Ryan Lei
@ryanlei.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Psychology at Haverford College. Interested in social cognitive development.
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Ryan Lei
@ryanlei.bsky.social
· Aug 15
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New paper accepted at JEP:G with @sakierahudson.bsky.social, Brandon Kinsler, & former students Ian Davis and Alissa Vandenbark!
Come for the opening Aladdin quote, stay for a developmental perspective on SDO!
osf.io/preprints/ps...
Come for the opening Aladdin quote, stay for a developmental perspective on SDO!
osf.io/preprints/ps...
For the first time ever, I am done with grading before Christmas. A miracle, or better course design? You decide.
December 22, 2025 at 9:38 PM
For the first time ever, I am done with grading before Christmas. A miracle, or better course design? You decide.
Reposted by Ryan Lei
“‘My most daring idea is to refuse,’ she said to applause.”
Professor Warns That the Wealthy Are Trying to Use AI to Seize Control of Everything
Renowned sociologist Tressie McMillan Cottom says that AI is a tool for the rich to cement control over society.
futurism.com
December 21, 2025 at 1:03 PM
“‘My most daring idea is to refuse,’ she said to applause.”
It's been a challenging semester in many ways, but I'm taking a moment to reflect on the accomplishments of the past year.
👉 We published 5 papers, covering a range of topics from children's preferences for hierarchy to using neural networks to model person perception
👉 We published 5 papers, covering a range of topics from children's preferences for hierarchy to using neural networks to model person perception
December 16, 2025 at 9:55 PM
It's been a challenging semester in many ways, but I'm taking a moment to reflect on the accomplishments of the past year.
👉 We published 5 papers, covering a range of topics from children's preferences for hierarchy to using neural networks to model person perception
👉 We published 5 papers, covering a range of topics from children's preferences for hierarchy to using neural networks to model person perception
You don’t have to be a parent to know this is heartbreaking
No parent wants this text. Thinking of the Brown University community.
December 14, 2025 at 11:49 AM
You don’t have to be a parent to know this is heartbreaking
Reposted by Ryan Lei
Brown University now says police do NOT have a shooting suspect in custody and that community members should continue to shelter in place.
December 13, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Brown University now says police do NOT have a shooting suspect in custody and that community members should continue to shelter in place.
wondering aloud: might LLMs be the death of humor? If they just generate the probabilistic words/phrases, then you dont get the unexpectedness that is characteristic of humor.
Probably not all humor of course -- some of the LLM-generated roasts are somewhat amusing. but not what i'm talking about
Probably not all humor of course -- some of the LLM-generated roasts are somewhat amusing. but not what i'm talking about
December 6, 2025 at 2:57 PM
wondering aloud: might LLMs be the death of humor? If they just generate the probabilistic words/phrases, then you dont get the unexpectedness that is characteristic of humor.
Probably not all humor of course -- some of the LLM-generated roasts are somewhat amusing. but not what i'm talking about
Probably not all humor of course -- some of the LLM-generated roasts are somewhat amusing. but not what i'm talking about
I ate it on a patch of ice walking to work this morning and if that’s not a metaphor for the end of the semester, idk what is
December 4, 2025 at 8:00 PM
I ate it on a patch of ice walking to work this morning and if that’s not a metaphor for the end of the semester, idk what is
Corny, but since it's thanksgiving season, I'm thankful that @sakierahudson.bsky.social invited me to be part of a fantastic new paper forthcoming in PIBBS on how intersectionality can be fruitfully and concretely applied in policy.
Preprint link here: osf.io/preprints/ps...
Preprint link here: osf.io/preprints/ps...
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November 26, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Corny, but since it's thanksgiving season, I'm thankful that @sakierahudson.bsky.social invited me to be part of a fantastic new paper forthcoming in PIBBS on how intersectionality can be fruitfully and concretely applied in policy.
Preprint link here: osf.io/preprints/ps...
Preprint link here: osf.io/preprints/ps...
#AcademicSky anyone remember a Science™️ article published that challenged the orthodoxy that men and women sorted into hunter and gatherer roles, respectively because of evolved biological diffs? I can't google my way to it so hoping someone knows what i'm referring to....
November 21, 2025 at 9:39 PM
#AcademicSky anyone remember a Science™️ article published that challenged the orthodoxy that men and women sorted into hunter and gatherer roles, respectively because of evolved biological diffs? I can't google my way to it so hoping someone knows what i'm referring to....
My hot take for the day: abolish asking “how are you” as a greeting. takes too much energy to lie and say fine when everyone is just hanging on by a thread
November 20, 2025 at 8:00 PM
My hot take for the day: abolish asking “how are you” as a greeting. takes too much energy to lie and say fine when everyone is just hanging on by a thread
One thing I continue valuing about doing work with kids is that you have to interact with them to collect data
new paper by Sean Westwood:
With current technology, it is impossible to tell whether survey respondents are real or bots. Among other things, makes it easy for bad actors to manipulate outcomes. No good news here for the future of online-based survey research
With current technology, it is impossible to tell whether survey respondents are real or bots. Among other things, makes it easy for bad actors to manipulate outcomes. No good news here for the future of online-based survey research
November 18, 2025 at 8:18 PM
One thing I continue valuing about doing work with kids is that you have to interact with them to collect data
The Wicked marketing has gotten out of hand
Wow. Can't say much else. The overhead corona was unbelievable. The most intense reds and greens. ❤️💚😍💃 She'll be dancing until sunrise.
