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Tomer Ullman @tomerullman.bsky.social · Jun 23

me: "I want my research to be featured in the NYT"

Genie: (grinning)

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Nancy Kanwisher @nancykanwisher.bsky.social · Jan 24

Terrifying, powerful, and important. Very much worth a few minutes of your time to watch:
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/22/o...

Opinion | How Tyranny Begins

Tyranny doesn’t happen overnight. Take it from the people who missed the first signs.

www.nytimes.com

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David Barner @drbarner.bsky.social · Nov 25

CogSci2025 poster has landed, in both “wow the future looks bright for CogSci” mode, and also “our theories will make you think and possibly write poetry mode”. @neilbramley.bsky.social @carenwalker.bsky.social @cogscisociety.bsky.social

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Caren Walker @carenwalker.bsky.social · Nov 20

I am recruiting a 2 year postdoc! See elc-lab-ucsd.com/prospective-.... This is an NSF-funded collaboration between UCSD, Harvard, and Rutgers-Newark (co-PIs: @ebonawitz.bsky.social, @patrickshafto.bsky.social, Igor Bascandziev) examining cognitive mechanisms underlying children’s conceptual change.

Index of /

elclab.ucsd.edu

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Caren Walker @carenwalker.bsky.social · Oct 2

Please consider becoming a meta reviewer for CogSci 2025!

David Barner @drbarner.bsky.social · Oct 2

We're seeking meta-reviewers for CogSci 2025. If you have a PhD, have reviewed for CogSci before, and have previously submitted, send me a DM with your full name & email address to express your interest in meta-reviewing.
cognitivesciencesociety.org/cogsci-2025/

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Caren Walker @carenwalker.bsky.social · Jul 30

Anyone I know going to APA in Seattle next week? I have a request...!

Caren Walker @carenwalker.bsky.social · Mar 22

I can’t make it to #cds2024 but my lab is there! Come check out work from the UCSD Early Learning & Cognition Lab!

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Caren Walker @carenwalker.bsky.social · Mar 14

Reminder to submit your nominations for the APA Boyd McCandless Award for Early Career Contributions in Developmental Psychology by THIS FRIDAY, March 15! www.apadivisions.org/division-7/a...

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Caren Walker @carenwalker.bsky.social · Nov 4

Copycat.

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Caren Walker @carenwalker.bsky.social · Nov 4

Look what I got! @andrewshtulman.bsky.social

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Caren Walker @carenwalker.bsky.social · Sep 28

#psychjob

Caren Walker @carenwalker.bsky.social · Sep 28

We are hiring!

UC San Diego Psychology will be hiring two Assistant Professors this year in:

1. Social psychology. apol-recruit.ucsd.edu/JPF03683

2. Computational approaches to understanding behavior and/or its neural mechanisms. apol-recruit.ucsd.edu/JPF03684

Apply by November 7th :)

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Caren Walker @carenwalker.bsky.social · Sep 28

We are hiring!

UC San Diego Psychology will be hiring two Assistant Professors this year in:

1. Social psychology. apol-recruit.ucsd.edu/JPF03683

2. Computational approaches to understanding behavior and/or its neural mechanisms. apol-recruit.ucsd.edu/JPF03684

Apply by November 7th :)

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