David Tompkins
davidntompkins.bsky.social
David Tompkins
@davidntompkins.bsky.social
Developmental psych phd student @ Cornell

Spatial skills | methods | limits to generalizability over time
Quick, someone who’s good at computers - is this good??
November 3, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Came back to my computer after a long weekend away - this image is up in Google search. No recollection of what i was working on.
September 30, 2025 at 12:53 PM
The most ominous door in the Ithaca Mall
August 27, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Found it
July 8, 2025 at 1:55 PM
I’m trying to learn about topic modeling but the paper keeps summoning ghosts
June 19, 2025 at 3:01 PM
June 12, 2025 at 5:37 PM
My desktop backgrounds have long been pirate themed. I gave them a little spring refresh today
May 5, 2025 at 8:11 PM
When i left my job at Hasbro for grad school, I left a parting gift for my colleagues. Today, five years later, it remains on the wall.

The carpets have changed, the cubicles have changed, but I remain.
March 19, 2025 at 10:45 PM
In developmental psychology, do interventions select for historically fragile phenomenon? I've been trying to figure this out!

If you'd like to hear more and see some early/prelim. data - I'm giving a '4th year' talk about this on March 5th, 12:20pm EST, in person or on zoom (dm me!)
February 21, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Closing out the year reading this banger of a paper by Rosa & Tudge on Bronfenbrenner’s theories over time.

Really good coverage and a stellar reading list.

Kind of a bummer most courses seem to just point at concentric circles and call it good.

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
January 1, 2025 at 12:07 AM