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Nancy Kanwisher
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Nancy Gail Kanwisher FBA is the Walter A Rosenblith Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience in the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a researcher at the McGovern Institute for Brain Research. She studies the neural and cognitive mechanisms underlying human visual perception and cognition. .. more

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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 2d
It should be illegal for the President, VP, and lawmakers in Congress to own, buy, and sell individual stocks.
As Trump brags about U.S. oil and gas company profits, his stocks gained millions during Iran war
A report from congressional Democrats found the president purchased millions in oil and gas stocks during the war.
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Grace Lindsay @neurograce.bsky.social · 2d
Seems like there is advice to students floating around telling them to include a specific question about a paper when emailing professors about open positions. Like all such advice, this takes what was once a sincere sign of interest & completely dilutes it. My advice: only say sincere things.
Nancy Kanwisher @nancykanwisher.bsky.social · 2d
Spot on, Heather!
Thank you @kosakowski.bsky.social
kosakowski.bsky.social Heather L Kosakowski @kosakowski.bsky.social · 2d
When and how do newborns see a face?
@nmwilkinson.eurosky.social and colleagues identify a serious problem in how a foundational newborn study has been interpreted.
But the Bluesky victory lap is leaving out a rather important detail: neonates track FACE drawings!
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nmwilkinson.eurosky.social Dr Nick @nmwilkinson.eurosky.social · 16d
New paper! Accepted at Perspectives on Psychological Science.

A textbook finding in infant psychology is that newborns - within ~1 hour of birth - visually track a simplified 'three blob' facelike stimulus further than its inverted control (see picture). This suggested inborn knowledge of faces!

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Heather L Kosakowski @kosakowski.bsky.social · 2d
When and how do newborns see a face?
@nmwilkinson.eurosky.social and colleagues identify a serious problem in how a foundational newborn study has been interpreted.
But the Bluesky victory lap is leaving out a rather important detail: neonates track FACE drawings!
bsky.app/profile/nmwi...
nmwilkinson.eurosky.social Dr Nick @nmwilkinson.eurosky.social · 16d
New paper! Accepted at Perspectives on Psychological Science.

A textbook finding in infant psychology is that newborns - within ~1 hour of birth - visually track a simplified 'three blob' facelike stimulus further than its inverted control (see picture). This suggested inborn knowledge of faces!

Nancy Kanwisher @nancykanwisher.bsky.social · 2d
First Hungary, now Serbia. Let's be next!