Daniel Ansari 🇨🇦
@numcog.bsky.social
Canada Research Chair in Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience & Learning at Western University. CIFAR Fellow. Opinions are my own (he/him/his) 🇨🇦
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Theo Moudakis for Wed., Nov. 26, Toronto Star
November 26, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Theo Moudakis for Wed., Nov. 26, Toronto Star
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Oh please just fuck off
November 26, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Oh please just fuck off
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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:
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"We chose a different path when we pressured Ottawa to pass the North Coast Tanker Ban in 2019 — a future powered by clean energy, not oil spills."
#Canada #CDNPoli #BCPoli #CostOfLivingCrisis #ClimateCrisis #NoPipelines
#Canada #CDNPoli #BCPoli #CostOfLivingCrisis #ClimateCrisis #NoPipelines
Opinion: B.C.'s North Coast tanker ban is a line we should never cross
The moratorium isn’t just a policy, it’s a promise to protect what we love and to honour Indigenous leadership. Find out more
vancouversun.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:06 AM
"We chose a different path when we pressured Ottawa to pass the North Coast Tanker Ban in 2019 — a future powered by clean energy, not oil spills."
#Canada #CDNPoli #BCPoli #CostOfLivingCrisis #ClimateCrisis #NoPipelines
#Canada #CDNPoli #BCPoli #CostOfLivingCrisis #ClimateCrisis #NoPipelines
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one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
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Happy to share this new entry on numerical cognition for the OECS. Thanks to @hbaum.bsky.social and @mcxfrank.bsky.social for making this happen! Apologies if your work isn’t cited! Had to limit cites!!! oecs.mit.edu/pub/rek9756r...
Numerical Cognition
oecs.mit.edu
November 20, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Happy to share this new entry on numerical cognition for the OECS. Thanks to @hbaum.bsky.social and @mcxfrank.bsky.social for making this happen! Apologies if your work isn’t cited! Had to limit cites!!! oecs.mit.edu/pub/rek9756r...
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You're kidding me. We only rate dogs. This is a rainbow bagel. I really need you all to start sending us dogs, because we only rate dogs. Thank you... 12/10 (IG: mrpeanutbutter.69)
November 25, 2025 at 8:16 PM
You're kidding me. We only rate dogs. This is a rainbow bagel. I really need you all to start sending us dogs, because we only rate dogs. Thank you... 12/10 (IG: mrpeanutbutter.69)
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🚨We're hiring! A tenure track position at McGill University in the area of #bioethics and / or philosophy of science, with a special focus on the ethics of medical technologies. Please share widely. #philsky #ethics #philsci philjobs.org/job/show/30402
Assistant Professor (Tenure Track), Department of Equity, Ethics, and Policy and Department of Philosophy, McGill University
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Assistant Professor (Tenure Track), Department of Equity...
An international database of jobs for philosophers
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November 25, 2025 at 2:02 AM
🚨We're hiring! A tenure track position at McGill University in the area of #bioethics and / or philosophy of science, with a special focus on the ethics of medical technologies. Please share widely. #philsky #ethics #philsci philjobs.org/job/show/30402
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Study: Bilingual people forget twice as many words after hitting middle age
Study: Bilingual people forget twice as many words after hitting middle age
OTTAWA, ON ― An alarming new study out of the University of Ottawa suggests that years of recommendations to learn a new language in order to stave off cognitive decline may in fact have the opposite ...
www.thebeaverton.com
November 23, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Study: Bilingual people forget twice as many words after hitting middle age
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Finally, we hear actual legal terms. Thank you @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu
As someone who studied EU Policy, I appreciate this.
My question is though - how stable is any ceasefire if Russia is entitled to keep what they occupied even if the change to actual, legal UA borders isn’t recognized?
As someone who studied EU Policy, I appreciate this.
My question is though - how stable is any ceasefire if Russia is entitled to keep what they occupied even if the change to actual, legal UA borders isn’t recognized?
November 24, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Finally, we hear actual legal terms. Thank you @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu
As someone who studied EU Policy, I appreciate this.
