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Alissa Ferry @alissaferry.bsky.social · Jun 9

A hint from ChatGPT

Sound It Out:
1. 🧀 = “Chee”
2. 🐝 = “Bee”
3. 👂 = “Ear” or “Hear”
4. 🔑 = “Key”

‘Pretty devastating’ paper raises doubts about race to reach stage of AI at which systems match human intelligence Apple researchers have found “fundamental limitations” in cutting-edge artificial intelligence models, in a paper raising doubts about the technology industry’s race to develop ever more powerful systems. Apple claimed in a paper published at the weekend that large reasoning models (LRMs) – an advanced form of AI – faced a “complete accuracy collapse” when presented with highly complex problems. Continue reading...

Alissa Ferry @alissaferry.bsky.social · Jun 9

It still fails the Ferry rebus puzzle test:

Today’s puzzle from ChatGPT:

🎯 Goal: Solve the rebus to find a theory of language development.

🧀 ➕ 🐝 ➕ 👂 ➕ 🔑

The Guardian @theguardian.com · Jun 9

Cutting-edge AI models ‘collapse’ in face of complex problems, Apple study finds

www.theguardian.com

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Alissa Ferry @alissaferry.bsky.social · Jun 5

Perhaps making all assignments rebus puzzles is the way forward.

Alissa Ferry @alissaferry.bsky.social · Jun 5

A screenshot of ChatGPT nonsensically explaining the answer : Breakdown:
1. 🧠 (Brain) → “Mind” or “Cognitive”
2. 👶 (Baby) → “Child” or “Development”
3. 🔄 (Cycle/Change) → “Change” or “Development”
4. “Pi” → Sounds like Piaget (key developmental psychologist)
5. 👂👁️ (Ear + Eye) → “Observe” or “Perception” or “Sensation”

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Interpretation:

Putting it all together:
• Mind + Child + Development + Pi + Observation
= Cognitive Development (Theory) or Piaget’s Theory of Cognitive Development

Alissa Ferry @alissaferry.bsky.social · Jun 5

The answer according to ChatGPT?

Funded PhD opportunity.pdf

Alissa Ferry @alissaferry.bsky.social · Jun 5

I have been having ChatGPT generate rebus puzzles for me to solve. Today’s psychology related puzzle:

🧠 + 👶 + 🔄 + “Pi” + 👂👁️

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Duncan Astle @duncanastle.bsky.social · May 27

Funded PhD opportunity with @sjblakemore.bsky.social and I, at Cambridge. We are looking for someone interested in developmental science, to start in the coming academic year. Please share it with anyone you think might be interested (see details attached 😁).
drive.google.com/file/d/1RIvg...

drive.google.com

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Alissa Ferry @alissaferry.bsky.social · May 27

Adobe has strong opinions on the standing of neuroscience as a scientific field.

A form where the word “neuroscience” is highlighted as a misspelling with the suggestion to replace it with “pseudoscience”

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University of Manchester Child Study Centre @childstudycentre.bsky.social · May 27

We've got quite a few different studies going on at the Child Study Centre at the minute! Here's two of our studies. If you want to get involved send us a message or email [email protected] :)

research_data_specialist_Bergelson_ad_2025.pdf

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bergelsonlab @bergelsonlab.bsky.social · May 19

bit of good news: approved technical staff position! link below. please be in touch if this matches your skills & interests! drive.google.com/file/d/16J2J... (hr listing posted harvard-internal now; external soon, per guidelines), happy for ?s & plan on quick turnaround! #CogSciSky #PsychSciSky 🐦🐦

drive.google.com

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Alissa Ferry @alissaferry.bsky.social · May 12

Should I stand on a street corner with an apology banner?

A screenshot from the Guardian saying that immigration has done incalculable damage to the UK.

Alissa Ferry @alissaferry.bsky.social · May 1

An otter along the River Mersey! 😍😍😍 #Didsbury #RiverMersey

Alissa Ferry @alissaferry.bsky.social · May 1

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An online form asking me to pick which region I am located in with options being : England, England & Wales, Great Britain, Northern Ireland, Scotland, United Kingdom, or Wales.

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University of Manchester Child Study Centre @childstudycentre.bsky.social · Apr 8

The CSC is excited to learn about dyslexia in monolingual and bilingual children from Prof. Manon Jones at out LuCiD seminar this morning! Find out more about our seminar series here: www.lucid.ac.uk/seminars-new...

Seminar Series

www.lucid.ac.uk

Alissa Ferry @alissaferry.bsky.social · Mar 13

New study for 3- and 4-year-olds at Manchester’s Child Study Centre!

University of Manchester Child Study Centre @childstudycentre.bsky.social · Mar 13

Is your child 3- to 4.5-years-old? Take part in our study to help our understanding of language development! This 30-minute study will use a fun, game-based activity using stickers and blocks. To find out more information, please email: [email protected].

A advert for a University of Manchester Child study Centre study! Join our study! Is your child between the ages of 3 to 4.5 years? Get involved in our study investigating child development! This 30 minute study involves a fun, game-based activity using stickers and blocks!

PhD - Lancaster University

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University of Manchester Child Study Centre @childstudycentre.bsky.social · Mar 13

Is your child 3- to 4.5-years-old? Take part in our study to help our understanding of language development! This 30-minute study will use a fun, game-based activity using stickers and blocks. To find out more information, please email: [email protected].

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Alissa Ferry @alissaferry.bsky.social · Mar 10

Come join us! We (me, Jill Lany, Perrine Brusini, and Gert Westermann) are recruiting a #devpsych PhD student to Lancaster Uni to join our ongoing Levehulme funded research project on how word learning shapes visual representations in infants! Please share! More info : tinyurl.com/ynbfkhbj

tinyurl.com

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LCICD @lcicd.bsky.social · Feb 13

📢 We are delighted to announce our keynote speakers for LCICD 2025! We will be joined by Karen Adolph, Diane Poulin-Dubois, and Judit Gervain.

Abstract submission is OPEN now. Submit: wp.lancs.ac.uk/lcicd/abstra...

#PsychSciSky
Thank you to sponsors @nirx-nirs.bsky.social

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Nancy Kanwisher @nancykanwisher.bsky.social · Feb 8

If you live in AK, AL, IN, FL, KS, KY, LA, ME, MO, OH, and SC, your reps are on the Senate HELP Committee which has jurisdiction over NIH.
Write to them pointing out the jobs and money coming to your state from NIH: www.unitedformedicalresearch.org/nih-in-your-...
describe impact of NIH cuts on....

NIH In Your State - United For Medical Research

Select a state on the map to see the impact of NIH funding across America.

www.unitedformedicalresearch.org

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Alissa Ferry @alissaferry.bsky.social · Feb 4

Send help to the geologists trying to review the linguistic grants about grammatical gender 🫣

Around 10,000 research grants have been flagged for review and distributed to various programme directors. Grants in one area of science are being distributed to directors in a separate area of science. For instance, the geosciences division is examining grants from the division of social, behavioural and economic sciences. The grants are being reviewed independently by two staff members instructed to indicate any potential violations of Trump’s orders. They will submit their reviews in a spreadsheet by 5 p.m. today.