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Kushin Mukherjee

@kushinm.bsky.social
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Postdoctoral researcher @ Stanford

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samuel mehr @mehr.nz · 27/09/2026
another day, another bit of evidence that the scientists who willingly hand over proprietary information to AI firms may experience some consequences
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Josh de Leeuw @joshdeleeuw.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
DataPipe (pipe.jspsych.org) is ready for its post-OSF life. You can use it as before to save data from online experiments, but now the data can be sent to Zenodo, Google Drive, or a Dataverse instance. Existing OSF connections work until 11/16 I took this opportunity to do some major updates...
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Alex Zalben @azalben.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Here's the official announcement of Parton's passing from her reps, along with the request that in lieu of flowers, the family asks for donations to be made to Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library at www.imaginationlibrary.com
NASHVILLE, TN (August 25, 2026) – Global icon and humanitarian, Dolly Parton, known to the world as a beloved singer, songwriter, philanthropist, actress, playwright, and author died peacefully today in Nashville, Tennessee. She was 80 years old.

 

Dolly is preceded in death by her beloved husband of 59 years Carl Thomas Dean (1942 – 2025), her mother Avie Lee Caroline Owens (1923 – 2003), and father, Robert Lee Parton, Sr. (1921 – 2000). 

 

A rhinestone life that shone bright enough for the world to see, Dolly will forever stand as an inspiration not only through her timeless music and prolific songwriting, but also her wit, warmth, and kindness that made us all feel like family. Dolly Parton’s legacy is one of love, compassion, and resilience. With a seven-decade career, she inspired multiple generations of artists and fans with her music and an unwavering commitment to making the world a better place. Her songs will continue to resonate with people of all ages, and her philanthropic work will have a lasting impact.

 

At Dolly’s request, a small, private service will be held for immediate family. Dolly’s fans and friends from around the world are encouraged to pay tribute to Dolly on social media by tagging @DollyParton or by leaving a message at www.dollyparton.com.         

 

