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Arnav Verma

@arnavverma.bsky.social
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trying to find out how people communicate with visualizations and graphics. phd-ing, mit/csail |- prev. bs+ms, uoft{oronto}/cs |- lab manager, stanford/psych

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Arnav Verma @arnavverma.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
To quote Amy Adams: "The weapon is their language. They gave it all to us. Do you understand what that means?"
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Arnav Verma @arnavverma.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
🌄 a new dawn is approaching for cognitive science 🌄 --- Lio has been one of the wisest and most thoughtful collaborators I’ve ever worked with. If you’re interested in contributing to the future of the field, look no further: web.mit.edu/zyzzyva/www/...
Text as a movie review for Arrival:
much like they are arriving
i am also arriving
@ brown university | copsy => fall 2027.
prospective grad students / postdocs / lab managers / language and movie lovers please apply! and then we can watch it all again.
web.mit.edu/zyzzyva/www/academic.html for more info
for now!
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Tobias Gerstenberg @tobigerstenberg.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
The Causality in Cognition Lab is pumped for #CogSci2026 🇧🇷
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Robert Hawkins @rdhawkins.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
excited for the first #cogsci2026 poster session this afternoon! come by and chat with @ymacci.bsky.social @amirzur.bsky.social @clairebergey.bsky.social
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Judy Fan @judithfan.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Heading to #CogSci2026 in Rio this week? Overview 🧵 thread highlighting work being presented by members of the Cognitive Tools Lab (cogtoolslab.github.io) — come say hi! 🧠🛠️✨
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Arnav Verma @arnavverma.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Co-organized with an amazing team: Lio Wong (web.mit.edu/zyzzyva/www/...), @mattcaren.bsky.social (matthewcaren.github.io), @rdhawkins.bsky.social (rdhawkins.com), @arvind.bsky.social (arvindsatya.com), & @judithfan.bsky.social (cogtoolslab.github.io/people.html)
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Arnav Verma @arnavverma.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
What is it about samba that *tells* you to get out and dance 💃? @mehr.nz (mehr.nz) will explore the meaning behind sounds.
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Arnav Verma @arnavverma.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Why do children resort to moving like bees to build houses in Roblox 🐝? @julianje.bsky.social (cscl.yale.edu/team.html) will explore what people say to each other with gestures!
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Arnav Verma @arnavverma.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
What is your roommate trying to tell you by leaving that stack of dirty dishes in the sink? 🍽️ @adenaschachner.bsky.social (madlab.ucsd.edu) explores how we read social signals from the world around us.
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Arnav Verma @arnavverma.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Why does drawing six squiggly lines explain your convoluted project idea better than words ever could? ✍️ @neilcohn.bsky.social (www.visuallanguagelab.com) discusses meaning-making with graphics.
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Arnav Verma @arnavverma.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Why do you instantly know what your roommate means from one cryptic GC emoji 🎰? @rdhawkins.bsky.social (rdhawkins.com) tells us about making meaning out of nearly anything.
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Arnav Verma @arnavverma.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
How do people make use of so many different modalities to communicate? Come learn more at our Unconventional Communication workshop at #CogSci2026! 🗓️ Wed, 7/22, 8:30am 🔗Full program: unconventional-communication.github.io Here's what we'll be covering 👇
unconventional-communication.github.io
Unconventional Communication (CogSci 2026)
Unconventional Communication is a workshop exploring how humans convey meaning across different modalities.
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Arnav Verma @arnavverma.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Learned so much during my time as a lab manager with Judy!! ++ everyone should apply!!
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Yang Xiang @yangxiang.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
Now out in Cognition, work with the great @gershbrain.bsky.social @tobigerstenberg.bsky.social on formalizing self-handicapping as rational signaling! 📃 authors.elsevier.com/a/1lo8f2Hx2-...
kwnsfk27.r.eu-west-1.awstrack.me
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Erik Brockbank @erikbrockbank.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
"36 Questions That Lead To Love" was the most viewed article in NYT Modern Love. Excited to share new results investigating these and other “deep questions” with @tobigerstenberg.bsky.social @judithfan.bsky.social & @rdhawkins.bsky.social Preprint: tinyurl.com/bdfx5smk Code: tinyurl.com/3v6pws4s
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Kristine Zheng @kristinezheng.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
Linking student psychological orientation, engagement & learning in intro college-level data science New work ‪‪at @cogscisociety.bsky.social w/ @erikbrockbank.bsky.social @shawnschwartz.bsky.social, C.Bryan, D.Yeager, C.Dweck & @judithfan.bsky.social poster 8/1 @ 10:30 tinyurl.com/solds-cogsci25
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Junyi Chu @junyi.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
🧩 On problem solving (6/30, 2-3pm PT): Kelsey Allen, @bonan.bsky.social @ranjaykrishna.bsky.social
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Jessica Sommerville @jessicas.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
🚨 Postdoc Opportunity!!! The Toronto Early Cognition Lab (@UofT) is hiring a postdoc to study early optimism in infants & young children. Work w/ multi-method approach, amazing undergrads & grads. Start: Fall 2025 or later. Details: jessica.sommerville@utoronto.ca RTs appreciated 💫
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Tracey Mills @traceym.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
If you’ll be at #CogSci2025, consider (or at least consider considering) attending our @cogscisociety.bsky.social workshop on meta reasoning 🤔🤨🧐 We’ll be discussing problem selection through various lenses represented by a great lineup of speakers!
sites.google.com
Meta-reasoning @ CogSci
Workshop Description People are general purpose problem solvers. We obtain food and shelter, manage companies, solve moral dilemmas, spend years toiling away at thorny math problems, and even adopt a...
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Arnav Verma @arnavverma.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
Come check out our amazing online and in-person workshop, Minds in the Making, this summer (minds-making.github.io)! We're bringing together an interdisciplinary community of researchers in CogSci 🧠, HCI 🖌️, & Graphics 🫖!
minds-making.github.io
Minds in the Making
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Erik Brockbank @erikbrockbank.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Hello bluesky world :) excited to share a new paper on data visualization literacy 📈 🧠 w/ @judithfan.bsky.social, @arnavverma.bsky.social, Holly Huey, Hannah Lloyd, @lacepadilla.bsky.social! 📝 preprint: osf.io/preprints/ps... 💻 code: github.com/cogtoolslab/...
osf.io
OSF
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