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@manybabies.orgReposted by @manybabies.orgManyBabies folks will be interested in many of the sessions at this year’s BTSCON, including a panel about what we’ve learned from the first 10 years of MB. Check out the program and register now! All fees are optional, but MB gets a share of the proceeds ☺️
@nscorralfrias.bsky.socialReposted by @manybabies.orgJoin us the Big Team Science Conference, where I'll be presenting live via Zoom on Tuesday, October 6 from 22:00-22:55 UTC (3 pm Arizona time). "Improving Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Open Science: Recognizing Strengths and Opportunities in the Majority World"
@valkuhlmeier.bsky.socialReposted by @manybabies.orgThis survey is still open! Help us shape canine cognition research!
@proflaurenmyers.bsky.socialReposted by @manybabies.orgI’ll be presenting next week @btscon.bsky.social on integrating undergraduate students into big team science projects in an advanced course. Come check out my presentation on Tuesday 10/6 at 2pm Eastern!
@manybabies.orgManyBabies folks will be interested in many of the sessions at this year’s BTSCON, including a panel about what we’ve learned from the first 10 years of MB. Check out the program and register now! All fees are optional, but MB gets a share of the proceeds ☺️
The result forces us to re-think rule-learning: is early rule-learning a robust, universal ability, or context-dependent? It also shows the value of large, pre-registered, blinded, team-science replication for knowing what our field actually stands on. 6/
Robust finding across different factors: no moderation by age, by mono-/multilingualism, or by method. No leftover heterogeneity between labs. Robust to our pre-processing & analysis choices. 30 of 31 samples showed no rule-learning effect. 5/
The result: no difference in looking to consistent vs inconsistent patterns. No evidence of rule learning. And a Bayesian analysis gives strong evidence for the null (BF₀₁ ≈ 30) — this is a positive finding of “no effect,” not merely a failure to detect one. 4/
ManyBabies 3 is a large, cross-linguistic conceptual replication: 650 analysed infants, ages 5–12 months, 33 primary languages, mono- & multilingual, across 3 paradigms (headturn, central fixation, eye-tracking). Stimuli phonologically balanced across languages. 3/
The original (@garymarcus.bsky.social 1999): infants hear “ga ti ti” (ABB) or “ga ti ga” (ABA), then generalise the pattern to brand-new syllables. It’s been cited 1900+ times as evidence infants learn algebraic, grammar-like rules — a cornerstone of infant cognition. 2/
New paper 🍼📄 ManyBabies 3 is out (open access, registered report in Developmental Science). 30 labs, 33 languages, 839 infants set out to replicate a textbook finding: 7-month-olds learn abstract rules from speech (@garymarcus.bsky.social et al., 1999). We didn’t find it. 🧵
This was a fantastic team effort across 30+ labs 🌍 Paper (open access), data & code all public. > 📄 doi.org/10.1111/desc... > 💻 github.com/manybabies/m... > #ManyBabies #InfantCognition #OpenScience #DevSci, lead team: Andreea Geambaşu, Melanie Soderstrom, and Claartje Levelt
@manybabies.org🚨 Publication alert!
Exploring Variation in Infants' Preference for Infant-directed Speech: Evidence From a Multi-Site Study in Africa
Congrats to the entire MB1-Africa team!
@manybabies.orgNew ManyBabies publication! Over 10+ years and 5,000+ babies tested, we've learned a ton about how to study the developing mind. In this comment, we discuss three such lessons that are shaping the future of ManyBabies. We'd love to hear your thoughts!
