Lourenco Lab

Lourenco Lab @Emory University directed by Stella Lourenco. We study vision, cognition, and development.

[Lourenco Lab @LourencoLab]

Hot off the presses! New work--led by @vayzenberg90--showing the robustness of children's object recognition and how they surpass state-of-the-art ANNs https://t.co/y6acXOjAVV

[Arber Tasimi @ArberTasimi]

New lab paper, "The moral pull of 'women and children'," led by Anastasiia Grigoreva Crean and done in collaboration with @LourencoLab. Check it out!

https://t.co/j89fGJ4YqR

[Lourenco Lab @LourencoLab]

New article by @KruRyno where he shows that facial dominance predicts intelligence. Children expect dominant-looking individuals to be "really smart." Less consistent in these data was a gender stereotype about intelligence.
https://t.co/cDTmCEXdCU

[Giorgio Vallortigara @gVallortigara]

Jumping spiders are not fooled by the peripheral drift illusion @Massimo_De_Agro @EgidioFalotico
https://t.co/gQgsm2Jddm

[Lourenco Lab @LourencoLab]

Congrats to the brilliant, and fearless, @NoraNewcombe! So well deserved!

[CogSci Society @cogsci_soc]

Huge congratulations to the brilliant @NoraNewcombe, recipient of the 2025 David E. Rumelhart Prize! 🏅

Visit the #RumelhartPrize page to learn more https://t.co/7rGIuvtJj8

[Michael Platt @MichaelLouisPl1]

Amazing! @gberns you never cease to amaze me with the twists and turns of your career. From #dopamine and #reinforcement_learning to #dogfMRI and now #cattlemind. Having raised a bull calf and many mini-goats I grok you. Cows Are the New Puppies https://t.co/YLG8f9R2GK

[Lourenco Lab @LourencoLab]

Amazing honor for an amazing scientist @NoraNewcombe

[National Academy of Sciences @theNASciences]

We are thrilled to announce the election of 120 members and 24 international members to the National Academy of Sciences in recognition of their distinguished and continued achievements in original research.

Congratulations to our new #NASmembers and welcome to the Academy!

[Doby Rahnev @DobyRahnev]

Come work with Ratan! He is doing some of the most exciting work in visual neuroscience right now. And Georgia Tech is such a vibrant and exciting place (ok, I may be a little biased).

[Fiza Pirani @fizapirani]

Thinking about my #Emory Class of 2014 Commencement keynote from the late Hon. Congressman John Lewis, in which he told our melting crowd in that Georgia sun to go out and be bold, find beloved community, get in the damn way and most of all: get in real good trouble.

[Lourenco Lab @LourencoLab]

WTF @Emory????

[Lourenco Lab @LourencoLab]

Shameful, indeed!

[Lauren Aulet @LaurenAulet]

I could not possibly be more excited to announce that in Summer 2025, I'll be joining the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences at UMass Amherst (@PBSamherst) as an Assistant Professor in the Cognition & Cognitive Neuroscience Area.

https://t.co/wFQt6bmKJy

[Stanislas Dehaene @standehaene.bsky.social @StanDehaene]

So sad to read this. Dan was a giant and a gentleman, a ceaseless source of deep and joyful ideas

[Lourenco Lab @LourencoLab]

Super excited for the grand opening of the VLAD lab!!

[Vlad Ayzenberg @vayzenberg90]

Super excited to announce that I'll be joining @TempleUniv as an assistant professor of Psychology and Neuroscience!

The Vision Learning and Development Lab will officially open its doors in Summer 2025!

https://t.co/2dJB9rBqz5

[Lourenco Lab @LourencoLab]

@chazfirestone @JohnsHopkins @ManasiMalik @emaliemcmahon @leylaisi @miriam_hauptman @outa_joseph @LuzEnLaSelva @smallhannahe @talboger @mbedny1 @TownrowLuke Now that's a seriously impressive group! To be a fly on the wall..

[Lourenco Lab @LourencoLab]

Not just an awesome collaborator, @monica_too_ is trivia master extraordinaire!

[Emory University @EmoryUniversity]

Emory psychologist Monica Thieu caps off publication of a study on trivia experts by competing in the first-ever “@Jeopardy Invitational Tournament” on Thursday, March 28, hosted by trivia legend Ken Jennings.

➡️ Jeopardy! contestant creates buzz: https://t.co/jur7n8BlTK

[Lourenco Lab @LourencoLab]

https://t.co/BKSYEo6O8y

[Society for Social Neuroscience @S4SNeuro]

We are deeply saddened by the loss of @lyoun03, a founder of the @S4SNeuro, a legend in the field, and a brilliant scientist who is loved by many, many members of this society and beyond.

Our #S4SN2025 meeting will be dedicated to the life and memory of Dr. Larry Young! ❤️

[Lourenco Lab @LourencoLab]

@sami_r_yousif Congrats!!! So well deserved

[Lourenco Lab @LourencoLab]

Frans de Waal was an incredible colleague and friend. His work was groundbreaking, and many of us at Emory felt his constant support, even after his retirement. He will be missed. RIP Frans.

[Brenda de Groot @brendadegroot]

We lost an incredible human being. Thank you Professor de Waal, Frans, for making the world a significantly wiser place. We will continue the quest. https://t.co/rFb5CzJAjt