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Alex Mackiel @amackiel.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

I'm excited my commentary to @ashleyjthomas.bsky.social theory paper on infant representations of relationships is out! I, with Amanda Woodward, propose a novel relationship account of the infant resource distribution literature aligned with Thomas's core argument: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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Representations of equality or partiality? Unequal distributions as cues to social relationships | Behavioral and Brain Sciences | Cambridge Core

Representations of equality or partiality? Unequal distributions as cues to social relationships - Volume 49

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Ashley Thomas @ashleyjthomas.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Hi everyone! My paper on cognitive representations of relationships and their developmental origins is finally out! I had a blast responding to the commentary and was honored to be able to engage with people who laid the foundation for my research program. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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Cognitive representations of social relationships and their developmental origins | Behavioral and Brain Sciences | Cambridge Core

Cognitive representations of social relationships and their developmental origins - Volume 49

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Norman Zeng @normanjzeng.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

I'm doubly excited to share this paper! Not only is it a project I'm proud of, but it's also my first first-author publication! Check out the results below.

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Mia Radovanovic @radovanovic.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Out in @cognitionjournal.bsky.social with @jaeminhwang.bsky.social, David Sobel (@candmlab.bsky.social), and @jessicas.bsky.social! Most studies of infants’ fairness expectations focus on resource distribution, but in everyday life, we engage in many different kinds of resource exchanges.

Figure shows the methods used in the paper's experiments. In the left column are the methods for Exp 1 (Collection) and in the right are the methods for Exp 2 (Distribution). In each video, three women sit at a table. One sits in the middle, serving as a collector/distributor, and two sit in the foreground with plates. During familiarization trials, resources were collected from or distributed to their plates with an occluder on the screen hiding the outcomes. During test trials, the same videos were played but with the outcomes shown such that infants either viewed an equal collection/distribution or an unequal collection/distribution.

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Mia Radovanovic @radovanovic.bsky.social · 15/03/2024

The Toronto Early Cognition Lab is headed to Pasadena for CDS next week! Come check out our work 😊 normanjzeng.bsky.social elainewang.bsky.social jessicas.bsky.social

Saturday, March 23rd - 1:15 - 2:30 (Poster Session 3)
P3-6 - Infants' moral trait inferences in protective third-party intervention (Norman Zeng, Inderpreet Gill, Jessica A. Sommerville)

Saturday, March 23rd - 4:15 - 5:45PM (Symposium 4.3)
Practice what you preach: consistent messages about the value of effort boost children's persistence (Elaine Wang, Mia Radovanovic, Jessica A. Sommerville, & Julia Leonard)

Saturday, March 23rd - 5:45 - 7:00 (Poster Session 4)
P4-27 - Gender differences in children’s response to ineffective teaching across contexts (Mia Radovanovic, Aafiya Somani, Miguel Alzona,
Annabelle Persaud, Jessica A. Sommerville)

Saturday, March 23rd - 5:45 - 7:00 (Poster Session 4)
P4-153 - Interaction with graphics improves learning causal associations in 5-8 years old children (Mishaal Kandapath, Sophia Lee, Arnav Verma,
Fanny Chevalier, Jessica A. Sommerville)

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