Nora Newcombe
@noranewcombe.bsky.social
Cognitive and developmental scientist at Temple University
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We've got merch! Instead of giving your bucks to Bezos, why not get a gift that fuels the fight for science? Shop small this holiday season, and stand up for science! www.standupforscience.net/merch
November 27, 2025 at 3:01 PM
We've got merch! Instead of giving your bucks to Bezos, why not get a gift that fuels the fight for science? Shop small this holiday season, and stand up for science! www.standupforscience.net/merch
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Special issue of Neuropsychologia celebrating the career of John Duncan.
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Neuropsychologia | Cooperating brain systems and intelligent behaviour: Special issue in honour of John Duncan | ScienceDirect.com by Elsevier
Throughout his distinguished career, John Duncan has made numerous influential contributions to understanding the behavioural and brain basis of attention and intelligence. John’s ideas, invariably co...
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November 27, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Special issue of Neuropsychologia celebrating the career of John Duncan.
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#neuroscience
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#neuroscience
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🚨New Preprint!
How can we model natural scene representations in visual cortex? A solution is in active vision: predict the features of the next glimpse! arxiv.org/abs/2511.12715
+ @adriendoerig.bsky.social , @alexanderkroner.bsky.social , @carmenamme.bsky.social , @timkietzmann.bsky.social
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How can we model natural scene representations in visual cortex? A solution is in active vision: predict the features of the next glimpse! arxiv.org/abs/2511.12715
+ @adriendoerig.bsky.social , @alexanderkroner.bsky.social , @carmenamme.bsky.social , @timkietzmann.bsky.social
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Predicting upcoming visual features during eye movements yields scene representations aligned with human visual cortex
Scenes are complex, yet structured collections of parts, including objects and surfaces, that exhibit spatial and semantic relations to one another. An effective visual system therefore needs unified ...
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November 18, 2025 at 12:37 PM
🚨New Preprint!
How can we model natural scene representations in visual cortex? A solution is in active vision: predict the features of the next glimpse! arxiv.org/abs/2511.12715
+ @adriendoerig.bsky.social , @alexanderkroner.bsky.social , @carmenamme.bsky.social , @timkietzmann.bsky.social
🧵 1/14
How can we model natural scene representations in visual cortex? A solution is in active vision: predict the features of the next glimpse! arxiv.org/abs/2511.12715
+ @adriendoerig.bsky.social , @alexanderkroner.bsky.social , @carmenamme.bsky.social , @timkietzmann.bsky.social
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In my latest for @nytimes.com, scientists and Indigenous sailors in the Marshall Islands are studying seafaring and the human brain. I became completely fascinated by navigation while reporting this story.
(gift link!)
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(gift link!)
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A Voyage Into the Art of Finding One’s Way at Sea
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November 26, 2025 at 5:38 PM
In my latest for @nytimes.com, scientists and Indigenous sailors in the Marshall Islands are studying seafaring and the human brain. I became completely fascinated by navigation while reporting this story.
(gift link!)
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/s...
(gift link!)
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/s...
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New preprint alert!
Cognitive maps are flexible, dynamic, (re)constructed representations
#psychscisky #neuroskyence #cognition #philsky 🧪
Cognitive maps are flexible, dynamic, (re)constructed representations
#psychscisky #neuroskyence #cognition #philsky 🧪
OSF
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November 26, 2025 at 6:11 PM
New preprint alert!
Cognitive maps are flexible, dynamic, (re)constructed representations
#psychscisky #neuroskyence #cognition #philsky 🧪
Cognitive maps are flexible, dynamic, (re)constructed representations
#psychscisky #neuroskyence #cognition #philsky 🧪
“I’ve had my bath, lunch was good, and I’m getting ready to watch my programs.”
Life Is Too Short to Fight With Your Family www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/o...
Life Is Too Short to Fight With Your Family www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/o...
Opinion | Life Is Too Short to Fight With Your Family
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November 26, 2025 at 11:04 AM
“I’ve had my bath, lunch was good, and I’m getting ready to watch my programs.”
Life Is Too Short to Fight With Your Family www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/o...
Life Is Too Short to Fight With Your Family www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/o...
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Why impact evaluations are so important: not everything that sounds like a good policy actually has the desired impact. While many interventions are highly effective, others don't work at all:
Examining the One Laptop Per Child program in Peruvian rural primary schools finds no significant effects on academic performance but some evidence of negative ones on grade progression, from Cueto, Beuermann, Cristia, Malamud, and Pardo www.nber.org/papers/w34495
November 26, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Why impact evaluations are so important: not everything that sounds like a good policy actually has the desired impact. While many interventions are highly effective, others don't work at all:
An inspiring story.
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Surviving San Quentin
The path from medium-security prison—as well as opioid addiction and family trauma—to a PhD program at the Harvard Kenneth C. Griffin Graduate School of Arts and Sciences is narrow and has few travele...
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November 25, 2025 at 12:31 PM
An inspiring story.