My question is though - how stable is any ceasefire if Russia is entitled to keep what they occupied even if the change to actual, legal UA borders isn’t recognized?
As someone who studied EU Policy, I appreciate this.
My question is though - how stable is any ceasefire if Russia is entitled to keep what they occupied even if the change to actual, legal UA borders isn’t recognized?
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PS is excited to announce the launch of "Individual Differences in Cognition” (IDIC), an open-access journal on research in cognitive psychology, science, and neuroscience. Co-Editors-in-Chief are Andrew R.A. Conway & Michael J. Kane. Manuscripts accepted this spring. More information coming soon!
November 22, 2025 at 10:09 PM
PS is excited to announce the launch of "Individual Differences in Cognition” (IDIC), an open-access journal on research in cognitive psychology, science, and neuroscience. Co-Editors-in-Chief are Andrew R.A. Conway & Michael J. Kane. Manuscripts accepted this spring. More information coming soon!
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Should Canada choose to fly the Swedish-built Gripen-E, the country’s air force could receive the first aircraft as quickly—or perhaps even sooner—than the long-awaited American-manufactured F-35, the CEO of Saab signaled Nov. 20.
November 22, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Should Canada choose to fly the Swedish-built Gripen-E, the country’s air force could receive the first aircraft as quickly—or perhaps even sooner—than the long-awaited American-manufactured F-35, the CEO of Saab signaled Nov. 20.
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Forests Canada’s Statement on the Status of the 2 Billion Trees Program.
forestscanada.ca/en/article/f...
forestscanada.ca/en/article/f...
November 4, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Forests Canada’s Statement on the Status of the 2 Billion Trees Program.
forestscanada.ca/en/article/f...
forestscanada.ca/en/article/f...
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We don’t have those tragedies in Canada.
Why? Because of sensible guns regulations.
Why? Because of sensible guns regulations.
Reportedly, at least six people have been shot at the annual Christmas tree lighting in Concord, North Carolina.
November 22, 2025 at 4:08 AM
We don’t have those tragedies in Canada.
Why? Because of sensible guns regulations.
Why? Because of sensible guns regulations.
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Former Finnish PM Sanna Marin put it bluntly: “To end the conflict, Russia must leave Ukrainian territory.”
Just one point. Nothing more to discuss.
Just one point. Nothing more to discuss.
November 21, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Former Finnish PM Sanna Marin put it bluntly: “To end the conflict, Russia must leave Ukrainian territory.”
Just one point. Nothing more to discuss.
Just one point. Nothing more to discuss.
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"The concern was that low-cost Chinese EVs would take over in the EU. That hasn't happened. Instead, they have increased competition: there are now over 20 EVs selling for under CA$40,000 in the EU, only seven of which are Chinese," says Clean Energy Canada's @joannakyriazis.bsky.social. #cdnpoli
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Chinese EVs are kept off Canadian roads by a 100% tariff. With ties to China thawing and trade diversifying, should Ottawa revisit the policy? @jeyantvo.bsky.social asks @joannakyriazis.bsky.social (@cleanenergycanada.org) and Addisu Lashitew (@mcmasteruniversity.bsky.social)
Trade Shift Ahead? Canada Debates Future of Chinese EV Tariffs | The Rundown
YouTube video by TVO Today
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November 21, 2025 at 6:02 PM
"The concern was that low-cost Chinese EVs would take over in the EU. That hasn't happened. Instead, they have increased competition: there are now over 20 EVs selling for under CA$40,000 in the EU, only seven of which are Chinese," says Clean Energy Canada's @joannakyriazis.bsky.social. #cdnpoli
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New research supporting the radical proposition that trying to learn something works better than not trying.
theconversation.com/learning-wit...
theconversation.com/learning-wit...
Learning with AI falls short compared to old-fashioned web search
Doing the mental work of connecting the dots across multiple web queries appears to help people understand the material better compared to an AI summary.
theconversation.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:29 PM
New research supporting the radical proposition that trying to learn something works better than not trying.
theconversation.com/learning-wit...
theconversation.com/learning-wit...
