Ashley Thomas
@ashleyjthomas.bsky.social
Assistant Professor she/her. I study how people think about social relationships. Usually with babies and kids.
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No worries at all! I'm glad to know your paper. I think these results imply they could -- if the proposition is correct that they're able to represent the faces as distinct entities based on their facial features, then they should be able to!
August 21, 2025 at 5:54 PM
No worries at all! I'm glad to know your paper. I think these results imply they could -- if the proposition is correct that they're able to represent the faces as distinct entities based on their facial features, then they should be able to!
So cool! Check out @brandonwoo.bsky.social ’s recent cog sci paper where we find convergent results! escholarship.org/uc/item/4db7...
Social Engagement Leads Infants to Represent People as Individuals
Author(s): Woo, Brandon Matthew; Peng, Haowei; Steele, Christina; Thomas, Ashley J | Abstract: How do infants come to represent people's identities? In two experiments (N = 86), we investigated 7- to ...
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August 20, 2025 at 7:55 PM
So cool! Check out @brandonwoo.bsky.social ’s recent cog sci paper where we find convergent results! escholarship.org/uc/item/4db7...
All Sound so cool! @qinwenshuo.bsky.social would love to see your poster!
August 17, 2025 at 6:42 PM
All Sound so cool! @qinwenshuo.bsky.social would love to see your poster!
Reposted by Ashley Thomas
Infants have been shown to individuate objects before people in a visual occlusion task. Why? @brandonwoo.bsky.social, @ashleyjthomas.bsky.social, et al. find that engagement matters. Infants *do* individuate people who actively engage with them.
June 21, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Infants have been shown to individuate objects before people in a visual occlusion task. Why? @brandonwoo.bsky.social, @ashleyjthomas.bsky.social, et al. find that engagement matters. Infants *do* individuate people who actively engage with them.