Aarthi Popat
@aarthipopat.bsky.social
studying social cog dev @ yale
This took until last week to finish, but the results are in. In a tense final (commentated by @yarrowdunham.bsky.social), @jinke.bsky.social took home the grand prize, followed by @julia-a-leonard.bsky.social in second and Stefan Lunis in third place. These three are really good at Connect 4.
September 24, 2026 at 1:49 PM
This took until last week to finish, but the results are in. In a tense final (commentated by @yarrowdunham.bsky.social), @jinke.bsky.social took home the grand prize, followed by @julia-a-leonard.bsky.social in second and Stefan Lunis in third place. These three are really good at Connect 4.
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Had an amazing time at the 2026 Computational Psychiatry Conference presenting my ongoing work on formalizing impulsivity as a mathematical model! ✨
Honored and excited to share that I received the Best Poster Award! 🏆 Big thank you to my co-authors and my PI,
@shirleybwang.bsky.social!!
Honored and excited to share that I received the Best Poster Award! 🏆 Big thank you to my co-authors and my PI,
@shirleybwang.bsky.social!!
July 17, 2026 at 4:51 PM
Had an amazing time at the 2026 Computational Psychiatry Conference presenting my ongoing work on formalizing impulsivity as a mathematical model! ✨
Honored and excited to share that I received the Best Poster Award! 🏆 Big thank you to my co-authors and my PI,
@shirleybwang.bsky.social!!
Honored and excited to share that I received the Best Poster Award! 🏆 Big thank you to my co-authors and my PI,
@shirleybwang.bsky.social!!
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When we consider children in cultural evolution, we tend to cast them as recipients of adult culture. In our BBS target article, @sheinalew.bsky.social & I argued there's more: through 'peer cultures', children actively drive cultural adaptation. Our final paper + a rich set of responses is out now!
Children as agents of cultural adaptation | Behavioral and Brain Sciences | Cambridge Core
Children as agents of cultural adaptation - Volume 49
www.cambridge.org
July 6, 2026 at 2:06 PM
When we consider children in cultural evolution, we tend to cast them as recipients of adult culture. In our BBS target article, @sheinalew.bsky.social & I argued there's more: through 'peer cultures', children actively drive cultural adaptation. Our final paper + a rich set of responses is out now!
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Had so much fun at the Society for Philosophy and Psychology last week! First talk of my life and it was an amazing experience! @socphilpsych.bsky.social #SPP2026
June 28, 2026 at 7:43 PM
Had so much fun at the Society for Philosophy and Psychology last week! First talk of my life and it was an amazing experience! @socphilpsych.bsky.social #SPP2026
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Out in PNAS
pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Inequality is not only hard to solve.
Sometimes, it is hard to *see*.
We ask a simple question: Do people notice when members of minority groups are absent?
Across field studies and experiments, the answer was often no.
pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Inequality is not only hard to solve.
Sometimes, it is hard to *see*.
We ask a simple question: Do people notice when members of minority groups are absent?
Across field studies and experiments, the answer was often no.
PNAS
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...
pnas.org
June 4, 2026 at 12:57 PM
Out in PNAS
pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Inequality is not only hard to solve.
Sometimes, it is hard to *see*.
We ask a simple question: Do people notice when members of minority groups are absent?
Across field studies and experiments, the answer was often no.
pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Inequality is not only hard to solve.
Sometimes, it is hard to *see*.
We ask a simple question: Do people notice when members of minority groups are absent?
Across field studies and experiments, the answer was often no.
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New paper with @mohitmukherji.bsky.social, Mona Lebrun, and @marjorierhodes.bsky.social @JEP:G! Did you ever wonder whether saying things like “boys can wear dresses too” is effective at reducing stereotypical inferences? We find that they’re probably not—check out more here: doi.org/10.1037/xge0...
