Alexis Smith-Flores
@asmithflores.bsky.social
Assistant Professor @ Lehigh | cog dev, emotion reasoning, and social cog | she/her
asmithflores.com | https://wordpress.lehigh.edu/littlelearnerslab/
asmithflores.com | https://wordpress.lehigh.edu/littlelearnerslab/
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So excited to share this new paper, out in JEP:G with the incredible @jamieamemiya.bsky.social, Gail Heyman, and @carenwalker.bsky.social! We tested how children and adults reason about disparate impact policies: formally neutral laws or rules that are indirectly discriminatory. (1/7)
January 14, 2026 at 3:03 PM
So excited to share this new paper, out in JEP:G with the incredible @jamieamemiya.bsky.social, Gail Heyman, and @carenwalker.bsky.social! We tested how children and adults reason about disparate impact policies: formally neutral laws or rules that are indirectly discriminatory. (1/7)
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Want to contribute to the work right now and you’re in MA, NH, or PA? Call your state reps and senators about these bills!
"In good news, though, the year begins with three states proposing anti-book-ban/freedom-to-read bills. Those states, MA, NH, + PA, would join 13 other states in preserving the right to read in state law... States like MD... have become leaders in using the bill to curtail book bans."
January 12, 2026 at 3:02 AM
Want to contribute to the work right now and you’re in MA, NH, or PA? Call your state reps and senators about these bills!
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Second this! I really like Owlstown for easy & effective academic websites.
Academic PSA: Encourage your trainees to have some sort of online presence, or at the very least an email on the lab website, so they can be invited to give talks at other places.
Sincerely,
Someone who has spent a cumulative total of 3 hours unsuccessfully trying to track down email addresses
Sincerely,
Someone who has spent a cumulative total of 3 hours unsuccessfully trying to track down email addresses
January 4, 2026 at 6:38 PM
Second this! I really like Owlstown for easy & effective academic websites.
Academic PSA: Encourage your trainees to have some sort of online presence, or at the very least an email on the lab website, so they can be invited to give talks at other places.
Sincerely,
Someone who has spent a cumulative total of 3 hours unsuccessfully trying to track down email addresses
Sincerely,
Someone who has spent a cumulative total of 3 hours unsuccessfully trying to track down email addresses
January 4, 2026 at 6:13 PM
Academic PSA: Encourage your trainees to have some sort of online presence, or at the very least an email on the lab website, so they can be invited to give talks at other places.
Sincerely,
Someone who has spent a cumulative total of 3 hours unsuccessfully trying to track down email addresses
Sincerely,
Someone who has spent a cumulative total of 3 hours unsuccessfully trying to track down email addresses
And that’s a wrap on my lab’s first semester 🎉 So grateful to work these wonderful folks (and Arya’s grateful that they are generous in their pets)
December 7, 2025 at 2:08 PM
And that’s a wrap on my lab’s first semester 🎉 So grateful to work these wonderful folks (and Arya’s grateful that they are generous in their pets)
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There’s a fantastic developmental science resource called Children Helping Science, at MIT (childrenhelpingscience.com). Researchers run child studies online, Parents sign up & participate with their kids. CHS got an offer from an anonymous donor: matching gifts up to $100K through December!
Home
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December 5, 2025 at 5:06 PM
There’s a fantastic developmental science resource called Children Helping Science, at MIT (childrenhelpingscience.com). Researchers run child studies online, Parents sign up & participate with their kids. CHS got an offer from an anonymous donor: matching gifts up to $100K through December!
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The Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience Lab at UNL is hiring a Research Assistant Professor! Work with my wonderful colleague Tim Nelson on NIH-funded developmental/health projects and grow your own line of research. The DCN Lab is an amazing team with lots of opportunities and support.
November 19, 2025 at 5:14 PM
The Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience Lab at UNL is hiring a Research Assistant Professor! Work with my wonderful colleague Tim Nelson on NIH-funded developmental/health projects and grow your own line of research. The DCN Lab is an amazing team with lots of opportunities and support.
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I'm recruiting a grad student! My lab at NYU (psych dept) studies the computational basis of moral cognition and aims to build AI systems that are aligned with human values. Now admitting a PhD student for Fall 2026. Apps due 12/1. sites.google.com/corp/site/sy...
Sydney Levine - Open Positions
Graduate Students (PhD program)
I will be accepting PhD students through the NYU psychology department for the current application cycle (for admission in Fall 2026). My lab is joint between the Co...
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November 14, 2025 at 2:18 AM
I'm recruiting a grad student! My lab at NYU (psych dept) studies the computational basis of moral cognition and aims to build AI systems that are aligned with human values. Now admitting a PhD student for Fall 2026. Apps due 12/1. sites.google.com/corp/site/sy...
