J. Kiley Hamlin

Proud of this program we started at @UBCPsych! The PIE Fund creates opportunities for students from underrepresented backgrounds psych.ubc.ca/news/pie-fund-…

🚨 Steven Frankland and I are recruiting jointly-advised graduate students to work on high-level cognition! They will be part of the Cognitive Science Program at Dartmouth and earn their Ph.D. in Psychological and Brain Sciences. Deadline is Dec 1: tinyurl.com/dartcogsphd

Work with us! We invite applications for a Lecturer position in Psychology with an anticipated start date of July 1, 2025. Apply by January 5, 2025. Learn more and apply: bit.ly/3NVRxwe

I have a confession and a plea to folks who are flirting with voting Jill Stein. When I was a 20 year old college student in 2000, I voted for Ralph Nader instead of Al Gore. I loved the progressive message Nader offered, and Bush and Gore seemed kinda the same to someone who was paying peripheral attention. I've regretted that vote for my entire adult life. Ultimately, George Bush won by a margin of 500+ votes in the state of Florida over Gore. And that was the ballgame. Ralph Nader peeled 97,000+ votes away from Gore. If only 600 of those 90,000 had voted for the major party candidate that more aligned with their values, things would have been very different. When I was in my senior year of college, 9/11 happened. The country and western world rallied around Bush's resolute response to the traumatizing terror attacks. I was in NY at the time, and it was a terrifying moment for the nation. But the consequences of Bush being in office at that moment were immense. Bush's disdain for his dad's nemesis, Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, led him to invent a rationale to invade a country that literally had nothing to do with 9/11. End result? He killed hundreds of thousands of Iraqi people, thousands of American troops, and spent over a trillion dollars of taxpayer money in the process. Beyond the completely immoral and indefensible Iraq War, Bush was a complete disaster as a president. His "No Child Left Behind" effort turned public schools into standardized testing centers. He tripled down on fossil fuels and ignored climate change. His tax cuts for the rich helped contribute to the 2008 economic downturn that led to the Great Recession. He was a terrible president. In an alternate reality, Al Gore would have been president in 2001 when terrorists attacked America. Would he have gone into Iraq? Absolutely not. Would he have ignored global warming? 100% no! Gore was perhaps the preeminent proponent of fighting climate change at that time. Would he have passed massive tax cuts for the wealthy? No way. This is a sliding doors scenario. What would have happened? We can't be sure. But one thing is for sure: those votes for Ralph Nader (in Florida in particular) were EXCEPTIONALLY consequential for the lives of millions around the world. Gore would have offered a more forward-facing, environmentally conscious & peaceful presidency that wasn't so rooted in grievance and privilege. My point is: Either Kamala Harris or Donald Trump will win the election. That is a fact. You might feel the need to submit a "protest vote" as I did in 2000. Just be ready to wear it when Donald Trump wins, strips away reproductive rights from all Americans, implements an economy-destroying tariff, dismantles the entire federal government, eliminates the Department of Education, prosecutes his perceived enemies, and devolves America into chaos. There are no perfect choices. But rest assured, there are only two. Trust me - I've been wearing my vote for a quarter century.

Proof of concept. Higher order neurons coding for faces are 'hard-wired' in the brain of chicks. No prior experience with faces required. Stunning video evidence. doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2…

New on the Baby Blog - Introducing translational parentomics: Understanding and nurturing parenting as the place where development happens by @LivioProvenzi infantstudies.org/introducing-tr… #infantstudies #Research

We're hiring! Assistant Professor of Developmental Psychology @UCDavisPsych recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF06660

Want to study how humans think about social relationships? I'm reading grad applications this cycle! More about me ashleyjthomas.com more about the Thomas Lab harvardlds.org/our-labs/thoma…

Another great @ABRIR_Psy and @PsychRStats collaboration! Make sure to follow this tutorial and stay tuned for more!

Wait so @Tim_Walz took on another JOB (coaching middle school track and basketball) to pay off a kid’s lunch debt…and then became Governor and made school lunches free. Absolute boss.

We welcome Dr. @JkayFlake, another new @UBCPsych faculty member! Dr. Flake comes to @UBC from @McGillPsych. In a Q&A she discusses her research and what she does outside of the lab and classroom.⁠ bit.ly/4fMQQlL

BEST MOMENT OF NIGHT AT DNC: Michelle Obama to Trump: “Who is going to tell him that the job that he is currently seeking might just me one of those ‘black jobs’?”

Every word. Every single word.

I'd like to hire a post-doc, to start this summer or fall. It'd be great if you could share this widely with people you think might be interested. More details on the position & how to apply: bit.ly/cocodev_postdo… Official posting: academicpositions.harvard.edu/postings/13532

@DeonTBenton Oh I need at least one per paragraph! 👍🏻

I adore shepherding students through their first papers. We discuss academic norms for how to argue, write, and edit. Posting one big norm that newbies need to hear:

She didn't buy it. And I do this for a living! (tho, apparently, not well)

because she felt she MUST have intended the side effect because the did the cause of it "on purpose"; she therefore must be to blame. Took all my parental and mental stamina to try to explain that she could, in fact, intend the cause but not the outcome...

Moral psychology at home: My just-turned-5-year-old daughter REALLY struggling with the role of side effects in blame...twice this weekend something she did led to an unintended negative consequence. She was beside herself with grief...

Grateful to Wiley + the Developmental Science Editors for inviting a vision for greater diversity, equity, and inclusion in developmental research. My editorial is now published. I welcome all feedback. Look forward to participating in much-needed change. bit.ly/3WwSE9t