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WOW! Autism Society of America, The Autistic Self-Advocacy Network, the Autism Science Foundation, the Autistic Women & Nonbinary Network and Autism Speaks put out a statement denouncing the CDC changing its website on vaccines
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Leading Autism and Disability Organizations Statement on CDC's Vaccines and Autism Page
As national organizations dedicated to advancing the well-being of autistic individuals and partners across the disability and public health sectors, we are deeply disappointed by the latest update to...
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November 24, 2025 at 11:18 PM
WOW! Autism Society of America, The Autistic Self-Advocacy Network, the Autism Science Foundation, the Autistic Women & Nonbinary Network and Autism Speaks put out a statement denouncing the CDC changing its website on vaccines
autisticadvocacy.org/2025/11/lead...
autisticadvocacy.org/2025/11/lead...
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Just published my "Programming for Psychologists" course! 👩💻 github.com/Naubody/prog...
Designed for Psychology & Cognitive Neuroscience Master's students starting their programming journey at @vuamsterdam.bsky.social.
Feel free to share! Feedback welcome!
Designed for Psychology & Cognitive Neuroscience Master's students starting their programming journey at @vuamsterdam.bsky.social.
Feel free to share! Feedback welcome!
November 24, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Just published my "Programming for Psychologists" course! 👩💻 github.com/Naubody/prog...
Designed for Psychology & Cognitive Neuroscience Master's students starting their programming journey at @vuamsterdam.bsky.social.
Feel free to share! Feedback welcome!
Designed for Psychology & Cognitive Neuroscience Master's students starting their programming journey at @vuamsterdam.bsky.social.
Feel free to share! Feedback welcome!
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I’m done funding cruelty. Target cuts DEI, Amazon bankrolls this administration, and Home Depot lets ICE terrorize workers on their lots.
My money stays with small shops and people-first businesses. How about you? #WeAintBuyingIt
My money stays with small shops and people-first businesses. How about you? #WeAintBuyingIt
November 24, 2025 at 9:44 PM
I’m done funding cruelty. Target cuts DEI, Amazon bankrolls this administration, and Home Depot lets ICE terrorize workers on their lots.
My money stays with small shops and people-first businesses. How about you? #WeAintBuyingIt
My money stays with small shops and people-first businesses. How about you? #WeAintBuyingIt
Sigh, no surprise if you read Makary's book, but sad to see, again, no scientific discussion of an important issue
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Doctors respond to ‘data-free’ decision over menopause hormone therapy: ‘It’s not true’
Physicians say FDA panel conflated two issues and made baseless claims about unproven health benefits
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November 24, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Sigh, no surprise if you read Makary's book, but sad to see, again, no scientific discussion of an important issue
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Inspirational story-- a startup that matters!
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Penn is testing beanies for NICU babies that block harmful noise and play parents’ messages
Pamela Collins hopes the Sonura Beanie can help her son feel calm and connected to her, even when physically apart.
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November 24, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Inspirational story-- a startup that matters!
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We've had to wait a long time to get to this point! With this new pair of Cochrane systematic reviews, the weight of the evidence has tipped very heavily in favor of HPV vaccination.
My new post @plos.org absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2025/11/24/t...
#Vaccines
My new post @plos.org absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2025/11/24/t...
#Vaccines
This Evidence Fundamentally Shifts the Debate About the HPV Vaccine - Absolutely Maybe
We’ve had to wait a long time to get to this point. If cervical cancer develops after HPV infection, it will take…
absolutelymaybe.plos.org
November 24, 2025 at 10:24 AM
We've had to wait a long time to get to this point! With this new pair of Cochrane systematic reviews, the weight of the evidence has tipped very heavily in favor of HPV vaccination.
My new post @plos.org absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2025/11/24/t...
#Vaccines
My new post @plos.org absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2025/11/24/t...
#Vaccines
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Great piece on yesterday’s tailgate with Stand Up for Yale! www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/u...
Please sign and share our joint letter: crimsoncourage.fillout.com/yale-harvard...
#HYjointhefight #harvard #yale #academicfreedom #thegame
Please sign and share our joint letter: crimsoncourage.fillout.com/yale-harvard...
#HYjointhefight #harvard #yale #academicfreedom #thegame
Pabst, Pamphlets and a Petition: A Harvard-Yale Tailgate in the Trump Era
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November 23, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Great piece on yesterday’s tailgate with Stand Up for Yale! www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/u...
Please sign and share our joint letter: crimsoncourage.fillout.com/yale-harvard...
#HYjointhefight #harvard #yale #academicfreedom #thegame
Please sign and share our joint letter: crimsoncourage.fillout.com/yale-harvard...
#HYjointhefight #harvard #yale #academicfreedom #thegame
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Origins of language, one of humanity’s most distinctive traits, may be best explained as a unique convergence of multiple capacities each with its own evolutionary history, involving intertwined roles of biology & culture. This framing can expand research horizons. A 🧵 on our @science.org paper.🧪1/n
What enables human language? A biocultural framework
Explaining the origins of language is a key challenge in understanding ourselves as a species. We present an empirical framework that draws on synergies across fields to facilitate robust studies of l...
