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Nydia Vurdah

@nydiavurdah.bsky.social
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Postdoc @psychillinois.bsky.social • Early math cognition and developmental cognitive neuroscience • PhD @upcite.bsky.social (she/her) 🇲🇺🇫🇷🇺🇸 • sites.google.com/view/nydia-vurdah

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Théo Morfoisse @theomorfoisse.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
When children start school, how do their brains change to support learning of formal mathematics? Our new paper, with @standehaene.bsky.social, just out in PNAS, followed ~50 children with yearly fMRI scans over 3 years, from preschool to 2nd grade, to see how this network develops. 🧵
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Initial organization and progressive expansion of the math-responsive brain network during the first school years
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CantlonLab @cantlonlab.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Geometry is not something humans invented from scratch —congratulations to Jialin Li on her first, first author paper. More to come from this team… @spiantado.bsky.social @wenjieli.bsky.social @jialin21.bsky.social @emilymsanford.bsky.social www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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Dan Quintana @dsquintana.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Really happy this paper is finally out. This began as an R script I wrote for a paper in 2016, and the Ben (first author) took this idea and improved it, iteration after iteration, into an R package.
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Alireza Karami | علیرضا کرمی @alirezakr.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Our new study (Debray*, Karami* et al.) explores how the brain encodes basic math concepts (integers, fractions, shapes). Samuel Debray led the 7T fMRI & behavioral work; I led the MEG. @danielavalerio.bsky.social @chrplr.bsky.social @standehaene.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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CoolenIlse @coolenilse.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Are you studying underlying mechanisms? I recently started and struggled with what exactly a mechanism was and how to research it. I wrote a theoretical statement aiming to clarify how we conceptualise mechanisms, which is now in press @ Journal of Numerical Cognition doi.org/10.23668/psy...
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A theoretical position statement on mechanism underlying numerical cognition [Author Accepted Manuscript] | PsychArchives
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Urvi Maheshwari ツ @urvi.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
By age 6, many children in the US believe that numbers are infinite, despite initially representing counting as a meaningless & finite chain of words. In a new paper w/ Jess Sullivan & @drbarner.bsky.social, we explored the basis for this conceptual change. 1/n www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Counting without end: A cross-linguistic exploration of infinity beliefs in English and Hindi learners
Recent studies (Cheung et al., 2017; Chu et al., 2020; Sullivan et al., 2023) argue that children may infer the existence of infinite magnitudes throu…
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CoolenIlse @coolenilse.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
𝗡𝗼𝘁 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗶𝗻𝗵𝗶𝗯𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗮𝘀𝗸𝘀 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝘁! We investigated task-specific links to arithmetic to understand inconsistencies in the literature, now published open-access in Child Development: doi.org/10.1093/chid... A great collaboration with @sixtine-o.bsky.social and André Knops!
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Validate User
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Fernando Sánchez @fernandosanchezh.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
We propose that 2-year-olds show emerging sensitivity to disadvantageous outcomes, but only 4-year-olds' costly responses to unfairness reflect true disadvantageous inequity aversion. Read more at: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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The emergence of disadvantageous inequity aversion between 2–4 years
When and how children begin responding to inequitable resource distributions, particularly those that put them at a disadvantage, remains unclear. Acr…
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Prof Sarah-Jayne Blakemore @sjblakemore.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
The developmental trajectories of executive function from adolescence to old age Heather J. Ferguson, Victoria E. A. Brunsdon & Elisabeth E. F. Bradford www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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The developmental trajectories of executive function from adolescence to old age - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - The developmental trajectories of executive function from adolescence to old age
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CantlonLab @cantlonlab.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
Children build math skills on a “cognitive bridge” between space & number. But where does it come from? Our new study finds monkeys transfer learning and abstractions across geometry & numerosity, revealing the evolutionary roots of basic math development. 🧪🧠 www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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Cognitive bridge between geometric and numerical learning in monkeys | PNAS
Educational research highlights strong developmental links between numerical and spatial cognition in humans, often shaped by cultural tools like t...
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Nydia Vurdah @nydiavurdah.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
🚨 New postdoc alert with @dchyde.bsky.social! Come join us at the Brain and Cognitive Development lab to work on a fantastic project! @mclstrainee.bsky.social
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Laura Dugué @lauradugue.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
🚨PhD student position in #cognitive_psychology and #neuroscience, on a project directed by André Knops and in collaboration with the Dugué Lab! @upcite.bsky.social | @cnrs.fr Funded by the @agencerecherche.bsky.social (Agence nationale de la recherche) www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/42...
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Université Paris Cité hiring Doctoral Student in Paris, Île-de-France, France | LinkedIn
Posted 1:38:05 PM. PhD Student Position at University Paris CitéIn the context of a collaborative project involving…See this and similar jobs on LinkedIn.
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Maxence Pajot @maxencepajot.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
Some numbers seem to show up everywhere. Think of 10, 12, 24, 36... Others—like 26 or 34—don’t get the same attention.Why? In our new paper with @standehaene.bsky.social and @mathiassablemeyer.bsky.social, we argue it's because of how the mind builds number concepts. 🧵 doi.org/10.1016/j.co...
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Redirecting
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Mary DePascale @marydepascale.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
✨New publication✨ The Role of Math Games for Children’s Early Math Learning: A Systematic Review doi.org/10.5964/jnc.... with @gbramani.bsky.social
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The Role of Math Games for Children’s Early Math Learning: A Systematic Review| Journal of Numerical Cognition
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Daniel Ansari 🇨🇦 @numcog.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
Very interesting! New meta-analysis by Hutchison et al. showing 'that math is a stronger predictor of future change in EF than the reverse": mathbrainlab.com/wp-content/u...
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CoolenIlse @coolenilse.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
🚨New Preprint alert! ANS and spatial skills are the same thing! doi.org/10.31234/osf... We aimed to explore how the Approximate Numbers Sense (ANS) and spatial skills related over time, but instead found that they are the same underlying construct.
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Lauren Aulet @laurenaulet.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
So excited to see this paper with @ckaicher.bsky.social and @cantlonlab.bsky.social finally out!
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Intersection of spatial and numerical cognition in the developing brain
Abstract. Early mathematical development is thought to depend on visuospatial processing, yet neural evidence for this relationship in young children has b
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Caterina Gratton @caterinagratton.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Excited to announce that our paper (led by @hyejinjadelee.bsky.social & Derek Smith) is out in @nathumbehav.nature.com go.illinois.edu/Lee2025_NHB We use 36 days of testing in 4 inhibitory control tasks to examine the precision of inhibitory control measures in *individuals* and how they vary 🧵👇
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Precise individual measures of inhibitory control
Nature Human Behaviour - Collecting an extensive publicly available dataset on four inhibitory control tasks, Gratton et al. show that more than 1,000 trials per participant are necessary to reduce...
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Dana Miller-Cotto @damcotto.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
👋🏾 Here again to share that the deadline for our special issue for Developmental Psychology is approaching (Friday, 2/28). Looking forward to reviewing your submissions!
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Penny Pexman @pennypexman.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Delighted to announce that the Western University Postdoctoral Fellowships Program is open for 2025 applications. The 2-year Fellowships now include annual stipends of $70,000 plus benefits, plus a $5,000 research allowance. We expect to make up to 19 awards. Details: uwo.ca/research/fun...
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Western Postdoctoral Fellowship Program
Western University, in vibrant London, Ontario, delivers an academic and student experience second to none.
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