Chaz Firestone
Cognitive scientist studying how we see + think @ Johns Hopkins University. 🇨🇦
Lab: perception.jhu.edu
- Reposted by Chaz FirestoneImagination in bonobos! I am thrilled to share a new paper w/ Amalia Bastos, out now in @science.org We provide the first experimental evidence that a nonhuman animal can follow along a pretend scenario & track imaginary objects. Work w/ Kanzi, the bonobo, at Ape Initiative youtu.be/NUSHcQQz2Ko
- happy "large boulder the size of a small boulder" day to all who celebrate
- wait heated rivalry is making wolf parade popular again?? what can't this show do
- mid-aught canadian indie high schoolers losing their minds
- my amazing colleagues write amazing books with amazing titles
- course reviews are in! as always i skip to the most valuable feedback
- rooted for the losing team in two of the most exciting sports moments of the year (ravens tonight and jays in the world series). crushed, but both were so awesome how sad can i be
- sad. i can be sad
- So fun to see this out! Thanks to friends, family, and colleagues for the support (and hi mom) perception.jhu.edu/files/PDFs/2...
- Reposted by Chaz Firestonethis reminds me that I should tell Jeremy Goodman that he was right and I was wrong about this, I tried to work on it for a while and the common knowledge case does create a ton of complications that don't arise for K-omega bsky.app/profile/jere...
- Reposted by Chaz FirestoneWe are seeking candidates for two tenured/tenure-track faculty positions: One in high-level vision, written language and/or conceptual representation apply.interfolio.com/178825 One in language apply.interfolio.com/178813 Please help us spread the word!
- Reposted by Chaz FirestoneBDH has done a vastly better job than the NYT so far. (You wouldn't be surprised.)
- heart is breaking for our beloved brown university and its community 💔
- someone made an ames room for our department’s holiday party cookie decorating contest and it’s a travesty that it didn’t win
- (the cookie was made by my graduate student and the judge was my 5 year old so i have mixed feelings about this situation)
- Love this work by @dillonplunkett.bsky.social and @jorge-morales.bsky.social! Representational momentum beyond motion 👇
- When we see something that's moving, our memories about it end up projected forward in time: We remember it further along than it was. In a new paper in 𝘗𝘴𝘺𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘚𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦, out today and led by @dillonplunkett.bsky.social, we demonstrate that this happens even when there is 𝙣𝙤 𝙢𝙤𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩𝙨𝙤𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧.🧵
- Reposted by Chaz FirestoneWhen we see something that's moving, our memories about it end up projected forward in time: We remember it further along than it was. In a new paper in 𝘗𝘴𝘺𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘚𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦, out today and led by @dillonplunkett.bsky.social, we demonstrate that this happens even when there is 𝙣𝙤 𝙢𝙤𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩𝙨𝙤𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧.🧵
- my chocolate-for-A+ policy is working great this year! 10/10 would recommend
- Reposted by Chaz FirestoneThank you to the 2025 IJE cohort who helped improve manuscripts this year via our pre-external review process! Matthew O'Donohue: scholar.google.com.au/citations?us... Marcell Székely: scholar.google.com/citations?hl... Zekun Sun: zekun-sun.github.io
- now i know how my closest collaborator got to be so wise
- people are ragging on this listening age thing but mine got my actual age exactly right so i don’t see the problem?
- The call for commentaries on our "Core Perception" paper is now live! We would love to know what you think about this new perspective on the nature of early emerging knowledge. Details here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal... Proposals due Dec 29!
- This is a big one! A 4-year writing project over many timezones, arguing for a reimagining of the influential "core knowledge" thesis. Led by @daweibai.bsky.social, we argue that much of our innate knowledge of the world is not "conceptual" in nature, but rather wired into perceptual processing. 👇
- Reposted by Chaz FirestoneI mostly make fun of posts like this, obviously, but I just have learned such an incredible amount from basically everyone in this department, and the vibes are great, and the work is so so good, I’m willing to compromise my Personal Brand on their behalf
- Reposted by Chaz FirestoneJust gave a colloq there last month and can confirm, awesome group of scientists!
- Well this is exciting! The Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences at Johns Hopkins University (@jhu.edu) invites applications for a full-time tenured or tenure-track faculty member in Cognitive Psychology, in any area and at any rank! Application + more info: apply.interfolio.com/178146
- Reposted by Chaz FirestoneCan’t imagine there’s anyone on the fence about applying who cares what I think, but fwiw and imho: this is a *really* exciting and special department, so if you were waiting for the Noam chompers signature endorsement™️ to apply, here you go
- Well this is exciting! The Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences at Johns Hopkins University (@jhu.edu) invites applications for a full-time tenured or tenure-track faculty member in Cognitive Psychology, in any area and at any rank! Application + more info: apply.interfolio.com/178146
- Well this is exciting! The Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences at Johns Hopkins University (@jhu.edu) invites applications for a full-time tenured or tenure-track faculty member in Cognitive Psychology, in any area and at any rank! Application + more info: apply.interfolio.com/178146
- Areas of research could include (but are not limited to) perception, concepts, memory, learning, language, action, reasoning, metacognition, social cognition, moral cognition, cognitive development, comparative/animal cognition, and decision-making.
