Alicia Chen

PhD student @MIT @mitbrainandcog

[Noga Zaslavsky @NogaZaslavsky]

I'm recruiting PhD students this cycle! My lab works at the intersection of information theory, cognition, language, and AI. Wanna hear more? I asked notebookLM to generate a podcast just for you (but pls take it with a big grain of salt...)
https://t.co/YGPrJEh8gm

[Halie Olson @HalieOlson]

So excited this paper is finally out! 🎉 A wonderful collaborative effort (started in my 1st year of grad school) with @aniladmello @kineticjohnson and @gabrieli_john to study how kids' brains respond to stories about their interests: https://t.co/jyfdj3F3Bz

[Bill Thompson @billdthompson]

Still two weeks left to apply to the graduate program here @BerkeleyPsych. My lab (https://t.co/Nb9muv7fI8) is recruiting through the Cognition area this cycle. More information here: https://t.co/0fx1RlrxJL

[Vivian Paulun @PaulunVivian]

I’m excited to share that I will join @UWPsych as an Assistant Professor starting in Fall 2025. 🎇🥳
I feel incredibly fortunate to join such a wonderful department and to have the opportunity to start my own lab!  (1/2)

[Setayesh Radkani @SetayeshRadkani]

New work in PNAS Nexus with @mlandauwells and @rebecca_saxe

We ask: if two groups hold opposing beliefs, when does debunking by an authority lead to belief convergence and when does polarization persist?

Paper: https://t.co/Q1kns3A2UF
MIT News: https://t.co/YGJAG0VM1r

🧵1/N

[Yilun Du @ ICML @du_yilun]

I'm recruiting PhD students this year with interest in machine learning, embodied AI, or AI for science!

If you are interested in constructing fundamental tools to improve Generative AI and exploring how these tools can be used for intelligent embodied agents and science, consider applying to join our lab at Harvard!

Continue reading for details!

[Alicia Chen @aliciamchen]

@anjie_cao omg i'm so excited to listen!!

[Alicia Chen @aliciamchen]

@jehosafet Woohoo!! Congrats!!

[Ashley Thomas @ashleyjthomas_]

[Please retweet!] My paper, 'Cognitive Representations of Social Relationships and their Developmental Origins" has been accepted at Behavioral and Brain Sciences! I'm thrilled to be able to engage with people's commentary! Please consider writing one! https://t.co/Hk3p5FPPdq

[Oriel FeldmanHall @orielf]

New paper in @BiologicalPsyc1 CNN w/ Amrita & @Franklab_LNCC

People can flexibly switch btw resolving policy & epistemic uncertainty (uncertainty about what to do vs about environment) to adaptively learn who can be trusted.

But those with anxiety...

https://t.co/L2IyUO9Xia

[@[email protected] @LangSciPress]

Just published "From fieldwork to linguistic theory: A tribute to Dan Everett" edited by Edward Gibson & Moshe Poliak #openaccess #eotms https://t.co/6ZhXAcgrpu

[Sam Gershman @gershbrain]

@LanguageMIT and I are so pleased about this:
https://t.co/LA2wu9QVi3

Thanks to @HarvardLibrary @mitlibraries @mitpress for making this happen!

[Simon Columbus @simoncolumbus.bsky.social @simoncolumbus]

Cooperation Colloquium this week:

Young-eun Lee (MIT)

The development of social norm enforcement: How do children deliver, evaluate, and learn from punishment?

Friday, Sep 20
15:00 UTC+2 / 9 am ET

Sign up: https://t.co/xPgLbVMtxM

[Alicia Chen @aliciamchen]

@hoppermori Gn

[Natalia Vélez (natvelali.bsky.social @ 🦋) @natvelali]

Preprint alert! After 4 years, I’m super excited to share work with @TheCharleyWu @gershbrain @cpilab on the rise and fall of technological development in virtual communities in #OneHourOneLife #ohol

🧵👇

https://t.co/ONVhciKCAi

[MIT Brain and Cognitive Sciences @mitbrainandcog]

Have you faced unusual adversity, or do you come from a non-traditional academic background? The Student-run BCS Application Assistance Program offers free advice on grad school applications in one-on-one and group settings. Sign up by November 20: https://t.co/5KvfDGSi8l

[Alicia Chen @aliciamchen]

@jmankewitz Congrats!!

[Alicia Chen @aliciamchen]

@hoppermori GM

[Ham Huang @Huang_Ham]

🚨New preprint!🚨Excited to share my 1st PhD project with @BonanZhao @cocosci_lab @natvelali
Teaching is a powerful way to pass on "tools for thought" to solve new problems. How well do existing teaching models of teaching capture this process?
Link: https://t.co/nX4SbsCPXU

[Gal Raz @_galraz_]

1/ Excited to share a new preprint with @anjie_cao (co-first), @rebecca_saxe and @mcxfrank: "A stimulus-computable rational model of habituation in infants and adults" https://t.co/03IK1OGt08