2026 Call for Applications to PhD Program: International Doctorate for Experimental Approaches to Language And Brain (IDEALAB) at Universities of Potsdam (GER), Groningen (NL), and Macquarie University (AUS) Application deadline: 26 January 2026 https://t.co/X0WJwWkyYH

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"At the surface level, LLMs often appeared to align closely with expert classifications, especially in flagging unreliable or low-credibility outlets. However, this apparent convergence masked fundamental differences in how the judgments were produced"

🧵 New in @PLOSBiology Our study shows that even spontaneous eye blinks—an involuntary oculomotor behavior—synchronize with musical beats during attentive music listening. This reveals a previously unknown form of auditory-motor entrainment. 🔗

Last week to freely download our recent TINS Forum article 'Disambiguating dimensions of external and internal brain processes' before it hits a paywall.

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Waste not: how researchers harness pee and poo for science

"As academia becomes McDonaldized — subject to the fast-food industry principles of efficiency, calculability, predictability and control — one phrase becomes relevant: ‘Do you want cites with that?’"

"The awkward reality may be that if ChatGPT admitted “I don’t know” too often, then users would simply seek answers elsewhere. That could be a serious problem for a company that is still trying to grow its user base and achieve profitability."

"Ding and Li conclude that ChatGPT-4, at least, doesn’t have the necessary creative spark to notice and interpret anomalous results, or to ask surprising and important questions"

Assistant/Associate Professor of Psychology, New York University Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Application deadline: 30 November 2025 https://t.co/M9ysNtlHjN

"For older people whose brains have begun to show molecular signs of the disease, but who have yet to display any cognitive symptoms, taking as few as 3,000 to 5,000 steps per day can help to stave off mental decline, a study finds1."

"Artificial intelligence (AI) models are 50% more sycophantic than humans, an analysis published this month has found."

"Religious chatbots might be trained on scripture and dutifully quote verses, but they share the same bizarre hallucinations and shortcomings of other AIs"

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"Along with subject knowledge, good supervision requires curiosity, empathy and reliability — being there for a student when needed. ...Time spent with the next generation of scientists is an investment."

"Siemens says that “the university sector has an unbelievably heavy responsibility to society to be a counter voice that shapes the way that AI is deployed in social and learning-related processes.”"

What’s the cap on human energy expenditure? Elite athletes reveal ‘metabolic ceiling’

Is science getting too competitive? Grant applications are skyrocketing and funding rates are decreasing. Yet the article in Nature fails to mention the potential role that AI/LLMs in driving up grant applications. These low funding rates are a serious problem--they turn the

"the fact that chatbots can imitate speech credibly does not mean that they can understand, said several researchers at the event. " They still regularly fail