The 3-year position is embedded in the ERC-funded project OutOfSpace (PI: Luca Rinaldi), which investigates how human knowledge emerges from the interaction between spatial, perceptual and linguistic representations.

Application deadline: 15 June 2026

​One full-time postdoctoral researcher with a background in computational neuroscience, machine learning, or a related field will be hired for a three-year period. The researcher will work under the direct supervision of the Principal Investigator and will play a leading role in developing and implementing machine learning models for the decoding of bilingual speech and neural data.

Adélaïde de Heering is hiring a graduate student on the Acquisition and Learning of Infant Conscious Experience (ALICE). This project will investigate how consciousness emerges and develops in the infant brain using electrophysiological markers. Applicants are currently enrolled in, or hold, a master’s degree or equivalent in a relevant field. 

A three-year programme entirely taught in English, 10 fully funded positions (scholarships included). Open to applicants of all nationalities. Strong methodological and statistical training. In-person attendance in Padova required. Psychology in Padova ranked first in Italy and top 50 worldwide in the QS World University Ranking by Subject 2026. Scholars and faculty with recognized expertise in the diverse domains of psychological sciences.

The (Un)Adaptive Mind Lab is recruiting a highly motivated and creative PhD candidate with experience in computational modelling. This position is part of the ERC Starting Grant ‘WiseSeek’, which aims to uncover the unknown dynamics of maladaptive digital information consumption.

We are looking for a motivated PhD candidate to conduct research in the field of cognitive control, multitasking and aging, under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Eva Van den Bussche (Brain & Cognition, KU Leuven) and Dr. Gethin Hughes (Department of Psychology, University of Essex). 

The Basque Center on Cognition Brain and Language is looking for a postdoctoral researcher to join its team.

We are looking for a PhD student to join our team starting July 1st, 2026. The successful applicant will work with Prof. Klaus Oberauer on a project funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation entitled “Modeling Visual Working Memory”. The project's goal is to understand how visual working memory works through behavioral experiments and computational modeling. 

At the earliest possible date, we are looking to support our team: a research assistant with a focus on research - cognitive psychology (75 %) in the project “Cognitive mechanisms of practice-related improvements in dual-task performance: Task automatization and the dual-task practice advantage” funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG). The project is led by Prof. Dr. Tilo Strobach. The project is limited to 36 months.

The Statistics in Psychology Team at the University of Lausanne (Switzerland) is looking for a highly motivated PhD candidate. The post involves research and teaching-related tasks. The team studies the cognitive processes underlying the production, comprehension, and learning of language, their links with other cognitive functions and their evolution across the life span. 

This project will be led by Dr. Tanja Roembke. The Co-Pi will be Prof. Dr. Iring Koch. The project title is “Bilingual flexibility: The impact of dispositional and situational language balance on bilinguals' word learning of a third language”. The goal of the project is to better understand the cognitive mechanisms underlying bilinguals' ability to learn flexibly via their first or their second language. 

Applications are invited for a postdoctoral research position in Geneva (Switzerland), with flexible start date between May and September 2026 (90%, up to 2.5 years). The successful applicant will work with Prof. Dr. Evie Vergauwe (University of Geneva, Switzerland) and Prof. Dr. Jarrod Lewis-Peacock (University of Texas at Austin, USA) on a research project funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation. 

The Department of Psychology at the University of Trier invites applications for a full-time Academic Councillor position (A13, probationary or tenured) in the Division of Cognitive Psychology starting on the 1st of July 2026 or as soon as possible thereafter.

One full-time predoctoral researcher with a background in computational neuroscience will be hired for a four-year period. The researcher will work under the direct supervision of the Principal Investigator and will play a key role in implementing and adapting machine learning models for the decoding of bilingual speech and neural data.

The position is embedded in the DFG funded Research Unit “Bilingual Flexibility — The Psychology of Language Control” at RWTH Aachen University and is hosted by the lab Biological Psychology and Social Psychology (Prof. Dr. Anna K. Kuhlen).

The successful applicant will work with the head of the Cognitive Psychology Unit, Klaus Oberauer, and the Cognitive Psychology team. The post involves research and teaching (one course per semester). Our research focuses on capacity limits of cognition, in particular working memory, long-term memory, and attention, which we investigate with experimental and individual-differences studies and computational modeling

The Basque Center on Cognition Brain and Language (BCBL) in San Sebastian (Basque Country, Spain) is looking for a Research Assistant to join its team.

The Basque Center on Cognition Brain and Language (BCBL) in San Sebastian (Basque Country, Spain) is looking for a Postdoctoral Researcher to join its team.