In lieu of flowers the family asks for donations to be made to Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library at www.imaginationlibrary.com.
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Jenny Saffran @jennysaffran.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Can kids track how unfamiliar speakers use grammatical patterns to guess who is speaking? Yes they can, at least when the speakers are groups of nifty-looking aliens! Exciting new work on early sociolinguistic development by Yiran Chen and Lynna Tran in my lab. academic.oup.com/chidev/advan...
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Children infer speaker groups from variation in morphosyntactic patterns
Abstract. Variation in how people use language provides powerful cues to social identity. As children join a language community, they must acquire such soc
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Taylor Webb @taylorwwebb.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
I'm recruiting two postdocs (or potentially PhD students) to work on projects at the intersection of cognition, neuroscience, and AI (with a particular emphasis on mechanistic interpretability). Apply here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... and please share!
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Robert Hawkins @rdhawkins.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
good morning!! it's day 2 of #cogsci2026, and we're so excited to hear about new work from Seo-young Lee, Jess Mankewitz, Polina Tvilodub, Jinyi Kuang, and Karla Perez!
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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 👇
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Unconventional Communication (CogSci 2026)
Unconventional Communication is a workshop exploring how humans convey meaning across different modalities.
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Yuka Machino @ymacci.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Telling two people to be selfish barely changes their behavior, unless they both know they got the same message! Our #CogSci2026 paper reveals that these group expectations only matter when we all know that we share the same expectations.
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Judy Fan @judithfan.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Fri 7/24 (am): David Tomz, @kushinm.bsky.social, & co. ask about the drivers of visual variation in European Paleolithic cave art — a wonderful team spanning cognitive science & archaeology (Poster Session 2, 10am)
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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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Erik Brockbank @erikbrockbank.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
When you meet someone new, what kind of questions do you ask? It’s tempting to think that *really* getting to know people is just a matter of asking the right questions. Excited to share the next chapter in ongoing work on what makes a *deep question* with amazing collaborators...
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Kushin Mukherjee @kushinm.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Really proud to be part of this dream team! We make a strong case for end-to-end systems that can not only propose new cognitive theories but *validate* them by collecting human data! ✨ Check out project lead Ben’s thread for the highlights and a link to our preprint!
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Justin Yang @justintheyang.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Thrilled to be sharing my latest work at #CogSci2026! Many of the spaces we move through, from kitchens to airports, were designed with specific uses in mind. How do people create such environments, and how do users figure out what they were designed for? 📃 osf.io/preprints/ps...
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Riccardo Fusaroli @fusaroli.eurosky.social · 20/04/2026
What function did ~100k-year-old engravings from Blombos Cave & Diepkloof serve? Decoration, identity marking, proto-writing? osf.io/preprints/ps... uses transmission chains + cognitive experiments to find out & help answering one of the hardest questions in cognitive archaeology. long thread! 1/
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Mike Frank @mcxfrank.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Just wrote a new blogpost trying to summarize my thoughts on the question of how and whether to use AI for research in psychology and cognitive science: babieslearninglanguage.blogspot.com/2026/04/usin...
babieslearninglanguage.blogspot.com
Using AI to improve (not automate away) academic research
Blog about fatherhood, langauge, developmental psychology, and cognitive science.
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Tobias Gerstenberg @tobigerstenberg.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Congratulations @judithfan.bsky.social on winning the Lila R. Gleitman Prize for early-career contributions to Cognitive Science 🥳 Amazing!! cognitivesciencesociety.org/gleitman-pri...
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Mike Frank @mcxfrank.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
Very excited to share the first empirical paper from LEVANTE: we describe the LEVANTE core tasks, a set of nine open source tasks for measuring learning and development in kids ages 5-12 years. osf.io/preprints/ps... 🧵
title linescreenshots from the nine tasks
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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/...
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Mike Frank @mcxfrank.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Do children understand all types of visual media in the same way? "Cross-contextual diversity in children’s early understanding of visual media" - a new review paper led by Rebecca Zhu: osf.io/preprints/ps...
Table 1 from paper: recognition and reference evidence for perception of different types of visual media by infants, toddlers, and preschoolers.
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Benjamin Douglas @bendouglas.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
There are many people I’ve seen on here asking about how we go forward in the current moment We don’t have all the answers, but in the guide below my co-authors and I discuss building and sustaining academic communities dedicated to antiraicm Now at Collabra: Psychology osf.io/preprints/ps...
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Kushin Mukherjee @kushinm.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Happy CogSci evening to those who celebrate May your figure axis labels be large and visible
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Riccardo Fusaroli @fusaroli.eurosky.social · 19/01/2025
