Imagination and social cognition in childhood Children's social cognitive development depends on general and increasingly flexible ability to imagine alternative possibilities for action.

And read Tamar’s paper on imagination and social cognition in childhood here!

doi.org/10.1002/wcs....

The Team — Early Childhood Cognition Lab

You can learn more about Tamar’s awesome research and her lab here:

ecclabduke.com/the-team

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In this episode, @adani.bsky.social chats with Prof. Tamar Kushnir about how we use our imagination to think about the past, make sense of the present, and plan for the future!

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Steve's paper: doi.org/10.1016/j.ti...
Steve’s personal website: stevenrathje.com

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166 - Steve Rathje: The Psychology of Virality

NEW EPISODE OUT🗣️!! In this episode, Su @sudkrc.bsky.social chats with Dr. Steve Rathje @steverathje.bsky.social on why certain content spreads rapidly online and offline! LISTEN NOW🎧: open.spotify.com/episode/7CoK...

B.Peachy: Leakproof Period and Postpartum Underwear Experience reusable, leakproof underwear that stays fresh and comfortable all day or night. A super-absorbent, breathable alternative to tampons and pads—without the bulk or PFAS. Feels just like regu...

Check out Dr. Wong's company, b.peachy here: bpeachy.online

165 – Ying Wong: From Cultural Psychology to Global Business

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In this episode, Anjie @anjiecao.bsky.social chats with Dr. Ying Wong, an alum of our department and also the founder and CEO of B.peachy. Dr. Wong shared her journey into the business world as a social psychology PhD!

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The Intellectual Lives of Children — Harvard University Press “A remarkable book. Whether you are an educator, parent, or simply a curious reader, you will come to see, hear, and understand children in new ways.”—Howard Gardner, author of Multiple IntelligencesA...

Susan’s most recent book, The Intellectual Lives of Children: www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978067...

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164 - Susan Engel: Do We Become Less Curious As We Grow Older?

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In this episode, Adani @adani.bsky.social chats with Dr. Susan Engel from Williams College about curiosity, invention, her journey into developmental psychology, and her latest book, The Intellectual Lives of Children!

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Roger's paper: mit-genai.pubpub.org/pub/ak3evnmm...
Roger's lab website: cpl.mit.edu

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163 - Roger Levy: The Science of Language in the Era of AI

NEW EPISODE OUT🗣️!! In this episode, Su @sudkrc.bsky.social chats with Dr. Roger Levy @rplevy.bsky.social of MIT Brain and Cognitive Sciences @mitbcs.bsky.social on being a language scientist in the era of AI!
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Adam’s website: www.adambenforado.com

Adam’s book: www.adambenforado.com/a-minor-revo...

Adam’s new organization, Minor Power: ​https://www.minorpower.org/

If you interact with children in any capacity, be it as a parent, relative, educator, researcher, or simply as a citizen (which really is all of us!), listen in! There’s something in there for everyone :)

We dive into Adam's scholarly work at the intersection of law and psychology, how he first got to work on the issues he now champions, how and why these issues shape all of our lives and futures, and how we can find ways to have better conversations about them!

162 - Adam Benforado: How prioritizing kids benefits us all

NEW EPISODE OUT! In this episode, Adani @adani.bsky.social chats with Prof. Adam Benforado about his latest book, A Minor Revolution, which covers the past, present, and future of children’s rights in the U.S.

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YC's paper: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40215238/
YC's lab website: mcnlab.uchicago.edu

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161 - Yuan Chang (YC) Leong: Emotional arousal & dynamic brain connectivity

NEW EPISODE OUT🧠!! In this episode, Su
@sudkrc.bsky.social chats with Dr. YC Leong @ycleong.bsky.social
of The University of Chicago on how dynamic brain connectivity predicts emotional arousal while watching Sherlock🕵️🧐
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Signatures of human-like processing in Transformer forward passes Modern AI models are increasingly being used as theoretical tools to study human cognition. One dominant approach is to evaluate whether human-derived measures are predicted by a model's output: that ...

Jenn’s paper: arxiv.org/abs/2504.14107
Jenn’s lab website:https://www.glintlab.org/

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159 - Jennifer Hu: From Human Minds to Artificial Minds

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In this episode, Su @sudkrc.bsky.social chats with Dr. Jennifer Hu @jennhu.bsky.social of Johns Hopkins University, comparing how LLMs and humans process information in real-time when solving cognitive tasks.
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159 - Dawn Finzi: From Vision Neuroscience to ML Engineering (Psychologist in the Wild Series)

NEW EPISODE!! 💫 (and the first in our new series, Psychologist in the Wild) Elizabeth
@imelizabeth.bsky.social
chats with Dr. Dawn Finzi on her scientific journey, from researching human visual perception to becoming a Machine Learning Engineer! LISTEN NOW🎧: open.spotify.com/episode/1TTH...

Social Skill Training with Large Language Models People rely on social skills like conflict resolution to communicate effectively and to thrive in both work and personal life. However, practice environments for social skills are typically out of rea...

Diyi’s paper: arxiv.org/abs/2404.04204
Diyi’s lab website: cs.stanford.edu/~diyiy/group...

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NEW EPISODE OUT🎙️🤖!!
In this episode, Su @sudkrc.bsky.social chats with Dr. Diyi Yang @diyiyang.bsky.social @stanfordnlp.bsky.social @stanfordhai.bsky.social on socially aware language technologies and her recent work "Social Skill Training with LLMs"
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A massive 7T fMRI dataset to bridge cognitive neuroscience and artificial intelligence - Nature Neuroscience The authors measured high-resolution fMRI activity from eight individuals who saw and memorized thousands of annotated natural images over 1 year. This massive dataset enables new paths of inquiry in ...

Discussed Papers in Podcast:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Kendrick’s website: cvnlab.net

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