Last post-doc days Psychology & Clinical Language Sciences at Reading with Kou Murayama. We have ongoing projects, but appropriately, one of our papers is now online (rdcu.be/cni6w). Thanks Kou, you are a great mentor! Looking forward to continuing our work while I move back to studying language origins...

If finding a new job every 542 working days (or less) that may involve moving cities or countries doesn't sound untenable, may I suggest trying to become an academic? UCL-UCU Stop the Destruction of Higher Education

In October 2019 at the end of a lab meeting in Reading Kou Murayama mentioned that he had an idea for a new quick statistical project and wanted to know if anyone wanted to help...

🚀 Coming out in June! From Cambridge University Press with Irene Cogliati Dezza, Ph.D & Helmholtz Institute for Human-Centered AI, we present a definitive overview of current research on #curiosity, #intrinsicMotivation, and #exploration in #neuroscience, #psychology, & #AI. Preorder/recommend to your librarian cambridge.org/core/books/dri…

Was a great project to be involved in! Take home: big loud scratches (or exaggerated scratches) may not be referential gestures across all groups of chimpanzees (e.g., beyond Ngogo)! However, they function to regulate grooming interactions at least amongst the Kanyawara chimps...

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Sick with latent variable vs. network model debate? We propose a practical alternative measurement model from mixed-effects modeling perspective! Led by Ed Donnellan with Satoshi Usami. Published in Psychological Methods. Thread (1/6) psyarxiv.com/s6erz/