Tech execs do not have, like, a theory of mind for people who aren’t tech execs. If they did, they wouldn’t be so frequently baffled by how repulsive normal people think their whole deal is right now
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It's hard to believe that OECS has now published 200 articles!🎉 A huge thank you to everyone who has contributed to OECS—our authors, reviewers, readers, and fantastic section editors, and especially @mcxfrank.bsky.social frank.bsky.social and @hbaum.bsky.social Excited for the next chapter!
Philip Laughlin@philiplaughlin.bsky.social · 2mo agoToday's #OA spotlight is extra special. Just this week, @mitpress.bsky.social published the 200th article in our OPEN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF COGNITIVE SCIENCE. Congrats to @mcxfrank.bsky.social & @asifamajid.bsky.social! We've come far since the 2023 @cogscisociety.bsky.social in Rotterdam! oecs.mit.edu
Today's #OA spotlight is extra special. Just this week, @mitpress.bsky.social published the 200th article in our OPEN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF COGNITIVE SCIENCE. Congrats to @mcxfrank.bsky.social & @asifamajid.bsky.social! We've come far since the 2023 @cogscisociety.bsky.social in Rotterdam! oecs.mit.edu
Open Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science
The Open Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science is a new, multidisciplinary guide to understanding the mind: a freely-available, growing collection of peer-reviewed articles introducing key topics to a bro...
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Philip Laughlin@philiplaughlin.bsky.social · 2mo agoThe July 21 #OA spotlight comes to you live from beautiful Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where the @cogscisociety.bsky.social will be holding court for the next few days. Today's @mitpress.bsky.social publication is DEFLATING MENTAL REPRESENTATION by Frances Egan. direct.mit.edu/books/oa-mon...
Nearly four years ago we asked ourselves, "what would it look like to have a field-leading, completely free reference work for cognitive science"? It's been so fun editing OECS with @asifamajid.bsky.social and @hbaum.bsky.social. I can't believe we have published 200 (!!) articles! oecs.mit.edu
Philip Laughlin@philiplaughlin.bsky.social · 2mo agoToday's #OA spotlight is extra special. Just this week, @mitpress.bsky.social published the 200th article in our OPEN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF COGNITIVE SCIENCE. Congrats to @mcxfrank.bsky.social & @asifamajid.bsky.social! We've come far since the 2023 @cogscisociety.bsky.social in Rotterdam! oecs.mit.edu
Really excited about this new preprint spearheaded by @vboyce.bsky.social w/ @mcxfrank.bsky.social and the Peekbank team. It's a deep-dive into a large looking-while-listening dataset (>3000 children!), evaluating what analytic and design choices really matter for measurement osf.io/preprints/ps...
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The president is a liar. He lies constantly & without hesitation. His lies about American elections are among his most dangerous b/c they are meant to convince a susceptible public that democratic outcomes cannot be trusted. They are antidemocratic lies in service of holding onto power. He’s a liar!
Biggest experimental study of Africa infant cognition! I’m very proud that we were able to get this project finished, despite COVID restrictions starting a month after our kickoff.
ManyBabies@manybabies.org · 3mo ago🚨 Publication alert! Exploring Variation in Infants' Preference for Infant-directed Speech: Evidence From a Multi-Site Study in Africa Congrats to the entire MB1-Africa team! manybabies.org/MB1A/ doi.org/10.1111/desc...
Congratulations to Tutorial Fellow in Experimental Psychology @asifamajid.bsky.social on her Humboldt Research Award presented by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation in recognition of her entire academic record to date bit.ly/4eYTZR8 #psychology #award
This week's Experimentology chapter is "Estimation". The most important move in planning an analysis isn't picking your test or your model — it's clearly defining what you're trying to estimate. 🧵 experimentology.io/005-estimat...
And of course a HUGE thank you to the hundreds of researchers who have contributed to ManyBabies and to the thousands of babies (and their families) who have made this work possible!
What 5000 babies can tell us about developing minds and how to study them - Communications Psychology
A decade of ManyBabies research, testing thousands of babies across hundreds of labs, has shown that some, but not all findings in infant research replicate well. Collectively, these projects have sho...
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New ManyBabies publication! Over 10+ years and 5,000+ babies tested, we've learned a ton about how to study the developing mind. In this comment, we discuss three such lessons that are shaping the future of ManyBabies. We'd love to hear your thoughts!
