1\ Can you make this Roman-numeral equation true by moving exactly one matchstick?
Thrilled to have this preprint out, from the amazing Zekun Sun!
"Motor abstraction training generalizes to the refinement of specific movement patterns"
In brief, across 8 experiments we found evidence of a causal role for abstract representations in motor learning
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
The Cognitive Tools Lab at Stanford (cogtoolslab.github.io) is recruiting two new research staff members to join in AY 26-27.
Full-Time Lab Manager: forms.gle/UVwfx5wbY9Km....
IRiSS Predoc Researcher: iriss.stanford.edu/predoc/2026-....
Please share widely in your networks, thank you!!
The Causality in Cognition Lab -- a supportive, bluesky-colored team -- is looking for a predoc to join us! Here are infos about the lab (cicl.stanford.edu) and the position (careersearch.stanford.edu/jobs/iriss-p...). The application deadline is May 1st.
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Congratulations @judithfan.bsky.social on winning the Lila R. Gleitman Prize for early-career contributions to Cognitive Science 🥳 Amazing!!
cognitivesciencesociety.org/gleitman-pri...
Thrilled to be sharing my latest work at #CogSci2026!
Many of the spaces we move through, from kitchens to airports, were designed with specific uses in mind. How do people create such environments, and how do users figure out what they were designed for?
📃 osf.io/preprints/ps...
Excited to share our new publication, “Measuring Naturalistic Speech Comprehension in Real Time”!
➡️ rdcu.be/fa3hk #psynomBRM
w/ @kriesjill.bsky.social, Shiven Gupta, Maria Papworth Burrel, & @lauragwilliams.bsky.social
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New paper out in Current Directions in Psychological Science making the case for studying generative behaviors in humans and machines: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/.... (version without a paywall: cogtoolslab.github.io/pdf/fan_cdps...)
How physical information is used to make sense of the psychological world
Perspective by Shari Liu, Seda Karakose-Akbiyik, Joseph Outa & Minjae J. Kim
Web: go.nature.com/3Xwo40J
PDF: rdcu.be/eSMfa
If asked to draw a person's portrait, many people would say “I cannot draw.” Why is observational drawing so hard? In a new paper, @judithfan.bsky.social and I answer: it's the limitations of human vision. Learning to draw is learning skills to overcome them.
aaronhertzmann.com/2026/03/23/d... 1/
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If asked to draw a picture of a tree or a person in front of them, many people would say “I cannot draw.” Thirty years ago, two psychologists pointed out that this should be surprising. They reasoned ...
