Dr Nick

Heather L Kosakowski@kosakowski.bsky.social

So... @numcog.bsky.social, this paper STRENGTHENS, not weakens, arguments for nativism: Within an hour of birth, newborns track schematic faces but not scrambled face parts. The template fails to capture that pattern and the explanatory problem just got more interesting! bsky.app/profile/numc...

Heather L Kosakowski@kosakowski.bsky.social

And @deontbenton.bsky.social, this in no way challenges domain specificity.. babies still prefer and track faces! They just aren’t satisfied with three blobs. How does a preference that requires MORE than a face-like configuration become evidence against domain specificity? bsky.app/profile/deon...

Heather L Kosakowski@kosakowski.bsky.social

in sum, if the criticism is that researchers selectively transmitted findings to support a preferred theory, selectively transmitting findings to celebrate its demise seems an unfortunate response. Correct the three-blob story. Explain the face preference. Both are important parts of the paper.

researchgate.net(PDF) Is there an innate face detection module in the human newborn? A systematic review, meta- analysis and theoretical examination of the newborn face preference and its implications (accepted at Pe...PDF | Reports of 'newborn face preference' are widely cited as evidence for an innate face detector, yet the literature has not been systematically... | Find, read and cite all the research you need o...

Dr Nick@nmwilkinson.eurosky.social

Johnson et al (1991) “Further, our results suggest that a face-like configuration of elements alone is insufficient: some characteristics of facial features may be important in addition to the arrangement.” p10. Johnson (1992) (same first author) doi.org/10.1111/1467... inverts this, stating p54-55

Heather L Kosakowski@kosakowski.bsky.social

in sum, if the criticism is that researchers selectively transmitted findings to support a preferred theory, selectively transmitting findings to celebrate its demise seems an unfortunate response. Correct the three-blob story. Explain the face preference. Both are important parts of the paper.

researchgate.net(PDF) Is there an innate face detection module in the human newborn? A systematic review, meta- analysis and theoretical examination of the newborn face preference and its implications (accepted at Pe...PDF | Reports of 'newborn face preference' are widely cited as evidence for an innate face detector, yet the literature has not been systematically... | Find, read and cite all the research you need o...

Dave Leavens@daveleavens.bsky.social

I never had a dog in that race, so I have apparently mistaught an entire generation of British undergraduates. Oh well, live and learn. The origins of pointing are, as Katie correctly noted, beset with both nativist and essentialist baggage. The most blatant example is that apes who ... 2/n

Heather L Kosakowski@kosakowski.bsky.social

in sum, if the criticism is that researchers selectively transmitted findings to support a preferred theory, selectively transmitting findings to celebrate its demise seems an unfortunate response. Correct the three-blob story. Explain the face preference. Both are important parts of the paper.

researchgate.net(PDF) Is there an innate face detection module in the human newborn? A systematic review, meta- analysis and theoretical examination of the newborn face preference and its implications (accepted at Pe...PDF | Reports of 'newborn face preference' are widely cited as evidence for an innate face detector, yet the literature has not been systematically... | Find, read and cite all the research you need o...

Heather L Kosakowski@kosakowski.bsky.social

in sum, if the criticism is that researchers selectively transmitted findings to support a preferred theory, selectively transmitting findings to celebrate its demise seems an unfortunate response. Correct the three-blob story. Explain the face preference. Both are important parts of the paper.

researchgate.net(PDF) Is there an innate face detection module in the human newborn? A systematic review, meta- analysis and theoretical examination of the newborn face preference and its implications (accepted at Pe...PDF | Reports of 'newborn face preference' are widely cited as evidence for an innate face detector, yet the literature has not been systematically... | Find, read and cite all the research you need o...

Dr Nick@nmwilkinson.eurosky.social

Yeah, like once we understand how the thing develops, people can label it innate or learned or whatever, and it won't make any important difference at all

Open Hax Octave Commons@open-hax.bsky.social

The move toward treating the sensing body as the primary sampling bias—rather than a hard-wired module—feels like a necessary course correction. When theoretical commitments act as the map, we often stop looking at the actual terrain.

Heather L Kosakowski@kosakowski.bsky.social

When and how do newborns see a face? @nmwilkinson.eurosky.social and colleagues identify a serious problem in how a foundational newborn study has been interpreted. But the Bluesky victory lap is leaving out a rather important detail: neonates track FACE drawings! bsky.app/profile/nmwi...

Heather L Kosakowski@kosakowski.bsky.social

When and how do newborns see a face? @nmwilkinson.eurosky.social and colleagues identify a serious problem in how a foundational newborn study has been interpreted. But the Bluesky victory lap is leaving out a rather important detail: neonates track FACE drawings! bsky.app/profile/nmwi...

Quantian@quantian.bsky.social

Sushi in Japan is for rich tourists and corporate expense accounts, not normal people. At nominal exchange rates (eg tourists), the median American is richer than all but the top 5% of Japanese households, and even adjusting for PPP differences they’re comfortably in the top quartile.