Developmental cognitive scientists Deon Benton (@DeonTBenton) & Jenny Wang (@JinjingJenny1) discuss what infants and children know and how they come to know it.
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4 Aug 2025
Why is the entire GOP traveling to Israel constantly?
Does no one find this weird?
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18 Nov 2024
Not only are we back with wn episode but with a brand new series called "A conversation with a luminary", where we chat with a trailblazer in dev psych. We're kicking things off with a conversation with the Rubinstein Professor Jenny Saffran! Enjoy!
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6 Nov 2024
We're now also on Bluesky! Be sure to give us a follow over there!
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3 Nov 2024
You don't want to miss our latest, nearly 2-hr episode with Dr. Brandon Woo (@brandonmwoo)!
2 Nov 2024
New episode!🚨 We chat with Dr. Brandon Woo (@brandonmwoo) about new work exploring whether prereaching infants can infer others' goals!
BTW, Brandon is actively recruiting PhD students, so be sure to apply if you like what you hear in the episode!
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2 Nov 2024
New episode!🚨 We chat with Dr. Brandon Woo (@brandonmwoo) about new work exploring whether prereaching infants can infer others' goals!
BTW, Brandon is actively recruiting PhD students, so be sure to apply if you like what you hear in the episode!
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12 Oct 2024
In case you missed our latest tweet, we are back and we're here to stay! Give our latest episode with Wai Keen Vong (@wkvong) a listen, especially if you're interested in the debate about whether word learning is innate or learned!
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11 Oct 2024
Exciting episode! 🎙️ We chat with Dr. Wai Keen Vong (@wkvong), lead author of the Science paper where an artificial neural network mapped words to referents using a child's egocentric recordings. Plus, we dive into Wai's journey in science!
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11 Oct 2024
By the way, we've been busy recording episodes with both rising stars and luminaries in the field and plan to release 1-2 episodes per month, starting with this one! This also means that our most recent extended break is hopefully the last one of its kind!
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10 Aug 2023
We made it happen! We chatted with Dr. Margaret Echelbarger (@tweetsbymidge) about her path to higher ed, what it's like being a developmentalist in a business school, and one of her papers looking at kids' thinking about variety and scarcity! Can't wait to release the episode!
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9 Aug 2023
Thank you! ☺️
8 Aug 2023
Not everyday you get to recommend a podcast in student feedback on nativism @TheItsInnatePC
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17 Jul 2023
We were so fortunate to talk with Dr. Dana Miller-Cotto (@danacotto) about her views on parenting in academia, about her early relationship with mathematics, about her research on working memory and early mathematics performance, and more! Enjoy! share.fireside.fm/episode/R8…
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9 Jun 2023
We have the pleasure of speaking with the brilliant Dr. Dana Miller-Cotti (@danacotto) today about her work on the relation between working memory & achievement, as well as her thoughts on culturally responsive ways to study executive function in minoritized children. Stay tuned!
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29 Apr 2023
This episode has it all. We cover Dr. Kibbe's (@levels_of) path to higher ed, Alan Leslie's genius, taking classes with Fodor, Pylyshyn, Gleitman & others, LoT in human infants, Bayesian inference, & more!
Thanks, Melissa, for joining us! Enjoy, folks!
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7 Apr 2023
So happy to re-release our episode with Dr. Debrielle Jacques (@dt__jacques). If you missed it the first time, here it is again!
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6 Apr 2023
Slowly, but surely, we're tracking down some of the episodes we lost. Check out these two episodes -- one with @DrMeltemYucel and another with @fransiscating!
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5 Apr 2023
We get to chat with the inimitable and brilliant, Dr. Melissa Kibbe (@levels_of), tomorrow about her recent preprint on Language of Thought in human infants, and we couldn't be more excited! Stay tuned for the episode!
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1 Apr 2023
Ever wonder what the term "mechanism" or the phrase "developmental mechanism" means? Ever wonder what "change" means, or why studying infants or kids doesn't make you a developmental psychologist? We discuss that and more on our latest episode! Enjoy!
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