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... the cumulative suppression of free speech led by the universities through imposing severe punishments and suspensions has ... result[ed] in what the [ACLU] described as “long-term damage to higher education.”
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@aaronbornstein.bsky.socialThe first in-prison Bachelor of Arts education program in the University of California system - @ucilifted.bsky.social - is hiring an experienced Statewide Service Coordinator.
Apply by Friday, Oct. 16, here: ow.ly/7oel50ZVFT8
Formerly incarcerated individuals are highly encouraged to apply.
@khoudary.bsky.socialReposted by @aaronbornstein.bsky.socialif you want to hear more of my thoughts in this space, I'll be giving a talk at #PSA2026 in the Friday morning symposium on "A “metabolic turn” in studying cognition and computation" -- more details available here! virtual.oxfordabstracts.com/event/75802/...
@khoudary.bsky.socialReposted by @aaronbornstein.bsky.socialvery excited that the full version of this is now online! and especially so bc it includes a commentary by yours truly (with support from @aaronbornstein.bsky.social and @meganakpeters.bsky.social) -
@aaronbornstein.bsky.social"Over the last 15 years, the number of managers ... has increased by 64%. Senior professionals, an employee group that includes senior administrative analysts, information technology professionals, coaches and student health physicians, has more than doubled in that time."
@sacbee.comReposted by @aaronbornstein.bsky.socialFaculty say the University of California’s reputation for academic excellence and its contribution to new ideas and innovations is at stake.
@annaleshinskaya.bsky.socialReposted by @aaronbornstein.bsky.socialI am recruiting graduate students for UCI's PhD in Cognitive Sciences - www.cogsci.uci.edu/graduate/pro... The lab's focus is on how relational structure and combinatorial reasoning is implemented in human brains and large language models--and if they are similar.
@aaronbornstein.bsky.socialCritically, they find a distinct neural signature of this memory-guided influence which fluctuates with both the strength of expectations and also the uncertainty of the current percept. This was something we could not resolve in the original model, behavior, or fMRI!
@aaronbornstein.bsky.socialWhere we had found that expectations, derived from memory, *bias* how we perceive upcoming visual stimuli @khoudary.bsky.social shows that memory is an essential, ongoing, part of perception, resolving uncertainty that can fluctuate throughout experience (e.g. driving through a rainstorm).
@aaronbornstein.bsky.socialThis work extends in exciting new directions findings reported by myself and @mariamaly.bsky.social, Sam Feng, Nick Turk-Browne, @kennethanorman.bsky.social, and Jonathan Cohen.
@khoudary.bsky.socialReposted by @aaronbornstein.bsky.socialhow does memory support perceptual decisions made under uncertainty? this question has scaffolded my entire PhD, and I'm so excited to share part of it in this ✨new preprint ✨ w/ @meganakpeters.bsky.social and @aaronbornstein.bsky.social!
@aaronbornstein.bsky.socialNew lab preprint! @khoudary.bsky.social presents a tour-de-force: a new model of how uncertain expectations should help resolve uncertain sensations, supported by re-analysis of four experiments in monkeys (behavior, ephys) and humans (behavior, fMRI, EEG, intracranial)
@jordantdeakin.bsky.socialReposted by @aaronbornstein.bsky.social📣 NEW PREPRINT ALERT! 📣
📝Preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
When choosing between options with multiple attributes, what does the brain actually compare - individual attributes or integrated option values?
We combined EEG + eye-tracking to find out... and found evidence for the latter 🧠
@benalpers.bsky.socialReposted by @aaronbornstein.bsky.socialDemocrats do not only need to "go all in" on higher education. The party needs a genuine reset on its understanding of it. The last three Democratic administrations contributed to creating the crisis that higher ed is facing today.
@danhicks.bsky.socialReposted by @aaronbornstein.bsky.socialThe University of California is considering requiring the SAT again, based in part on claims that there's a burgeoning crisis in Calculus classes at Berkeley. I don't think the available evidence actually supports those claims. dhicks.github.io/posts/2026-0...
@danaelkurd.bsky.socialReposted by @aaronbornstein.bsky.socialNew ACLU and Amnesty International report on repression on American campuses
@erinkaylockwood.bsky.socialReposted by @aaronbornstein.bsky.socialLast week, the world lost an extraordinary scholar and person. Alexander Reyes, a PhD student at UCI and my advisee, died after a severe illness. Please considering contributing to this fundraiser for his family, who have incurred tremendous expenses this summer, in his memory if you can.
@jayvanbavel.bsky.socialReposted by @aaronbornstein.bsky.socialThe Working Class Face a ‘Class Ceiling’ in Elite Occupations
PhDs whose parents did not graduate from college are less likely to land TT jobs at research universities & less likely to get tenure.They also earn less in the private sector and hold less management jobs
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/18/b...
@aaronbornstein.bsky.socialI just wrote a @cftunion.bsky.social letter urging Governor Newsom to sign AB 713 – Equal access to campus job opportunities for students regardless of immigration status. Write one here: actionnetwork.org/letters/oppo...
@janerosenzweig.bsky.socialReposted by @aaronbornstein.bsky.socialBudgets are strong indicators of what is valued, and they also reflect hundreds of choices rather than one inevitable series of events. (Or you could say, "budgets are moral documents")