Ali Fitch

Research: language and visual attention, mostly in kids.
I also like running, @NatlParkService, and crossword puzzles.
Black lives matter. she/her

[Ali Fitch @fiotch]

I gotta know what this guy's definition of "real sporting competition" is.

If anyone needs me, I'll be holding a sign at the Fort Collins marathon this weekend that says "THIS IS NOT REAL SPORTING COMPETITION"

[Jason Fitzgerald @JasonFitz1]

The Boston Marathon is the closest thing to a real sporting competition that the adult marathon scene offers.

It’s like college cross country - except for marathons.

It’s like the national championship of marathoning.

No, you don’t get in just because you’ve never been. National championships don’t practice inclusivity (they proudly practice exclusivity).

It doesn’t matter if you’ve already been 6 times. You earned it. It’s not “time to let somebody else have a spot” unless they outran you.

This is 100% the correct approach. It favors merit and objective performance - just like any championship race that you have to qualify for.

I’m appalled at misguided amateurs who want every marathon to be a celebration of effort. I reject that. Sometimes - SOMETIMES - we must celebrate performance. And that’s ok.

[Marjorie Prokosch @MlProkosch]

Job alert thread! RIT is hiring multiple tenure track psychology positions this year (1/4)

[Erin "Skeleton Factory" Ryan @morninggloria]

Tampon Tim sounds like Santa Claus but for periods. Like on the night before you start bleeding he visits your house and leaves baskets of menstrual products under your sink. We should sing carols about him

[march maddyness 💥 @phxsunz25]

representing for four eyes everywhere

[Paris Gappmayr @parisgap]

Come see my poster at #CogSci2024 titled “Deaf signers allocate gaze based on type and familiarity of signed input”. I’m poster P3-EE-744 in the center of the hall :)

[Ali Fitch @fiotch]

I’m using this as my “textbook” when I teach grad cognition in the spring. I’m so excited!

[Michael C. Frank @mcxfrank]

Announcing the launch of the Open Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science: https://t.co/5OogaxRymH! OECS is a freely-available, growing collection of peer-reviewed articles introducing key topics in cogsci to a broad audience of students and scholars.

[Ali Fitch @fiotch]

@jennisander01

[Ali Fitch @fiotch]

Three ASL researchers walk into a poster session…

…and find each other in the same place. #ICIS2024

[Ali Fitch @fiotch]

Hey word nerds at #ICIS2024! Grab a coffee and check out the Word Learning session tomorrow at 9:45a. I'll be chatting about verb acquisition in ASL and am among a great line-up of presentations. Join us!

[Kaidi Wu, Ph.D. @kaidi_wu]

How women IMAGINE they'd react to sexual harassment is wildly different from how they ACTUALLY react when harassed.

Julie Woodzicka & @ProfLaFrance created sexual harassment in lab and tested how women reacted when harassed by a male interviewer in real time.

What happened:🧵

[bisexual.org @BiDotOrg]

Happy #Pride! @artbymoga

[Ali Fitch @fiotch]

@jennisander01 @MelisCetincelik @CaroRowland I love how fast this went from "I've been thinking about..." in October to a CogSci preprint! Congrats!

[Ali Fitch @fiotch]

@MarieCoppola68 @SGInterpreting @rain_bosworth and I were discussing it today!

[Ali Fitch @fiotch]

@Claudia_I_Lugo @MarieCoppola68 @aliceaizza RIT’s new Cognitive Science PhD might be a good fit! We’ve got folks using EEG and computational methods. Cc @DrDyeRIT

[Dr. Inge-Marie Eigsti @ingemarieeigsti]

Come post-doc with the amazing Language Sciences community at UConn -- applications due May 1!

[Ali Fitch @fiotch]

Feeling the #BUCLD fomo, as I take a desperately needed travel break this weekend and miss my first one in nearly a decade. Thanks for the semi-hybrid option!

[Ali Fitch @fiotch]

Hey @Delta, your gate agent Juanita at DTW went above and beyond tonight by helping me locate my toddler’s milk after I left it on a plane at the other end of the terminal. She was working a completely different gate and helped me anyway. I hope you know how great she is.

[Ali Fitch @fiotch]

@Talkultra @1fastdiva I’m pretty sure no one is saying that isn’t also a problem. More than one thing can be problematic.

[Ali Fitch @fiotch]

@MlProkosch @DustinHaraden I’ve got one. DMing you

[Dustin Haraden @dustinharaden.bsky.social @DustinHaraden]

🚨JOB POSTING ALERT🚨

If you wondered what it would like to work with me based on how cool I am here...YOU CAN FIND OUT!

My dept is hiring two tenure track faculty (one clinical & one cognitive) to begin Fall 2024

DM's open (I think)
https://t.co/jVPNPBOXmm