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Are humans really the only rational animals? Our NEW PAPER 🎉 out in @science.org suggests otherwise! In a large collaboration led with my joint first author @hanna-schleihauf.bsky.social, we show that “Chimpanzees rationally revise their beliefs” 🧵
Chimpanzees rationally revise their beliefs
The selective revision of beliefs in light of new evidence has been considered one of the hallmarks of human-level rationality. However, tests of this ability in other species are lacking. We examined...
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October 30, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Are humans really the only rational animals? Our NEW PAPER 🎉 out in @science.org suggests otherwise! In a large collaboration led with my joint first author @hanna-schleihauf.bsky.social, we show that “Chimpanzees rationally revise their beliefs” 🧵
Have a student considering applying to Lehigh for graduate school? The CAS application fee is waived (!!!) if they submit their application between Nov 3rd and Nov 8th or between Dec 1st and Dec 6th! If they have questions, please direct them to email incasgrd@lehigh.edu! #psychologyphd #gradschool
Excited to share that my lab will be accepting applications for our very first PhD student to start in Fall 2026!
Interested applicants can learn more about the lab here: wordpress.lehigh.edu/littlelearne...
And Lehigh’s graduate program here: psychology.cas.lehigh.edu/graduate
Interested applicants can learn more about the lab here: wordpress.lehigh.edu/littlelearne...
And Lehigh’s graduate program here: psychology.cas.lehigh.edu/graduate
October 31, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Have a student considering applying to Lehigh for graduate school? The CAS application fee is waived (!!!) if they submit their application between Nov 3rd and Nov 8th or between Dec 1st and Dec 6th! If they have questions, please direct them to email incasgrd@lehigh.edu! #psychologyphd #gradschool
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Just in: @drbarner.bsky.social & I find that blind adults and children who have symbols for large numbers, and use 1:1 correspondence to count, do not extend a similar 1:1 strategy to a set-matching task, which assesses their knowledge of Hume’s principle. A 🧵:
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Exact numerical reasoning in blind children and adults
What is the origin of exact numerical reasoning in humans? Previous studies report that innumerate humans are unable to recognize that two sets placed…
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October 26, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Just in: @drbarner.bsky.social & I find that blind adults and children who have symbols for large numbers, and use 1:1 correspondence to count, do not extend a similar 1:1 strategy to a set-matching task, which assesses their knowledge of Hume’s principle. A 🧵:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Lehigh Psychology is hosting a virtual open house Monday, 10/27 @ 4:15 pm for prospective PhD students! If you have students considering our program, encourage them to register! They'll have a chance to chat w/ faculty & current grads + learn more about our department! lehigh.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Excited to share that my lab will be accepting applications for our very first PhD student to start in Fall 2026!
Interested applicants can learn more about the lab here: wordpress.lehigh.edu/littlelearne...
And Lehigh’s graduate program here: psychology.cas.lehigh.edu/graduate
Interested applicants can learn more about the lab here: wordpress.lehigh.edu/littlelearne...
And Lehigh’s graduate program here: psychology.cas.lehigh.edu/graduate
October 24, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Lehigh Psychology is hosting a virtual open house Monday, 10/27 @ 4:15 pm for prospective PhD students! If you have students considering our program, encourage them to register! They'll have a chance to chat w/ faculty & current grads + learn more about our department! lehigh.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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New paper in Open Mind, with @emmayu23.bsky.social, Megan Richardson, and @ashleyjthomas.bsky.social! We find that by 6 years of age, children think that close friends know the content of each other’s minds.
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Developing Intuitions That Close Friends Know the Content of Each Other’s Minds
Abstract. To maintain and develop close relationships, people need to accurately represent the minds of their social partners. Although studies have characterized many aspects of children’s intuitive ...
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October 7, 2025 at 6:00 PM
New paper in Open Mind, with @emmayu23.bsky.social, Megan Richardson, and @ashleyjthomas.bsky.social! We find that by 6 years of age, children think that close friends know the content of each other’s minds.
direct.mit.edu/opmi/article...
@openmindjournal.bsky.social
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@openmindjournal.bsky.social
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We’re recruiting a postdoctoral fellow to join our team! 🎉
I’m happy to share that I’ve opened back up the search for this position (it was temporarily closed due to funding uncertainty).
See lab page and doc below for details!
I’m happy to share that I’ve opened back up the search for this position (it was temporarily closed due to funding uncertainty).
See lab page and doc below for details!
The Visual Learning Lab at UC San Diego is looking for a postdoctoral research fellow to join our lab!
