Andrew Shtulman
@andrewshtulman.bsky.social
Professor, cognitive developmental psychologist, and author of SCIENCEBLIND (Basic) and LEARNING TO IMAGINE (Harvard). I love academic bureaucracy and sarcasm.
New article w/ M Pabla & @orifriedman.bsky.social
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
When children claim an unexpected event is impossible they also claim it's never happened, even for immoral events, suggesting their judgments reflect beliefs about what could happen & not merely what should.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
When children claim an unexpected event is impossible they also claim it's never happened, even for immoral events, suggesting their judgments reflect beliefs about what could happen & not merely what should.
October 24, 2025 at 5:00 PM
New article w/ M Pabla & @orifriedman.bsky.social
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
When children claim an unexpected event is impossible they also claim it's never happened, even for immoral events, suggesting their judgments reflect beliefs about what could happen & not merely what should.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
When children claim an unexpected event is impossible they also claim it's never happened, even for immoral events, suggesting their judgments reflect beliefs about what could happen & not merely what should.
Reposted by Andrew Shtulman
New paper! 🚨
Does studying psychology change how people think about psychology (even at an intuitive level)? 🤔
We tracked students across their degree and found shifts in their beliefs about the bases of psychological phenomena and their scientific explainability.
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Does studying psychology change how people think about psychology (even at an intuitive level)? 🤔
We tracked students across their degree and found shifts in their beliefs about the bases of psychological phenomena and their scientific explainability.
1/5
October 15, 2025 at 10:23 AM
New paper! 🚨
Does studying psychology change how people think about psychology (even at an intuitive level)? 🤔
We tracked students across their degree and found shifts in their beliefs about the bases of psychological phenomena and their scientific explainability.
1/5
Does studying psychology change how people think about psychology (even at an intuitive level)? 🤔
We tracked students across their degree and found shifts in their beliefs about the bases of psychological phenomena and their scientific explainability.
1/5
Reposted by Andrew Shtulman
Submit your work to Origins of the Social Mind at #SPSP2026! Our morning timeslot is compatible with a variety of fantastic afternoon preconferences (e.g., Social Cognition, Gender).
Deadline is 10/13! (Talks/posters can focus on any topic related to the origins of social cognition). See you there!
Deadline is 10/13! (Talks/posters can focus on any topic related to the origins of social cognition). See you there!
September 13, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Submit your work to Origins of the Social Mind at #SPSP2026! Our morning timeslot is compatible with a variety of fantastic afternoon preconferences (e.g., Social Cognition, Gender).
Deadline is 10/13! (Talks/posters can focus on any topic related to the origins of social cognition). See you there!
Deadline is 10/13! (Talks/posters can focus on any topic related to the origins of social cognition). See you there!
Nice piece by @paulbloomatyale.bsky.social where he implies that the only interdisciplinary conversations worth having are those at SPP (@socphilpsych.bsky.social). I agree!
A big shoutout to @levelsof.bsky.social & @oldjerryfodor.bsky.social for putting together a conversation-inspiring SPP 2025!
A big shoutout to @levelsof.bsky.social & @oldjerryfodor.bsky.social for putting together a conversation-inspiring SPP 2025!
September 8, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Nice piece by @paulbloomatyale.bsky.social where he implies that the only interdisciplinary conversations worth having are those at SPP (@socphilpsych.bsky.social). I agree!
A big shoutout to @levelsof.bsky.social & @oldjerryfodor.bsky.social for putting together a conversation-inspiring SPP 2025!
A big shoutout to @levelsof.bsky.social & @oldjerryfodor.bsky.social for putting together a conversation-inspiring SPP 2025!
New article in Cognition! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Children are able to differentiate fake news from real news even before exposure to fake news on social media. This ability improves with age & even more so with cognitive reflection or the disposition to question an initial intuition.
Children are able to differentiate fake news from real news even before exposure to fake news on social media. This ability improves with age & even more so with cognitive reflection or the disposition to question an initial intuition.
September 2, 2025 at 4:14 PM
New article in Cognition! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Children are able to differentiate fake news from real news even before exposure to fake news on social media. This ability improves with age & even more so with cognitive reflection or the disposition to question an initial intuition.