Prof. Ayelet Landau's Brain Attention and Time Lab (www.landaulab.com) is recruiting postdocs and PhD students for an exciting project on modeling memorability and time perception in the visual system. The project is an international collaboration with computational and cognitive neuroscientists. 

The Visual Attention Lab of Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) is looking for a Postdoctoral Fellow. BWH is one of the Harvard hospitals and the postdoc will have a Harvard Medical School affiliation and a hospital affiliation. Jeremy Wolfe is the lab director. 

The Department of Psychology at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU), Israel, announces an open call for tenure-track appointments (open rank; per qualifications and experience) in developmental psychology, social psychology, and cognitive psychology/cognitive neuroscience. The appointments are subject to budgetary and professional approvals. Applications will continue to be accepted until the positions are filled. The starting date is negotiable.

The Marketing Group at the Faculty of Business and Economics, University of Basel, invites applications for a postdoctoral position with Prof. C. Miguel Brendl. This position offers a choice among two projects: “Synthetic Data for Theory-Driven Behavioral Research” and “Understanding and Countering Misinformation”. It is new and complements another postdoctoral position recently advertised in our group

The Danish School of Education (DPU) at the Faculty of Arts, Aarhus University, Copenhagen, invites applications for a fixed-term, two-year postdoctoral position associated with the AUFF-funded research project SENSE: Sensory Education in Children with Multiple Impairments.

The project “Bilingual Flexibility: The Neurocognitive Basis of Language Control and Adaptation” (PI: Prof. Stefan Heim, University Hospital Aachen; Co-PI: Prof. Iring Koch, Institute of Psychology, RWTH Aachen University) investigates the neurocognitive mechanisms of short-term, reactive, and medium-term, proactive, language control and adaptation processes. 

The Signal Processing in Neuroimaging research group at the Basque Centre on Cognition, Brain, and Language invites applications for a fully funded three-year PhD position. The position is supported by the Agencia Estatal de Investigación, Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades.

The Biological & Social Psychology group (Prof. Dr. Anna K. Kuhlen) at RWTH Aachen University invites applications for research positions within the DFG Research Unit “Bilingual Flexibility — The Psychology of Language Control”: one 4 year Postdoc (full time) and two 4 year PhD positions (75% or full time).

We are searching for a cognitive psychologist who enjoys teaching and has a track record of research. Applicants should have a PhD or equivalent in cognitive psychology, cognitive neuroscience, or related fields. Established in 1919, AUC is one of the oldest U.S.-accredited universities worldwide. The University provides a collegial environment with faculty mentoring; generous grant support for conference travel and research; bright and engaged students; and a beautiful, state-of-the-art campus on the outskirts of Cairo.

We welcome applications from early-career scholars for a tenure-track assistant professor position in Psychology. Candidates should demonstrate strong potential for developing an independent research program.  We also welcome applications from established scholars (Associate or Full Professor), who have a demonstrated record of excellence in research and leadership in the field. 

We are offering a 3-year postdoctoral research fellow post in association with an ESRC grant investigating skilled reading in Arabic. The project involves a computational component, a megastudy, and a set of eye-tracking experiments.  The fellow will be based in Prof Kathy Rastle's lab at Royal Holloway, University of London, but will be engaging frequently with co-investigators Prof Denis Drieghe (Southampton) and Dr Sami Boudelaa (UAE). Join us!

The Basque Center on Cognition Brain and Language (San Sebastián, Basque Country, Spain) is offering funded 5 PhD positions to work on various projects: Phd Candidate Position - Fpi Plan Nacional - Thalamocortical Networks; Phd Candidate Position - Fpi Plan Nacional - Tempread; Phd Candidate Position - Fpi Plan Nacional - Brainvoice; Phd Candidate Position - Fpi Plan Nacional - Can-Listen; Phd Candidate Position - Fpi Plan Nacional - Bridge 2025.

Fully-funded PhD position at the Institut d’Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS) in Barcelona, in the group of Dr Mariana Babo-Rebelo. We'll be investigating the role of bodily signals in autobiographical memory, using virtual reality, EEG, fMRI and TMS, in healthy volunteers and patient populations.

The Attention & Social Cognition Lab at McGill University invites applications for a postdoctoral researcher to join our dynamic team under the direction of Professor Jelena Ristic. Our lab, located in the Department of Psychology at McGill University in the heart of Montreal, Canada, explores cutting-edge questions in social perception, cognition, and interactive (group) cognition using behavioral, neuroimaging (EEG), and eye-tracking methods.

The Azrieli International Postdoctoral Fellowship supports post-doctoral training in Israel for up to 3 years. Candidates with a strong background in cognitive psychology and an interest in working memory and cognitive control are encouraged to contact Prof. Yoav Kessler.

