Very excited to share the first empirical paper from LEVANTE: we describe the LEVANTE core tasks, a set of nine open source tasks for measuring learning and development in kids ages 5-12 years. osf.io/preprints/ps... 🧵

Hello bluesky world :) excited to share a new paper on data visualization literacy 📈 🧠 w/ @judithfan.bsky.social, @arnavverma.bsky.social, Holly Huey, Hannah Lloyd, @lacepadilla.bsky.social! 📝 preprint: osf.io/preprints/ps... 💻 code: github.com/cogtoolslab/...

Do children understand all types of visual media in the same way? "Cross-contextual diversity in children’s early understanding of visual media" - a new review paper led by Rebecca Zhu: osf.io/preprints/ps...

There are many people I’ve seen on here asking about how we go forward in the current moment We don’t have all the answers, but in the guide below my co-authors and I discuss building and sustaining academic communities dedicated to antiraicm Now at Collabra: Psychology osf.io/preprints/ps...

Happy CogSci evening to those who celebrate May your figure axis labels be large and visible

Why does Western paleolithic cave art strongly prefer animal side views and often abbreviations? Our new #eSymb preprint (osf.io/preprints/ps... w Pagnotta, Psujek, Mendoza Straffon and Tylén ) challenges long-held assumptions about these artistic choices based on cogsci experiments. 1/

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I’m still recruiting for this position — please get in touch if you’re interested in working together!

We have extended the deadline for this position to January 31st. Also, the start date is pretty flexible; if you're graduating next spring/summer and interested in the role, apply!

I don't know who needs to know this, but Pro Publica has an online thing that will format a letter to your US health insurance company to demand the records behind a claim denial. (which the insurance is then legally required to provide in most cases) projects.propublica.org/claimfile/

Three ManyBabies projects - big collaborative replications of infancy phenomena - wrapped up this year. The first paper came out this fall. I thought I'd take this chance to comment on what I make of the non-replication result. 🧵 bsky.app/profile/laur...

📄👀: cross-modal information flow in multimodal large language models neat interpretability work on how visual and linguistic information is integrated in MLLMs: "the model first transfers the more general visual features of the whole image into the representations of (linguistic) question tokens."

Our new paper “Is Child-Directed Speech Effective Training Data for Language Models?” was just presented at #EMNLP2024! This is work led by Steven Feng, with Noah Goodman. arxiv.org/abs/2408.03617

Not only are we back with a new episode but with a brand new series called "A conversation with a luminary", where we chat with a trailblazing developmental cognitive scientist. We're kicking things off with a conversation with the Rubinstein Professor Jenny Saffran! Enjoy! itsinnate.fireside.fm/21

Okay the people requested one so here is an attempt at a Computational Cognitive Science starter pack -- with apologies to everyone I've missed! LMK if there's anyone I should add! go.bsky.app/KDTg6pv

UW-Madison Psychology is hiring a new assistant professor in the area of computational approaches to language (broadly construed). Please share with interested parties! jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/assista...

(1/5) Very excited to announce the publication of Bayesian Models of Cognition: Reverse Engineering the Mind. More than a decade in the making, it's a big (600+ pages) beautiful book covering both the basics and recent work: mitpress.mit.edu/978026204941...

Summer research opportunity in Psychology at U. of Wisconsin–Madison. Students from historically underrepresented backgrounds, low-income households, and first-generation college students are strongly encouraged to apply. Details and application portal at psych.wisc.edu/nsf-reu-site...

Do you like building great tools for behavioral measurement? We are seeking a Research Scientist to act as the tasks lead and engineering manager for a large-scale project on developmental data collection with children ages 2-12 called LEVANTE: levante-network.org.

Hi Bluesky! Crossposting the announcement of a new summer workshop on the emerging interface between cognitive science 🧠 and computer graphics 🫖 spearheaded by @kartikchandra.bsky.social! We're calling it: COGGRAPH! coggraph.github.io June – July 2024, free & open to all! 🧶

I lost my password to this account but I FOUND IT and I have NEWS I’ve been dying yarn and roving and spinning and have run out of storage so I’ve opened a shop! Please buy my stuff! It deserves to be loved and used by someone more creative than me! 🧶🌈 https://follyfibers.etsy.com

@drmeltemyucel.bsky.social just a random note of appreciation for www.psychresearchlist.com which is an AMAZING resource for undergraduates thinking of applying to PhD programs. Its kind of hard to state how important this is for our field!

Surely SciENcv is either (1) some kind of PSYOP to deter scientists from ever applying for grants or (2) meant to drive us to the brink of madness

Super excited to share that the 𝗦𝗘𝗩𝗔 dataset and benchmark will be presented at #NeurIPS2023!✏️🧠🤖 🌐 Website - seva-benchmark.github.io 📜 Paper - arxiv.org/abs/2312.03035 💻 Code + Materials - github.com/cogtoolslab/... Thread below 🧵-

Apply by Dec 1 to the UCSD Cognitive Science PhD program: cogsci.ucsd.edu/graduates/ph.... We have an incredible community working on language + cognition + development here - if that's up your alley, check us out! I'll also be considering applications to join my new lab opening in Fall 2024 (!!)

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I'm recruiting PhD students to join my new cognitive neuroscience lab at Binghamton next fall! We'll use behavior, fMRI, and computational methods to explore how humans learn, represent, and flexibly use concepts in language and thought. If this excites you, too, please apply! tinyurl.com/42arf45f

Thanks Robert!! What this shoutout belies is what a colossal team effort this very fun project was! Stay tuned for a longer post and a project page 👀 ~

We are happy to share our new commentary on why using language inclusively for transgender people is perfectly appropriate biologically, socially, and scientifically. A 🧵 on the commentary by @andyperfors.bsky.social, @spiantado.bsky.social, & me

My dad passed away this week (in Chile no less) and we’re in a spin trying to pay his medical bills and funeral expenses. If you can help at all, my family and I would be deeply grateful ❤️ https://www.gofundme.com/f/mauricio-mankewitz

👋Hi #bsky! Just wanted to let everyone know I'll be arriving at #Stanford in fall of 2024 and I'm looking for awesome people to help me figure out language. I'm new here my network is small, so RTs would be great! 🧵👇

Hi Bluesky! I’m recruiting PhD students to help launch the Exploration, Learning, and Mind Lab at U of New Hampshire Psych in Fall 2024! Check out our lab website at liquinlab.github.io for more info, and feel free to get in touch if you’re interested in applying! #CogSci #DevPsych #PsychSciSky

As my first post, delighted to share our #neurips2023 paper: Evaluating Cognitive Maps & Planning in LLMs with CogEval We test cognitive maps & planning in 8 LLMs. Failures like hallucinating invalid paths & falling in loops suggest no emergent zero-shot planning. 1/n 🧵 arxiv.org/abs/2309.15129

my lab in New York City is accepting graduate students interested in computational cognitive science! i have lots of info on the website about how to apply but the deadline is Dec 1! we maximize fun while maximizing science! gureckislab.org/getinvolved....

I thought I was above refreshing openreview constantly when paper decisions are past due. I was wrong.

Job alert! I am seeking a 50%-time project manager for a new NSF-funded project on how simple card games can promote learning about biological variability--with a focus on relational language & gesture in caregiver-child interaction during play. More info: jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/researc...

Hi Bluesky! I'm recruiting graduate students and postdocs to launch the Visual Learning Lab with me at UC San Diego in Summer/Fall 2024! The lab will focus on how we learn to derive visual meaning, integrating methods from developmental psychology, machine learning, & vision science.