Stephen Ferrigno
@cognoriginslab
Cognitive Origins Lab @UWPsych. We study the developmental, evolutionary, and cultural origins of cognition. PI: S. Ferrigno - he/him.
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https://cognitiveoriginslab.psych.wisc.edu/ 22-07-2015 19:16:41
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New perspective in Nature Reviews Psychology: human intelligence is a matter of scale of information processing, not genetic changes to one domain. Implications for AI, evolution, and development. - with @CantlonLab rdcu.be/dDoBt
There's a pattern that predicts who does well on IQ tests: people who spend more time on hard problems. New work w/ Sam Cheyette extends a 40 year old finding about the role of effort in IQ testing, showing why these tests aren't bare measures of "intelligence."
Excited that our *registered report* on infants’ ability to link familiar words to both typical and atypical exemplars is now out at Child Development! w/ fantastic co-lead Haley Weaver and steady guidance from Jenny Saffran. srcd.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/cd… (1/8)
Excited to be part of this CogSci Society preconference workshop on compositionality in Math & Non-linguistic reasoning next week. Virtual and free to attend! Sign up here: framaforms.org/compositionali…
I'm reviewing PhD applications this cycle to join my lab at UW-Madison Psychology in Fall 2025. I can take students through the dev, social, and cog+cog neuro areas. Ideal for those interested in decision-making, emotion regulation, fMRI, and quant/comp methods. pls RT! More info below
📢 PhD position in human, ape, or dog cognition Johns Hopkins University - please RT! We study how animals think, & what makes the human mind unique Deadline: Dec 1 Learn more here: social-cognitive-origins.com And here: social-cognitive-origins.com/join-our-team.… And in QT'd thread