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So excited to have discovered there is an entire album of these...

Thank you for the shoutout! This was one of my fave projects to work on and one I’ll actually be talking about at #SRCD2023 on Friday (3:30 pm) at the symposium: “Developing Judgments about Moral Obligation” - please drop by if you’re interested!

Check out our symposium today at 3:30 pm! “Developing Judgements about Moral Development” in Ballroom G where you’ll hear from myself, @_julia_marshall, Talia Waltzer (on behalf of Audun Dahl who unfortunately couldn’t make it) and our discussant Paul Bloom #SRCD2023

Looking for a talk Saturday morning? Come check out my work with Christina Starmans on "The development of the end of history illusion" where we investigate kids' perceptions of their past & future selves. 9:30 to 10:15am, Floor 1, Meeting Room 150 D-E #SRCD2023 #SRCD23 StarLab for Mind and Development

The verdict is in: #SRCD23 attendees are a bunch of huggers!

Congratulations Eric!! So well-deserved!!

So, I have started a Substack. Please take a look and consider signing up (thanks to Christina Starmans, Azim Shariff, and Erik Hoel for their encouragement.) open.substack.com/pub/paulbloom/…

Suddenly, *I* seem to be thinking about the Roman Empire almost constantly.

In today's episode of inbox weirdness: Mad Libs spam?

Finally out: evolutionary model of ownership psychology: nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%… Interaction of competitive acquisition + cooperation → ownership intuitions, norms, institutions. For free proofs: pascalboyer.net/articles/2022B…

Postdoc opportunity to work in my lab at the University of Toronto. Please spread the word!

⚠️For PhDs who are thinking about jumping ship and diving into industry: Industry isn't necessarily better than academia. I have straddled both worlds. Here are 5 MYTHS about academia vs. industry:

28 years ago, I dropped out of high school in small town Canada. After much meandering, 16 years ago I got a BA in psychology & philosophy, moved to NYC to do research, and decided to try this grad school thing. 9 years ago I got a PhD from Yale... and today I got tenure at

Social psych people: Are there any studies finding something like: when we meet a new person, we assume that person has always been the way they are now? (as opposed to thinking they may have previously had different preferences, tastes, values, etc.?)

Yes, me too. Speak Now Regret Later is where I will share my unfiltered thoughts on psychology, science, politics, and personal experiences. I’m opinionated and prone to regret, but I believe there’s value in saying what you feel even if you have to admit you are wrong later.

Nothing worse than going to submit a letter of recommendation only to learn that there are 10 ranking questions and 20 specific text boxes to fill out. Please, please, please just let me upload a letter of recommendation. I am begging you. No one has time for this.