continuum of inductive potential from low (relatively minimal categories whose members are dissimilar) to high (coherent meaningful categories whose members are similar) above a cartoon child. an icon of a tiger appears under "high" inductive potential, with "closes eyes when happy" appearing as a feature of a tiger in a zoo, with an arrow pointing to the tiger icon, and a dashed arrow extending it to a tiger on a savanna. an icon of a pedestrian appears under "low" inductive potential, with "closes eyes when happy" appearing as a feature of a woman on a street, with Xs over arrows pointing to the pedestrian icon, and to a different pedestrian.
π£ new paper! people use some categories to generalize (e.g., we generalize something we learn about one tiger π― to other tigers π
), but not others (e.g., we don't generalize from one pedestrian πΆ to other pedestrians πΆββοΈ). how do people learn what categories allow for generalization? π§΅
31.07.2025 06:10 β π 47 π 15 π¬ 3 π 1
Six months ago, I accepted a postdoc offer in a fabulous lab. Three days ago, the Trump administration terminated the NSF grant supporting the position. Today, my offer had to be rescinded, and my PhD defense is a week away. (1/3)
28.04.2025 21:35 β π 187 π 106 π¬ 14 π 14
SPP abstracts for the 50th Anniversary Meeting are due in one month, with a great lineup of speakers and events!
31.12.2023 17:26 β π 30 π 18 π¬ 0 π 0
This is so amazing!
20.12.2023 00:51 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Still stunned that @levelsof.bsky.social and I got this "band" back together for a CDS preconf. CDS registration opens soon so register quick while seats last! ππto Susan Gelman, Larry Hirschfeld, Scott Atran, Susan Carey, Alison Gopnik, Paul Harris, Frank Keil, Alan Leslie, Liz Spelke Henry Wellman
14.12.2023 22:09 β π 23 π 4 π¬ 1 π 1
My thoughts on AI alignment. In the @newyorkers.bsky.social
www.newyorker.com/science/anna...
29.11.2023 13:57 β π 8 π 4 π¬ 1 π 2
Out today!
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
20.11.2023 20:18 β π 56 π 24 π¬ 0 π 0
Reposting here!
New paper with @ktvasq.bsky.social, Emily Gerdin, @yarrowdunham.bsky.social, and @zoeliberman.bsky.social in JEP: General:
"Expectations of intergroup empathy bias emerge by early childhood"
psycnet.apa.org/record/2024-...
13.11.2023 21:11 β π 20 π 9 π¬ 2 π 0
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