Why does Western paleolithic cave art strongly prefer animal side views and often abbreviations? Our new #eSymb preprint (osf.io/preprints/ps... w Pagnotta, Psujek, Mendoza Straffon and Tylén ) challenges long-held assumptions about these artistic choices based on cogsci experiments. 1/
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Bria Long @brialong.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
I’m still recruiting for this position — please get in touch if you’re interested in working together!
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Bill Thompson @wdt.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
We have extended the deadline for this position to January 31st. Also, the start date is pretty flexible; if you're graduating next spring/summer and interested in the role, apply!
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Daniel Martin @fizbin.bsky.social · 22/03/2024
I don't know who needs to know this, but Pro Publica has an online thing that will format a letter to your US health insurance company to demand the records behind a claim denial. (which the insurance is then legally required to provide in most cases) projects.propublica.org/claimfile/
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Find Out Why Health Insurance Denied Your Claim
You likely have the right to access records that explain why your insurer denied your claim or prior authorization request. Use ProPublica’s free tool to generate a letter requesting your claim file f...
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Mike Frank @mcxfrank.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Three ManyBabies projects - big collaborative replications of infancy phenomena - wrapped up this year. The first paper came out this fall. I thought I'd take this chance to comment on what I make of the non-replication result. 🧵 bsky.app/profile/laur...
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Robert Hawkins @rdhawkins.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
📄👀: cross-modal information flow in multimodal large language models neat interpretability work on how visual and linguistic information is integrated in MLLMs: "the model first transfers the more general visual features of the whole image into the representations of (linguistic) question tokens."
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Cross-modal Information Flow in Multimodal Large Language Models
The recent advancements in auto-regressive multimodal large language models (MLLMs) have demonstrated promising progress for vision-language tasks. While there exists a variety of studies investigatin...
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Mike Frank @mcxfrank.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Our new paper “Is Child-Directed Speech Effective Training Data for Language Models?” was just presented at #EMNLP2024! This is work led by Steven Feng, with Noah Goodman. arxiv.org/abs/2408.03617
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Is Child-Directed Speech Effective Training Data for Language Models?
While high-performing language models are typically trained on hundreds of billions of words, human children become fluent language users with a much smaller amount of data. What are the features of t...
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The It's Innate! Podcast @theitsinnatepc.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Not only are we back with a new episode but with a brand new series called "A conversation with a luminary", where we chat with a trailblazing developmental cognitive scientist. We're kicking things off with a conversation with the Rubinstein Professor Jenny Saffran! Enjoy! itsinnate.fireside.fm/21
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A conversation with a luminary #1: Jenny Saffran
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xuan (ɕɥɛn / sh-yen) @xuanalogue.bsky.social · 11/11/2024
Okay the people requested one so here is an attempt at a Computational Cognitive Science starter pack -- with apologies to everyone I've missed! LMK if there's anyone I should add! go.bsky.app/KDTg6pv
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Jenny Saffran @jennysaffran.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
UW-Madison Psychology is hiring a new assistant professor in the area of computational approaches to language (broadly construed). Please share with interested parties! jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/assista...
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Assistant Professor, Computational Approaches to Language - Cluster Hire - Madison, Wisconsin, United States
Job Summary: This position is a full-time, tenure-track faculty position at the Assistant Professor level in the Department of Psychology at UW-Madison. The search is for a job candidate whose exper...
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Griffiths Computational Cognitive Science Lab @cocoscilab.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
(1/5) Very excited to announce the publication of Bayesian Models of Cognition: Reverse Engineering the Mind. More than a decade in the making, it's a big (600+ pages) beautiful book covering both the basics and recent work: mitpress.mit.edu/978026204941...
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Martha W. Alibali @marthaalibali.bsky.social · 11/11/2024
Summer research opportunity in Psychology at U. of Wisconsin–Madison. Students from historically underrepresented backgrounds, low-income households, and first-generation college students are strongly encouraged to apply. Details and application portal at psych.wisc.edu/nsf-reu-site...
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NSF REU Site: Psychology Research Experience Program
Application Opens: November 1, 2018 Application Deadline: February 15, 2018 Admission Notification: Ongoing After Application deadline Application Link: https://srop-uwmadison.fluidreview.com *Note that applicants who are not accepted will receive notification once all admissions have been sent out.  Please do not call the Psychology department or send separate admission inquiries. Please note that these dates are currently…
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Mike Frank @mcxfrank.bsky.social · 21/10/2024
Do you like building great tools for behavioral measurement? We are seeking a Research Scientist to act as the tasks lead and engineering manager for a large-scale project on developmental data collection with children ages 2-12 called LEVANTE: levante-network.org.
This position is a PhD-level position, with the expectation that the RS will contribute to – and have the opportunity to lead on – research products including papers and presentations. The RS will also be part of the Language and Cognition Lab at Stanford, a broad interdisciplinary group interested in using data to understand human development. 

