Pierina Cheung
@pierinaski.bsky.social
Developmental scientist at the National Institute of Edu at NTU. Interested in concepts & lang dev and translating research. Roots 🇭🇰 second home 🇨🇦 work 🇸🇬 mom to 3 boys (2 humans + 1 dog).
K (2;10) : can you talk to the words?
He's asking us to read a book.
He's asking us to read a book.
November 6, 2025 at 1:41 PM
K (2;10) : can you talk to the words?
He's asking us to read a book.
He's asking us to read a book.
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Canada makes pitch for US researchers to relocate with $1.7bn in new funding. My story for @science.org 🧪
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
Canada’s new budget aims to lure U.S. researchers to relocate
Spending plan also calls for smaller research spending cut than feared
www.science.org
November 5, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Canada makes pitch for US researchers to relocate with $1.7bn in new funding. My story for @science.org 🧪
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
C (4;10), in bed, laughing. Lights were off. What made him laugh? Thoughts in his head. I asked what he was thinking, he said "goofy was funny". About a show he was watching tonight.
October 23, 2025 at 3:42 PM
C (4;10), in bed, laughing. Lights were off. What made him laugh? Thoughts in his head. I asked what he was thinking, he said "goofy was funny". About a show he was watching tonight.
Reposted by Pierina Cheung
As Canadian as possible under the circumstances
At Yonge & Dundas Jays fans are obeying the pedestrian scramble, as is the custom & returning to sidewalk each light cycle.
October 21, 2025 at 1:25 PM
As Canadian as possible under the circumstances
Are we living in a golden age of stupidity? www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Are we living in a golden age of stupidity?
From brain-rotting videos to AI creep, every technological advance seems to make it harder to work, remember, think and function independently …
www.theguardian.com
October 19, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Are we living in a golden age of stupidity? www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
I was reading in bed (Shtulman's Scienceblind) and C came in with two of his comic books (superman and ninja turtles). 10 minutes only until he wanted to play "fight fight" but what a bliss.
September 27, 2025 at 12:26 PM
I was reading in bed (Shtulman's Scienceblind) and C came in with two of his comic books (superman and ninja turtles). 10 minutes only until he wanted to play "fight fight" but what a bliss.
Watching Peter pan, listening to the song about following the leader
Me : what's a leader?
C (4;8), without hesitation : a good guy
Me : what's a leader?
C (4;8), without hesitation : a good guy
August 23, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Watching Peter pan, listening to the song about following the leader
Me : what's a leader?
C (4;8), without hesitation : a good guy
Me : what's a leader?
C (4;8), without hesitation : a good guy
Daddy to C (4;7): what do you want for breakfast?
C: I don't know.
D: how about yogurt with honey?
C: no... Good try
D to K (2;6): what do you want for breakfast?
K: (~6-8s pause) good try.
C: I don't know.
D: how about yogurt with honey?
C: no... Good try
D to K (2;6): what do you want for breakfast?
K: (~6-8s pause) good try.
July 29, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Daddy to C (4;7): what do you want for breakfast?
C: I don't know.
D: how about yogurt with honey?
C: no... Good try
D to K (2;6): what do you want for breakfast?
K: (~6-8s pause) good try.
C: I don't know.
D: how about yogurt with honey?
C: no... Good try
D to K (2;6): what do you want for breakfast?
K: (~6-8s pause) good try.
Put the kids to bed, then 10pm meeting with collab from diff time zones, 5 mins in C and K woke up, looking excitedly at my camera, C telling everyone his name and showing them his toys, and I could barely hear anything. Scary world right now but kids are still kids.
February 12, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Put the kids to bed, then 10pm meeting with collab from diff time zones, 5 mins in C and K woke up, looking excitedly at my camera, C telling everyone his name and showing them his toys, and I could barely hear anything. Scary world right now but kids are still kids.
Happy holidays. Going from 29C in SG to -15 in Ontario. The kids are loving it.
December 23, 2024 at 1:08 PM
Happy holidays. Going from 29C in SG to -15 in Ontario. The kids are loving it.
C at 3;10, started "threatening" or "punishment talk" today.
C and K play fight in bed. Daddy turned off music and said it's bedtime. C said "Im not gonna play games with you anymore. I'm gonna play games with mommy!"
Daddy and C are vid games buddies. Ouch.
C and K play fight in bed. Daddy turned off music and said it's bedtime. C said "Im not gonna play games with you anymore. I'm gonna play games with mommy!"
Daddy and C are vid games buddies. Ouch.
November 8, 2024 at 4:54 PM
C at 3;10, started "threatening" or "punishment talk" today.
C and K play fight in bed. Daddy turned off music and said it's bedtime. C said "Im not gonna play games with you anymore. I'm gonna play games with mommy!"
Daddy and C are vid games buddies. Ouch.
C and K play fight in bed. Daddy turned off music and said it's bedtime. C said "Im not gonna play games with you anymore. I'm gonna play games with mommy!"
Daddy and C are vid games buddies. Ouch.
C playing video games. I said "five more minutes" he said "no, one more minute!" 😂 Sure. Same thing at the pool. He counterproposed 5 mins with "two more minutes". When asked which number is bigger, 5 or n? He said "five" when n < 5 but when n is larger than 5, unrelib responses.
November 8, 2024 at 4:43 PM
C playing video games. I said "five more minutes" he said "no, one more minute!" 😂 Sure. Same thing at the pool. He counterproposed 5 mins with "two more minutes". When asked which number is bigger, 5 or n? He said "five" when n < 5 but when n is larger than 5, unrelib responses.