APA PsycNet
doi.org
June 4, 2026 at 8:55 PM
New paper with @mohitmukherji.bsky.social, Mona Lebrun, and @marjorierhodes.bsky.social @JEP:G! Did you ever wonder whether saying things like “boys can wear dresses too” is effective at reducing stereotypical inferences? We find that they’re probably not—check out more here: doi.org/10.1037/xge0...
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Come check out the lab's work at CDS!
April 6, 2026 at 5:59 PM
Come check out the lab's work at CDS!
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5th year PhD student Brandon Carrillo got second place in the Yale 3 minute thesis competition! Congrats Brandon!!!
March 27, 2026 at 12:59 PM
5th year PhD student Brandon Carrillo got second place in the Yale 3 minute thesis competition! Congrats Brandon!!!
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💥New paper alert! Dyadic Decisions About Effort: How Caregivers Shape Young Children’s Persistence (with @reutshachnai.bsky.social)
One of my favorites! If you’re curious about what we’ve been up to in @leonardlearnlab.bsky.social, take a look!
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
One of my favorites! If you’re curious about what we’ve been up to in @leonardlearnlab.bsky.social, take a look!
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
February 3, 2026 at 1:49 PM
💥New paper alert! Dyadic Decisions About Effort: How Caregivers Shape Young Children’s Persistence (with @reutshachnai.bsky.social)
One of my favorites! If you’re curious about what we’ve been up to in @leonardlearnlab.bsky.social, take a look!
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
One of my favorites! If you’re curious about what we’ve been up to in @leonardlearnlab.bsky.social, take a look!
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
So excited to share this new paper, out in JEP:G with the incredible @jamieamemiya.bsky.social, Gail Heyman, and @carenwalker.bsky.social! We tested how children and adults reason about disparate impact policies: formally neutral laws or rules that are indirectly discriminatory. (1/7)
January 14, 2026 at 3:03 PM
So excited to share this new paper, out in JEP:G with the incredible @jamieamemiya.bsky.social, Gail Heyman, and @carenwalker.bsky.social! We tested how children and adults reason about disparate impact policies: formally neutral laws or rules that are indirectly discriminatory. (1/7)
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@xphilosopher.bsky.social and I tried to study what beliefs do (or at least, what people think they do).
Across hundreds of participant generated beliefs and first/third party ratings, we found they express identity and/or represent facts, in the pattern described in this post.
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Across hundreds of participant generated beliefs and first/third party ratings, we found they express identity and/or represent facts, in the pattern described in this post.
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Maybe there are two distinct kinds of belief: they either represent facts (It's rainy) or express identity (My son is the best). We find instead that many beliefs simultaneously represent facts and express identity (but few beliefs do neither).
December 26, 2025 at 6:29 PM
@xphilosopher.bsky.social and I tried to study what beliefs do (or at least, what people think they do).
Across hundreds of participant generated beliefs and first/third party ratings, we found they express identity and/or represent facts, in the pattern described in this post.
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Across hundreds of participant generated beliefs and first/third party ratings, we found they express identity and/or represent facts, in the pattern described in this post.
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Overparenting can hold kids back—but our research shows that framing tasks as learning opportunities helps parents step back and foster kids' independence! ✨ Read more in our latest Psychology Today piece: www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/deve...
@julia-a-leonard.bsky.social @mika-asaba.bsky.social
@julia-a-leonard.bsky.social @mika-asaba.bsky.social
Overparenting Is Holding Kids Back—Here’s What to Do Instead
Overparenting can hinder kids' independence. Research shows that reframing everyday tasks as learning opportunities helps parents step back and let kids grow.
www.psychologytoday.com
March 10, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Overparenting can hold kids back—but our research shows that framing tasks as learning opportunities helps parents step back and foster kids' independence! ✨ Read more in our latest Psychology Today piece: www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/deve...
@julia-a-leonard.bsky.social @mika-asaba.bsky.social
@julia-a-leonard.bsky.social @mika-asaba.bsky.social