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Michael Goldstein @mikehgoldstein.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

In this paper we're going from birds to words! This exciting new work with @elmlingersteven.bsky.social represents a significant extension of the research on human and avian vocal learning in my lab.

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Michael Goldstein @mikehgoldstein.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Timing matters for learning. However, contingency has long been associated with a narrow view of how learning works. In this special issue, we freed contingency of its Skinnerian roots to examine its role in prediction and social learning across species and timescales. The issue is open access!

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Casey terHorst @ecoevolab.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

The GRFP lives!! (due end of October) www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...

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NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)

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samuel mehr @mehr.nz · 27/06/2025

New preprint from a bio-psych collab many animals have preferences for sounds in their species (eg, I'm a frog, I like deeper frog croaks bc better frog mates sound deeper) @loganjames.bsky.social tested if humans are sensitive to these prefs in 16 species we are! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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Kevin Lala @kevinlala.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

I am please to share my latest article "A developmentalist’s view of inheritance", just published in acta ethologica. rdcu.be/em4wW Inheritance is a time-distributed developmental process by which diverse developmental resources become available to the next generation.

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Michael Goldstein @mikehgoldstein.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

Having a great time running a STEM outreach event at the Sciencenter featuring a sailplane and flight simulator from Harris Hill Soaring Corporation! Sparking curiosity about science in kids is a great way to stay sane in this crazy world.

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International Congress of Infant Studies @infantstudies.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

Babies learn best from those who respond to their babbling! 👶✨ @juliaavenditti.bsky.social, @mikehgoldstein.bsky.social et al. (2025): infants form stronger social expectations when their babbling gets a timely response—even from a robot car! 🤖🚗 #infancypapers #EarlyYears doi.org/10.1111/infa...

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Contingency enables the formation of social expectations about an artificial agent

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Michael Goldstein @mikehgoldstein.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Our new theory paper in Acta Psychologica shows that babies change how we see the world! In our lab, we use virtual environments to study parenting. We are finding that babies actively reshape our perception in ways that help protect them. Read more at www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Virtual reality environment in which a caregiver interacts with a crawling infant on a blanket near a busy road.

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Steven Elmlinger @elmlingersteven.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

How do languages become learnable for young children? Our new paper in Current Biology shows how “Immature vocalizations elicit simplified adult speech across multiple languages.” 🧵 of our findings below: www.cell.com/current-biol... 1/9

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Immature vocalizations elicit simplified adult speech across multiple languages

Altriciality, or extended early immaturity, creates opportunities for learning. Across languages, Elmlinger et al. show that parents simplify their speech in response to children’s early vocalizations...

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