Read more about our lab at www.vislearnlab.org
Read more about our lab at www.vislearnlab.org
Home | The Visual Learning Lab at UCSD
Lab webpage for the Visual Learning Lab at UCSD, lead by Dr. Bria Long, Ph.D. Launching in July 2024!
www.vislearnlab.org
October 7, 2025 at 2:39 AM
We’re recruiting a postdoctoral fellow to join our team! 🎉
I’m happy to share that I’ve opened back up the search for this position (it was temporarily closed due to funding uncertainty).
See lab page and doc below for details!
I’m happy to share that I’ve opened back up the search for this position (it was temporarily closed due to funding uncertainty).
See lab page and doc below for details!
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Ever wonder how habituation works? Here's our attempt to understand:
A stimulus-computable rational model of visual habituation in infants and adults doi.org/10.7554/eLif...
This is the thesis of two wonderful students: @anjiecao.bsky.social @galraz.bsky.social, w/ @rebeccasaxe.bsky.social
A stimulus-computable rational model of visual habituation in infants and adults doi.org/10.7554/eLif...
This is the thesis of two wonderful students: @anjiecao.bsky.social @galraz.bsky.social, w/ @rebeccasaxe.bsky.social
September 29, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Ever wonder how habituation works? Here's our attempt to understand:
A stimulus-computable rational model of visual habituation in infants and adults doi.org/10.7554/eLif...
This is the thesis of two wonderful students: @anjiecao.bsky.social @galraz.bsky.social, w/ @rebeccasaxe.bsky.social
A stimulus-computable rational model of visual habituation in infants and adults doi.org/10.7554/eLif...
This is the thesis of two wonderful students: @anjiecao.bsky.social @galraz.bsky.social, w/ @rebeccasaxe.bsky.social
Excited to share that my lab will be accepting applications for our very first PhD student to start in Fall 2026!
Interested applicants can learn more about the lab here: wordpress.lehigh.edu/littlelearne...
And Lehigh’s graduate program here: psychology.cas.lehigh.edu/graduate
Interested applicants can learn more about the lab here: wordpress.lehigh.edu/littlelearne...
And Lehigh’s graduate program here: psychology.cas.lehigh.edu/graduate
September 26, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Excited to share that my lab will be accepting applications for our very first PhD student to start in Fall 2026!
Interested applicants can learn more about the lab here: wordpress.lehigh.edu/littlelearne...
And Lehigh’s graduate program here: psychology.cas.lehigh.edu/graduate
Interested applicants can learn more about the lab here: wordpress.lehigh.edu/littlelearne...
And Lehigh’s graduate program here: psychology.cas.lehigh.edu/graduate
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Year 2 of Temple's Demystifying Graduate Applications Event!
September 18, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Year 2 of Temple's Demystifying Graduate Applications Event!
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UCDavis Psych is hiring an Assistant Professor in Human Cognition or Cognitive Neuroscience 🧠✨
Come join a vibrant, collaborative dept and live in a fun college town near Sacramento, San Francisco, Napa, and Lake Tahoe. Applications due Oct.21.
Please share widely!
recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07300
Come join a vibrant, collaborative dept and live in a fun college town near Sacramento, San Francisco, Napa, and Lake Tahoe. Applications due Oct.21.
Please share widely!
recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07300
Assistant Professor of Psychology - Human Cognition or Cognitive Neuroscience
University of California, Davis is hiring. Apply now!
recruit.ucdavis.edu
September 8, 2025 at 8:57 PM
UCDavis Psych is hiring an Assistant Professor in Human Cognition or Cognitive Neuroscience 🧠✨
Come join a vibrant, collaborative dept and live in a fun college town near Sacramento, San Francisco, Napa, and Lake Tahoe. Applications due Oct.21.
Please share widely!
recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07300
Come join a vibrant, collaborative dept and live in a fun college town near Sacramento, San Francisco, Napa, and Lake Tahoe. Applications due Oct.21.
Please share widely!
recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07300
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Thinking about a PhD in Psychology? 🎓✨
Stanford Psych is hosting Paths to a Psychology PhD—a free virtual info session + workshop.
📅 Oct 18, 2025 | Apply by Sept 25!
psychology.stanford.edu/diversity/pa...
Stanford Psych is hosting Paths to a Psychology PhD—a free virtual info session + workshop.
📅 Oct 18, 2025 | Apply by Sept 25!
psychology.stanford.edu/diversity/pa...
Paths to PhD | Department of Psychology
psychology.stanford.edu
August 24, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Thinking about a PhD in Psychology? 🎓✨
Stanford Psych is hosting Paths to a Psychology PhD—a free virtual info session + workshop.
📅 Oct 18, 2025 | Apply by Sept 25!
psychology.stanford.edu/diversity/pa...
Stanford Psych is hosting Paths to a Psychology PhD—a free virtual info session + workshop.
📅 Oct 18, 2025 | Apply by Sept 25!
psychology.stanford.edu/diversity/pa...
