Catherine Caldwell-Harris

I teach courses on cross-cultural psychology, neurodiversity, child development at Boson University. My research is on language and autism.

[Catherine Caldwell-Harris @CathCharris]

My colleagues and I just published: "Divergent Patterns of Speaker-Intention Discrimination..."; Autistics rated speaker emotions accurately but not intentions; autistic traits predicted lower discrimination https://t.co/2TOtHtHsau #AutismResearch #Sarcasm #AutisticTraits

[Catherine Caldwell-Harris @CathCharris]

@JoHenrich Did this inquiry into Claude's inner life emerge because Anthropic team was concerned with alignment? If we teach an AI our values, then it will have our values.

[Catherine Caldwell-Harris @CathCharris]

Addressing Refuse-to-Work Syndrome | Psychology Today https://t.co/1zjj8yN8vO The author says people rarely divorce refuse-to-work spouses. I did, and regret it. Anyone else?

[Catherine Caldwell-Harris @CathCharris]

Just published my magnum opus.... "Autistic interests: wide-ranging and intellectually oriented" -->The definitive explanation of intense interests, special interests, focused interests; my ideas extend across intellectual abilities and across neurotypes https://t.co/SWsd85CzRx

[Catherine Caldwell-Harris @CathCharris]

Check out this item on Nextdoor: https://t.co/hIBuxgsidG

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@themagaking https://t.co/SNbOB1ALP1

[Catherine Caldwell-Harris @CathCharris]

@themagaking The Nick Shirley viral video has now been debunked. https://t.co/XdvZMZzsQp

[Catherine Caldwell-Harris @CathCharris]

I keep learning from Trevor Noah about how our brains process language... https://t.co/GkfsLU54n5

[Catherine Caldwell-Harris @CathCharris]

@socialevol The "Red-Green-Black Axis" is an ideological construct. There is no actual, organized alliance or coordination among the disparate groups included in this "axis". The phrase is a rhetorical tool to incite fear of change and maintain current global power systems.

[Catherine Caldwell-Harris @CathCharris]

Autism is in the news for all the wrong reasons. Let's stick to research. I just published: How do we reconcile the seemingly contradictory theories of Gestalt language processing and weak central coherence?https://t.co/Ur12xxzH5o

[Catherine Caldwell-Harris @CathCharris]

@socialevol Max Borders' essay has a pull-quote: "Never forget that Red icon, Che Guevara was a racist, homophobe, and mass murderer. " Does it make him look good that he circulates this long-discredited piece of propaganda?
https://t.co/HuUl6AywKB

[Catherine Caldwell-Harris @CathCharris]

@ezzingaza "Their families? Long gone. Evacuated from Gaza before the first bomb fell." Incorrect. It is well-known that Yahya Sinwar (the Oct 7 architect) and many members of his extended family were killed in Gaza

[Catherine Caldwell-Harris @CathCharris]

@helendewitt I see you are a supporter of the Palestinian cause. So was my novelist husband, Edmond Caldwell, one of your admirers. See: https://t.co/MU4PeHG7cc

[Catherine Caldwell-Harris @CathCharris]

@helendewitt Dear Helen, I just visited your website. Would you add my late husband's review of Lightning Rods, published in the Chicago Review? It's very witty; he did emphasize your ingenious parody of business speak. https://t.co/mDe0lLIJTD

[Catherine Caldwell-Harris @CathCharris]

@PsychRabble @JohnHolbein1 @DegenRolf @CHSommers @lakens @SkepResCenter @SkepticReview89 You have shown that a bias against men in hiring a lab manager. That is important. We can ask if this is part of a larger bias against men in science hiring, or if there is something specific about the lab manager position. And, what is the reason for either of these biases?

[Catherine Caldwell-Harris @CathCharris]

@ezzingaza Ridding 2 million cockroaches from your land takes so long. Heavy air strikes, only 60-100 die. And the pathetic "humanitarian" scramble to save the wounded. Inefficient. But - dare we use gas chambers ? If only we could. https://t.co/Enc7ZLQGQf #GazaGenocide‌

[Catherine Caldwell-Harris @CathCharris]

@WSJ @WSJopinion Many Jews at Harvard embrace tolerance, and Jews who desire Jewish people to cleave to high ethical principles, such as those who are part of "If Not Now" and "Jewish Voice For Peace." These people decried Israeli aggression against people in the land Israel occupies.

[Catherine Caldwell-Harris @CathCharris]

@WSJ @WSJopinion Harvard is a welcome campus climate for Jews, including: Kosher dining, religious services, Jewish studies Major and Minor, Study abroad in Israel, and Birthright Israel experience. So Harvard is far from anti-Semitic...

[Catherine Caldwell-Harris @CathCharris]

@WSJ @WSJopinion Antisemitism united the leftists at Harvard? Rediculous. Harvard is an Islamist Outpost? Ridiculous. 25.5% of Harvard's undergraduate students identify as Jewish. 11% of graduate students are Jewish. Harvard Hillel proudly claims Harvard is "top 60" in Jewish population.