A PhD position is available in the language team at the SCALab. The successful candidate will perform research on adapting linguistic representations after multilingual communication. Research methods include behavioral and EEG measures, optionally acoustic measures and eye-tracking.

A PhD position is available in the Speech & Bilingualism research group at the BCBL, San Sebastian, Spain. The successful candidate will perform research on foreign-accented speech processing. Research methods include acoustic and behavioral measures, optionally EEG/MEG and eye-tracking.

The Basque Center on Cognition, Brain and Language (BCBL) is offering a PhD position within the Cortical Tracking of Speech (CTS) project. The project aims to investigate how Cortical Tracking of Speech (CTS) changes over time as a function of second language (L2) learning, and whether these neural dynamics are influenced by language modality (spoken vs. signed). 

We are looking for a postdoc to work with us on the capacity limits of cognition (working memory, attention, long-term memory, ...). The position is for 3 years with possible renewal for another 1.5 years. Ideal starting date is January 1st, 2026, but could be a bit earlier or later.

We are looking for a highly motivated Postdoctoral Research Associate to join Dr Angela de Bruin's research group in the Department of Psychology at the University of York. The Research Associate would be working on a project funded by the UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) under the UK government's Horizon Europe funding Guarantee for selected ERC grants, examining multilingual language control and use in younger and older adults. The current part of the project aims to understand how context, in particular the conversation partner's language behavior, influences how multilinguals of different ages produce and use their languages. 

Human cognition is highly adaptive and can reason flexibly with new information. A crucial element for this is our working memory: a quick, reliable, and flexible system to maintain information temporarily, as needed, when needed. The goal of this project is to advance the understanding of how working memory is implemented in the human brain. To this end, the main objective is to develop a neural model of human working memory.

The Spoken Language research group at the Basque Center on Cognition, Brain and Language (San-Sebastián-Donostia, Spain) aims to sponsor a candidate for a Basque Government Predoctoral Fellowship (“Programa Predoctoral de Formación de Personal Investigador No Doctor”; a competitive call for predoctoral fellowships awarded by the Basque Government). 

Applications are invited for a postdoc position in cognitive psychology or cognitive development (80%, up to 3 years), with flexible start date between October 2025 and February 2026. The successful applicant will study working memory in young adults and/or children, as well as assist Prof. Dr. Evie Vergauwe in tasks related to teaching, lab management, and research.

The Learning and Cognitive Control Laboratory at Ghent University is recruiting a highly motivated postdoctoral fellow to apply a control-theoretic approach to investigate the neurocognitive mechanisms of cognitive effort. The position is funded by a European Research Council Advanced Grant, “Mapping the Controllosphere”.

The Learning and Cognitive Control Laboratory at Ghent University is recruiting a highly motivated postdoctoral fellow to apply a control-theoretic approach to investigate the neurocognitive mechanisms of cognitive effort. The position is funded by a European Research Council Advanced Grant, “Mapping the Controllosphere”. 

PhD Student position (75% TV-L 13) for 3 years, the position ideally starts 01. August 2025. The successful candidate can obtain a PhD in Psychology. The candidate will work in the DFG-funded project “The relationship between learning and stimulus/response feature bindings” (principal investigators Christian Frings & Birte Moeller). The project addresses the interface of action control mechanisms and processes of memory formation.

The Postdoctoral researcher will be working in the Institute for Lifelong Learning and Guidance, within the Department of Education and Social Work. The person will be part of a dynamic organisational context of a growing, globally connected research university. The postdoctoral researcher will collaborate closely with Prof. Dr Claude Houssemand on topics related to cognitive differential psychology, especially cognitive strategies in visuo-spatial tasks.

The Department of Psychology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Southern Denmark (SDU) invites applications for a postdoctoral position in audio-visual perception. The position is available for 34 months. The starting date is October 1, 2025, or as soon as possible thereafter.

The Mechanisms of Social Behavior lab at Karolinska Institutet (PI: Björn Lindström) is seeking a highly qualified postdoctoral researcher. Funded by the European Research Council and the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation, our lab develops new frameworks for understanding the psychological, neural, and computational mechanisms of social learning, transmission, and cultural evolution. 

The position is financed by the project “Integration of dynamic belief updating across contexts and psychopathology” (funding: DFG). This project is part of the Cognitive Modeling & Decision Neuroscience Lab (PI: Prof. Dr. Sebastian Gluth) and the DFG Research Unit 5389 on “Contextual influences on dynamic belief updating in volatile environments: Basic mechanisms and clinical implications” (speaker: Prof. Dr. Tania Lincoln).