My lab at USC is recruiting!
1) research coordinator: perfect for a recent graduate looking for research experience before applying to PhD programs: usccareers.usc.edu REQ20167829
2) PhD students: see FAQs on lab website dornsife.usc.edu/hklab/faq/

And if you have an extra minute, read the story @rebeccasaxe.bsky.social wrote about making a modern Mother and Child image in an MRI machine. (5/5) www.smithsonianmag.com/science-natu...

In our recent review, @rebeccasaxe.bsky.social & I bring together fMRI & fNIRS findings from the last decade to argue that babies not only perceive faces but they also attribute meaning to those faces. It’s a short read and we’d love to hear your thoughts. (4/5) doi.org/10.1177/0963...

Do babies really infer meaning from the people around them? Are their brains able to process more than the onslaught of sights & sounds hitting their sensory organs? These Qs have fascinated philosophers & scientists for millennia. How do babies experience their environments? (3/5)

There many reasons the Madonna and Child image holds diverse audiences captive. It evokes not just the love a parent has a child but also the love a child has for a parent. The art depicts a relationship between 2 people, going beyond merely perceiving a collection of shapes. (2/5)

When you see this image, does it make you wonder what that baby is thinking. Do you think the baby is merely perceiving a set of shapes or do you think that the baby is also inferring meaning from the face they are looking at? (1/5)