Dora Kampis

one annoying thing with Eyelink is that the pupil size afaik is given still in some arbitrary units, having made inter-lab collabs (e.g., MB2) difficult, though in the end not impossible (I think?).

In Copenhagen we also use Eyelink 1000 (infants 6mo+). I haven't used Python but Matlab integration is good and supported.

I haven't used Tobii in ages but when I did, their customer support was close to nonexistent, whereas for EyeLink it was great, there is also a forum with FAQ and community.

Altercentric bias in preverbal infants' encoding of object kind Human infants may exhibit an altercentric bias, where the perspective of others biases their own cognition. This bias may serve a crucial learning fun…

Finally out! 🥳

In this work with @vhsouthgate.bsky.social and with @dimask.bsky.social's careful analyses we provide EEG evidence that the other's perspective not merely modulates, but dominates over, infants' own representation of an object's identity.

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

now a very different question: people with longitudinal projects: what fun/cute/informative things did you come up with, to keep your cohort happy and entertained? I have a couple examples but curious what worked particularly well. 🙏🙏
we will have months 12 --> 18 --> 30 --> 36

ah, amateurs.. I keep half organized, and the other half in the downloads, so then I never truly know how to find it! it makes everything more exciting, the spark never dies ✨

oh I didn't know about this work, thanks! 🙏

do I know anyone who is familiar with work on how adults/children think about non-human minds? e.g., what beliefs and knowledge they have, how they will behave, how we reason about their needs, thoughts preferences etc? mainly curious about things we reason about based on our prior knowledge

yes! novelty pref, based on level/amount of encoding, better remembering an object, etc

does anyone know of a familiarity/novelty preference paper with infants, that shows the effect with first look and not (just) with DLS or any sort of cumulative looking time?

We propose that when a single object has two possible representations (an identity derived from the others’ perspective and an identity derived from one’s own perspective), infants’ memory appeared to prioritize sustaining that from the other’s.

Exp 2 found no N400 effect in response to a semantic mismatch from the infant's perspective, when labelling was always consistent with the agent's last witnessed object. Thus overall, infants' N400 response corresponded to encoding the object kind via the other's perspective

Exp 1 found a reduced N400 response (typically sensitive to semantic mismatch) when a label was consistent with and object the other person, but not the infant, last witnessed.

Our new pre-print is up where we show that 14-month-old infants prioritize encoding semantic information via others' perspective, using the N400 ERP component, with @vhsouthgate.bsky.social and @dimask.bsky.social.

pre-print here:
osf.io/preprints/ps...

Open Science and Overwork Comments on Hostler (2023)

High academic workload is a broadly recognised issue that affects scientific practice and that could be considered more in relation to open science.

See @tomhostler.bsky.social's work on this.

#AcademicSky #MetaSci

does anyone have examples in grant applications on how data management will comply with FAIR principles, that they are willing to share? it would be much appreciated!🙏