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How experience shapes extraordinary beliefs

Review by Eli Stark-Elster (@eselster.bsky.social) & Manvir Singh (@manvir.bsky.social)
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December 18, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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Here we go! @lmesseri.bsky.social & I wrote about epistemic risks of synthetic participants ('AI Surrogates') in @cp-trendscognsci.bsky.social

(see 🧵 here)
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Did you know that from tomorrow, Qualtrics is offering synthetic panels (AI-generated participants)?

Follow me down a rabbit hole I'm calling "doing science is tough and I'm so busy, can't we just make up participants?"
December 16, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Next, Jeffrey Donlea explores how insect studies have helped reveal the key neural mechanisms through which sleep influences long-term memory, providing insights into sleep’s fundamental functions within simple, well-characterized memory circuits. www.cell.com/trends/cogni...
Sleep and memory consolidation in insects
Several cognitive functions of sleep, including a role in supporting memory consolidation, are conserved across the evolution of animal species. As outlined here, studies of insect behavior and neural...
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December 15, 2025 at 6:07 PM
First, Barbara Webb highlights recent breakthroughs in uncovering the neural mechanisms that enable insects to navigate by integrating a geocentric velocity vector, providing new insights into how complex spatial cognition is implemented within brain circuits. www.cell.com/trends/cogni...
How the insect brain keeps track of space
Insects navigate by integrating a geocentric velocity vector, allowing them to track their position relative to a distant nest. Recent advances reveal in detail the key neural mechanisms supporting th...
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December 15, 2025 at 6:07 PM
This issue features two more articles in our series on Insect Cognition, tinyurl.com/52wmntr7
Insect Cognition: Trends in Cognitive Sciences
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December 15, 2025 at 6:07 PM
The December issue of TiCS is now online! tinyurl.com/42pysze4
December 15, 2025 at 6:07 PM