I am very excited to announce that over the holidays, my first ever paper (w/ @samiyousif.bsky.social) was published in Cognitive Science! Here, we describe a new illusion of *number*: The Crowd Size Illusion! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

The “Crowd Size Illusion” and the Relativity of Number Perception

When we investigate busy visual scenes, how do we estimate the number of objects that we see? Most work on number perception answers this question by focusing on properties of the to-be-estimated set...

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Gabe Waterhouse@gabrielwaterhouse.bsky.social · last yr.

I am excited to announce my first ever paper (w/ @samiyousif.bsky.social ) about a new illusion of *number*: the “Crowd Size Illusion”. osf.io/preprints/ps...

New from @econroy.bsky.social at Can We Still Govern? FAFSA is a big deal for college access. Progress has been uneven, but over the last decade policymakers and a government team have made it significantly less burdensome. It is possible to fix things. 🧵 donmoynihan.substack.com/p/good-news-...

Good News! FAFSA is Actually Working

It is possible to fix burdensome administrative systems

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Just wrote a new blogpost trying to summarize my thoughts on the question of how and whether to use AI for research in psychology and cognitive science: babieslearninglanguage.blogspot.com/2026/04/usin...

New ep! 🚨 We chat with Dr. Richard Prather (pratherlab.bsky.social) about his path into cognitive science, numerical development, & computational modeling—plus a deep dive into why the field needs a more 𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 approach & what that actually means for researchers today. itsinnate.fireside.fm/35

A 𝗰𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 take on the cognitive sciences (with Richard Prather)

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New paper from our lab, led by postdoc @jmedrano.bsky.social, on executive functions, spatial/relational reasoning and prior knowledge relate to children’s fraction understanding. Proud of Josh for leading this work! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Executive functions and spatial/relational reasoning relate to individual differences in fraction understanding

Studies have shown the importance of executive functions (EFs) and spatial and relational reasoning for fraction understanding; however, few studies h…

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Are you studying underlying mechanisms? I recently started and struggled with what exactly a mechanism was and how to research it. I wrote a theoretical statement aiming to clarify how we conceptualise mechanisms, which is now in press @ Journal of Numerical Cognition doi.org/10.23668/psy...

Declan Devlin@declankdevlin.bsky.social · 5mo ago

I like this paper by @coolenilse.bsky.social www.psycharchives.org/en/item/9754...

Thrilled for @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social undergrad Kiara Eng who is presenting at the 2026 @yale.edu Undergraduate Research Conference (YURC). Title is: "A Meta-Analysis of the Correlations Between Executive Functions and Spatial Abilities: Implications for Theory, Research, and Practice."

Congrats to Kiara! 🥳

UC Berkeley School of Education@berkeleyeducation.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Thrilled for @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social undergrad Kiara Eng who is presenting at the 2026 @yale.edu Undergraduate Research Conference (YURC). Title is: "A Meta-Analysis of the Correlations Between Executive Functions and Spatial Abilities: Implications for Theory, Research, and Practice."

Honored to be included in this list! Our study (with @damcotto.bsky.social) examined how students ("capable problem solvers") may benefit from using scratch paper because they are able to offload information from their working memory and reintegrate it later.

Edutopia@edutopia.org · 8mo ago

Our annual research roundup is here! Here are 10 takeaways from this year’s must-read education studies—from the power of brain breaks to groundbreaking research on AI, cell phones, and handwriting in the classroom. 🧠✍️ #EdResearch #EduSky

Closed out another great year with the lab 🥳 Lab lunch 🍜 Grateful that I get to work with many brilliant minds everyday @berkeleyeducation.bsky.social

The @umdleadlab.bsky.social and the world lost a bright star this week. Victoria was such a kind, dedicated, and passionate person. She was one of my first students, helping me set up my lab from scratch, and I am honored to have worked with her. There aren't words for how much we will miss her. ❤️

Hello #MCLS2026 !☘️ We are delighted to announce the dates for our upcoming conference in Padua, Italy! 🇮🇹 Thanks to the local organisers at Università di Padova S. Caviola, R. Rugani, M. Ranzini, and others @mcls-official.bsky.social @mclstrainee.bsky.social #neuroskyence #cogsci #edusky #devpsy

Delighted to share the first article of Dr Sophie Leonard's doctoral thesis. We thank reviewers & editors of this exciting special issue for their great support! ☘️ #ProudSupervisor #neuroskyence #devpsych #cogsci #edusky @mclstrainee.bsky.social @mcls-official.bsky.social @ioe.bsky.social

🚨 New publication! Our registered report in Journal of Educational Psychology examines whether common executive function (EF) tasks demonstrated measurement invariance across racial/ethnic groups. Spoiler: they don’t. ⚠️ doi.org/10.1037/edu0...

Today’s lab meeting was led by @berkeleyeducation.bsky.social grad students Jetta McPhee and Elise Levin-Guracar who offered to host a session for our undergraduates applying to grad programs this year (and beyond!).

