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Psychological scientist studying how children think about information sources, including technological sources #firstgen

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Another fantastic paper by my stellar former grad student @laurengh.bsky.social in which we show that one of the reasons kids as young as age 4 trust Google is because it is familiar to them.

01.02.2026 19:57 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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β€œI’ve seen Google before!”: Young children's intuitions about Google's capabilities Abstract. Google Search is a popular tool for acquiring information online, but little is known about children's trust in search engines. Across two studie

🚨 Out now in Child Development!

We asked 4- to 8-year-old children about getting answers from Google and a teacher. By age 6, children endorsed Google’s ability to answer correctly more often and believed that Google would also be better at answering questions about the world around them.

31.01.2026 18:44 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1

I'm so sorry to see this news. Although Judy and I only interacted directly a few times over the years, I always enjoyed doing so and learned a great deal from her. (I still follow many of the practices she modeled in a talk she gave about teaching child development.)

24.10.2025 17:59 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Assistant Professor Psychological and Brain Sciences, Quantitative Methods (tenure-track) - Open Area Department: Psychology Location: Belknap Campus Time Type: Full time Worker Type: Regular Job Req ID: R107570 Position Description: The Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences at the University...

Check out these TWO new tenure-track positions open in Psychology at UofL! (and please reach out with questions)

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Learning & Memory: uofl.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/UofLCa...

15.09.2025 16:08 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

🚨New publication alert: How do children think about how much they know in absolute terms and relative to what an expert knows? with @candicemmills.bsky.social
@ajwilliamsgant.bsky.social
@patelkhushboo.bsky.social @nataliequint3ro.bsky.social

Currently free at authors.elsevier.com/a/1lknv51Y-X...

10.09.2025 23:43 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

Question: The journal is not blinded. Should I send the authors my long list of comments and suggestions? I don't know what the final editorial decision was either. (4/4)

26.08.2025 13:44 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Needless to say, I will never agree to review for this journal again. This kind of irresponsible behavior damages our field and makes my job recruiting reviewers as an associate editor harder. (3/4)

26.08.2025 13:44 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

When I went to submit it, I discovered that the journal had terminated my invitation due to β€œreceiving the required number of reviews” without letting me know. (My review was 9 days late but I received no reminders.) (2/4)

26.08.2025 13:44 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Short rant with question at end: I agreed to write a review for a journal I had never reviewed for before and was given only 2 weeks to do it. The manuscript was directly based on several of my papers and I spent hours working on a detailed review. (1/4)

26.08.2025 13:44 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

I've already got @profsimons.bsky.social excellent writing guide on my list!

10.07.2025 21:43 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I'm excited to be teaching a grad writing course this fall based on Barbara Sarnecka's The Writing Workshop book. Would anyone out there who has done this be willing to share their syllabus? I'm looking for ideas on how to plan a 14 week session, and other good writing resources for my students.

10.07.2025 21:42 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
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Handbook of Children and Screens Describes the cognitive, physical, and psychosocial impacts of digital technology on infants, children, and adolescents and This book is open access,

This open access book offers some good potential readings/overviews of topics: link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

09.06.2025 16:31 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Fellow Harvard alumni: our alma mater is under attack. The government is threatening its independence, cutting research funding, and undermining free inquiry.

We've added our names to an amicus brief defending Harvard’s values and freedoms. Join us here: bit.ly/HarvardAmicusBrief

Please share!

30.05.2025 17:41 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

source?

22.05.2025 20:40 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0