This work was made possible by my amazing collaborators and supervisors, Tabitha Nduku Kilonzo, @janengelmann.bsky.social, and @alisongopnik.bsky.social 🦒

These findings tentatively suggest that picture-based assessments may sometimes underestimate children’s capacities, particularly in some global contexts where children may have relatively little experience with pictures.

I started data collection for this project in 2015, so this paper is literally a decade in the making. I’m so grateful to Susan Carey, a brilliant and generous mentor who encouraged me to pursue my own project as a lab manager, and then encouraged me to write it up as a solo author years later.

Proud of you 👏👏🎉🐱