Does the culture you grow up in shape the way you see the world? In a new Psych Review paper, @chazfirestone & I tackle this centuries-old question using the Müller-Lyer illusion as a case study. Come think through one of history's mysteries with us🧵(1/13):

RT @aganimian: NEW @nature article w/Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo, Liz Spelke + fantastic team! ☑️Children working can use arithmetic…

@ChrisKrupenye @TownrowLuke @PNASNews @ApeInitiative @JohnsHopkins @JHUArtsSciences Very cool!

RT @chazfirestone: Fantastic @verybadwizards episode on top-down effects on perception! And a timely exchange: @tamler: What about the exp…

@chazfirestone @DukePsychNeuro You’re too kind! 🥲

RT @chazfirestone: Can our culture alter how we see the world around us? In a new paper, @DorsaAmir and I dig through >100 years of schola…

Lastly, it was a true pleasure to work with the inimitable Chaz Firestone on this question — this paper first began as a casual conversation when we were both graduate students & matured into a very rewarding & engaging collaboration. We welcome all of your thoughts! (13/13)

Came across a fun bit of marginalia from Darwin’s personal library: In a copy of “Principles of Geology”, Lyell argues that animal varieties can change over time, but never deviate enough to form new species. “If this were true,” Darwin scrawls in the margin, “adios theory”.

RT @voooooogel: my "I ALWAYS DEFECT IN ITERATED PRISONER'S DILEMMAS" shirt is attracting fewer cooperators than i hoped for