The It's Innate! Podcast
@theitsinnatepc.bsky.social
Developmental cognitive scientists Deon (@deontbenton.bsky.social) & Jenny Wang (@jinjingjenny1.bsky.social) discuss what infants and children know and how they come to know it.
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We're ecstatic to be talking today with Dr. Vlad Ayzenberg (@vayzenb.bsky.social) about his recent paper in Science Advances exploring the mechanisms that underpin object recognition in young children and adults. Stay tuned!
August 13, 2025 at 2:06 PM
We're ecstatic to be talking today with Dr. Vlad Ayzenberg (@vayzenb.bsky.social) about his recent paper in Science Advances exploring the mechanisms that underpin object recognition in young children and adults. Stay tuned!
🚨 New ep! We talk w/ Professor Kiley Hamlin (@jkileyhamlin.bsky.social) about her dev sci path, training w/ legends (Woodward, Wynn, Bloom, Santos), & her Nature Comms paper showing 5-day-olds prefer helpers over hinderers. Plus: reconciling ManyBabies & replication woes.
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Moral kombat (with Kiley Hamlin)
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August 8, 2025 at 2:07 PM
🚨 New ep! We talk w/ Professor Kiley Hamlin (@jkileyhamlin.bsky.social) about her dev sci path, training w/ legends (Woodward, Wynn, Bloom, Santos), & her Nature Comms paper showing 5-day-olds prefer helpers over hinderers. Plus: reconciling ManyBabies & replication woes.
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itsinnate.fireside.fm/31
Want to know what makes today so special?!
We get to chat with the inimitable Professor Kiley Hamlin (@jkileyhamlin.bsky.social) about her science journey, her recent paper in Nature Communications showing that sociomoral evaluation may be innate, and more!
Stay tuned for the episode!
We get to chat with the inimitable Professor Kiley Hamlin (@jkileyhamlin.bsky.social) about her science journey, her recent paper in Nature Communications showing that sociomoral evaluation may be innate, and more!
Stay tuned for the episode!
August 6, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Want to know what makes today so special?!
We get to chat with the inimitable Professor Kiley Hamlin (@jkileyhamlin.bsky.social) about her science journey, her recent paper in Nature Communications showing that sociomoral evaluation may be innate, and more!
Stay tuned for the episode!
We get to chat with the inimitable Professor Kiley Hamlin (@jkileyhamlin.bsky.social) about her science journey, her recent paper in Nature Communications showing that sociomoral evaluation may be innate, and more!
Stay tuned for the episode!
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An inspirational and fun conversation with @rebeccasaxe.bsky.social!
In case you missed it, our discussion with Professor Rebecca Saxe (@rebeccasaxe.bsky.social) is live! Give it a listen, why don't ya?
🚨 New Episode! 🚨 We're thrilled to release another installment of "A conversation with a luminary," featuring *over 2 hours* with Professor Rebecca Saxe. We discuss her early life, science journey, mentorship under Nancy Kanwisher, her Theory of Mind work, & more! So fun!
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itsinnate.fireside.fm/30
July 21, 2025 at 11:45 PM
An inspirational and fun conversation with @rebeccasaxe.bsky.social!
In case you missed it, our discussion with Professor Rebecca Saxe (@rebeccasaxe.bsky.social) is live! Give it a listen, why don't ya?
🚨 New Episode! 🚨 We're thrilled to release another installment of "A conversation with a luminary," featuring *over 2 hours* with Professor Rebecca Saxe. We discuss her early life, science journey, mentorship under Nancy Kanwisher, her Theory of Mind work, & more! So fun!
itsinnate.fireside.fm/30
itsinnate.fireside.fm/30
A conversation with a luminary #5: Rebecca Saxe
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July 21, 2025 at 6:25 PM
In case you missed it, our discussion with Professor Rebecca Saxe (@rebeccasaxe.bsky.social) is live! Give it a listen, why don't ya?
