotheses and for deeply exploring brain representations. The dataset is now available at
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What does LAION-fMRI offer? 🧵
✅Funded PhD studentship in computational modelling of supra-modal evidence accumulation/decision-making!
⏰ Closing date: 1st July 2026!
➡️ More information: shorturl.at/FsTQ0
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A Lecturer (Level B) / Senior Lecturer (Level C) is expected to carry out activities to develop their scholarly research and professional activities both nationally and internationally and to contribu...
Australia lags behind most OECD countries when it comes to percentage of GDP spent on scientific research. Belinda Smith speaks to scientists impacted with a response from science minister Tim Ayres.
The squares may appear to shift vertically or horizontally, but they are actually stationary and perfectly aligned in either vertical or horizontal positions.
References
Flynn, O. F. & Shapiro, A. G. (2018). i-Perception, 9(6), 1–6.
