Natalie Christie Peluso 🧠
@nataliepeluso.com
PhD candidate in social cognition using naturalistic faces across the lifespan. Former successful opera singer, now I study faces instead of making really strange ones while singing really loud. Also @brisepsi.bsky.social
Agree. I still remember songs from my teens and it wouldn't matter if 25 years had passed
If the song comes on, I'm singing them word for word 😁
If the song comes on, I'm singing them word for word 😁
February 17, 2026 at 11:21 AM
Agree. I still remember songs from my teens and it wouldn't matter if 25 years had passed
If the song comes on, I'm singing them word for word 😁
If the song comes on, I'm singing them word for word 😁
Oooh looking forward!
February 17, 2026 at 7:26 AM
Oooh looking forward!
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Brains learn structure without reward, instruction, or feedback — a process called statistical learning.
Human infants do this effortlessly (famous work by Saffran et al 1996), but how does the brain implement it?
2/7
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Human infants do this effortlessly (famous work by Saffran et al 1996), but how does the brain implement it?
2/7
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Statistical Learning by 8-Month-Old Infants
Learners rely on a combination of experience-independent and experience-dependent mechanisms to extract information from the environment. Language acquisition involves both types of mechanisms, but mo...
www.science.org
February 16, 2026 at 1:01 PM
Brains learn structure without reward, instruction, or feedback — a process called statistical learning.
Human infants do this effortlessly (famous work by Saffran et al 1996), but how does the brain implement it?
2/7
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Human infants do this effortlessly (famous work by Saffran et al 1996), but how does the brain implement it?
2/7
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Reposted by Natalie Christie Peluso 🧠
I'm writing a book. Every working day begins with me rewriting what I wrote the day before, and the day before that. If your reaction to that is "AI could save you that trouble," I know you're not a writer. Computer programs can't sleep on it, can't dream an idea, can't suddenly realize something.
February 16, 2026 at 3:57 PM
I'm writing a book. Every working day begins with me rewriting what I wrote the day before, and the day before that. If your reaction to that is "AI could save you that trouble," I know you're not a writer. Computer programs can't sleep on it, can't dream an idea, can't suddenly realize something.
Please let it be so
February 15, 2026 at 8:04 PM
Please let it be so
It's actually the follow-up to Deftones' Diamond Eyes where owl is now an exhausted parent
February 15, 2026 at 8:03 PM
It's actually the follow-up to Deftones' Diamond Eyes where owl is now an exhausted parent
The Guardian has consistently stepped up this year
February 15, 2026 at 5:38 AM
The Guardian has consistently stepped up this year
I suspect this is partly influenced by wealthy people populating the artistic professions because they're the only ones who can afford to do it. I had no idea until I became a professional opera singer. The performing arts especially has rich kids everywhere
February 13, 2026 at 9:10 PM
I suspect this is partly influenced by wealthy people populating the artistic professions because they're the only ones who can afford to do it. I had no idea until I became a professional opera singer. The performing arts especially has rich kids everywhere