Moira (Molly) Dillon

@Moira_Dillon

Cognitive Scientist 👩‍🔬 🧠 investigating the origins and development of abstract thought; Assistant Professor @NYUPsych and PI of @LDM_NYU

New York, NY

Joined March 2009

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Moira (Molly) Dillon@Moira_Dillon · Jan 6, 2023

Thanks to @PsychScience for interviewing me for the Jan/Feb issue of the #Observer on #PsychSci and #AI. 👶🤖 Check out my interview here! psychologicalscience.org/observer/caree…

Moira_Dillon's tweet card. Moira Dillon, an assistant professor at New York University, discusses her research into how infants’ intelligence can contribute to the future of developing humanlike artificial intelligence.

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labdevelopingmind@LDM_NYU · Jul 23, 2024

Last Friday, we celebrated the LDM's 7th Birthday! It was an afternoon filled with fun party games, lots of laughter, and yummy macarons! We are so grateful for the incredible LDM family of researchers and child scientists we have built over the years. Excited for year #8! 🥳

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Moira (Molly) Dillon@Moira_Dillon · Jun 28, 2024

"what seem like unitary concepts in ordinary language are never quite so, always already open to different evocations depending on context. If so, this may explain philosophical confusions (Reilly 2019)…. My example here again is geometry…." peterlang.com/document/10571…

MMoira (Molly) Dillon@Moira_Dillon · Jun 28, 2024

Paper published! 📜 Check out my longer-format commentary, "Divisive language" in @BBSJournal. I explore the relation between core knowledge 👶🧠 and language 💬 in response to Elizabeth Spelke's spectacular book 📘, "What babies know" bit.ly/4cCN0co

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