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Heidi Baumgartner

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Big Team Science Conference @btscon.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The program for #BTSCON2026 (October 6-8) is out! We’re so excited about our amazing lineup of talks, panels, hackathons, and workshops. Register now (fees are OPTIONAL!) to get access to all sessions and recordings. bigteamscienceconference.github.io
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Big Team Science Conference
The goal of the Big Team Science Conference is to bring together a multidisciplinary group of researchers, funders, and stakeholders to discuss advancements, challenges, and future opportunities relat...
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Amanda Mull @amandamull.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Tech execs do not have, like, a theory of mind for people who aren’t tech execs. If they did, they wouldn’t be so frequently baffled by how repulsive normal people think their whole deal is right now
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Asifa Majid @asifamajid.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
It's hard to believe that OECS has now published 200 articles!🎉 A huge thank you to everyone who has contributed to OECS—our authors, reviewers, readers, and fantastic section editors, and especially @mcxfrank.bsky.social frank.bsky.social and @hbaum.bsky.social Excited for the next chapter!
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Philip Laughlin @philiplaughlin.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Today's #OA spotlight is extra special. Just this week, @mitpress.bsky.social published the 200th article in our OPEN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF COGNITIVE SCIENCE. Congrats to @mcxfrank.bsky.social & @asifamajid.bsky.social! We've come far since the 2023 @cogscisociety.bsky.social in Rotterdam! oecs.mit.edu
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Open Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science
The Open Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science is a new, multidisciplinary guide to understanding the mind: a freely-available, growing collection of peer-reviewed articles introducing key topics to a bro...
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Mike Frank @mcxfrank.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Nearly four years ago we asked ourselves, "what would it look like to have a field-leading, completely free reference work for cognitive science"? It's been so fun editing OECS with @asifamajid.bsky.social and @hbaum.bsky.social. I can't believe we have published 200 (!!) articles! oecs.mit.edu
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Martin Zettersten @mzettersten.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Really excited about this new preprint spearheaded by @vboyce.bsky.social w/ @mcxfrank.bsky.social and the Peekbank team. It's a deep-dive into a large looking-while-listening dataset (>3000 children!), evaluating what analytic and design choices really matter for measurement osf.io/preprints/ps...
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Hakeem Jefferson @hakeemjefferson.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
The president is a liar. He lies constantly & without hesitation. His lies about American elections are among his most dangerous b/c they are meant to convince a susceptible public that democratic outcomes cannot be trusted. They are antidemocratic lies in service of holding onto power. He’s a liar!
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Mike Frank @mcxfrank.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Biggest experimental study of Africa infant cognition! I’m very proud that we were able to get this project finished, despite COVID restrictions starting a month after our kickoff.
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St Hugh's College @sthughscollege.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Congratulations to Tutorial Fellow in Experimental Psychology @asifamajid.bsky.social on her Humboldt Research Award presented by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation in recognition of her entire academic record to date bit.ly/4eYTZR8 #psychology #award
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Mike Frank @mcxfrank.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
This week's Experimentology chapter is "Estimation". The most important move in planning an analysis isn't picking your test or your model — it's clearly defining what you're trying to estimate. 🧵 experimentology.io/005-estimat...
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ManyBabies @manybabies.org · 10/06/2026
And of course a HUGE thank you to the hundreds of researchers who have contributed to ManyBabies and to the thousands of babies (and their families) who have made this work possible!
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What 5000 babies can tell us about developing minds and how to study them - Communications Psychology
A decade of ManyBabies research, testing thousands of babies across hundreds of labs, has shown that some, but not all findings in infant research replicate well. Collectively, these projects have sho...
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ManyBabies @manybabies.org · 10/06/2026
New ManyBabies publication! Over 10+ years and 5,000+ babies tested, we've learned a ton about how to study the developing mind. In this comment, we discuss three such lessons that are shaping the future of ManyBabies. We'd love to hear your thoughts!
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What 5000 babies can tell us about developing minds and how to study them - Communications Psychology
A decade of ManyBabies research, testing thousands of babies across hundreds of labs, has shown that some, but not all findings in infant research replicate well. Collectively, these projects have sho...
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Heidi Baumgartner @hbaum.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Nice write-up of Stanford's CORES and SPORR groups. Very lucky to be part of a great community of folks (including @russpoldrack.org, Steve Goodman, & @mcxfrank.bsky.social, all mentioned here) working to improve how we science
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Stanford centers focus on making science more reliable
CORES and SPORR together extend a long Stanford lineage of reliable science.