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My lab has an open post-doc position!
We will begin reviewing applications as they come in.
The post-doc will work with a vibrant research team at Penn State in the Department of Psychology and the Child Study Center.
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We will begin reviewing applications as they come in.
The post-doc will work with a vibrant research team at Penn State in the Department of Psychology and the Child Study Center.
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Postdoctoral Research Scholar, The Cognition, Affect, and Temperament Lab, College of the Liberal Arts, Department of Psychology-2
APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS: CURRENT PENN STATE EMPLOYEE (faculty, staff, technical service, or student), please login to Workday to complete the internal application process. Please do not apply here, a...
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August 22, 2025 at 8:06 PM
My lab has an open post-doc position!
We will begin reviewing applications as they come in.
The post-doc will work with a vibrant research team at Penn State in the Department of Psychology and the Child Study Center.
psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/PSU_Academic...
1/3
We will begin reviewing applications as they come in.
The post-doc will work with a vibrant research team at Penn State in the Department of Psychology and the Child Study Center.
psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/PSU_Academic...
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Join me in sending a rubber ducky to your House member!
🚨ACTION OF THE DAY🚨
@standupforscience.bsky.social
Day 21! QUACK-O-GRAM THURSDAY!
For $3 we will hand deliver an "IMPEACH THE QUACK" rubber ducky to your House Representative! (By one of our team members in a duck suit!)
DO IT (AND TELL YOUR FRIENDS)
act.standupforscience.net/fundraising/...
@standupforscience.bsky.social
Day 21! QUACK-O-GRAM THURSDAY!
For $3 we will hand deliver an "IMPEACH THE QUACK" rubber ducky to your House Representative! (By one of our team members in a duck suit!)
DO IT (AND TELL YOUR FRIENDS)
act.standupforscience.net/fundraising/...
August 21, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Join me in sending a rubber ducky to your House member!
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When an animals' groupmates go out of sight, do they also go out of mind?
In a new paper in Proc B @royalsocietypublishing.org, Luz Carvajal and I show that a bonobo (Kanzi) can keep mental tabs on the whereabouts of multiple hidden social partners
royalsocietypublishing.org/eprint/4GI7G...
In a new paper in Proc B @royalsocietypublishing.org, Luz Carvajal and I show that a bonobo (Kanzi) can keep mental tabs on the whereabouts of multiple hidden social partners
royalsocietypublishing.org/eprint/4GI7G...
Mental representation of the locations and identities of multiple hidden agents or objects by a bonobo | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Humans are adept at navigating the social world in part because we flexibly map the
locations and identities of agents around us. While field studies suggest primates
can track individual conspecifics...
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August 20, 2025 at 7:25 PM
When an animals' groupmates go out of sight, do they also go out of mind?
In a new paper in Proc B @royalsocietypublishing.org, Luz Carvajal and I show that a bonobo (Kanzi) can keep mental tabs on the whereabouts of multiple hidden social partners
royalsocietypublishing.org/eprint/4GI7G...
In a new paper in Proc B @royalsocietypublishing.org, Luz Carvajal and I show that a bonobo (Kanzi) can keep mental tabs on the whereabouts of multiple hidden social partners
royalsocietypublishing.org/eprint/4GI7G...
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📢 Come join us on Sunday, November 9th for the Rutgers Symposium of Learning with an amazing list of speakers and great company! More details: sites.rutgers.edu/symposium-le...
Rutgers Symposium of Learning
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August 12, 2025 at 8:24 PM
📢 Come join us on Sunday, November 9th for the Rutgers Symposium of Learning with an amazing list of speakers and great company! More details: sites.rutgers.edu/symposium-le...
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At 18:30 UK time, I will be presenting my work on learning and exploration across development at the @cogscisociety.bsky.social Glushko Dissertation Prize Session! #CogSci participants can join at this link: underline.io/events/489/s...
CogSci 2025
The 47th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society presents the latest research across cognitive science and highlights the theme of Cognition in Context.
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August 2, 2025 at 4:59 PM
At 18:30 UK time, I will be presenting my work on learning and exploration across development at the @cogscisociety.bsky.social Glushko Dissertation Prize Session! #CogSci participants can join at this link: underline.io/events/489/s...
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I'm recruiting a lab manager for my soon-to-be-launched lab at Ohio State! If you know of any recent grads who may be interested both in helping to build the lab and in developing skills in the cognitive neuroscience of memory, please share!
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Research Associate
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July 24, 2025 at 6:14 PM
I'm recruiting a lab manager for my soon-to-be-launched lab at Ohio State! If you know of any recent grads who may be interested both in helping to build the lab and in developing skills in the cognitive neuroscience of memory, please share!
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osu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/OSUCar...