Just told C that he will be a grown up one day. I broke him. He looked shocked. Paused for a while then asked "whats after grown up? A baby?" I said then he will get older and be like grandma grandpa, after a couple of rounds, "what about after great grandpa? A person?"
October 28, 2024 at 3:15 PM
Just told C that he will be a grown up one day. I broke him. He looked shocked. Paused for a while then asked "whats after grown up? A baby?" I said then he will get older and be like grandma grandpa, after a couple of rounds, "what about after great grandpa? A person?"
Consent forms are no longer written to be read by participants. 4 pages long single spaced for behavioral studies. When will they stop getting longer?
October 18, 2024 at 2:06 AM
Consent forms are no longer written to be read by participants. 4 pages long single spaced for behavioral studies. When will they stop getting longer?
Brought the monkeys to visit mom for a week. HK is always beautiful in my mind.
September 25, 2024 at 12:33 PM
Brought the monkeys to visit mom for a week. HK is always beautiful in my mind.
Measurement, qualitative methodologies, and research impact - three things I found missing in psych communities that are v prominent in education. (reflecting on my last 6 years at an Ed school in SG)
September 25, 2024 at 12:15 PM
Measurement, qualitative methodologies, and research impact - three things I found missing in psych communities that are v prominent in education. (reflecting on my last 6 years at an Ed school in SG)
Finally, someone asked "whose children are they?" 誰家的孩子？while I was in an elevator with C and K.
Not sure how much C and K pick up on the attention they get when we are out and about, the eyeing, the mumbling, the comments.
Not sure how much C and K pick up on the attention they get when we are out and about, the eyeing, the mumbling, the comments.
September 2, 2024 at 1:41 AM
Finally, someone asked "whose children are they?" 誰家的孩子？while I was in an elevator with C and K.
Not sure how much C and K pick up on the attention they get when we are out and about, the eyeing, the mumbling, the comments.
Not sure how much C and K pick up on the attention they get when we are out and about, the eyeing, the mumbling, the comments.
C came home with the monthly inquiry project. Topic was on breakfast. Parents shared pics of what their kids ate on padlet. First pic: kid eating durian...
Here's tornado C with his cheerios and milo. Cheerios are almost 3x more expensive than in Canada. Only our second time getting it in SG.
Here's tornado C with his cheerios and milo. Cheerios are almost 3x more expensive than in Canada. Only our second time getting it in SG.
August 28, 2024 at 3:00 PM
C came home with the monthly inquiry project. Topic was on breakfast. Parents shared pics of what their kids ate on padlet. First pic: kid eating durian...
Here's tornado C with his cheerios and milo. Cheerios are almost 3x more expensive than in Canada. Only our second time getting it in SG.
Here's tornado C with his cheerios and milo. Cheerios are almost 3x more expensive than in Canada. Only our second time getting it in SG.
Things that make me excited late at night, other than "me time with a glass of wine" are findings that make sense but also leave you much to wonder, like this one on number word training,
August 13, 2024 at 3:55 PM
Things that make me excited late at night, other than "me time with a glass of wine" are findings that make sense but also leave you much to wonder, like this one on number word training,
Reposted by Pierina Cheung
New AMPPS paper on coding open-ended data. Coding open-ended data is common in psychology (~20% of published papers include it), but authors rarely provide sufficient information to assess its validity or replicate its results. We provide suggestions. osf.io/preprints/ps... 1/6
OSF
osf.io
July 31, 2024 at 2:34 PM
New AMPPS paper on coding open-ended data. Coding open-ended data is common in psychology (~20% of published papers include it), but authors rarely provide sufficient information to assess its validity or replicate its results. We provide suggestions. osf.io/preprints/ps... 1/6
Does highlighting set size help children learn number words? Study with Theresa Wege and Rebecca Merkley is now up on underline, poster here osf.io/5knhe thanks to @cogscisociety.bsky.social for having virtual poster sessions esp for those who can't travel for overseas conferences
OSF
osf.io
July 26, 2024 at 5:15 PM
Does highlighting set size help children learn number words? Study with Theresa Wege and Rebecca Merkley is now up on underline, poster here osf.io/5knhe thanks to @cogscisociety.bsky.social for having virtual poster sessions esp for those who can't travel for overseas conferences
Baby K started going to full-time daycare on July 1. Since then, I finished one book (Celeste Ng's Everything I never told you, which made me cry), whole fam felt terribly sick twice, and I submitted three long overdue R&Rs. Happy Friday.
The two little monkeys.
The two little monkeys.
July 26, 2024 at 12:05 PM
Baby K started going to full-time daycare on July 1. Since then, I finished one book (Celeste Ng's Everything I never told you, which made me cry), whole fam felt terribly sick twice, and I submitted three long overdue R&Rs. Happy Friday.
The two little monkeys.
The two little monkeys.
Does anybody know of work that looks at when children understand the word "half"? @mclstrainee.bsky.social I know of older work on Spinillo & Bryant, Singer-freeman & goswami
June 12, 2024 at 5:16 AM
Does anybody know of work that looks at when children understand the word "half"? @mclstrainee.bsky.social I know of older work on Spinillo & Bryant, Singer-freeman & goswami
Reposted by Pierina Cheung
Hello world. Follow ManyNumbers updates here and free yourself of the other site.
June 7, 2024 at 6:00 PM
Hello world. Follow ManyNumbers updates here and free yourself of the other site.