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Heidi Baumgartner @hbaum.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
The “I’m on this photo and I don’t like it” meme
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Nature @nature.com · 03/06/2026
Labs are teaming up to run a host of huge projects that aim to bring rigour to cognitive science. go.nature.com/4ej4Kx4
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Can an army of babies and dogs rescue psychology from its reproducibility crisis?
Labs are teaming up to run a host of huge projects that aim to bring rigour to cognitive science.
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Brian Nosek @briannosek.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Collective action is the most gratifying part of the reform movement. Grassroots groups like the many Many Manys are the most wonderful manifestation of it. Driven by curiosity and purpose, researchers come together to solve big problems with creative collaborations. That's why I science.
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CONNECT partnership @connect-btss.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
New article in Nature about Big Team Science with lots of quotes from CONNECT members! @manybabies.org @themanybirds.bsky.social @manydogsproject.bsky.social @cos.io
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Micah @rincewind.run · 12/04/2026
holy shit he actually conceded folks, they tell you they’re invincible they tell you they’re inevitable they tell you that you should give up and stop fighting and absolutely none of that is true
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
Journalistic malpractice and democratic betrayal.
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
This is an actual post. This is not funny. This is beyond desperate. This is a deeply unwell man who doesn’t belong anywhere near the levers of power. Every member of his cabinet and Congress is complicit in not demanding his removal now.
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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
it turns out I CAN still be shocked by what he says
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 28/03/2026
if nothing else, there is something to be said for spending time outside in the sun with thousands of people who share your anger at the state of things
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Lukas Röseler @aufdroeseler.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Welcome to #LoveReplicationsWeek Day 4 - with 4 events! - Getting your replication report ready by @r2journal.bsky.social - Large scale replications vs. Meta-analyses by @chbergma.bsky.social - CREP by @jorowags.bsky.social - Writing Reproducible Manuscripts by @mklingelhoeferj.bsky.social
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Elizabeth Bonawitz @ebonawitz.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Students need to remember that Inigo Montoya method for emails and greetings: "Hello, my name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die.” Polite Greeting Name Relevant Personal Link Manage Expectations Keep it BRIEF.
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Last week in Minnesota, I watched ordinary people risk their lives to protect their neighbors. In the process, they not only won a significant—though not final—victory against authoritarianism, they proved virtually every MAGA social theory wrong. (gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
Every social theory undergirding Trumpism has been broken on the steel of Minnesotan resolve. The multiracial community in Minneapolis was supposed to shatter. It did not. It held until Bovino was forced out of the Twin Cities with his long coat between his legs.

The secret fear of the morally depraved is that virtue is actually common, and that they’re the ones who are alone. In Minnesota, all of the ideological cornerstones of MAGA have been proved false at once. Minnesotans, not the armed thugs of ICE and the Border Patrol, are brave. Minnesotans have shown that their community is socially cohesive—because of its diversity and not in spite of it. Minnesotans have found and loved one another in a world atomized by social media, where empty men have tried to fill their lonely soul with lies about their own inherent superiority. Minnesotans have preserved everything worthwhile about “Western civilization,” while armed brutes try to tear it down by force.
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laura olin @lauraolin.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
If you rank civility over justice at this point you are a collaborator
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
I said this last time but their real position is “if you disagree with us we can kill you.”
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
Yeah, this is basically where I stand.
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Mike Frank @mcxfrank.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
Now up as a reviewed @elife.bsky.social preprint: "Continuous developmental changes in word recognition support language learning across early childhood" elifesciences.org/reviewed-pre... Using data from ~2000 kids ages 1-6, we quantify links between word recognition and early vocabulary growth!
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 03/01/2026
People are going to try and lure you into debates about whether Maduro was a good guy or not and the thing is, it doesn’t matter for the purposes of discussing whether violent kidnappings and extrajudicial murders by the US government are ok. No, they aren’t! End of convo.
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andy™ @andylevy.net · 23/12/2025
you can tell so much about people by whom they give the benefit of the doubt to
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David Barner @drbarner.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Happy to share this new entry on numerical cognition for the OECS. Thanks to @hbaum.bsky.social and @mcxfrank.bsky.social for making this happen! Apologies if your work isn’t cited! Had to limit cites!!! oecs.mit.edu/pub/rek9756r...
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Numerical Cognition
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Mike Frank @mcxfrank.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
What do kids choose to do when they think that someone will help them? What about when no one will help? New paper: "Young children strategically adapt to unreliable social partners" - led by Kat Shannon, with @hyogweon.bsky.social and Willem Frankenhuis. osf.io/preprints/ps...
