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Does ChatGPT harm critical thinking abilities? A new study from researchers at MIT’s Media Lab has returned some concerning results. The study divided 54 subjects—18 to 39 year-olds from the Boston ar...

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Mike Frank @mcxfrank.bsky.social · Jun 20

Is anyone talking about the big design flaws in this study, e.g. 1) small N, btwn subject design, 2) v. heterogeneous sample, 3) writing prompt confounded with condition (really!), 4) vast number of measures with no preregistration?

I can't believe this is getting so much press...

The Vigilant @thevigilant.bsky.social · Jun 19

ChatGPT May Be Eroding Critical Thinking Skills, According to a New MIT Study

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JAMES HEATHERS @jamesheathers.bsky.social · Jun 4

Friends, I have news.

It is very good news.

You'll just have to read it, I'm afraid.

jamesclaims.substack.com/p/introducin...

Introducing the Medical Evidence Project

And the quest to make less dead people

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Julien Mayor @julienmayor.bsky.social · May 22

Oh boy! Second language learning is not my field, but establishing a time to learn will depend on (among many others), (a) your age, (b) proximity to your first language, (c) what you mean by "learn" or "know" a language, (d) intrinsic motivation to learn, (e) cognitive ability, (f), (g), etc, etc!

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anjie cao | 曹安洁 @anjiecao.bsky.social · May 12

Our meta-meta-analysis is officially out! (w/ Molly Lewis, Sho Tsuji, @chbergma.bsky.social, @acristia.bsky.social, and @mcxfrank.bsky.social!)

Estimating age-related change in infants’ linguistic and cognitive development using (meta-)meta-analysis

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Estimating Age‐Related Change in Infants' Linguistic and Cognitive Development Using (Meta‐)Meta‐Analysis

Developmental psychology focuses on how psychological constructs change with age. In cognitive development research, however, the specifics of this emergence is often underspecified. Researchers ofte...

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simine vazire @simine.com · May 8

My editorial on how journals can earn trust.

We often use journal names as proxies for quality. This is bad bc it’s not valid. But it could be. Editors could make journal name a valid signal. And we could place value on journals that show us how they do that.

journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

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Julien Mayor @julienmayor.bsky.social · May 7

It looks like there are lines with twice the slope - two-tailed versus one-tailed? I wonder if this constrains your regression line in a weird way...

<em>Child Development</em> | SRCD Journal | Wiley Online Library

Julien Mayor @julienmayor.bsky.social · May 6

From this view, data-driven age thresholds suggest older girls adopt a caregiving role a couple of years earlier than boys!

This suggests it's about household dynamics and potential resource balance, not just your spot in line!

#ChildDevelopment #LanguageAcquisition #DevSci #langsky #devpsy

Growing up with multiple siblings might negatively affect language development. This study examined the associations between birth order, sibling characteristics and parent-reported vocabulary size i...

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Julien Mayor @julienmayor.bsky.social · May 6

Forget just birth order for early language!
(it's kinda U-shaped anyway...)

We introduce a *better* measure (capturing more variance): a household "child-to-caregiver" ratio, where old-enough siblings are considered caregivers, rather than being another child competing for parental resources.

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Audun Rosslund @audunrosslund.bsky.social · May 6

Do older siblings help or hinder language development? And does it matter if they’re sisters or brothers? In our new paper we revisit the "birth order effect"... and took it a step further! w/ @julienmayor.bsky.social, Nora Serres and Natalia Kartushina 🙌 🧵 1/ #DevSci #langsky #devpsy

<em>Child Development</em> | SRCD Journal | Wiley Online Library

Growing up with multiple siblings might negatively affect language development. This study examined the associations between birth order, sibling characteristics and parent-reported vocabulary size i....

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Julien Mayor @julienmayor.bsky.social · Apr 7

and to the p>1...

Postdoctoral Research Fellow connected to "ICONIC" (277523) | University of Oslo

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Timo B. Roettger @timoroettger.bsky.social · Mar 20

🚨🚨🚨 I'm hiring a Postdoc for a 3-year position to come work with me at the University of Oslo using iterative learning experiments to understand the evolution of sound symbolism. Please share widely.

🔴 Deadline is May 31st '25
⏲️ Desired starting date is Fall '25

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Job title: Postdoctoral Research Fellow connected to "ICONIC" (277523), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Saturday, May 31, 2025

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Julien Mayor @julienmayor.bsky.social · Feb 24

and TWO fixed-term contracts for 20% teaching positions at the Associate Professor level in Developmental Psychology (August 2025-December 2027)!

www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

Two Associate Professor II positions (20%) in Developmental Psychology (275068) | University of Oslo

Job title: Two Associate Professor II positions (20%) in Developmental Psychology (275068), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Friday, March 14, 2025

Associate Professor - Artificial Intelligence in Psychology (273074) | University of Oslo

Julien Mayor @julienmayor.bsky.social · Feb 24

and also note another Associate Professor position in our department - in AI and psychology: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

Job title: Associate Professor - Artificial Intelligence in Psychology (273074), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Monday, March 17, 2025

Associate Professor in Developmental Psychology (273166) | University of Oslo

Julien Mayor @julienmayor.bsky.social · Feb 24

One more week to apply for the Associate Professor position in Developmental Psychology!

Great opportunity to join us in Oslo - academic freedom and easy access to nature...

#DevSci
#devpsy
#openscience

Julien Mayor @julienmayor.bsky.social · Jan 20

*** JOB ALERT ***

Tenured Associate Professor position in Developmental Psychology at the University of Oslo.

www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

Deadline: March 3rd, 2025.