I visited Franconia Sculpture Park over summer and it has been on my aurora photo bucket list ever since. That's where I went last night.
Schafer, Minnesota.
I visited Franconia Sculpture Park over summer and it has been on my aurora photo bucket list ever since. That's where I went last night.
Schafer, Minnesota.
November 13, 2025 at 2:47 PM
The Wicked marketing has gotten out of hand
why even bother having schedules @septaphilly.bsky.social? these days it’s more like show up and see what you get. Maybe it’s on time or maybe it’s 45 min late. or canceled.
November 12, 2025 at 12:47 PM
why even bother having schedules @septaphilly.bsky.social? these days it’s more like show up and see what you get. Maybe it’s on time or maybe it’s 45 min late. or canceled.
And the pretty copy-edited version of paper is out here:
psycnet.apa.org/record/2026-...
psycnet.apa.org/record/2026-...
November 11, 2025 at 2:23 PM
And the pretty copy-edited version of paper is out here:
psycnet.apa.org/record/2026-...
psycnet.apa.org/record/2026-...
Increasingly believe tenure is protection for sucking at your job when service takes up all your time
November 11, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Increasingly believe tenure is protection for sucking at your job when service takes up all your time
At a time when so much funding for diversity science has been pulled, I am SO thankful to the American Psychological Foundation (APF) for awarding me & former student (now PhD student!) Lizy Szanton the Springfield Grant to examine kid biases at the intersection of race and gender nonconformity.
November 5, 2025 at 7:31 PM
At a time when so much funding for diversity science has been pulled, I am SO thankful to the American Psychological Foundation (APF) for awarding me & former student (now PhD student!) Lizy Szanton the Springfield Grant to examine kid biases at the intersection of race and gender nonconformity.
Spanberger's love for her family, and their love for her, is palpable on the screen and it is always so wonderful to see families that love each other like that in politics. But particularly Spanberger's husband crying when she was saying how much she loved him. Men should show their feelings!
November 5, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Spanberger's love for her family, and their love for her, is palpable on the screen and it is always so wonderful to see families that love each other like that in politics. But particularly Spanberger's husband crying when she was saying how much she loved him. Men should show their feelings!
LFG Pennsylvaniaaaaaaa
BREAKING: Pennsylvania voters approve to retain three state Supreme Court justices, NBC News projects, preserving Democrats’ 5-2 majority on the state’s high court.
Pennsylvania voters retain three state Supreme Court justices, preserving Democrats' 5-2 majority
NBC News projects the incumbents survived an up-or-down vote to keep their seats on the battleground state’s high court.
nbcnews.to
November 5, 2025 at 1:47 AM
LFG Pennsylvaniaaaaaaa
what is this new fresh hell where NSF is requiring a "one-time code" every time i go to submit a GRFP rec letter.
November 5, 2025 at 12:13 AM
what is this new fresh hell where NSF is requiring a "one-time code" every time i go to submit a GRFP rec letter.
So....what happens to folks hired into "AI & Psych" jobs when the AI bubble bursts? Chase the next hot thing?
October 27, 2025 at 8:33 PM
So....what happens to folks hired into "AI & Psych" jobs when the AI bubble bursts? Chase the next hot thing?
someone called me mid-career the other day and i was like how very dare you.
October 27, 2025 at 4:08 PM
someone called me mid-career the other day and i was like how very dare you.
it's recommendation letter season, and the requests are flooding in. Trying to reframe as a way for me to tell colleagues about the fantastic students that've worked in my lab. Hoping that gets me through the letters...
a little girl with her eyes closed and the words pretty please below her
ALT: a little girl with her eyes closed and the words pretty please below her
media.tenor.com
October 20, 2025 at 1:23 PM
it's recommendation letter season, and the requests are flooding in. Trying to reframe as a way for me to tell colleagues about the fantastic students that've worked in my lab. Hoping that gets me through the letters...
🚨new article!🚨 led by former postdoc Grace Reid, with Ariana Orvell, Emily Foster-Hanson, & undergrad Selim Yigit!
We consider what soc-cog abilities children have at diff ages and how that impacts what they learn from racial socialization messages
compass.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
We consider what soc-cog abilities children have at diff ages and how that impacts what they learn from racial socialization messages
compass.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
A Developmental Perspective on the Racial Socialization of White Children: Linguistic and Social‐Cognitive Considerations
While there is growing consensus that it is important to talk about race and racism with children (a process called racial socialization)—particularly with White children—what to say when having thes...
compass.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
October 14, 2025 at 2:50 PM
🚨new article!🚨 led by former postdoc Grace Reid, with Ariana Orvell, Emily Foster-Hanson, & undergrad Selim Yigit!
We consider what soc-cog abilities children have at diff ages and how that impacts what they learn from racial socialization messages
compass.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
We consider what soc-cog abilities children have at diff ages and how that impacts what they learn from racial socialization messages
compass.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Every developmental psychologist Is like “but my lecture slides!”
This is a big one! A 4-year writing project over many timezones, arguing for a reimagining of the influential "core knowledge" thesis.
Led by @daweibai.bsky.social, we argue that much of our innate knowledge of the world is not "conceptual" in nature, but rather wired into perceptual processing. 👇
Led by @daweibai.bsky.social, we argue that much of our innate knowledge of the world is not "conceptual" in nature, but rather wired into perceptual processing. 👇
October 9, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Every developmental psychologist Is like “but my lecture slides!”
Has anyone else found it much more difficult to update preprints on OSF?
October 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Has anyone else found it much more difficult to update preprints on OSF?