🚨 New Episode! 🚨 We're thrilled to release another installment of "A conversation with a luminary," featuring *over 2 hours* with Professor Rebecca Saxe. We discuss her early life, science journey, mentorship under Nancy Kanwisher, her Theory of Mind work, & more! So fun!
itsinnate.fireside.fm/30
itsinnate.fireside.fm/30
A conversation with a luminary #5: Rebecca Saxe
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July 19, 2025 at 10:56 PM
🚨 New Episode! 🚨 We're thrilled to release another installment of "A conversation with a luminary," featuring *over 2 hours* with Professor Rebecca Saxe. We discuss her early life, science journey, mentorship under Nancy Kanwisher, her Theory of Mind work, & more! So fun!
itsinnate.fireside.fm/30
itsinnate.fireside.fm/30
The good times keep rolling (at least for the pod)! We're so thrilled to be chatting today with Professor Rebecca Saxe (@rebeccasaxe.bsky.social) about her scientific journey, remarkable career, and much more.
This will be another installment of "A conversation with a luminary". Stay tuned!
This will be another installment of "A conversation with a luminary". Stay tuned!
July 16, 2025 at 2:25 PM
The good times keep rolling (at least for the pod)! We're so thrilled to be chatting today with Professor Rebecca Saxe (@rebeccasaxe.bsky.social) about her scientific journey, remarkable career, and much more.
This will be another installment of "A conversation with a luminary". Stay tuned!
This will be another installment of "A conversation with a luminary". Stay tuned!
Reupping this ↓
Oh, and spoiler: we'll be chatting with the inimitable Dr. Kiley Hamlin (@jkileyhamlin.bsky.social) on Aug 6 about that new Nature Comms paper showing that 5-day-olds are sensitive to helping & hindering! Could sociomoral evaluation (or its ingredients) really be innate?!
Oh, and spoiler: we'll be chatting with the inimitable Dr. Kiley Hamlin (@jkileyhamlin.bsky.social) on Aug 6 about that new Nature Comms paper showing that 5-day-olds are sensitive to helping & hindering! Could sociomoral evaluation (or its ingredients) really be innate?!
We want to hear from you, dear listener! Who would you like to hear us chat with on the next episode of The It's Innate! podcast? Nominate them in the comments below!
July 10, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Reupping this ↓
Oh, and spoiler: we'll be chatting with the inimitable Dr. Kiley Hamlin (@jkileyhamlin.bsky.social) on Aug 6 about that new Nature Comms paper showing that 5-day-olds are sensitive to helping & hindering! Could sociomoral evaluation (or its ingredients) really be innate?!
Oh, and spoiler: we'll be chatting with the inimitable Dr. Kiley Hamlin (@jkileyhamlin.bsky.social) on Aug 6 about that new Nature Comms paper showing that 5-day-olds are sensitive to helping & hindering! Could sociomoral evaluation (or its ingredients) really be innate?!
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My paper with @stellalourenco.bsky.social is now out in Science Advances!
We found that children have robust object recognition abilities that surpass many ANNs. Models only outperformed kids when their training far exceeded what a child could experience in their lifetime
doi.org/10.1126/scia...
We found that children have robust object recognition abilities that surpass many ANNs. Models only outperformed kids when their training far exceeded what a child could experience in their lifetime
doi.org/10.1126/scia...
Fast and robust visual object recognition in young children
The visual recognition abilities of preschool children rival those of state-of-the-art artificial intelligence models.
doi.org
July 2, 2025 at 7:38 PM
My paper with @stellalourenco.bsky.social is now out in Science Advances!
We found that children have robust object recognition abilities that surpass many ANNs. Models only outperformed kids when their training far exceeded what a child could experience in their lifetime
doi.org/10.1126/scia...
We found that children have robust object recognition abilities that surpass many ANNs. Models only outperformed kids when their training far exceeded what a child could experience in their lifetime
doi.org/10.1126/scia...
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Sharing our new paper published today in Nature Communications. In my view, this is our clearest demonstration to date that something profoundly changes in how infants encode the world around them before and after the emergence of self-representation. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
The self-reference memory bias is preceded by an other-reference bias in infancy - Nature Communications
A classic feature of human memory is that we remember information better when it refers to ourselves. Here, the authors show that before the emergence of self-concept, infants instead remember informa...