Please reach out in DM for details and repost widely!

#openscience experience a plus!
#DevSci
#devpsy

Job title: Associate Professor in Developmental Psychology (273166), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Monday, March 3, 2025

Cognitive influence on the evaluation of wine: The impact and assessment of price

Julien Mayor @julienmayor.bsky.social · Feb 24

Probably influenced by the price of the bottles: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Price is one of the most important product-extrinsic factors influencing the consumers’ response to, and presumably experience of, wine. This is ironi…

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The men who would strip the future for parts.

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Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · Feb 8

New article! On a certain plutocrat invading our government to steal our future: sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/the-miners

The Miners

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Dan Quintana @dsquintana.bsky.social · Jan 21

We also just announced a position for artificial intelligence in psychology www.jobbnorge.no/en/available... There were a few years that not much was announced, but things have picked up a little bit more recently

Associate Professor - Artificial Intelligence in Psychology (273074) | University of Oslo

Job title: Associate Professor - Artificial Intelligence in Psychology (273074), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Monday, March 17, 2025

Associate Professor in Developmental Psychology (273166) | University of Oslo

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Dan Quintana @dsquintana.bsky.social · Jan 21

Our department has just announced a new permanent associate professor position in developmental psychology, come join us at @uio.no! www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

Qualifications

Necessary requirements:

Applicants must hold a degree equivalent to a Norwegian doctoral degree in psychology or equivalent.
Applicants must have a strong research record in Developmental Psychology, demonstrating quality, productivity, impact, dissemination, and innovation. They must have an extensive first-hand experience in observing, interviewing, or testing typical and/or atypical children and/or adolescents.
Applicants must have a solid undergraduate and/or graduate teaching record in Developmental Psychology, including course organisation, lectures, seminars, supervision, and examinations.
Applicants without a certified University Pedagogy Education are expected to obtain this certification within the first two years of employment. The Department will support this process by covering the costs of the courses at the University of Oslo and recognizing the hours of these courses in the departmental teaching accounting system.
Applicants must have fluent oral and written communication skills in English. Applicants who are not fluent in a Scandinavian language (Norwegian, Swedish, or Danish) will have to learn Norwegian within the first three years of employment to effectively participate in the functions required by the position (documented proficiency: CEFR Independent user Level B2 or equivalent). The Department will support learning Norwegian by covering the cost of the courses at the University of Oslo, reducing teaching and administrative duties, and providing a Norwegian coach.
Applicants must possess relevant personal qualities for the position, including: (i) High motivation for the position, (ii) High teaching and research ambition, and (iii) The ability to work both independently and collaboratively with students, administrative and academic colleagues / collaborators, and leaders.

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Julien Mayor @julienmayor.bsky.social · Jan 20

*** JOB ALERT ***

Tenured Associate Professor position in Developmental Psychology at the University of Oslo.

www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

Deadline: March 3rd, 2025.

Please reach out in DM for details and repost widely!

#openscience experience a plus!
#DevSci
#devpsy

Job title: Associate Professor in Developmental Psychology (273166), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Monday, March 3, 2025

Four year postdoc position at the Oslo Centre for Biostatistics and Epidemiology (OCBE) (272144) | University of Oslo

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Jon Michael Gran @jmgran.bsky.social · Jan 20

We're still seeking candidates interested in causal inference and/or survival analysis for a postdoc position in Oslo. Deadline January 31.

Please apply or forward this to anyone who might be interested!

www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

Job title: Four year postdoc position at the Oslo Centre for Biostatistics and Epidemiology (OCBE) (272144), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Friday, January 31, 2025

Longitudinal changes in consonant production in infant-directed speech and infants’ early speech production from 6 to 12 months

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Julien Mayor @julienmayor.bsky.social · Jan 10

Further evidence (this time with consonants) that, from an acoustic point of view, infant-directed speech (IDS) does not offer infants with a cleaner signal!

#DevSci
#langsky
#devpsy

Audun Rosslund @audunrosslund.bsky.social · Jan 10

New paper out! Following from our work on vowels and prosody in infant-directed speech, we turned our attention to features of consonants and their role in language development. Great collab (as always!) w/ @julienmayor.bsky.social, Nina Varjola and Natalia Kartushina 🧵 1/ #DevSci #langsky #devpsy

Previous research suggests that acoustic features of infant-directed speech (IDS) might be beneficial for infants’ language development. However, cons…

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Julien Mayor @julienmayor.bsky.social · Dec 19

awwww... you are welcome to visit anytime!

Doctoral research fellowships in linguistics and verbal communication (272418) | University of Oslo

Julien Mayor @julienmayor.bsky.social · Dec 18

Interested in doing a PhD on language acquisition in Oslo?

Check application process: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available... and feel free to reach out for more information!

PS. We have a nice growing community including Natalia Kartushina, Luca Onnis, @audunrosslund.bsky.social, and many more!

Job title: Doctoral research fellowships in linguistics and verbal communication (272418), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Friday, February 28, 2025

Contribute to lochhh/e-Babylab development by creating an account on GitHub.

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Julien Mayor @julienmayor.bsky.social · Dec 4

Try our e-Babylab testing platform: github.com/lochhh/e-Bab...!
It's free, open-source, has nice tutorials, and we use it daily with IPL tasks (with AOIs for easy processing), adaptive version of CDIs, etc.
Also, you store data locally, which helps greatly navigate data protection/ethics concerns.

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