After 2220 days, today is technically my final day as a graduate student. So here's a short, meaningless, cliche thread of advice I'd have for younger students (and/or a younger version of myself).

Suppose Tom loses control of his body, and his bodily motions then cause an accident. Would it be right to say “Tom caused the accident?” A new paper explores the role that language plays in these links between agency and causation! 🔗👇

🚨RT! The Social & Cognitive Origins group at @JohnsHopkins ( https://t.co/t1Znq14Mli), directed by Dr. Christopher Krupenye, is recruiting a full-time research assistant or lab manager to begin Summer 2025. The position has a one-year minimum, w/ the possibility of extension. 1/

Watch this video. Do you remember seeing a ball in the second half of the video? Up to 37% of our participants remembered one, but it wasn’t there. Why? In a new paper in press @CognitionJourn, @stricklandbrent and I ask what causes event completion. https://t.co/ll3KTs5OxK

How do we think about our future learning curves for a new skill? 💭 Check out our new paper on people's intuitions about skill acquisition @julia_a_leonard @smickdougle

Suppose you generated a sequence of 100 random numbers. Then one year later, you did it again. Do you think we could predict one sequence from the other? It turns out, we can! Now in press @ JEP:G with @sami_r_yousif @smickdougle @RobbRutledge;

now officially out! https://t.co/1issIxG62S (free here: https://t.co/dHpKfWT8O2)

I’ll be considering applications for a PhD student to start in Fall 2025! I’ve been having a blast starting up the Exploration, Learning, and Mind Lab at @UofNH this fall, and I’m excited to grow our lab community. App review begins 1/15. Learn more: https://t.co/PsMimnf9eI

"Seven reasons to (still) doubt the existence of number adaptation: A rebuttal to Burr et al. and Durgin" 📢 New paper from: @sami_r_yousif, Sam Clarke, & Elizabeth Brannon https://t.co/d3N2IoFvSv

This is a fantastic postdoc opportunity. I highly recommend it, and I’m happy to talk to anyone interested in applying about my experience there.

MindCORE Postdoc Fellowship @Penn Apply by Dec 1, 2024 Designed for new(ish) PhDs in neuro, psych, ling, philo, CIS, cog sci+ 3 yrs salary +20K research fund More: https://t.co/niuXIS8uT0 Pls RT @whartonknows @PennEngGrad @AnnenbergPenn @PennLinguistics @PennBiology @PennNGG

Thinking about applying to graduate school in Developmental Psychology?   Join UNC-Chapel Hill faculty and students for avirtual information session to learn more about our Developmental Psychology Ph.D. program! October 10, 2024 5-7pm (EDT) Register:

I’m recruiting PhD students for my (soon-to-launch) lab at Boston University! If you’re interested in the intersection of computation, learning, & development, please reach out. I’ll be at #Flux2024 and #SNE2024 and am happy to meet up. https://t.co/1qcQ3o1zRD

I'm recruiting grad students for Fall '25 at @PBSamherst! You can read about the lab at https://t.co/IBLwVguCsH and find my contact info there. I'm reviewing apps through the cog and dev areas, as well as through the Neuro PhD. Reach out if you're interested / have any questions!

The UNC Developmental Psychology Department is hosting an information session for prospective applicants! See flyer and Zoom link for more info: https://t.co/A1mK23zxBO

My lab at Edinburgh Uni is recruiting PhD students starting Fall 2025. If you are interested in building and testing theories of causal cognition, theory of mind, etc, I'd love to chat. See more about what we do here: https://t.co/Byd53EnAla

I am recruiting graduate students! I'll review applications through both the Cognitive & Developmental areas. Interested students are encouraged to be in touch; I'd love to chat with you! Find out more: https://t.co/jK18tAdQIO

🚨Super excited to announce that my first first-author paper with @RobbRutledge is now published in @NatureComms! 🎉  Surprising sounds systematically bias humans to take more risks. Full paper: https://t.co/OapCRfNLb1 @YalePsychology @WuTsaiYale @Yale 🧵 (1/n)

What we mean when we say semantic? In this paper a large pool of researchers led by the great (and brave) Jamie Reilly get together to discuss possible answers, while reaching new heights of collaborative and inclusive effort in academia 🫂 https://t.co/ZLdtlC5KfU

Which is more complex: A bicycle or a car? Object complexity comes in many different kinds — such as visual, mechanistic, and more. How are these kinds related? In press @ JEP:G, Frank Keil and I argue that mechanistic complexity is fundamental.

🎉Our paper "Three- and Four-Year-Old Children Represent Mutually Exclusive Possible Identities" has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Experimental Child Psychology! You can read the preprint here: https://t.co/mrRw2Jnb7s 🧵