Professor of Brain and Language and Director of Postgraduate Programmes, Department of Psychology, University of Edinburgh. EiC Psychonomic Bulletin & Review. I study language processing and disorders.https://bsky.app/profile/danmirman.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/danmirman.bsky.social/post/3ma27pzjqoc23Two-year post-doc position in my department working on a cool project applying cognitive science (transmission chain experiments and natural language processing) to study cultural evolution: tinyurl.com/bdeju6kw https://tinyurl.com/bdeju6kw15 Dec 2025 18:03 +0000at://did:plc:3okil4ldfal3dnb2uz5g3jll/app.bsky.feed.post/3ma27pzjqoc23https://bsky.app/profile/danmirman.bsky.social/post/3m2ah266ay22mAre you looking for a post-doc position where you can apply your neuroimaging expertise to neuroaesthetics and poetic language processing? Do you like working in interdisciplinary teams? Then come work with us! [contains quote post or other embedded content]02 Oct 2025 20:58 +0000at://did:plc:3okil4ldfal3dnb2uz5g3jll/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2ah266ay22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/danmirman.bsky.social/post/3lyxbud3d5k2wThe @re-writer.bsky.social project will span from basic science to real-world applications, from neuroaesthetics of poetry processing to promoting creative engagement with poetry. The brilliant @pat-err.bsky.social thinks big and follows through on those ideas. I'm so excited to be part of the team! [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Sep 2025 12:06 +0000at://did:plc:3okil4ldfal3dnb2uz5g3jll/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyxbud3d5k2whttps://bsky.app/profile/danmirman.bsky.social/post/3lrdgikklb22fAn amazing trip to China (first time for me!) to visit my first ever post-doc, Dr Qi Chen, now Director of School of Psychology at Shenzhen University, and my most recent post-doc, Dr Junhua Ding, now Associate Professor in the Institute of Psychology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.11 Jun 2025 12:40 +0000at://did:plc:3okil4ldfal3dnb2uz5g3jll/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrdgikklb22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/danmirman.bsky.social/post/3lqcw47ovgc2zWe're hiring a 1-year (fixed term) lecturer in Psychology of Individual Differences (e.g., personality or intelligence)! Ideal for recent PhD graduates / post-docs who want to build teaching experience in a supportive department, with great colleagues, in the best city in the world. edin.ac/4mzn4UM https://elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/CX_1001/job/1254229 May 2025 14:21 +0000at://did:plc:3okil4ldfal3dnb2uz5g3jll/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqcw47ovgc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/danmirman.bsky.social/post/3llwo335bsc2tA great new journal section at Cortex! In addition to methods articles, this section will publish articles that examine/evaluate the auxiliary assumptions (often implicit and unstated!) behind our methods and tutorial articles that provide step-by-step guides and best practices. [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 Apr 2025 19:45 +0000at://did:plc:3okil4ldfal3dnb2uz5g3jll/app.bsky.feed.post/3llwo335bsc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/danmirman.bsky.social/post/3ljmirz7y4k26My colleague is hiring a post-doc for a very cool project using text-mining and stats techniques to study the cultural evolution of archaeological information. You'd get to do interesting work with a very fun team and live in the best city in the world! https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLZ921/post-doctoral-research-fellow05 Mar 2025 07:53 +0000at://did:plc:3okil4ldfal3dnb2uz5g3jll/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljmirz7y4k26https://bsky.app/profile/danmirman.bsky.social/post/3ldgpp47g7k2oAre you a quantitative psychologist looking for a teaching-focused permanent position? I have good news for you! We're hiring: https://elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/CX_1001/job/11794 Great department and Edinburgh is a fantastic place to live. Happy to answer any questions about working and living here16 Dec 2024 16:10 +0000at://did:plc:3okil4ldfal3dnb2uz5g3jll/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldgpp47g7k2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/danmirman.bsky.social/post/3l7shc7ju772mMy colleagues and I are participating in a Movember drive to raise money for mental health services. If you want to see me grow a silly mustache, donate at this link and recommend your favourite silly mustache style https://www.justgiving.com/page/edpsych-movember-2024?utm_term=8Q9bZ92Ba31 Oct 2024 10:30 +0000at://did:plc:3okil4ldfal3dnb2uz5g3jll/app.bsky.feed.post/3l7shc7ju772mhttps://bsky.app/profile/danmirman.bsky.social/post/3l52fbw3fjk2ySo great to see people working on the difficult problem of how auxiliary assumptions affect theory testing/falsification! [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 Sep 2024 10:00 +0000at://did:plc:3okil4ldfal3dnb2uz5g3jll/app.bsky.feed.post/3l52fbw3fjk2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/danmirman.bsky.social/post/3krtb7yk6hc2iThis job advert is live! I'm looking for a postdoc to work on a 2-year mixed methods project studying communication strategies in aphasia. Part of a big grant on language, neurodiversity, and flourishing https://elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/CX_1001/job/10414 [contains quote post or other embedded content]06 May 2024 14:22 +0000at://did:plc:3okil4ldfal3dnb2uz5g3jll/app.bsky.feed.post/3krtb7yk6hc2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/danmirman.bsky.social/post/3kqrtqjsnwc2iPB&R has joined the Peer Community in Registered Reports as a PCI RR-interested journal. We're looking forward to increasing our engagement with the Registered Report format and contributing to PCI RR! bit.ly/3U7cI1a23 Apr 2024 07:23 +0000at://did:plc:3okil4ldfal3dnb2uz5g3jll/app.bsky.feed.post/3kqrtqjsnwc2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/danmirman.bsky.social/post/3kqi36cmgls2cWe are hiring a fixed-term (1-year) lecturer in developmental psychology. Great opportunity for an early career academic to boost their teaching experience in a supportive and vibrant department. Apply now (deadline: 25 April)! https://elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/CX_1001/job/1016919 Apr 2024 10:09 +0000at://did:plc:3okil4ldfal3dnb2uz5g3jll/app.bsky.feed.post/3kqi36cmgls2chttps://bsky.app/profile/danmirman.bsky.social/post/3kp57wigrnx24Another monumental piece of work from @melissathye.bsky.social's PhD thesis (with @paul-hoffman.bsky.social and me): https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-56897-3. This was a registered report examining semantic and social cognition during naturalistic narrative comprehension (watching a feature-length movie). 1/602 Apr 2024 09:10 +0000at://did:plc:3okil4ldfal3dnb2uz5g3jll/app.bsky.feed.post/3kp57wigrnx24https://bsky.app/profile/danmirman.bsky.social/post/3knhdforlsc2aI will soon be recruiting a postdoc for a ~2-year mixed methods (quali + quant) project about real-world communication strategies used by people with aphasia. Spread the word and get in touch with any Qs. I’ll post a link to the actual job description and app page when it's live.11 Mar 2024 22:48 +0000at://did:plc:3okil4ldfal3dnb2uz5g3jll/app.bsky.feed.post/3knhdforlsc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/danmirman.bsky.social/post/3kmahgisbec2iCall for submissions! 30th Architectures and Mechanisms for Language Processing (AMLaP), 5-7 September 2024, Edinburgh, Scotland. Present your interdisciplinary research on all aspects of language processing in a beautiful and fun city. More info at amlap2024.ed.ac.uk25 Feb 2024 11:46 +0000at://did:plc:3okil4ldfal3dnb2uz5g3jll/app.bsky.feed.post/3kmahgisbec2i