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Laura Simone Lewis

@laurasimonelewis.bsky.social
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Asst. Prof. in Psychological and Brain Sciences and Anthropology @ UC Santa Barbara | UC PPFP Fellow | Fascinated by great ape social cognition! www.laurasimonelewis.com www.originsofmindlab.com

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Victor Ajuwon @victorajuwon1.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Excited to be Guest Editing this Animal Cognition Special Issue on Curiosity and Information-Seeking in Animals, which is also linked to the "Curiosity in Animals" Symposium at @ecbb2026.bsky.social - do get in touch if you have any questions! link.springer.com/collections/...
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Curiosity and Information-Seeking in Animals
Curiosity, the intrinsic motivation to investigate and gain information, is fundamental to human intelligence. However, like other cognitive capacities that ...
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Laura Simone Lewis @laurasimonelewis.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
I am delighted to be a Guest Editor for a Special Issue in Animal Cognition on Curiosity in Animals (along with @victorajuwon1.bsky.social and @monteirotiago.bsky.social) We seek papers that investigate curiosity across contexts and taxa. Get in touch for more info! link.springer.com/collections/...
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Curiosity and Information-Seeking in Animals
Curiosity, the intrinsic motivation to investigate and gain information, is fundamental to human intelligence. However, like other cognitive capacities that ...
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Nicole Furgala @nicolefurgala.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Had a wonderful Theory of Mind Symposium at the Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology Conference! Thank you so much to our invited speakers for sharing their expertise, visiting the LRC, and being mediocre gaze-followers! @chriskrupenye.bsky.social @kristinandrews.bsky.social
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Many Minds podcast @manymindspod.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
If you enjoyed our recent essay on names in the animal kingdom, you might be interested in this new paper! (by former guests @laurasimonelewis.bsky.social and @chriskrupenye.bsky.social, among others)
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Laura Simone Lewis @laurasimonelewis.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
New article out exploring great ape name recognition! We find partial evidence that zoo-living chimps & bonobos know each other's names 👀 Huge thanks to Animal Behavior and Cognition (a great open-access journal) & co-authors for your collaboration!🎉🐵 unsvr1.com/web/abc/work...
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Do Great Apes Know Each Other's Names? Probing Great Ape Comprehension of Social Vocal Labels — Animal Behavior and Cognition
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joshuaconfer.bsky.social @joshuaconfer.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Why do otherwise rational people disagree about the same evidence? Our new paper finds that group membership is a deeply rooted influence on how we form beliefs, leading even preschoolers to bias their evidential standards and form inaccurate beliefs. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Laura Simone Lewis @laurasimonelewis.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
Hi friends! Tomorrow at 9 am PT/12 pm ET/6 pm CET I'll be presenting a Proceedings B Ecology and Evolution Seminar about my recently published paper: Chimpanzees and children are curious about social interactions 🥳 Tune in to learn more about comparative curiosity! cassyni.com/events/R9W1m...
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Zoe Liberman @zoeliberman.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Spread the word: I'm looking to recruit a PhD student for Fall 2026 to @ucsb.bsky.social! Reach out if you are applying this cycle and hoping to study infant and child social cognition, specifically expectations about friendship and/or groups. Bonus: live in paradise! And.. 1/3
UCSB Campus. Meadow in the foreground with Storke Tower and mountains in the distance
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Brandon Woo @brandonwoo.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
New paper in Open Mind, with @emmayu23.bsky.social, Megan Richardson, and @ashleyjthomas.bsky.social! We find that by 6 years of age, children think that close friends know the content of each other’s minds. direct.mit.edu/opmi/article... @openmindjournal.bsky.social
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Developing Intuitions That Close Friends Know the Content of Each Other’s Minds
Abstract. To maintain and develop close relationships, people need to accurately represent the minds of their social partners. Although studies have characterized many aspects of children’s intuitive ...
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Laura Simone Lewis @laurasimonelewis.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
New paper just dropped🎉 With novel "Curiosity Boxes", we find that chimps & children are very curious about social interactions, & some even give up a reward to gain info! Fun collaboration with @alisongopnik.bsky.social, @janengelmann.bsky.social & others royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
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Chimpanzees and children are curious about social interactions | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Curiosity is adaptive, enhances learning, and reduces uncertainty. Social curiosity is defined as the motivation to gain information about the actions, relationships, and psychology of others. Little ...
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Alison Gopnik @alisongopnik.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
New paper from Laura Lewis and Jan Engelmann et al. (including me) with a clever new method. Chimps and kids will forgo reward to get a chance to look at social interactions royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10....
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Chimpanzees and children are curious about social interactions | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Curiosity is adaptive, enhances learning, and reduces uncertainty. Social curiosity is defined as the motivation to gain information about the actions, relationships, and psychology of others. Little is known about the developmental and evolutionary roots ...
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Jan Engelmann @janengelmann.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Chimpanzees are, just like humans, very curious about other's social relationships. In some cases, they even give up a material reward to watch social interactions. Check out this exciting new work by @laurasimonelewis.bsky.social royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10....
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Chimpanzees and children are curious about social interactions | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Curiosity is adaptive, enhances learning, and reduces uncertainty. Social curiosity is defined as the motivation to gain information about the actions, relationships, and psychology of others. Little ...
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manvir singh @manvir.bsky.social · 17/09/2024
My book SHAMANISM: THE TIMELESS RELIGION will be out on May 20, 2025! Shamanism characterized the earliest religions, echoes in often unappreciated ways in the world around us, and will long outlive us. Pre-order it here: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/730339...
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