- We are ideally looking to hire at the Associate Professor level. However, the search is open rank, so we also invite candidates for Full Professor, as well as exceptional candidates at the Assistant Professor stage, especially those nearing their tenure review.
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View full threadSince arriving to JHU in 2017, I've been blown away by the research environment here, and it's only gotten better since. I cannot imagine a warmer, more engaged, and more intellectually stimulating community to be a cognitive psychologist (not to mention strengths in the other search areas!).
- people are saying that Zekun Sun's research is awesome. (people are right.) learn more about Zekun and her work here! zekun-sun.github.io
- New paper from the lab, "Perceiving Event Structure in Brief Actions," now out in Cognitive Psychology :) Led by the inimitable Zekun Sun This was my lab's first foray into event cognition gift link: sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
- Reposted by Chaz FirestoneNew paper from the lab, "Perceiving Event Structure in Brief Actions," now out in Cognitive Psychology :) Led by the inimitable Zekun Sun This was my lab's first foray into event cognition gift link: sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
- knew european soccer was hard to follow, did not know it was also hard to parse
- Reposted by Chaz Firestone🚨🚨🚨 Our 52nd Annual Meeting will be held from June 18–20, 2026 at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, MD, with a pre-conference on Mental Control and Agency held at JHU on June 17 🚨🚨🚨 We are currently inviting submissions of papers (talks and posters)!
- Reposted by Chaz FirestoneAre humans really the only rational animals? Our NEW PAPER 🎉 out in @science.org suggests otherwise! In a large collaboration led with my joint first author @hanna-schleihauf.bsky.social, we show that “Chimpanzees rationally revise their beliefs” 🧵
- Amazing talk and visit by @laurasimonelewis.bsky.social!! Thank you for sharing your work with us here @jhu.edu
- we were so innocent back then
- @chazfirestone.bsky.social Your hotdog tweet is featured! :)
- we made it boys! (from the @chronicle.com)
- Reposted by Chaz FirestoneOMG it's @chazfirestone.bsky.social !
- showing the kiddos what brown university looks like! it’s where mommy and daddy met 🥰
- Excited to head north this week for some talks! Come say hi if you're nearby :) Wednesday (11/12) @ Brown: events.brown.edu/copsy/event/... Thursday (11/13) @ MIT: bcs.mit.edu/events/collo...
- also east side pockets shared my instagram story so that made my decade www.instagram.com/stories/dire...
- Excited to head north this week for some talks! Come say hi if you're nearby :) Wednesday (11/12) @ Brown: events.brown.edu/copsy/event/... Thursday (11/13) @ MIT: bcs.mit.edu/events/collo...
- Congratulations (and thank you) to @talboger.bsky.social, who lectured in front of nearly 500 @jhu.edu undergraduates today on the psychology of music! They didn’t see it coming, and then they loved it :)
- So enjoyed hearing @ruizhegoh.bsky.social share his work on the perception of silence on the latest episode of @vox.com’s “unexplainable” podcast! 🤫 #poopoo open.spotify.com/episode/6V2a...
- Reposted by Chaz Firestoneme: finding a recent and relevant Chaz phil vis paper that I had missed through zohran-posting
- you: nobody reads papers anymore, how are we supposed to do any deep thinking together as a scholarly community me, an intellectual: have you seen this zohran mamdani sign generator
- also me: i’m still using bluesky like it’s twitter aren’t i
- this is how my views will finally catch on
- The Mamdani political sign generator is kinda fun homes.luddy.indiana.edu/ccshan/for/for.html
- This is a big one! A 4-year writing project over many timezones, arguing for a reimagining of the influential "core knowledge" thesis. Led by @daweibai.bsky.social, we argue that much of our innate knowledge of the world is not "conceptual" in nature, but rather wired into perceptual processing. 👇
- tfw the ceremony is scheduled at peak bedtime (thank you apa!! and everyone!!)
- Massive congratulations to my friend and @jhu.edu colleague, @chazfirestone.bsky.social! Chaz will receive the 2025 APA Distinguished Scientific Award for an Early Career Contribution to Psychology, in the area of perception and motor performance. A well-earned honor for a superstar!
- my team lost and it was still the best world series of all time