Abstract of paperFigure 1!
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Heidi Baumgartner @hbaum.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
"Condoleeza Rice discusses restoring confidence in American democracy" stanforddaily.com/2025/11/12/r...
Tim Robinson in a hot dog costume, captioned "WE'RE ALL TRYING TO FIND THE GUY WHO DID THIS" (from "I Think You Should Leave")
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Big Team Science Conference @btscon.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
There's still time to register for the 2025 Big Team Science Conference (October 6-8, live on Zoom)! All fees are OPTIONAL, so you can pay what you'd like (or nothing at all!) to gain access to a ton of amazing BTS content. bigteamscienceconference.github.io/registration/
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>>> Register for the 2025 BTSCON now! *** ### BTSCON Registration Info To balance inclusivity with our funding needs, *registration fees for the Big Team Science Conference are optional*. You can pay ...
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Big Team Science Conference @btscon.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Our full 2025 program and schedule are now up on our website! We've got so many great presentations lined up, you won't want to miss it! bigteamscienceconference.github.io/program/
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Note: The live conference schedule with links to sessions will be provided to conference registrants via email. To access the live schedule, REGISTER NOW *** >>> View the 2025 BTSCON Program *** > Not...
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Heidi Baumgartner @hbaum.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
timeline coincidence of the most depressing order cc @darthbluesky.bsky.social @louisathelast.bsky.social
a post from Louisa saying "Just remembered there's no more Gilded Age this season and got emotionally devastated", directly underneath a Darth repost of a photo of Trump and Zelenskyy sitting in the oval office (where everything has been gilded to shit) saying "You could write a book about this photo. Everything about it is so fucking vulgar." Ugh.
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Mike Frank @mcxfrank.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Experimentology is out today!!! A group of us wrote a free online textbook for experimental methods, available at experimentology.io - the idea was to integrate open science into all aspects of the experimental workflow from planning to design, analysis, and writing.
Experimentology cover: title and curves for distributions.
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Heidi Baumgartner @hbaum.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
Capybaras lounging in yuzu-filled hot springs is my happy place
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Heidi Baumgartner @hbaum.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
It's been a ton of fun to work with @mcxfrank.bsky.social and @asifamajid.bsky.social on this. I'm so lucky to get to support projects like this (and @manybabies.org and @btscon.bsky.social and ...)!
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Heidi Baumgartner @hbaum.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Just got an “out of office” reply with the most amazing example of “there’s a German word for that.” Abwesenheitsbenachrichtigung!
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Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Possible to start to tell a unified story: "Trump is personally too old, crazy, and confused to run things, so at any given time the question is which co-president is in charge. At first it was Musk, & we got the crazy chaotic DOGE era. Then Navarro: a trade war that crashed markets. Now Miller..."
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Max Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
It’s completely insane that US troops are illegally deployed to suppress domestic opposition and it’s not uniformly condemned by the press and political elite.
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Mike Frank @mcxfrank.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
Huge congratulations to Drs Anjie Cao and Rondeline Williams on their successful defenses this week!! @anjiecao.bsky.social
Rondeline giving her acknowledgements at her defense. Anjie showing cat photos at her defense.
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Mike Frank @mcxfrank.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
Please assign these articles for your teaching as well as your own browsing, and let us know 1) how you're using them and 2) what articles you need to help you in your teaching!
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Mike Frank @mcxfrank.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
If you haven't been looking recently at the Open Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science (oecs.mit.edu), here's your reminder that we are a free, open access resource for learning about the science of mind. Today we are launching our new Thematic Collections to organize our growing set of articles!
OECS thematic collections.
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Heidi Baumgartner @hbaum.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
“We want scientists who hold identities that may be under attack to know that we are proud to be your colleagues, and that our science is stronger as a result of your being in this field.” 👏
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 24/04/2025
my endorsement for any democratic presidential candidate who promises to send the entire DOGE team to prison
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Hakeem Jefferson @hakeemjefferson.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
A colleague at Stanford’s business school used The Stanford Daily to argue—poorly—against DEI. The piece was riddled with historical errors and left one searching for fact, so I broke my public writing hiatus to respond. I hope you’ll read and share the piece. stanforddaily.com/2025/04/22/w...
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What DEI threatens isn’t merit. It’s monopoly.
Political science professor Hakeem Jefferson argues for DEI's importance to de-monopolizing universities.
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