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July 9, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Sharing our new paper published today in Nature Communications. In my view, this is our clearest demonstration to date that something profoundly changes in how infants encode the world around them before and after the emergence of self-representation. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Looks like we might have to have Dr. Hamlin and/or Dr. Geraci on to discuss this super cool paper!
New paper! Here (in Nature Communications) we (Ale Geraci, Luca Surian, Lucia Gabriella Tina, & I; work led/run by Ale) show that 5-day-old newborns selectively attend to two distinct forms of prosocial over antisocial action: approaching versus avoiding and helping versus hindering.
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Human newborns spontaneously attend to prosocial interactions
Nature Communications - Abilities to distinguish between prosocial and antisocial actions are crucial for sustaining cooperative systems. Here, the authors show that human newborns with just 5 days...
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July 8, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Looks like we might have to have Dr. Hamlin and/or Dr. Geraci on to discuss this super cool paper!
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🚨 New Episode! Our recent chat w/ Dr. Zsuzsa Kaldy (@zsuzsakaldy.bsky.social ) is up! We chat about her cog sci journey, her work on infant working memory, and a recent paper in which she argues that attention and working memory work in concert to pursue goals. So much fun!
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itsinnate.fireside.fm/29
A happy little dance between attention and working memory (with Zsuzsa Kaldy)
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July 8, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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Thanks, @deontbenton.bsky.social and @jinjingjenny1.bsky.social for letting me talk about my career and my beloved mentors 🙂
July 8, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Thanks, @deontbenton.bsky.social and @jinjingjenny1.bsky.social for letting me talk about my career and my beloved mentors 🙂
🚨 New Episode! Our recent chat w/ Dr. Zsuzsa Kaldy (@zsuzsakaldy.bsky.social ) is up! We chat about her cog sci journey, her work on infant working memory, and a recent paper in which she argues that attention and working memory work in concert to pursue goals. So much fun!
itsinnate.fireside.fm/29
itsinnate.fireside.fm/29
A happy little dance between attention and working memory (with Zsuzsa Kaldy)
itsinnate.fireside.fm
July 8, 2025 at 3:13 PM
🚨 New Episode! Our recent chat w/ Dr. Zsuzsa Kaldy (@zsuzsakaldy.bsky.social ) is up! We chat about her cog sci journey, her work on infant working memory, and a recent paper in which she argues that attention and working memory work in concert to pursue goals. So much fun!
itsinnate.fireside.fm/29
itsinnate.fireside.fm/29
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We want to hear from you, dear listener! Who would you like to hear us chat with on the next episode of The It's Innate! podcast? Nominate them in the comments below!
June 29, 2025 at 1:11 AM
We want to hear from you, dear listener! Who would you like to hear us chat with on the next episode of The It's Innate! podcast? Nominate them in the comments below!
We want to hear from you, dear listener! Who would you like to hear us chat with on the next episode of The It's Innate! podcast? Nominate them in the comments below!
June 29, 2025 at 1:11 AM
We want to hear from you, dear listener! Who would you like to hear us chat with on the next episode of The It's Innate! podcast? Nominate them in the comments below!
🚨 New episode! In this episode, we chat with graduate student extraordinaire, Sholei Croom, about their PNAS paper, "Seeing and Understanding Epistemic Actions". The paper explored whether learners can intuit what others are trying to learn simply from their actions.
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itsinnate.fireside.fm/28
Seeing (can help you infer what someone else) is believing (with Sholei Croom)
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June 26, 2025 at 2:58 PM
🚨 New episode! In this episode, we chat with graduate student extraordinaire, Sholei Croom, about their PNAS paper, "Seeing and Understanding Epistemic Actions". The paper explored whether learners can intuit what others are trying to learn simply from their actions.
itsinnate.fireside.fm/28
itsinnate.fireside.fm/28
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Super fun to do! Thanks @theitsinnatepc.bsky.social
🚨 New episode! We are excited to be releasing another "A conversation with a luminary" episode. In it, we chat with Professor Nora Newcombe (@noranewcombe.bsky.social) about her science journey, the geometric module, empiricism & nativism, among other things. Enjoy!