Children are able to differentiate fake news from real news even before exposure to fake news on social media. This ability improves with age & even more so with cognitive reflection or the disposition to question an initial intuition.
Oooh, the Spanish translation of Learning to Imagine is pretty!
August 28, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Oooh, the Spanish translation of Learning to Imagine is pretty!
Reposted by Andrew Shtulman
As an inveterate em-dash user, I loved this. www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/the...
The Em Dash Responds to the AI Allegations
“In recent months, a curious fixation has emerged in corners of academia: the em dash. More specifically, the apparent moral panic around how it is...
www.mcsweeneys.net
July 18, 2025 at 2:49 AM
As an inveterate em-dash user, I loved this. www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/the...
I’m honored to be a keynote speaker at the 5th Jean Piaget Conference at the University of Geneva. A highlight of the conference waa a tour of the Jean Piaget archives, which includes 80,000 documents currently being organized and systemized. 10,000 of those documents are experimental protocols!
June 26, 2025 at 2:42 PM
I’m honored to be a keynote speaker at the 5th Jean Piaget Conference at the University of Geneva. A highlight of the conference waa a tour of the Jean Piaget archives, which includes 80,000 documents currently being organized and systemized. 10,000 of those documents are experimental protocols!
Watched a presentation today delivered in French but translated into English at the bottom of the PPT slides using AI. "Translated" is a generous description. I'm pretty sure the speaker did not say "I've got some bananas for you after I've exploded my talk."
June 25, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Watched a presentation today delivered in French but translated into English at the bottom of the PPT slides using AI. "Translated" is a generous description. I'm pretty sure the speaker did not say "I've got some bananas for you after I've exploded my talk."
A colleague asked if I've read Arisotle's Poetics recently. I'm flattered he thought I had read it at all.
June 25, 2025 at 10:55 AM
A colleague asked if I've read Arisotle's Poetics recently. I'm flattered he thought I had read it at all.
Ithaca airport keeps playing a message about TSA prefaced with “due to the increased situation.” I hate it when situations increase.
June 22, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Ithaca airport keeps playing a message about TSA prefaced with “due to the increased situation.” I hate it when situations increase.
Reposted by Andrew Shtulman
The @socphilpsych.bsky.social presidential banquet begins with the (attempted) roast by John Doris of the (seemingly unroastable) @andrewshtulman.bsky.social
#SPP2025
#SPP2025
June 21, 2025 at 11:19 PM
The @socphilpsych.bsky.social presidential banquet begins with the (attempted) roast by John Doris of the (seemingly unroastable) @andrewshtulman.bsky.social
#SPP2025
#SPP2025
Day 3 of #SPP2025. Marina Bedny shares fascinating evidence that congenitally blind people use the same intuitive theories of color as sighted people to predict and explain object coloration even when they disagree about what color an object tends to be.
June 21, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Day 3 of #SPP2025. Marina Bedny shares fascinating evidence that congenitally blind people use the same intuitive theories of color as sighted people to predict and explain object coloration even when they disagree about what color an object tends to be.
Day 2 of #SPP2025 begins with a fascinating talk by @chriskrupenye.bsky.social on whether chimpanzees and bonobos have a theory of mind. Krupenye’s studies show that our ape cousins track others’ knowledge not just to obtain food but also for a seemingly intrinsic love of drama!
June 20, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Day 2 of #SPP2025 begins with a fascinating talk by @chriskrupenye.bsky.social on whether chimpanzees and bonobos have a theory of mind. Krupenye’s studies show that our ape cousins track others’ knowledge not just to obtain food but also for a seemingly intrinsic love of drama!
US News & World Report sent me a survey to rate the quality of undergrad Psychology programs for their 2026 rankings. It includes over 600 programs! How would anyone's ratings be meaningful? I don't think I'll participate in this popularity contest.
June 2, 2025 at 7:06 PM
US News & World Report sent me a survey to rate the quality of undergrad Psychology programs for their 2026 rankings. It includes over 600 programs! How would anyone's ratings be meaningful? I don't think I'll participate in this popularity contest.
