Chen Cheng
@chencheng.bsky.social
Assistant professor @ the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), Developmental cognitive science.
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Out now in Open Mind, @chencheng.bsky.social and I investigated the kinds of computations young children can do with non-symbolic representations of small, exact quantities. We find small, exact reps are more computationally flexible than analog magnitude reps! direct.mit.edu/opmi/article...
What Kinds of Computations Can Young Children Perform Over Non-Symbolic Representations of Small Quantities?
Abstract. Children can manipulate non-symbolic representations of both small quantities of objects (about four or fewer, represented by the parallel individuation system) and large quantities of objec...
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January 10, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Out now in Open Mind, @chencheng.bsky.social and I investigated the kinds of computations young children can do with non-symbolic representations of small, exact quantities. We find small, exact reps are more computationally flexible than analog magnitude reps! direct.mit.edu/opmi/article...
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New paper! Chen Cheng and I examined the development of the "operational precision" of the approximate number system in 4-6-year-olds. We find different trajectories for the development of precision of non-symbolic addition and unknown-addend operations #devpsych www.frontiersin.org/articles/10....
Development of precision of non-symbolic arithmetic operations in 4-6-year-old children
Children can represent the approximate quantity of sets of items using the Approximate Number System (ANS), and can perform arithmetic-like operations over ANS representations. Previous work has shown...
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November 15, 2023 at 8:10 PM
New paper! Chen Cheng and I examined the development of the "operational precision" of the approximate number system in 4-6-year-olds. We find different trajectories for the development of precision of non-symbolic addition and unknown-addend operations #devpsych www.frontiersin.org/articles/10....
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Didn't expect my fortune cookie to have such a strong theoretical stance on memory encoding #cogpsych #psychscisky
November 22, 2023 at 12:11 PM
Didn't expect my fortune cookie to have such a strong theoretical stance on memory encoding #cogpsych #psychscisky
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I’m excited to post a “failed” scientific study. We formulated and tested a hypothesis that I really liked. The hypothesis was wrong.
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Collaborating with @jessicas.bsky.social and @ashleyjthomas.bsky.social
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Collaborating with @jessicas.bsky.social and @ashleyjthomas.bsky.social
December 1, 2023 at 3:07 PM
I’m excited to post a “failed” scientific study. We formulated and tested a hypothesis that I really liked. The hypothesis was wrong.
osf.io/preprints/os...
Collaborating with @jessicas.bsky.social and @ashleyjthomas.bsky.social
osf.io/preprints/os...
Collaborating with @jessicas.bsky.social and @ashleyjthomas.bsky.social
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📣 Thrilled to share my first first-author publication in Cognition: “Three-year-olds' ability to plan for mutually exclusive future possibilities is limited primarily by their representations of possible plans, not possible events” www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
January 4, 2024 at 9:18 AM
📣 Thrilled to share my first first-author publication in Cognition: “Three-year-olds' ability to plan for mutually exclusive future possibilities is limited primarily by their representations of possible plans, not possible events” www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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A reminder that poster submissions are open for the 30th Anniversary of Mapping the Mind preconference workshop at CDS 2024! Deadline is Feb 8. More info here! www.bu.edu/cdl/2024-cds...
@debkelemen.bsky.social and I are excited to announce that this workshop will include a poster session for early career scholars to share work inspired by Mapping the Mind. More details and instructions for submitting abstracts can be found at www.bu.edu/cdl/2024-cds...
2024 will be the 30th anniversary of Mapping the Mind, a collection of groundbreaking theoretical essays that have shaped cog dev science. @debkelemen.bsky.social and I are SO excited that this STAR STUDDED pre-conf is a go! Come hear where they all stand on their theories now, + lively discussion.
January 18, 2024 at 2:57 PM
A reminder that poster submissions are open for the 30th Anniversary of Mapping the Mind preconference workshop at CDS 2024! Deadline is Feb 8. More info here! www.bu.edu/cdl/2024-cds...
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New Substack!
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October 25, 2023 at 1:01 PM
New Substack!
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Cool to see more (social) psych TT jobs being posted! Hopefully more will come! Good luck to all on the market. My website has some resources (including application materials/ statements from various generous people) that may be helpful. Caution/ disclaimer: survival bias
www.pbandjlab.com/resources
www.pbandjlab.com/resources
RESOURCES | PB & J Lab
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September 27, 2023 at 9:36 PM
Cool to see more (social) psych TT jobs being posted! Hopefully more will come! Good luck to all on the market. My website has some resources (including application materials/ statements from various generous people) that may be helpful. Caution/ disclaimer: survival bias
www.pbandjlab.com/resources
www.pbandjlab.com/resources