Catarina Vales
@cvales.bsky.social
developmental scientist. not-that-kind-of-doctor. coffee lover. cat person. parent. she/her.
excited to share this work at #cogsci2025, Fri at 1p!
July 30, 2025 at 4:30 PM
excited to share this work at #cogsci2025, Fri at 1p!
if (like me) you’d like to remove the AI preview when doing a google search, adding “-ai” to your search should do the trick!
July 1, 2025 at 3:34 PM
if (like me) you’d like to remove the AI preview when doing a google search, adding “-ai” to your search should do the trick!
we additionally did some (even cooler!) permutation analyses to see whether the results could be explained by participants randomly placing items on the board — spoiler alert, that seems unlikely!
December 17, 2024 at 2:32 PM
we additionally did some (even cooler!) permutation analyses to see whether the results could be explained by participants randomly placing items on the board — spoiler alert, that seems unlikely!
to capture the structure of a child’s arrangement, we developed this (very cool!) measure that captures the number of clusters, the homogeneity of the clusters, and how well differentiated they are.
December 17, 2024 at 2:32 PM
to capture the structure of a child’s arrangement, we developed this (very cool!) measure that captures the number of clusters, the homogeneity of the clusters, and how well differentiated they are.
we analyzed data across 200 U.S. children aged 4-9 to evaluate the construct validity, internal consistency, and test-retest reliability of this task. children are asked to organize items on a board with distance proportional to similarity.
December 17, 2024 at 2:32 PM
we analyzed data across 200 U.S. children aged 4-9 to evaluate the construct validity, internal consistency, and test-retest reliability of this task. children are asked to organize items on a board with distance proportional to similarity.