Cognitive Origins Lab @UWPsych. We study the developmental, evolutionary, and cultural origins of cognition. PI: S. Ferrigno - he/him.

Joined July 2015
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New paper in Scientific Reports! Go check it outttttttttt!!!!!!!!!
New publication alert! 🚨 @isenbergn and I have a new paper in Scientific Reports about how Americans underestimate diversity support and that correcting this misperception boosts inclusion. nature.com/articles/s41598-0…
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🚨Call for abstracts🚨 CO3 is in Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA, March 26-29th 2025, and features 5- and 10-min talks, posters, the Early Career Award talk, and a Master Lecture by Professor Suzanne MacDonald. Don't miss it! Deadline: December 13, 2024.
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📢 PhD position in human, ape, or dog cognition @JohnsHopkins - please RT! We study how animals think, & what makes the human mind unique Deadline: Dec 1 Learn more here: social-cognitive-origins.com And here: social-cognitive-origins.com… And in QT'd thread

🚨 PhD position(s) in human, nohuman primate, and dog cognition! I am thrilled to be recruiting one or more PhD students to join the new Comparative Social Cognition research group, launching next summer at @JohnsHopkins @JHUArtsSciences. 1/
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[Please retweet!] My paper, 'Cognitive Representations of Social Relationships and their Developmental Origins" has been accepted at Behavioral and Brain Sciences! I'm thrilled to be able to engage with people's commentary! Please consider writing one! osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/xh…

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I'm reviewing PhD applications this cycle to join my lab at @UWPsych in Fall 2025. I can take students through the dev, social, and cog cog neuro areas. Ideal for those interested in decision-making, emotion regulation, fMRI, and quant/comp methods. pls RT! More info below
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Looking for a post-doc? Come join our lab!
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Excited to be part of this @cogsci_soc preconference workshop on compositionality in Math & Non-linguistic reasoning next week. Virtual and free to attend! Sign up here: framaforms.org/compositional…

Let’s talk *c o m p o s i t i o n a l i t y * 🧵 Before #CogSci2024 @cogsci_soc and our workshop on compositionality in brains, minds, and machines, join us next week on Wed 26 June for 👉a special online session Compositionality in Maths & Nonlinguistic Reasoning 👈 1/n
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Excited that our *registered report* on infants’ ability to link familiar words to both typical and atypical exemplars is now out at Child Development! w/ fantastic co-lead Haley Weaver and steady guidance from @jenny_saffran. srcd.onlinelibrary.wiley.com… (1/8)
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📢The DISC Lab is hiring a lab manager (flex start day)! More research info here: ashleyelizajordan.com Min salary = $44,550 w/ generous benefits: hr.wisc.edu/benefits/new-emp… Apply here by 6/17: jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/research-… 👉🏾Please share widely!

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There's a pattern that predicts who does well on IQ tests: people who spend more time on hard problems. New work w/ @samisaguy extends a 40 year old finding about the role of effort in IQ testing, showing why these tests aren't bare measures of "intelligence."
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Just under one week to apply for the Primate Cognition and the Child Development Lab Manager Positions!
Come join the Cognitive Origins Lab at UW-Madison! We are hiring two full time lab managers to start this summer! One specializing in child development and one in non-human primate cognition. Application links below. Application Deadline April 10, 2024
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New perspective in @NatRevPsych: human intelligence is a matter of scale of information processing, not genetic changes to one domain. Implications for AI, evolution, and development. - with @CantlonLab rdcu.be/dDoBt
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Re-sharing this database of BIPOC-authored papers from across psychology. This is a wonderful resource, esp. for those aiming to diversify their syllabi, journal clubs, citation networks, and general awareness. Please add your or others' papers! docs.google.com/spreadsheets…
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Our fantastic lab manager Sydney Buffonge presented her first poster at a national conference this past weekend at #CDS2024! Congrats Sydney!
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Come join the Cognitive Origins Lab at UW-Madison! We are hiring two full time lab managers to start this summer! One specializing in child development and one in non-human primate cognition. Application links below. Application Deadline April 10, 2024
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Primate Cognition Application: jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/research-…

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Child Developmental Cognition Application: jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/research-…

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I’m hiring a full time lab manager to start this summer! Come help found my lab at UW Madison and do some fun science! There will be beer and brats!! Info & application here: jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/research-…

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Come study children's emotions and learning with us at the UW-Madison Child Emotion Lab. Post-doc fellowships on the NIMH Training Program in Emotion Research. Apps due February 2, 2024 (but please contact me before applying). childemotion.waisman.wisc.ed… emotion.wisc.edu/
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New postdoc opportunity to work jointly with @CantlonLab and me to understand cognition across species, age, and culture! cmu.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/CM…
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