Ideal qualifications/experiences for the position include:
- creating behavioral experiments (ideally for children), with attention to the small details of the participants' experience in the experiment
- psychological measurement and/or psychometrics (including item response theory and/or adaptive testing)
- software development using version control and project management software
- web-development, including javascript/HTML/CSS, cloud-based hosting, and modern frameworks (e.g., react.js)
- experience working with teams and an orientation towards managing a small team of engineers working on the project (e.g. scrum)
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Kushin Mukherjee @kushinm.bsky.social · 30/05/2024
Hi Bluesky! Crossposting the announcement of a new summer workshop on the emerging interface between cognitive science 🧠 and computer graphics 🫖 spearheaded by @kartikchandra.bsky.social! We're calling it: COGGRAPH! coggraph.github.io June – July 2024, free & open to all! 🧶
Banner image of COGGRAPH speaker headshots with the words 'COGGRAPH 2024' at the center
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Jay/Jess @jmank.bsky.social · 12/05/2024
I lost my password to this account but I FOUND IT and I have NEWS I’ve been dying yarn and roving and spinning and have run out of storage so I’ve opened a shop! Please buy my stuff! It deserves to be loved and used by someone more creative than me! 🧶🌈 follyfibers.etsy.com
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FollyFibers - Etsy
Shop Yarn, Fiber, and Supplies by FollyFibers located in Madison, Wisconsin.
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Ashley Thomas @ashleyjthomas.bsky.social · 13/05/2024
@drmeltemyucel.bsky.social just a random note of appreciation for www.psychresearchlist.com which is an AMAZING resource for undergraduates thinking of applying to PhD programs. Its kind of hard to state how important this is for our field!
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PsychResearchList
Goal:
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Kushin Mukherjee @kushinm.bsky.social · 18/01/2024
Surely SciENcv is either (1) some kind of PSYOP to deter scientists from ever applying for grants or (2) meant to drive us to the brink of madness
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Kushin Mukherjee @kushinm.bsky.social · 08/12/2023
Super excited to share that the 𝗦𝗘𝗩𝗔 dataset and benchmark will be presented at #NeurIPS2023!✏️🧠🤖 🌐 Website - seva-benchmark.github.io 📜 Paper - arxiv.org/abs/2312.03035 💻 Code + Materials - github.com/cogtoolslab/... Thread below 🧵-
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Martin Zettersten @mzettersten.bsky.social · 20/11/2023
Apply by Dec 1 to the UCSD Cognitive Science PhD program: cogsci.ucsd.edu/graduates/ph.... We have an incredible community working on language + cognition + development here - if that's up your alley, check us out! I'll also be considering applications to join my new lab opening in Fall 2024 (!!)
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Kushin Mukherjee @kushinm.bsky.social · 14/11/2023
自分の足でTRY!
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Sarah Solomon @sarahsolomon.bsky.social · 10/11/2023
I'm recruiting PhD students to join my new cognitive neuroscience lab at Binghamton next fall! We'll use behavior, fMRI, and computational methods to explore how humans learn, represent, and flexibly use concepts in language and thought. If this excites you, too, please apply! tinyurl.com/42arf45f
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Cognitive Psychology PhD | Psychology | Binghamton University
Learn how to apply to Binghamton University’s graduate program in Cognitive Psychology, which boasts a 96 percent employment rate upon completion.
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Kushin Mukherjee @kushinm.bsky.social · 26/10/2023
Thanks Robert!! What this shoutout belies is what a colossal team effort this very fun project was! Stay tuned for a longer post and a project page 👀 ~
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Celeste Kidd @celestekidd.bsky.social · 23/10/2023
We are happy to share our new commentary on why using language inclusively for transgender people is perfectly appropriate biologically, socially, and scientifically. A 🧵 on the commentary by @andyperfors.bsky.social, @spiantado.bsky.social, & me
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Jay/Jess @jmank.bsky.social · 21/10/2023
My dad passed away this week (in Chile no less) and we’re in a spin trying to pay his medical bills and funeral expenses. If you can help at all, my family and I would be deeply grateful ❤️ www.gofundme.com/f/mauricio-mankewi…
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In Support of the Family of Mauricio Mankewitz, organized by Jessica Mankewitz
October 21, 2023 It is with a heavy heart that I share the news … Jessica Mankewitz needs your support for In Support of the Family of Mauricio Mankewitz
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Cory Shain @coryshain.bsky.social · 19/10/2023
👋Hi #bsky! Just wanted to let everyone know I'll be arriving at #Stanford in fall of 2024 and I'm looking for awesome people to help me figure out language. I'm new here my network is small, so RTs would be great! 🧵👇
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Emily Liquin @emilyliquin.bsky.social · 16/10/2023
Hi Bluesky! I’m recruiting PhD students to help launch the Exploration, Learning, and Mind Lab at U of New Hampshire Psych in Fall 2024! Check out our lab website at liquinlab.github.io for more info, and feel free to get in touch if you’re interested in applying! #CogSci #DevPsych #PsychSciSky
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ELM Lab @ UNH
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Ida Momennejad @neuroai.bsky.social · 14/10/2023
As my first post, delighted to share our #neurips2023 paper: Evaluating Cognitive Maps & Planning in LLMs with CogEval We test cognitive maps & planning in 8 LLMs. Failures like hallucinating invalid paths & falling in loops suggest no emergent zero-shot planning. 1/n 🧵 arxiv.org/abs/2309.15129
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todd gureckis @toddgureckis.bsky.social · 10/10/2023
my lab in New York City is accepting graduate students interested in computational cognitive science! i have lots of info on the website about how to apply but the deadline is Dec 1! we maximize fun while maximizing science! gureckislab.org/getinvolved....
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