What 5000 babies can tell us about developing minds and how to study them - Communications Psychology
A decade of ManyBabies research, testing thousands of babies across hundreds of labs, has shown that some, but not all findings in infant research replicate well. Collectively, these projects have sho...
doi.org
Nice write-up of Stanford's CORES and SPORR groups. Very lucky to be part of a great community of folks (including @russpoldrack.org, Steve Goodman, & @mcxfrank.bsky.social, all mentioned here) working to improve how we science
Stanford centers focus on making science more reliable
CORES and SPORR together extend a long Stanford lineage of reliable science.
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Labs are teaming up to run a host of huge projects that aim to bring rigour to cognitive science. go.nature.com/4ej4Kx4
Can an army of babies and dogs rescue psychology from its reproducibility crisis?
Labs are teaming up to run a host of huge projects that aim to bring rigour to cognitive science.
go.nature.com
Collective action is the most gratifying part of the reform movement. Grassroots groups like the many Many Manys are the most wonderful manifestation of it. Driven by curiosity and purpose, researchers come together to solve big problems with creative collaborations. That's why I science.
Mike Frank@mcxfrank.bsky.social · 4mo ago@manybabies.org in Nature! www.nature.com/articles/d41...
holy shit he actually conceded folks, they tell you they’re invincible they tell you they’re inevitable they tell you that you should give up and stop fighting and absolutely none of that is true
Brooke@brooklynmarie.bsky.social · 6mo agoFUCK YES
Journalistic malpractice and democratic betrayal.
Matt Negrin still host of Hardball on MSNBC@mattnegrin.bsky.social · 6mo agoThe New York Times deleted Trump’s “open the fuckin’ strait” line to make him look less insane Their write-up falsely says his post says only “Tuesday will be Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day, all wrapped up in one, in Iran. There will be nothing like it!!!” and “Praise be to Allah”
This is an actual post. This is not funny. This is beyond desperate. This is a deeply unwell man who doesn’t belong anywhere near the levers of power. Every member of his cabinet and Congress is complicit in not demanding his removal now.
it turns out I CAN still be shocked by what he says
Frank Figliuzzi@frankfigliuzzi.bsky.social · 6mo agoThe American president has lost his mind.
if nothing else, there is something to be said for spending time outside in the sun with thousands of people who share your anger at the state of things
Welcome to #LoveReplicationsWeek Day 4 - with 4 events! - Getting your replication report ready by @r2journal.bsky.social - Large scale replications vs. Meta-analyses by @chbergma.bsky.social - CREP by @jorowags.bsky.social - Writing Reproducible Manuscripts by @mklingelhoeferj.bsky.social
Students need to remember that Inigo Montoya method for emails and greetings: "Hello, my name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die.” Polite Greeting Name Relevant Personal Link Manage Expectations Keep it BRIEF.
bergelsonlab@bergelsonlab.bsky.social · 8mo agoam i the only 1 who wishes ppl would remind me that we've interacted before if it's plausible i've forgotten? I've had like 3-4 emails that seems like 'cold emails' ab research opportunities but then it turns out we've exchanged emails in the past & it's awkward to not have realized this? just me?
Last week in Minnesota, I watched ordinary people risk their lives to protect their neighbors. In the process, they not only won a significant—though not final—victory against authoritarianism, they proved virtually every MAGA social theory wrong. (gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
If you rank civility over justice at this point you are a collaborator
Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD@elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 8mo agoI’m completely fed up with elected Representatives saying shit like, “Republicans will tell you behind closed doors that they don’t agree with what ICE is doing”. Playtime is over. Professional courtesy no longer exists. Name them, record them, and make it public.
I said this last time but their real position is “if you disagree with us we can kill you.”
Yeah, this is basically where I stand.
mtsw@mtsw.bsky.social · 8mo agoNuanced take: I think it's really important to give *normal citizens* who supported Trump and off-ramp and *professional writers, pundits and politicians* who supported Trump should have to wear it like a scarlet letter for the rest of their lives
Now up as a reviewed @elife.bsky.social preprint: "Continuous developmental changes in word recognition support language learning across early childhood" elifesciences.org/reviewed-pre... Using data from ~2000 kids ages 1-6, we quantify links between word recognition and early vocabulary growth!
People are going to try and lure you into debates about whether Maduro was a good guy or not and the thing is, it doesn’t matter for the purposes of discussing whether violent kidnappings and extrajudicial murders by the US government are ok. No, they aren’t! End of convo.