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Alissa Rivero

@alissarivero.bsky.social

Dev Psych PhD student at Duke | alissarivero.github.io How can we can best structure childhood to cultivate children’s motivation, creativity, and exploration? 🪺

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Alissa Rivero @alissarivero.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Are you or do you know a prospective PhD applicant in psych/neuroscience? If so, graduate students, post docs, and faculty from Duke's Department of Psychology & Neuroscience will host 1-on-1 virtual sessions to help workshop PhD application materials. Please share widely, application link below!

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Alissa Rivero @alissarivero.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

My first paper (with Jared Vasil and Mike Tomasello) is officially published! 🎉 Question: When can children coordinate decisions with each other in groups? Answer: Age 3! Read it here: academic.oup.com/chidev/advan... 🧵 (1/6)

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Two- and three-year-olds coordinate decisions in dyads and triads

Abstract. Even young toddlers coordinate actions with a partner. But coordinating choices or decisions is more challenging, particularly in multi-party gro

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