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@hartleylabnyu.bsky.social

Catherine Hartley's research group in the Department of Psychology at NYU, focused on characterizing the development and dynamics of the learning, memory, and decision-making processes that shape our behavior https://www.hartleylab.org/

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@rhezab.bsky.social will present poster B-20 β€œHow does social learning affect trapped learners” at Poster Session 3 on Saturday at 1:00 PM.

31.07.2025 00:12 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

@susanbenear.bsky.social will present poster B-12 β€œThe effects of real-world novelty exposure on episodic memory specificity across development” at Poster Session 2 on Friday at 10:30 AM.

31.07.2025 00:12 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Two lab members will be presenting posters at @cogscisociety.bsky.social in San Fran this week! Come say hi!! See thread for details.

31.07.2025 00:12 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Alana Jaskir presents a talk at a workshop for RLDM 2025.

Alana Jaskir presents a talk at a workshop for RLDM 2025.

Nora Harhen and Susan Benear present a joint poster for RLDM 2025 entitled "Reinforcement learning computations modulate memory specificity".

Nora Harhen and Susan Benear present a joint poster for RLDM 2025 entitled "Reinforcement learning computations modulate memory specificity".

Alana Jaskir presents a poster for RLDM 2025 entitled "Effects of offline consolidation on statistical learning across development".

Alana Jaskir presents a poster for RLDM 2025 entitled "Effects of offline consolidation on statistical learning across development".

At @rldmdublin2025.bsky.social last week, current and former members of our lab presented their research - here are a few highlights from @alanajaskir.bsky.social, @noraharhen.bsky.social and @susanbenear.bsky.social! Posters from @licezhang.bsky.social and Noam Goldway not pictured.

16.06.2025 16:36 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Great talk today by our PI @catehartley.bsky.social and Michael Littman for Session 1 ("Developmental mechanisms and exploration") at @rldmdublin2025.bsky.social on the ingredients needed for AGI, supported by both cognitive and computational evidence. See photo for conclusion! πŸ§ πŸ€–

12.06.2025 19:10 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

New paper with @catehartley.bsky.social

How does the reward structure of the environment influence the specificity with which children, adolescents, and adults learn and remember information?

See preprint 🧡 and paper for our efforts to answer to this!

#PsychSciSky

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

01.05.2025 12:28 β€” πŸ‘ 53    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Despite the world being on fire, I can't help but be thrilled to announce that I'll be starting as an Assistant Professor in the Cognitive Science Program at Dartmouth in Fall '26. I'll be recruiting grad students this upcoming cycleβ€”get in touch if you're interested!

07.05.2025 22:08 β€” πŸ‘ 141    πŸ” 24    πŸ’¬ 17    πŸ“Œ 4

I’m thrilled to announce that I will start as a presidential assistant professor in Neuroscience at the City U of Hong Kong in Jan 2026!
I have RA, PhD, and postdoc positions available! Come work with me on neural network models + experiments on human memory!
RT appreciated!
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08.05.2025 01:16 β€” πŸ‘ 127    πŸ” 39    πŸ’¬ 14    πŸ“Œ 4
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Two Hartley Lab undergraduate research assistants gave great talks today at the NYU Undergraduate Research Conference on research they've conducted in the lab!! πŸ‘ Congratulations to Yvette Ma and Sophia Nielsen!

02.05.2025 19:06 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Saturday 5/3, 8:30-10:00 AM, Auditorium 2, our PI @catehartley.bsky.social will speak along with @apmackey.bsky.social as part of the duo address "Development of cognition, learning, and brain plasticity"! tinyurl.com/srcdhartley

28.04.2025 14:46 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Friday 5/2, 1:20-2:50 PM, Room 208A, as part of the symposium "From Stress to Strategy: How Childhood Adversity Shapes Learning and Exploration", postdoc @noraharhen.bsky.social will present "Early life environments shape reinforcement learning strategies across development"! tinyurl.com/srcdharhen

28.04.2025 14:46 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

⭐️Two talks from our lab will be taking place at the SRCD conference in Minneapolis this week on Friday 5/2 and Saturday 5/3!⭐️ @srcdorg.bsky.social See thread for details!

28.04.2025 14:46 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

This kind of talk is why I go to conferences. How mine blowing and inspiring. Cate Hartley is my new academic aspirational goal @hartleylabnyu.bsky.social #sans2025

25.04.2025 20:35 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Great talk today by our PI @catehartley.bsky.social (a newly minted Full Professor!! πŸŽ‰) in our very own NYU psychology department on "Causes and consequences of exploration across development" πŸ“πŸ“±πŸ—ΊοΈπŸšΆ

06.03.2025 21:56 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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New preprint πŸ“ - another fun collaboration with @arikahn.bsky.social, @licezhang.bsky.social, @nathanieldaw.bsky.social, @hartleylabnyu.bsky.social

We ask: Why do children and adults often derive different representations of their environments from the same experiences? πŸ§ πŸ‘ΆπŸ”Ž

osf.io/preprints/ps...

06.03.2025 12:54 β€” πŸ‘ 44    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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🚨New pre-print out from our lab!!🚨 "Developmental differences in exploration reveal underlying differences in structure inference" by @noraharhen.bsky.social, Rheza Budiono, @catehartley.bsky.social, and
@aaronbornstein.bsky.social. Read here: osf.io/preprints/ps...

04.03.2025 16:17 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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psyarxiv.com/y3dzn preprint from the time i spent at @hartleylabnyu.bsky.social πŸ’œ - we were puzzled by past findings suggesting that children learn about the structure of the world, but don't use this knowledge to flexibly guide their decision-making as much as adults do.

20.01.2025 22:16 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

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