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Affective science has lost an extraordinary member of our community: Dr. Paul Ekman, who passed peacefully at home at the age of 91 on Monday. Dr. Ekman's pioneering cross-cultural research on the interpretation of facial expressions in emotional terms...(1)
November 20, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Affective science has lost an extraordinary member of our community: Dr. Paul Ekman, who passed peacefully at home at the age of 91 on Monday. Dr. Ekman's pioneering cross-cultural research on the interpretation of facial expressions in emotional terms...(1)
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David Cochrane with "Zapruder film level of scrutiny" of footage of Scott Reid and Andrew Scheer hiding behind the curtains in the HOC.
November 20, 2025 at 11:52 PM
David Cochrane with "Zapruder film level of scrutiny" of footage of Scott Reid and Andrew Scheer hiding behind the curtains in the HOC.
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New from me, Rick Smith, and Peter Nicholson.
“Our policy advice is pretty simple: Clean up electricity and electrify everything possible. This is the nation-building project Canada needs…”
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
“Our policy advice is pretty simple: Clean up electricity and electrify everything possible. This is the nation-building project Canada needs…”
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
New data shows the world is embracing renewable energy. Canada can’t follow Trump’s fossil fuel obsession
North America at risk of becoming an island of fossil fuels in an electrifying world. Canada should take note and choose a better path.
www.thestar.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:47 PM
New from me, Rick Smith, and Peter Nicholson.
“Our policy advice is pretty simple: Clean up electricity and electrify everything possible. This is the nation-building project Canada needs…”
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
“Our policy advice is pretty simple: Clean up electricity and electrify everything possible. This is the nation-building project Canada needs…”
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
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Job posting alert! Open Science Specialist at the University of Calgary (in Canada!) #job #OpenScience careers.ucalgary.ca/jobs/1704502...
Specialist, Open Science, Research Services in
Calgary,
AB,
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Specialist, Open Science, Research Services in
Calgary,
AB,
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careers.ucalgary.ca
November 19, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Job posting alert! Open Science Specialist at the University of Calgary (in Canada!) #job #OpenScience careers.ucalgary.ca/jobs/1704502...
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Lots of political posturing this morning about whether Canada should have taxpayer subsidized school lunch programs. So let's summarize the peer-reviewed evidence:
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November 19, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Lots of political posturing this morning about whether Canada should have taxpayer subsidized school lunch programs. So let's summarize the peer-reviewed evidence:
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The concept of Andrew Scheer hiding behind the House chamber curtains during the entire budget vote yesterday is wildly funny. He was like the Wizard of Oz if the Wizard had been weirdly into milk products
November 19, 2025 at 1:44 AM
The concept of Andrew Scheer hiding behind the House chamber curtains during the entire budget vote yesterday is wildly funny. He was like the Wizard of Oz if the Wizard had been weirdly into milk products
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“At $73 billion in direct impact on the national GDP, Canada’s cultural industries contribute more than oil and gas extraction at $71 billion.” www.timescolonist.com/opinion/comm...
Comment: Investing in Canada's cultural sector is crucial to 'elbows up'
At $73 billion in direct impact to the national GDP, Canada’s cultural industries contribute more than oil and gas extraction at $71 billion.
www.timescolonist.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:19 AM
“At $73 billion in direct impact on the national GDP, Canada’s cultural industries contribute more than oil and gas extraction at $71 billion.” www.timescolonist.com/opinion/comm...
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"Are we going to support talent here in Canada and the development of our students and our researchers who are here?'" Whitaker asked…simply injecting a wave of high-profile academics at the top without supporting the foundation beneath them is "going to leave us short-changed." @caut.bsky.social
Canada seeks star academics from abroad, but stable funding for higher education remains a concern | CBC News
Proponents believe a current push to recruit star researchers from abroad will mean top-tier learning for Canadian students and a boost to research innovation and excellence. Yet concerns remain about...
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November 14, 2025 at 3:30 PM
"Are we going to support talent here in Canada and the development of our students and our researchers who are here?'" Whitaker asked…simply injecting a wave of high-profile academics at the top without supporting the foundation beneath them is "going to leave us short-changed." @caut.bsky.social