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bennydemayo04.bsky.social
developmental psychology grad student at princeton, he/they 🏳️‍🌈 ✡️
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Six months ago, I accepted a postdoc offer in a fabulous lab. Three days ago, the Trump administration terminated the NSF grant supporting the position. Today, my offer had to be rescinded, and my PhD defense is a week away. (1/3)

submitted 46 days ago • 14 comments

Anyone looking to take an amazing clinical psych student who would come to grad school with an NSF GRFP in hand? Interests in stigma, adversity, but flexible! (Side note that it is awful that nsf doesn’t let you defer, apply next yr w/grant in hand, and just count that as 1 of 2 deferral yrs)

submitted 66 days ago • 5 comments

Dev psych textbooks often argue that until 6-8 yrs(!) kids lack gender constancy (i.e. they think a girl who puts on a suit becomes a boy). We found kids are *way* less likely to say this if given a reason for the change ("she put on a suit as a costume for the school play"): doi.org/10.1080/1524...

submitted 207 days ago • 1 comment

The Visual Learning Lab at UC San Diego is looking for a postdoctoral research fellow to join our lab! Read more about our lab at www.vislearnlab.org

submitted 207 days ago • 1 comment

I'm hiring a lab coordinator for my new lab at UCSD CogSci. This is a great position if you're interested in gaining research experience before applying to graduate school. Apply by May 2, flexible start late summer start date (~Sep 1). Details below! employment.ucsd.edu/laboratory-c...

submitted 421 days ago • 2 comments

Our mega-analysis of infant-directed speech preference is now out at Open Mind, integrating data from a multi-lab replication (@manybabies.org) and a meta-analysis. w/ @chrismmcox.bsky.social, @chbergma.bsky.social, Maya Mathur, @mcxfrank.bsky.social + a fab team direct.mit.edu/opmi/article...  1/

submitted 421 days ago • 1 comment

New paper with Kristina Olson, in which we generally find that kids' social ingroup preferences look bigger when they're assessed with a forced-choice design ("Which of these two kids do you like the most?") vs a continuous rating design ("How much do you like this one kid?" doi.org/10.1111/sode...

submitted 472 days ago • 0 comments

Stanford Symbolic Systems is looking for a lecturer for a 3-year position! We want someone who can teach undergrad courses, be part of our instructional team working on curriculum and student experience, and contribute to Stanford's COLLEGE program. App: academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/27131

submitted 492 days ago • 0 comments

Catastrophic. Needless to say that if the US political regime changes in November, we can expect dangerous and cruel laws like this one to be enacted nationwide www.nytimes.com/2024/01/24/u...

submitted 506 days ago • 0 comments

Reposting here! New paper with @ktvasq.bsky.social, Emily Gerdin, @yarrowdunham.bsky.social, and @zoeliberman.bsky.social in JEP: General: "Expectations of intergroup empathy bias emerge by early childhood" psycnet.apa.org/record/2024-...

submitted 578 days ago • 2 comments

Hi Bluesky! I'm recruiting graduate students and postdocs to launch the Visual Learning Lab with me at UC San Diego in Summer/Fall 2024! The lab will focus on how we learn to derive visual meaning, integrating methods from developmental psychology, machine learning, & vision science.

submitted 620 days ago • 2 comments

Coming soon: the Open Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science, an open access reference work devoted to the study of the mind. @asifa_majid and I are co-editors in chief – articles will be posted starting in 2024. oecs.mit.edu

submitted 633 days ago • 1 comment

Rule-based categories are easier to learn when features are easier to name, for adults and 4-6-year-olds: srcd.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... new paper w/ Catherine Bredemann, Megan Kaul, Kaitlynn Ellis, Haley Vlach, Heather Kirkorian, @glupyan.bsky.social #devpsyc #cogpsyc (1/2)

submitted 627 days ago • 1 comment

I’m hoping to recruit a PhD student to start fall 2024! Learn more here, along with general resources for folks applying to PhD programs in psychology: crib.psych.ucsb.edu/join-the-team Please reach out if you have any questions!

submitted 646 days ago • 1 comment

How consistent are babies’ looking time preferences? @manybabies.org 1 found that preferences for infant-directed speech are robust. But, in work led by Melanie Schreiner, we find little evidence that preferences are consistent from session to session: psyarxiv.com/uwche/ #devpsyc #psychscisky (1/6)

submitted 647 days ago • 1 comment