What does it mean for culture to “shape” cognition? In our new TiCS paper, @benjaminpitt.bsky.social & I offer a typology of four possible effects: culture can Privilege one cognitive process over others, Prune out disfavored ones, Produce new ones, or have no effect. www.cell.com/trends/cogni...

Can anyone point me to research on student AI use and perceptions of its usefulness *in a specific course*, rather than across their academic lives in general? Like, "I used AI to help me write in this course, and I believe it [helped/hurt] my grade." NOT "I use AI a lot and find it helpful."

Why do otherwise rational people disagree about the same evidence? Our new paper finds that group membership is a deeply rooted influence on how we form beliefs, leading even preschoolers to bias their evidential standards and form inaccurate beliefs. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

When my son was 3, his Ped and Dentist both women (and his mom a prof): "Mom, can boys be doctors, too?" 😂💕 Cool study - manipulating gender composition in jobs can move gender stereotypes in kids 6-10 - interesting implications for early intervention to expand access to occupational feasibility.

New paper accepted at JEP:G with @sakierahudson.bsky.social, Brandon Kinsler, & former students Ian Davis and Alissa Vandenbark! Come for the opening Aladdin quote, stay for a developmental perspective on SDO! osf.io/preprints/ps...

When people learn with ChatGPT instead of following their own searches, they end up knowing less, caring less, and producing worse advice, even when the facts are the same. Friction is an essential ingredient for learning! Convenience makes us shallow. academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/ar...

Obviously X is a nightmarish hellscape now. But tbh, I don’t find Bluesky to be much more useful. It still feels like a political echo chamber, rather than a place to share science and connect. Prove me wrong?

I wrote a piece for @sciam.bsky.social about why White parents should be talking to their kids about race and racism. It was so great to work with @megha.bsky.social on this piece! Please share! www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-...

Parents: What are your most memorable moments when your kid did something you had no idea they could do? (Question inspired by such a moment that happened the other day.)

I am hiring a lab manager to start ~ July 1st. sjobs.brassring.com/TGnewUI/Sear...

We are delighted to invite applications for an open-rank, tenure-track position at the developmental psychology track within the Department of Psychology at Ben-Gurion University in Israel. For more information, follow the link: bgu-academic-recruitment.my.site.com/Recruiters/V...

🎉Postdoc Alert! I am recruiting a postdoc to start Summer 2025 in the Mind & Morality Lab at Brown. If you're interested, please send a CV, cover letter, and names of at least two references to [email protected] by 2/28. If you have questions, don't hesitate to reach out!

Congrats, Allison!! Feeling this 🧵 super hard.

Hi I never met you And this is crazy But here’s my paper Review it maybe

Give me your recs for a device to read papers on. Should be easy to hold and not feel like staring at a screen. Annotation ability is a bonus, but not necessary.

This is Otis. He just had his very first vet appointment. Even got to take a picture like it was his first day of school. 12/10 we're proud of you, Otis

100% accurate.

What's your favorite site for doing in-class polls and/or quizzes and showing results immediately? I use kahoot but find the interface annoying.

You saw the headline, now look at what happened when scientists actually evaluate the headline

Assigning my first group project this semester! Anyone have advice on establishing accountability in groups and/or helping group projects go smoothly?

I’ve been extremely surprised by the whole university presidents Congressional hearing debacle. First, I’m surprised by the number of people who think Rep. Stefanik was somehow acting in good faith or is some sort of friend of Jewish people. She wasn’t and she isn’t.

Is there any work on whether *completing measures of bias* can actually increase participants' levels of bias? Context: someone is outraged after participating in a study on bias against a specific group - they claim that the questions are putting biased ideas into participants' heads. Response?

Anyone who’s taught an ungraded class - wanna share a syllabus with me?

Is this real? And if so, how do we get it going in the US?

1. Serving as an action editor has changed how I write reviews for other journals. A thread on reviewing: #AcademicSky #PhdSky #PsychSciSky

This is so frickin' useful! A really straightforward guide for academics when being interviewed by reporters, or doing podcast or TV interviews. I've done a lot of these, and learned things here!

Looking for someone with clinical dev psych expertise who might be interested in speaking at an in-person event on talking to kids about the Israel-Hamas conflict at a synagogue in central NJ. Send me any leads.

I generally keep my professional and personal lives pretty separate, and my use of this app falls on the professional side of things. So I’m usually inclined to keep quiet about things related to Judaism or Israel. But I’m in so, so much pain over this.

Your Jewish friends are not okay right now.

Hi #socialpsyc #PsychSciSky #neuroSkyence Where are you all at? We need your support. Heck, *I* need your support. Where are all the leading figures in our field? Hamas brutally murdered 1000 ppl or more. In relative population size terms, it’s the equivalent of 33k US residents.

Yesterday evening I found out my friend got murdered in his house together with his wife and all his kids. He was a very good man who helped anybody as a principle, even if you weren't close with whatever you might need. A real Kibbutznik. I am broken. Everybody around me getting similar news.

Your Jewish Israeli colleagues and friends are probably not ok now. The same is true for your Palestinian friends and colleagues. So much despair and worry about loved ones and the future.

New paper accepted at Developmental Psychology on narrative processing as related to changes in identity development. This one is notable because it is mostly null findings and was accepted at a "top" journal. More of this please! psyarxiv.com/fx4jv

my students are discussing how the experience of The Tell-Tale Heart (which uses no gendered pronouns for the protagonist) changes if you assume the protagonist is a female rather than male and it is FASCINATING

This cycle, Deb Kelemen and I have openings for new PhD students! I am particularly recruiting students who are interested in early object and numerical representations, topics related to language of thought in infancy and early childhood, and the early cognitive bases of anti-fat bias.

Trader joes in airports plz

Academic hivemind. We are trying to find as many papers as we can on #workingmemory in children and young people from 11-18 years. Any pointers/suggestions gratefully received! Also, re-posts would be welcomed 🙏#cogpsyc #devpsy #cogdev

317 codes donated and 317 people moved from psych twitter to #psychscisky send more codes so we can make it thru the wait-list 👍

Ooh I just discovered a new feature in blue sky mobile app - include posts from your feeds in the main feed! It works great so you don’t have to check your feeds specifically.

Accurate! From PhD comics

New study confirms that anti-trans rhetoric, anti-trans laws, and killings of trans people are correlated. The surging persecution of trans people is far from harmless. journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...

Escher LEGO. This is a thing that exists.

Every time I see the option to repost something I miss using the word tweet. Does any other platform have its own verb?

Cool to see more (social) psych TT jobs being posted! Hopefully more will come! Good luck to all on the market. My website has some resources (including application materials/ statements from various generous people) that may be helpful. Caution/ disclaimer: survival bias www.pbandjlab.com/resources

My dept at Lafayette College has 2 open TT searches with a deadline soon (9/30) - in social psych (careers.insidehighered.com/job/2941486/...) and I/O psych (careers.insidehighered.com/job/2941474/...). Easton is a lovely place to live & the college/dept is family friendly! 😀 #psychscisky #psychjob