In a new pub, we examined subgroup differences in Asian American children, particularly 1) the diversity of math achievement and 2) what factors predict this diversity. Ultimately, we wanted to see whether the factors predicting math achievement is the same across subgroups. doi.org/10.1080/1040...

In a second, we form expectations about the likely traits and behaviors of people we meet. How does this ability develop? How do others’ perceived gender factor into it? I’m thrilled to share a new paper now in press at Cognition with @andreicimpian.bsky.social and‪ @lucaspbutler.bsky.social. 1/6

Protest of Dr. Oz never tasted so good... "So, shame on Dr. Oz for suggesting that Medicaid & Medicare recipients shld avoid even the most meager of indulgences. Bc we all deserve to have our cake and eat it, too." Sociology Medsky 🛟😷 health policy

Opinion | Don’t let Dr. Oz shame you into avoiding carrot cake

The U.S. has a long history of judging food choices, especially those of the poor.

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Looking for another postdoc to work on preschool longitudinal fNIRS and ERP data-details here: publish.illinois.edu/danielchyde/...

✨New publication✨ The Role of Math Games for Children’s Early Math Learning: A Systematic Review doi.org/10.5964/jnc.... with @gbramani.bsky.social

Postdoc position open in our #workingmemory lab! See here for more info: www.unige.ch/fapse/womcog...

European Society for Cognitive Psychology@escop.bsky.social · last yr.

Postdoc position in cognitive psychology or cognitive development, University of Geneva, Switzerland Applications are invited for a postdoc position in cognitive psychology or cognitive development. Application deadline: 11 August 2025

✨New publication✨ #MathActivities on #SocialMedia: Examining content, design, and alignment with mathematical cognition research doi.org/10.1016/j.ec... with Juyun Lee and Eric Dearing @ericdearing.bsky.social

📣📣 A recent paper by Nicole J. Stucke & Sabine Doebel in JCD: Will it Sink or Float? No Gender Differences in Five- to Seven-Year-Old Children’s Persistence on a Science Task www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Will it Sink or Float? No Gender Differences in Five- to Seven-Year-Old Children’s Persistence on a Science Task

Recent studies suggest that girls as young as 4 years of age in the US are affected by negative gender-science stereotypes and persist less than boys on science tasks. However to date, no studies h...

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📣📣 A recent paper by Nicholas A. Vest and colleagues: Does Focusing on the Unit of Change Help Children Learn Growing Pattern Skills? www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @nicholasvest.bsky.social @marthaalibali.bsky.social

Does Focusing on the Unit of Change Help Children Learn Growing Pattern Skills?

Children regularly encounter growing and decreasing patterns in songs, games, and daily routines. Over development, children learn to extend and abstract (i.e., recreate the pattern using different...

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🚨Attention Job Seekers: We're hiring a quantitative researcher for a 1-year (possibly renewable for 2nd yr) position to study Career & Technical education! While not technically a postdoc, this would be a great fit for a recent PhD graduate! 🧵 careers.umich.edu/job_detail/2...

You may think summer is just starting but I promise you Fall is coming at us like a freight train. Do you need to teach neurosci to undergrads then? Check out this free book, funded by #NSF. Help level the playing field by keeping your course resources free to students.

Intro to BN open textbook@introtobn.bsky.social · last yr.

Looking for a textbook for your fall course in #Neuroscience? How about a free one? Intro to Behavioral Neuroscience is a completely free, online text perfect for many introductory, college-level neuroscience classes. Use one chapter or all 19. openstax.org/details/book...

New publication with Svetha Mohan and @douglombardi.bsky.social on the role of executive functions in scientific thinking. In a scaffolding activity, adults shifted toward a more scientific (vs. non-scientific) stance, esp those with higher cognitive flexibility scores. doi.org/10.1080/0163...

Cognitive flexibility moderates shifts in plausibility judgments of claims about climate change

The current study investigated whether making plausibility judgments relies on executive functions (EF), particularly inhibitory control, the ability to suppress irrelevant information, and cogniti...

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🥳Excited to share that I am joining Columbia July 2025 @columbiauniversity.bsky.social Looking for🚨lab managers🚨postdocs🚨grad students! Pls REPOST🙏 We study⭐️person perception⭐️social cognition using experimental, cross-cultural, & computational methods! App👉shorturl.at/5UVPl More👉shorturl.at/q18GM

Since 1954, "The Handbook of Social Psychology" has been the field’s most authoritative reference work, and today is the launch of the 6th edition with 50 new chapters by 100 leading scholars. Best news? The HSP is now an open-access public resource—free to read, download, and share. the-hsp.com

So happy to see the official announcement of this generous gift to support the important work of our Maryland Democracy Initiative @umaryland.edu! Thrilled to continue my small part of this collaborative endeavor! today.umd.edu/a-vote-for-c...

A Vote for Civic Education

Gift to Maryland Democracy Initiative Supports Political Engagement, Literacy Efforts

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