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Carolyn Baer @carebaer7.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I'm recruiting a graduate student for Fall 2027! Full funding, beautiful campus, and a great community to work in. International applicants welcome - Canada is a great place to be. More info about what I look for and the app process: www.trentdevminds.ca/join-the-lab www.trentu.ca/graduatestud...

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Samuel Ronfard @samuelronfard.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Thank you for the invitation! A wonderful conversation with your lab!

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Ori Friedman @orifriedman.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

New chapter with Brandon Goulding, Andrew Shtulman (@andrewshtulman.bsky.social) and Samuel Ronfard @samuelronfard.bsky.social).

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Andrew Shtulman @andrewshtulman.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Why do children claim unusual events are impossible? In a new paper with Goulding, Ronfard (@samuelronfard.bsky.social), and Friedman (@orifriedman.bsky.social), we synthesize two decades of research on children's possibility judgments and propose some answers. www.sciencedirect.com/science/chap...

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Dr Kirsten Blakey @khblakey.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

New paper with @samuelronfard.bsky.social on learning from disagreement! Children and adults prefer learning from people who agree with them, despite recommending that others seek disagreement. We also explore how to increase interest in disagreement. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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How to Increase Children's and Adults’ Interest in Learning From Disagreement

We often avoid talking to people who disagree with us, missing potentially valuable learning opportunities. Across four preregistered studies, we examined children's (6–11 years) and adults’ interes...

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F. Ece Ozkan @feceozkan.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

link.growkudos.com/1f51f12nrb4 Check out our recent study with @samuelronfard.bsky.social examining the lifespan development of myside bias across different contexts in the Journal of Experimental Psychology: General. 👇 doi.org/10.1037/xge0...

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When are we most prone to myside bias?

This study examines a prominent bias in human reasoning: myside bias. Myside bias is the tendency to favor information supporting our beliefs and undermining information against what we believe. The s...

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samuel mehr @mehr.nz · 02/11/2025

i logged into linkedin to turn this setting off, and scrolled for a couple minutes, which reminded my why I never ever ever log into linkedin

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Jenny Wang 👶 🧮 @jinjingjenny1.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

📢 Come join us on Sunday, November 9th for the Rutgers Symposium of Learning with an amazing list of speakers and great company! More details: sites.rutgers.edu/symposium-le...

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Jan Engelmann @janengelmann.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

Check out our new TICS paper on disagreement and metacognition! We argue that disagreement drives metacognitive development by expanding children's consideration sets. With Antonia Langenhoff, Bill Thompson @wdt.bsky.social and Mahesh Srinivasan www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Disagreement drives metacognitive development

Metacognition improves significantly over childhood, but the mechanisms underlying this development are poorly understood. We first review recent rese…

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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 13/06/2025

This is a lie. We all saw the video. The Senator clearly identified himself, and he did not "lunge" toward anyone. If these miserable propagandists will lie to you about roughing up a U.S. Senator in a room full of reporters, what won't they lie to you about?

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moin syed @syeducation.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

Folks, it's time to submit your papers to PCI Psychology. Here is our invitation to you, taken from our editorial osf.io/preprints/ps...

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Tom Hollenstein @tomhollenstein.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

My Canadian university, Queen's, is offering TWENTY 4-year funded PhDs (40k CAD/yr) for a student of ANY citizenship who has been accepted at a top 100 US university but have had offer rescinded OR are reconsidering offer due to US policy. Details found here👇 www.queensu.ca/grad-postdoc...

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Queen’s University is a globally engaged, research-intensive institution dedicated to attracting and supporting exceptional PhD students who will significantly advance our research mission.

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John Michael McGrath @jm-mcgrath.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

boy Ontario is just so thoroughly squandering this moment

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G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 23/05/2025

open chart, keep scrolling down www.gelliottmorris.com/p/republican...

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Dan Cohen @dancohen.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

Given the news about Harvard and maybe more coming: my university (Queen's, Canada) has some spots/funding for students accepted to US institutions who need a new spot. If you know of students in that situation they can reach out or check here: www.queensu.ca/grad-postdoc...

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Queen’s University is a globally engaged, research-intensive institution dedicated to attracting and supporting exceptional PhD students who will significantly advance our research mission.

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Ali Fitch @fiotch.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

This is a picture of text from the Harvard Crimson. It reads: We have to wonder: How does sending Jewish students from abroad home — including Israelis — root out antisemitism? How does expelling young adults from other countries fight racism? What could be more anti-American than banishing potential immigrants who have come to our country to learn and contribute to our society?

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Samuel Ronfard @samuelronfard.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

U of T has approved my tenure and my appointment to associate professor. I could not have done this without my lab, its past and current members. I'm grateful to my mentors and to the scientists whose work has and continues to inspire me. I'm excited to continue doing the work I love.

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Samuel Ronfard @samuelronfard.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

A lot of students are not sure what career they want to pursue. To help with this, we've started recording videos with lab alumni in different careers and grad programs. Links below. Hope your students find them helpful! #STEM #ADVISING

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Brittlestar @brittlestar.com · 29/04/2025

Poilievre losing his seat is almost Shakespearean: Pretender to the throne riles countrymen with anger, gets defeated by guy with Joy in his name. It’s basically Macbeth.