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November 23, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Origins of language, one of humanity’s most distinctive traits, may be best explained as a unique convergence of multiple capacities each with its own evolutionary history, involving intertwined roles of biology & culture. This framing can expand research horizons. A 🧵 on our @science.org paper.🧪1/n
Let’s all follow the Harvard-Yale example
Pabst, Pamphlets and a Petition: A Harvard-Yale Tailgate in the Trump Era www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/u...
Pabst, Pamphlets and a Petition: A Harvard-Yale Tailgate in the Trump Era www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/u...
Pabst, Pamphlets and a Petition: A Harvard-Yale Tailgate in the Trump Era
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November 23, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Let’s all follow the Harvard-Yale example
Pabst, Pamphlets and a Petition: A Harvard-Yale Tailgate in the Trump Era www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/u...
Pabst, Pamphlets and a Petition: A Harvard-Yale Tailgate in the Trump Era www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/u...
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Lisa Fazio led an insightful Town Hall titled “Current Threats to Psychological Science - What’s Going On & What You Can Do About It,” yesterday at #psynom25. The panel provided a clearer understanding of current threats to science, scientific funding, & pressures confronting US universities.
November 22, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Lisa Fazio led an insightful Town Hall titled “Current Threats to Psychological Science - What’s Going On & What You Can Do About It,” yesterday at #psynom25. The panel provided a clearer understanding of current threats to science, scientific funding, & pressures confronting US universities.
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As autocratization proceeds in the U.S. and elsewhere, it's time for a stock-take. Where are we, where are we going? What works? What might work better? Nearly 6 months after we published the Anti-Autocracy Handbook sks.to/autocracy the SciBeh team is hosting its next big event ....
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November 21, 2025 at 6:47 PM
As autocratization proceeds in the U.S. and elsewhere, it's time for a stock-take. Where are we, where are we going? What works? What might work better? Nearly 6 months after we published the Anti-Autocracy Handbook sks.to/autocracy the SciBeh team is hosting its next big event ....
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"Stop me if you've heard this before" dept:
Student-run independent college newspapers should be in the running for Pulitzers. This from @theharvardcrimson.bsky.social
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
Student-run independent college newspapers should be in the running for Pulitzers. This from @theharvardcrimson.bsky.social
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
Summers Visited Epstein’s Island During 2005 Honeymoon | News | The Harvard Crimson
In the winter of 2005, just after their wedding at Elmwood — the Harvard president’s official residence — Lawrence H. Summers and his wife, Elisa F. New, traded Cambridge’s cold for a warmer escape.
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November 20, 2025 at 6:13 PM
"Stop me if you've heard this before" dept:
Student-run independent college newspapers should be in the running for Pulitzers. This from @theharvardcrimson.bsky.social
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
Student-run independent college newspapers should be in the running for Pulitzers. This from @theharvardcrimson.bsky.social
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
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We are recruiting a lab manager/research assistant to start in early 2026! The successful candidate will conduct awake infant fMRI, meet cute babies, and join a fun team!
More details (e.g. responsibilities): soc.stanford.edu/people/#join...
Apply here: careersearch.stanford.edu/jobs/social-...
More details (e.g. responsibilities): soc.stanford.edu/people/#join...
Apply here: careersearch.stanford.edu/jobs/social-...
People – Scaffolding of Cognition Team
soc.stanford.edu
November 21, 2025 at 12:16 AM
We are recruiting a lab manager/research assistant to start in early 2026! The successful candidate will conduct awake infant fMRI, meet cute babies, and join a fun team!
More details (e.g. responsibilities): soc.stanford.edu/people/#join...
Apply here: careersearch.stanford.edu/jobs/social-...
More details (e.g. responsibilities): soc.stanford.edu/people/#join...
Apply here: careersearch.stanford.edu/jobs/social-...
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New paper: Evidence of crossmodal compensation in the conceptual representation of blind people: while they share visual associations with sighted people, blind people more strongly associate concepts with touch direct.mit.edu/opmi/article...
November 20, 2025 at 8:52 AM
New paper: Evidence of crossmodal compensation in the conceptual representation of blind people: while they share visual associations with sighted people, blind people more strongly associate concepts with touch direct.mit.edu/opmi/article...
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I really hate it when scientists keep saying that “we need to rebuild trust in science,” because it implies that scientists are to blame for the mistrust rather than the millions of dollars of dark money that have funded political attacks on science in order to advance a far right agenda.
November 19, 2025 at 9:48 PM
I really hate it when scientists keep saying that “we need to rebuild trust in science,” because it implies that scientists are to blame for the mistrust rather than the millions of dollars of dark money that have funded political attacks on science in order to advance a far right agenda.
Inspiring Q and A with Dick Aslin! Look for more such content over the next few months from @psychscience.bsky.social
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Collective Action Is Essential for Universities in Current Political Climate
In this Q&A, Richard Aslin shares his thoughts on the real meaning of “academic freedom” and why members of the higher education community have reason to be cautiously optimistic.
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November 19, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Inspiring Q and A with Dick Aslin! Look for more such content over the next few months from @psychscience.bsky.social
www.psychologicalscience.org/publications...
www.psychologicalscience.org/publications...