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itsinnate.fireside.fm/27
A conversation with a luminary #4: Nora Newcombe
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June 23, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Super fun to do! Thanks @theitsinnatepc.bsky.social
🚨 New episode! We are excited to be releasing another "A conversation with a luminary" episode. In it, we chat with Professor Nora Newcombe (@noranewcombe.bsky.social) about her science journey, the geometric module, empiricism & nativism, among other things. Enjoy!
itsinnate.fireside.fm/27
itsinnate.fireside.fm/27
A conversation with a luminary #4: Nora Newcombe
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June 23, 2025 at 1:52 PM
🚨 New episode! We are excited to be releasing another "A conversation with a luminary" episode. In it, we chat with Professor Nora Newcombe (@noranewcombe.bsky.social) about her science journey, the geometric module, empiricism & nativism, among other things. Enjoy!
itsinnate.fireside.fm/27
itsinnate.fireside.fm/27
Wondering when the next episode is going to drop? Fair question. We’ve got great convos waiting to be released, & we just need help getting them out!
This is why we're looking for a PhD student in developmental cognitive science (or related field) to join our team as an editor!
This is why we're looking for a PhD student in developmental cognitive science (or related field) to join our team as an editor!
June 18, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Wondering when the next episode is going to drop? Fair question. We’ve got great convos waiting to be released, & we just need help getting them out!
This is why we're looking for a PhD student in developmental cognitive science (or related field) to join our team as an editor!
This is why we're looking for a PhD student in developmental cognitive science (or related field) to join our team as an editor!
We are beyond excited to be talking with the distinguished Professor Nora Newcombe (@noranewcombe.bsky.social) today about her journey in science, her work on spatial thinking, among other things! Stay tuned for the episode!
May 28, 2025 at 5:46 PM
We are beyond excited to be talking with the distinguished Professor Nora Newcombe (@noranewcombe.bsky.social) today about her journey in science, her work on spatial thinking, among other things! Stay tuned for the episode!
So thrilled to announce that we've released another "A conversation with a luminary" episode. In this long episode, we chat with luminary Professor Susan Carey! She talks about her career, the evolution of developmental cognitive science, iconic representations, and more!
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Episode 26: A conversation with a luminary #3: Susan Carey
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April 28, 2025 at 3:01 PM
So thrilled to announce that we've released another "A conversation with a luminary" episode. In this long episode, we chat with luminary Professor Susan Carey! She talks about her career, the evolution of developmental cognitive science, iconic representations, and more!
itsinnate.fireside.fm/26
itsinnate.fireside.fm/26
Be sure to listen to our latest episode, in which we chat with Professor Gert Westermann about how curiosity might work (among other things).
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Something to pique your curiosity (with Gert Westermann)
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March 17, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Be sure to listen to our latest episode, in which we chat with Professor Gert Westermann about how curiosity might work (among other things).
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itsinnate.fireside.fm/25
🚨 New episode 🚨 In it, we chat with Professor Gert Westermann about his work exploring the mechanstic basis of curiosity. Along the way he talks about his journey in science, the role of computational modeling, and his early encounter with nativism in a language class.
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itsinnate.fireside.fm/25
Something to pique your curiosity (with Gert Westermann)
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March 16, 2025 at 4:54 PM
🚨 New episode 🚨 In it, we chat with Professor Gert Westermann about his work exploring the mechanstic basis of curiosity. Along the way he talks about his journey in science, the role of computational modeling, and his early encounter with nativism in a language class.
itsinnate.fireside.fm/25
itsinnate.fireside.fm/25
In case you missed it, we've released another episode! Jenny and I chat about how infants might learn about the causal properties of animates and inanimates based on a recent paper by Deon. Lots to enjoy about this episode!
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People and objects are different, and infants innately know this. Or do they?
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January 24, 2025 at 3:49 PM
In case you missed it, we've released another episode! Jenny and I chat about how infants might learn about the causal properties of animates and inanimates based on a recent paper by Deon. Lots to enjoy about this episode!
itsinnate.fireside.fm/24
itsinnate.fireside.fm/24