CSA Week 8: UP NEXT: Movie Night (Week 9)!

UP NEXT: Movie Night!

Join us on Wednesday of Week 9 (November 23) at 6:00 pm in Social Ecology II room 1306 for a CSA Movie Night! Take a break from studying and come hang out with fellow CSA members while watching a movie (TBD) that includes topics revolving around Cognitive Science. RSVP today!

Open positions for PhD Students

The Rational Altruism Lab at UCLA has open positions for Ph.D. students motivated to conduct rigorous empirical, theoretical, and computational research in psychology with a high positive social impact. Possible topics include rationality and decision-making, goal-setting and motivation, as well as value change and the learning mechanisms that change how people think and decide. Our projects will range from fundamental basic research to developing and evaluating digital interventions. If you want to be notified about soon-to-be-advertised positions for postdocs, a lab manager, and research assistants in the Rational Altruism Lab, you can sign up here. Please help the right people find us by forwarding this email to anyone who might be a good fit. 

Our mission is to help lay the scientific foundations for fostering and supporting the effective pursuit of highly impactful altruistic projects. This includes research on understanding and improving goal-setting and decision-making, motivation, moral values and moral reasoning, rationality, and associated learning processes. You can find more information at https://www.psych.ucla.edu/faculty-page/falklieder/.

Applicants with a background in psychology, economics, cognitive science, computer science, mathematics, statistics, ML/AI, education, HCI, or a related discipline are welcome. The earliest possible start date for the postdoc, lab manager, and web developer positions is July 1, 2023. The first Ph.D. student(s) will start in Fall 2023, and the application deadline is December 1, 2022. For more information on how to apply, see https://www.psych.ucla.edu/graduate/prospective-students/application-instructions/.

Important Links

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CSA Discord Server - Follow this link and click "accept invite" to chat with members and the board anytime!

Our Facebook Page - Post to see who you share classes with and interact with the Cognitive Science community!

UCI Cognitive Science Colloquium - This is a student-run speaker series on various hot topics in cognitive science. This series is more aimed toward graduate students so don't worry if some words/concepts sound like Latin

Cognitive Science Research Labs - A list of all the research/labs being done in the cognitive science program. A great place to find labs that you'd be interested in partaking in! 

Psych Research List - A website with a compiled list of internship opportunities and grad school information for psych and cog sci students. 

CSA Goodie Bag! - A site of various resources made by the CSA; Includes news in the field of cognitive science, activities to help students relax and study (word searches, podcasts, Spotify playlists, etc.), and zoom backgrounds to help you get through the quarter! 

CSA Resume-Builder Resources - A document of resources compiled by CSA’s Opportunities Committee. This doc contains links to videos and courses to help you build up skills that are useful in the many areas of cognitive science, and will look great on your resume!