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Christine Parsons @christineparsons.bsky.social · 2h

Uplifting speech by Uni. of Ox's VC, celebrating the humanities, "like you've never seen before", and stating "a commitment to EDI, as we are practising it, goes hand in hand with our commitment to academic freedom and free speech".

www.thetimes.com/uk/education...

Oxford students need diversity training ‘to protect free speech’

Professor Irene Tracey, the university’s vice-chancellor, stressed the importance of EDI on campus

www.thetimes.com

Christine Parsons @christineparsons.bsky.social · 12d

Our Friday writing cafe is happening soon - thanks @karsolsen.bsky.social for hosting this week’s edition.

Do join if you want some writing company:

Interacting Minds Centre @interacting-minds.bsky.social · Sep 3

For all at @au.dk, our Writing Cafe is back from this Friday (5th Sept)! We offer a space for distraction-free writing and welcome new faces warmly.

The magic of peer pressure, coffee & snacks = focused time.

End the week on a good note: 1483, Room 312. interactingminds.au.dk/events/singl...

IMC Friday Writing Café

An open, self-organized space for doing concentrated writing

interactingminds.au.dk

Christine Parsons @christineparsons.bsky.social · 15d

Tomorrow @interacting-minds.bsky.social, we’re very lucky to have Prof. @psmaldino.bsky.social give a talk, starting at 11am.

All are welcome - for further details, see interactingminds.au.dk/events/singl...

Why Use An Evolutionary Perspective To Study Culture?

IMC Tuesday Seminar: Talk by Paul Smaldino, Professor, Cognitive and Information Sciences, University of California, Merced

interactingminds.au.dk

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Interacting Minds Centre @interacting-minds.bsky.social · Sep 3

For all at @au.dk, our Writing Cafe is back from this Friday (5th Sept)! We offer a space for distraction-free writing and welcome new faces warmly.

The magic of peer pressure, coffee & snacks = focused time.

End the week on a good note: 1483, Room 312. interactingminds.au.dk/events/singl...

IMC Friday Writing Café

An open, self-organized space for doing concentrated writing

interactingminds.au.dk

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Interacting Minds Centre @interacting-minds.bsky.social · Jun 10

Coming up June 16th, we have a very special event for postdoc-level researchers - all are welcome to join us! Sign up here:

Play the GRANTED! Research Game and win 20,000 DKK for your interdisciplinary project. Networking, lunch, new research ideas interactingminds.au.dk/events/singl...

Play the “GRANTED!” Research Grant Game and win 20.000 DKK for your Interdisciplinary project

Interdisciplinary workshop for postdoc-level researchers

interactingminds.au.dk

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Christine Parsons @christineparsons.bsky.social · May 13

2/2 For more details and Sign up: interactingminds.au.dk/events/singl...

Play the “GRANTED!” Research Grant Game and win 20.000 DKK for your Interdisciplinary project

Interdisciplinary workshop for postdoc-level researchers

interactingminds.au.dk

Christine Parsons @christineparsons.bsky.social · May 13

1/2 Coming up in June, @interacting-minds.bsky.social hosts a workshop for postdoc- level researchers.

Play the GRANTED! Research Game and win 20,000 DKK for your interdisciplinary project.

All welcome to join - we will place you into teams. Networking, lunch, new research ideas

Play the “GRANTED!” Research Grant Game and win 20.000 DKK for your Interdisciplinary project

Interdisciplinary workshop for postdoc-level researchers

interactingminds.au.dk

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Christine Parsons @christineparsons.bsky.social · May 7

Happening today at 14.00 - all are welcome to join online.

Come and hear about Dr. Lambrinou’s important work - and recommendations for addressing minority underrepresentation & enhancing inclusion

Christine Parsons @christineparsons.bsky.social · Apr 29

On May 7th, 14:00-15:00, the Danish Society for Women in Science (DANWISE) hosts a special talk by @mllambrinou.bsky.social, "We deserve to take up space”: Exploring Latinas’ Resistance Behaviors in Engineering at a Southwestern Hispanic Serving Institution.

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Christine Parsons @christineparsons.bsky.social · May 5

Tomorrow 6th May, we have Funda Yilmaz from @dondersinst.bsky.social giving a talk @interacting-minds.bsky.social, "An fMRI Study of Crossmodal Emotional Congruency + the Role of Semantic Content in the Aesthetic Appreciation of Naturalistic Art”.

All welcome!
interactingminds.au.dk/events/singl...

An fMRI Study of Crossmodal Emotional Congruency and the Role of Semantic Content in the Aesthetic Appreciation of Naturalistic Art

IMC Tuesday Seminar: Talk by Funda Yilmaz, PhD candidate, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Radboud University

interactingminds.au.dk

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Christine Parsons @christineparsons.bsky.social · Apr 29

All are most welcome - registration here: bit.ly/42JPSlq

Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: DANWISE Webinar: We deserve to Take up Space - Dr. Marina Lambrinou. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.