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F. Ece Ozkan @feceozkan.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

Excited to be organizing this symposium with @samuelronfard.bsky.social's support! 😊 Check out our session #SRCD25, Friday, 11.30 am, and hear from Joshua Confer, @anahidmodrek.bsky.social, and @lucaspbutler.bsky.social! @janengelmann.bsky.social

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samuel mehr @mehr.nz · 16/01/2025

srsly if you hate that publishers charge your grant $5-10K for open access, there's a simple solution don't write for those journals don't review for those journals don't edit for those journals Scientific Reports, Nature Comms, Comms Psych, Frontiers <- I auto-delete all their emails. easy 👍🏻

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Samuel Ronfard @samuelronfard.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

It's been a while since I took latin, but pretty sure that the latin words on American university crests don't mean cower, comply, and profit...

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

If you accept that non-citizens have no right to due process, you are accepting that citizens have no right to due process. All the government has to do is claim that you are not a citizen; without due process you have no chance to prove the contrary.

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Kathleen Hughes, PhD @kathmhughes.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

I am calling on all #devpsyc colleagues to condemn & speak out about the abduction of Rumeysa Ozturk by the US govt on March 25, 2025. She is a developmental psychology graduate. #childpsyc #developmentalpsyc #lifespanpsyc #acadmicsky #childrenandyouth @srcdorg.bsky.social @issbd.bsky.social

Dear Developmental Colleagues,
I’m a developmental psychologist, Associate Professor (Teaching), and Undergraduate Program Director for the Department of Psychology at the University of Calgary. I specialize in social emotional learning, peer relationships, and children’s media.
On March 25th, a developmental psychology graduate student at Tufts University in Massachusetts was abducted by the United States government. Rumeysa Ozturk is a PhD student in Child Study & Human Development with a focus on prosocial development and children’s media. She is from Turkey and was studying in the USA on a student visa. Her visa was revoked when she participated in political letter writing asking Tufts University to acknowledge the Palestinian genocide. This political activity made her a target.
No peaceful political activity should ever lead to unlawful detainment. The Palestinian-Israel conflict is heartbreaking. My spouse and child are Jewish, we lost an Israeli family member on October 7th, 2022. I’ve seen increases in anti-semitism on university campuses in the past two years, but I know and I acknowledge that the majority of protestors are not hateful, and they want peace and human rights.
Rumeysa Ozturk is one of us. Therefore, I am calling on leaders in Developmental Psychology to stand up for Ozturk, to pressure academic societies such as SRCD, SRA, & ISSBD to release a statement regarding her unjust abduction. We need to shine a spotlight and put international pressure on this abduction to help ensure her safety and release. Please also consider writing your political representatives. Ozturk has been relocated from Massachusetts to Louisiana. Her lawyer has lost contact with her in the past day. Our efforts can make a difference during these critical days.
Sincerely,
Kathleen Hughes, PhD
Associate Professor (Teaching)
Undergraduate Program Director
University of Calgary

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Kathy Hirsh-Pasek @kathyhirshpasek.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

Decided to speak out on the state of our union. Just published in the Philadelphia Inquirer eedition.inquirer.com/infinity/art...

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Coming home to a foreign land

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Samuel Ronfard @samuelronfard.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

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Samuel Ronfard @samuelronfard.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

Sourdough brioche (Boulangerie Pas a Pas) and country blonde (Flour Water Salt Yeast). Having a great time learning from the Boulangerie Pas a Pas youtube channel!

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Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Excellent excellent excellent from Princeton president and constitutional/ political theorist Chris Eisgruber. There's been far too little of this kind of thing; here's hoping others follow his good example. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

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The Cost of the Government’s Attack on Columbia

American universities have given the country prosperity and security. The Trump administration’s attack on academic freedom endangers all of that.

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Samuel Ronfard @samuelronfard.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Sheaves of Wheat / Épis de Blé. Been wanting to make those for a while!

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Samuel Ronfard @samuelronfard.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

Braised lamb with red wine and prunes (NYT recipe) with a side of sourdough white bread (Sourdough whisperer recipe), a great way to end the weekend!

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Samuel Ronfard @samuelronfard.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

Great sourdough beer bread recipe! (tinyurl.com/47evcn5a)

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Samuel Ronfard @samuelronfard.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Made walnut sourdough this week. Helps with stress and it's delicious.

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Dr Kirsten Blakey @khblakey.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

New paper! Children’s sharing is influenced by factors like others' need and reputation, but research has typically examined these factors in isolation. This study explores how different combinations of need and reputation affect costly sharing decisions. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Children consider others’ need and reputation in costly sharing decisions - Scientific Reports

Scientific Reports - Children consider others’ need and reputation in costly sharing decisions

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Samuel Ronfard @samuelronfard.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

Gave away 6 to doc students and neighbors

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Samuel Ronfard @samuelronfard.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

Taking sourdough baking at George Brown college! Helps to have the pro ovens and mixers

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