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Good news everyone - we made an R package! For anyone doing hierarchical model estimation you need to check out “pmwg” The package provides a Particle Metropolis within Gibbs sampler to estimate models efficiently and we have a “how to” tutorial: newcastlecl.github.io/samplerDoc/ 1/n

Two post-doc positions at the Newcastle Cognition Lab, University of Newcastle, Australia: mathpsych.org/page/news/94 Starting late 2023 or early 2024. Please contact Scott or Ami via email for further enquiries

Yikes 😳 They do make some valid points though - academia can be a fickle beast

WOW🤯 - we are thrilled to see that the University of Newcastle was listed as the top Aus institution for Cognitive Sciences in The Australian today: theaustralian.com.au/special-report… This is a huge testament to our dedicated staff and students doing amazing work in cognitive sciences!!🤩

In the next few months, there’ll probably be a change in my Twitter content, and more of a move to LinkedIn, but feel free to reach out for any questions (and reviews) that you might have. You can always DM me or email me at reilly.innes@gmail.com

If you just started out doing a masters or PhD, I recently wrote a short post about industry skills that you can easily develop and translate (reillyinnes.netlify.app/post/2022-07-1…).

In some super exciting career news - I’m moving jobs! 🎉 After a year living and working abroad, I’m moving back home (Newy) and into an industry role. It’s been a privilege to work at an institution as prestigious as UvA, and now I’m looking forward to a new challenge.

What could blue poo possibly have to do with the brain?! You can read more about an exciting new study answering just this, here: tinyurl.com/bluepoostudy If you have any questions or would be interested in participating in, please email: Alexandra.Adams@newcastle.edu.au

@anniecuskelly @hankgreen Why not just use this?

Hey @hankgreen I wanted a dumb fun sciencey quote from you for my PhD thesis. Current research (quick Google) only offers deep and profound quotes but evidence suggests (I think) there are better (dumber) options.

For virtual math psyc this year, Niek Stevenson (twitterless) and I put together this fun video! Check it out and let us know if we missed anything meme-worthy 😁 youtube.com/watch?v=3ZrMJt…

@ArgonautZhou @TGrootswagers @NewcastleCogLab I can’t go past 2AFC A few others for the mix; tEAM Bayesic instinct Tortoise and Hares Scott Browns Celtic (after former Celtic captain Scott brown) Fleetwood town (club currently managed by Scott Brown - really getting cryptic now)

@TGrootswagers @NewcastleCogLab Can't really top this one, but throwing the two-alternative football club (2AFC) in for your consideration

Our CogLab needs your help!! Are you funny, witty, and love a good cognitive psychology pun? 🧠 In the spirit of open and collaborative science 🧪, help us to name our soccer team! ⚽️ We are keen to hear your good name ideas below.

@Paulvulliamy I’m pretty sure I collected all of these in some video game

White Blood Cells in Colour

@WeAreRLadies I used an <- rather than = in a list of function arguments. Took me way too long to work out why it wasn’t working 😅

Some of the perks; - Amsterdam in summer 😍 - practical hands on experience - state of the art modelling techniques 💻 - expert international speakers - joint modelling methods - using behavioural and neural data - did I mention Amsterdam, in summer 😎

The program includes a series of lectures from experts such as Andrew Heathcote, Rafal Bogacz, Peter Dayan, Dora Matzke, Brandon Turner, Michael Nunez, Steven Miletic and Birte Forstmann

Happy to announce (to Twitter) that the Amsterdam Model Based Neuroscience summer school is back in 2022!! We’re now accepting applications; modelbasedneurosci.com Details below;