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Christine Parsons @christineparsons.bsky.social · Apr 29

On May 7th, 14:00-15:00, the Danish Society for Women in Science (DANWISE) hosts a special talk by @mllambrinou.bsky.social, "We deserve to take up space”: Exploring Latinas’ Resistance Behaviors in Engineering at a Southwestern Hispanic Serving Institution.

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Christine Parsons @christineparsons.bsky.social · Mar 25

Moving out of the LENA system - Human Annotation of recording is extraordinarily time consuming

Christine Parsons @christineparsons.bsky.social · Mar 25

LENA has been a key tool to observe children and their language environment. We can get some info on what children’s inputs actually are.

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Christine Parsons @christineparsons.bsky.social · Mar 25

What are some key questions on early language development: Alex is walking us through what we need to know

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Christine Parsons @christineparsons.bsky.social · Mar 25

Most studies are of children in North America, learning English. It’s not a representative sample of the world (most kids are growing up in Africa & Asia)

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Christine Parsons @christineparsons.bsky.social · Mar 25

Now, we have Alex Cristia presenting on the history of language development research. Darwin ran experiments on his infant - shaking a box in front of his face and recording response.

@interacting-minds.bsky.social

It’s hard to conduct experiments with infants

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Marinus van IJzendoorn @mhvij.bsky.social · Jan 19

Vermillet, Skewes and Parsons suggest that “the 3:1 ratio of maternal versus paternal nighttime care is more likely to emerge from broader societal factors...than (pre-parenthood) acoustic sound sensitivity differences.” with three creative studies on infant crying.
dx.doi.org/10.1037/emo0...

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Joshua Skewes @jcskewes.bsky.social · Jan 22

Mothers of infants take most nighttime care

And not just because women wake up more easily than men

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39819066/

Men and women's waking patterns to infant crying: Preparenthood differences are insufficient to explain uneven sharing of nighttime care - PubMed

Crying in infancy is an important emotional signal that elicits care from adults, and women are often assumed to be more sensitive and reactive to infant crying than men. In a series of studies, we te...

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

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Christine Parsons @christineparsons.bsky.social · Mar 11

Thanks so much for the kind words and sharing our paper, Marinus! @jcskewes.bsky.social @interacting-minds.bsky.social

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Institut for Kommunikation og Kultur @cc.au.dk · Feb 13

I vinterferien kan man opleve Science Museernes udstilling "magiske robothjerner" med fokus på kunstig intelligens, som studerende fra Cognitive Science på Institut for Kommunikation og Kultur har været med til at lave 🤖

Se video fra udstilligen her: www.linkedin.com/posts/instit...

Institut for Kommunikation og Kultur - Aarhus Universitet on LinkedIn: I vinterferien kan man opleve Science Museernes udstilling "magiske…

I vinterferien kan man opleve Science Museernes udstilling "magiske robothjerner" med fokus på kunstig intelligens 🤖 En del af udstillingen er blevet til i…

www.linkedin.com

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Christine Parsons @christineparsons.bsky.social · Feb 6

One @interacting-minds.bsky.social initiative that I'm very proud of is our Friday writing cafe.

If you're around @au.dk and want to experience the magic of co-writing, come along tomorrow at 10.00 - 14.00. There'll be snacks! Big thx to our organisers @chrismmcox.bsky.social @trupthi.bsky.social

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Interacting Minds Centre @interacting-minds.bsky.social · Jan 30

🎓 Come join us for a special lecture on Wed Feb 5th, 10-11am, with the one and only, Marieke van Vugt @mvugt.bsky.social!

We're really excited to hear Marieke's talk, “Mind-wandering: when is it helpful, when is it not?” 🧠

All are welcome - spread the word!

interactingminds.au.dk/events/singl...

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Christine Parsons @christineparsons.bsky.social · Jan 28

Here's a list of the most cited experts in Danish news media from 2024 👇

45 of the list's 50 experts are men

dm.dk/akademikerbl...

Se listen: Her er Danmarks 50 mest citerede eksperter i 2024

En krigsforsker indtager pladsen som den mest efterspurgte ekspert i Danmark - med længder.

dm.dk

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Mark Rubin @markrubin.bsky.social · Jan 14

Why is the belief in meritocracy so pervasive?

New article argues that the dose–response schema for causes and effects may encourage us to believe that what we get out of life depends on what we put in:

"More effort = more success!"

doi.org/10.1016/j.ti...

#SocialPsyc #CogPsyc #AcademicSky 🧪

People worldwide tend to believe that their societies are more meritocratic than they actually are. We propose the belief in meritocracy is widespread because it is rooted in simple, seemingly obvious causal–explanatory intuitions. Our proposal suggests solutions for debunking the myth of meritocracy and increasing support for equity-oriented policies.

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Christine Parsons @christineparsons.bsky.social · Dec 9

Could I be added? Many thanks!

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