Alice Zhang
@licezhang.bsky.social
phd student in psychology at oxford uni. she/her
New paper out in cognition with @arikahn.bsky.social, @nathanieldaw.bsky.social, Cate Hartley, and @katenuss.bsky.social !!
We show that children 👶 use predictive representations (e.g. SR) to guide their choices, providing an account of how they can make flexible choices in a changing world
We show that children 👶 use predictive representations (e.g. SR) to guide their choices, providing an account of how they can make flexible choices in a changing world
Children leverage predictive representations for flexible, value-guided choice
By harnessing a mental model of how the world works, learners can make flexible choices in changing environments. However, while children and adolesce…
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October 15, 2025 at 10:52 AM
New paper out in cognition with @arikahn.bsky.social, @nathanieldaw.bsky.social, Cate Hartley, and @katenuss.bsky.social !!
We show that children 👶 use predictive representations (e.g. SR) to guide their choices, providing an account of how they can make flexible choices in a changing world
We show that children 👶 use predictive representations (e.g. SR) to guide their choices, providing an account of how they can make flexible choices in a changing world
Reposted by Alice Zhang
Does Sleeping on a idea work? Nice to see our work led by the amazing @anikaloewe.bsky.social and @maritpetzka.bsky.social featured together with other studies in the WaPo:
www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/202...
Our preprint www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/202...
Our preprint www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Does sleeping on an idea work? Here’s what science says.
Scientists are finding experimental evidence that the transition between wakefulness and sleep is a portal for creative thought.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 19, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Does Sleeping on a idea work? Nice to see our work led by the amazing @anikaloewe.bsky.social and @maritpetzka.bsky.social featured together with other studies in the WaPo:
www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/202...
Our preprint www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/202...
Our preprint www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Reposted by Alice Zhang
I think about this a lot. Thanks @behrenstimb.bsky.social for the wonderfully 90s-vibe blog full of wisdom!
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users.fmrib.ox.ac.uk/~behrens/Sta...
March 17, 2025 at 8:10 PM
I think about this a lot. Thanks @behrenstimb.bsky.social for the wonderfully 90s-vibe blog full of wisdom!
users.fmrib.ox.ac.uk/~behrens/Sta...
users.fmrib.ox.ac.uk/~behrens/Sta...
my paper with max, @maxkw.bsky.social, tuomas, and @fierycushman.bsky.social out in cognition at long last www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
We explain why humans and successful AI planners both fail on a certain kind of problem that we might describe as requiring insight or creativity
We explain why humans and successful AI planners both fail on a certain kind of problem that we might describe as requiring insight or creativity
Similar failures of consideration arise in human and machine planning
Humans are remarkably efficient at decision making, even in “open-ended” problems where the set of possible actions is too large for exhaustive evalua…
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March 14, 2025 at 3:21 PM
my paper with max, @maxkw.bsky.social, tuomas, and @fierycushman.bsky.social out in cognition at long last www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
We explain why humans and successful AI planners both fail on a certain kind of problem that we might describe as requiring insight or creativity
We explain why humans and successful AI planners both fail on a certain kind of problem that we might describe as requiring insight or creativity
Reposted by Alice Zhang
I have been doing entirely too much earnest posting about deep things recently, I need to do a proper thread about hippo testicles or something just to keep myself sane.
Oh by the way hippos have migratory testicles.
Oh by the way hippos have migratory testicles.
a statue of a hippopotamus with its mouth open and teeth showing .
Alt: A hippo being tossed a watermelon, which it crushes in its massive jaws.
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March 12, 2025 at 5:33 AM
I have been doing entirely too much earnest posting about deep things recently, I need to do a proper thread about hippo testicles or something just to keep myself sane.
Oh by the way hippos have migratory testicles.
Oh by the way hippos have migratory testicles.
Reposted by Alice Zhang
New preprint 📝 - another fun collaboration with @arikahn.bsky.social, @licezhang.bsky.social, @nathanieldaw.bsky.social, @hartleylabnyu.bsky.social
We ask: Why do children and adults often derive different representations of their environments from the same experiences? 🧠👶🔎
osf.io/preprints/ps...
We ask: Why do children and adults often derive different representations of their environments from the same experiences? 🧠👶🔎
osf.io/preprints/ps...
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osf.io
March 6, 2025 at 12:54 PM
New preprint 📝 - another fun collaboration with @arikahn.bsky.social, @licezhang.bsky.social, @nathanieldaw.bsky.social, @hartleylabnyu.bsky.social
We ask: Why do children and adults often derive different representations of their environments from the same experiences? 🧠👶🔎
osf.io/preprints/ps...
We ask: Why do children and adults often derive different representations of their environments from the same experiences? 🧠👶🔎
osf.io/preprints/ps...
psyarxiv.com/y3dzn preprint from the time i spent at @hartleylabnyu.bsky.social 💜 - we were puzzled by past findings suggesting that children learn about the structure of the world, but don't use this knowledge to flexibly guide their decision-making as much as adults do.
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psyarxiv.com
January 20, 2025 at 10:16 PM
psyarxiv.com/y3dzn preprint from the time i spent at @hartleylabnyu.bsky.social 💜 - we were puzzled by past findings suggesting that children learn about the structure of the world, but don't use this knowledge to flexibly guide their decision-making as much as adults do.