Reposted by Dawei BaiSam McDougle @actlab.bsky.social · 08/05/2026Thrilled 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... 18326
Reposted by Dawei BaiSally Berson @sallyberson.bsky.social · 24/03/2026Is core knowledge actually core *perception*? In a forthcoming piece in BBS, @shariliu.bsky.social, Lisa Feigenson, & I comment on @daweibai.bsky.social et al.’s target article. osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/vnbeposf.ioOSF 1245
Reposted by Dawei BaiThom Scott-Phillips @thomscottphillips.bsky.social · 11/02/2026Here is my commentary on the forthcoming BBS paper about core perception: ** Perception at the root of language ** "..if perception is understood in the ‘rich’ or ‘sophisticated’ way argued for in the target article, then one of its domains is ostension." osf.io/preprints/ps...osf.ioOSF 053
Dawei Bai @daweibai.bsky.social · 01/12/2025📣The call for commentaries is now open for our BBS paper 'Core Perception' (until Dec. 29)! For details, visit: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...cambridge.orgCall for Commentary Proposals - “Core Perception”: Re-imagining Precocious ReasoCall for Commentary Proposals - “Core Perception”: Re-imagining Precocious Reasoning as Sophisticated Perceiving 040
Reposted by Dawei BaiSam McDougle @actlab.bsky.social · 25/11/2025New paper from the lab, "Perceiving Event Structure in Brief Actions," now out in Cognitive Psychology :) Led by the inimitable Zekun Sun This was my lab's first foray into event cognition gift link: sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 26823
Reposted by Dawei BaiDani Gresch @danielagresch.bsky.social · 19/10/2025📣 Out in TINS (@cp-trendsneuro.bsky.social): Neural processing is often described as either externally or internally directed. In our new Forum article, we (@freekvanede.bsky.social & Kia Nobre) propose a multilevel framework for conceptualising external and internal continua of brain processes. 13616
Dawei Bai @daweibai.bsky.social · 09/10/2025Happy to share that our BBS target article has been accepted: “Core Perception”: Re-imagining Precocious Reasoning as Sophisticated Perceiving With Alon Hafri, @veroniqueizard.bsky.social, @chazfirestone.bsky.social & Brent Strickland Read it here: doi.org/10.1017/S014... A short thread [1/5]👇 79839
Dawei Bai @daweibai.bsky.social · 03/10/2025New paper: the ‘Double Ring Illusion’! Does the visual system integrate *intuitive physics*? This new illusion developed by Brent Strickland and I offers a straightforward demonstration – one that you can experience yourselves! Demos in thread👇 [1/6] 44817