A reviewer on a paper I’m also reviewing recommended the authors cite some of my work. They followed up this suggestion with ”Please know: I am not Andrew Shtulman!”
Hmm. Sounds like the sort of thing the real Andrew Shtulman would say.
Hmm. Sounds like the sort of thing the real Andrew Shtulman would say.
May 23, 2025 at 3:53 PM
A reviewer on a paper I’m also reviewing recommended the authors cite some of my work. They followed up this suggestion with ”Please know: I am not Andrew Shtulman!”
Hmm. Sounds like the sort of thing the real Andrew Shtulman would say.
Hmm. Sounds like the sort of thing the real Andrew Shtulman would say.
Delighted to attend the first annual Southern California Meeting for Investigations in Developmental Science, or SoCal MINDS! Also delighted to hear Wani Qiu present new data showing that teaching by principle facilitates children’s problem solving more than teaching by example.
May 17, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Delighted to attend the first annual Southern California Meeting for Investigations in Developmental Science, or SoCal MINDS! Also delighted to hear Wani Qiu present new data showing that teaching by principle facilitates children’s problem solving more than teaching by example.
Thank you, Skeptic (and Anondah Saide!), for your thoughtful review of Learning to Imagine. I really like the accompanying images.
www.skeptic.com/article/lear...
www.skeptic.com/article/lear...
From the Ordinary to the Extraordinary
Andrew Shtulman’s Learning to Imagine challenges conventional wisdom that children are more imaginative than adults, revealing how knowledge and experience actually enhance our ability to envision new...
www.skeptic.com
May 7, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Thank you, Skeptic (and Anondah Saide!), for your thoughtful review of Learning to Imagine. I really like the accompanying images.
www.skeptic.com/article/lear...
www.skeptic.com/article/lear...
Happy birthday, Tamar. I’m so glad we can celebrate you at SRCD!
May 2, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Happy birthday, Tamar. I’m so glad we can celebrate you at SRCD!
Reposted by Andrew Shtulman
Check out our symposium on *parents' lay theories of cognitive development* at #SRCD2025!
Ft. work by @reutshachnai.bsky.social, @julia-a-leonard.bsky.social, @dominicgibson.bsky.social, and yours truly, discussed by @andrewshtulman.bsky.social !
Ft. work by @reutshachnai.bsky.social, @julia-a-leonard.bsky.social, @dominicgibson.bsky.social, and yours truly, discussed by @andrewshtulman.bsky.social !
April 28, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Check out our symposium on *parents' lay theories of cognitive development* at #SRCD2025!
Ft. work by @reutshachnai.bsky.social, @julia-a-leonard.bsky.social, @dominicgibson.bsky.social, and yours truly, discussed by @andrewshtulman.bsky.social !
Ft. work by @reutshachnai.bsky.social, @julia-a-leonard.bsky.social, @dominicgibson.bsky.social, and yours truly, discussed by @andrewshtulman.bsky.social !
Reposted by Andrew Shtulman
Come to the SPP Preconference on Possibilities: Near and Far!
Speakers:
Sara Aronowitz
Seth Goldwasser
Melissa Kibbe
Tamar Kushnir
Brian Leahy
Shaun Nichols
Laurie Paul
Jonathan Phillips
Alison Springle
Speakers:
Sara Aronowitz
Seth Goldwasser
Melissa Kibbe
Tamar Kushnir
Brian Leahy
Shaun Nichols
Laurie Paul
Jonathan Phillips
Alison Springle
April 12, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Come to the SPP Preconference on Possibilities: Near and Far!
Speakers:
Sara Aronowitz
Seth Goldwasser
Melissa Kibbe
Tamar Kushnir
Brian Leahy
Shaun Nichols
Laurie Paul
Jonathan Phillips
Alison Springle
Speakers:
Sara Aronowitz
Seth Goldwasser
Melissa Kibbe
Tamar Kushnir
Brian Leahy
Shaun Nichols
Laurie Paul
Jonathan Phillips
Alison Springle
Only at an academic conference
April 11, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Only at an academic conference
Of all the ways students misspell my name, Dr. Shitlman is my favorite.
March 27, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Of all the ways students misspell my name, Dr. Shitlman is my favorite.