app03 Fri, 11 Sep 2026 00:11:44 +0000 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) The It's Innate! Podcast - Episodes Tagged with “Inhibitory Control” https://itsinnate.fireside.fm/tags/inhibitory%20control Thu, 10 Sep 2026 09:00:00 -0400 Two opinionated developmental cognitive scientists wax theoretical about how infants and children acquire knowledge! en-us episodic A podcast by two developmental cognitive scientists Deon Benton & Jenny Wang Two opinionated developmental cognitive scientists wax theoretical about how infants and children acquire knowledge! no cognitive development, developmental psychology, cognitive science, nature vs. nurture, psychology, social science, science Deon Benton & Jenny Wang theitsinnatepodcast@gmail.com Episode 44: Staying ahead of the curv[ature deviance] (with Dave Sobel) https://itsinnate.fireside.fm/44 a01c1f8d-6be7-4a80-9c85-65f6fe6d6c47 Thu, 10 Sep 2026 09:00:00 -0400 Deon Benton & Jenny Wang full Deon Benton & Jenny Wang 2:13:02 no <p>What a jam-packed episode this was. We chatted with Professor Dave Sobel — Professor of Psychology at Brown University in the Department of Cognitive and Psychological Sciences, and Deon's former postdoc mentor — about everything from his participation in a cognitive science summer program during high school at Stanford University to early life tragedies to the inception of the world-renowned "blicket detector" to his enduring interest in poetry, among many other things. We may or may not have also chatted about his early life of crime. (It's not what you think, or maybe it is if you know Dave. Ha!)</p> <p>In addition to all of this, we also spoke with Dave about his recent <em>Psychological Review</em> paper entitled, "Using the dynamics of children's reaching to examine the role of inhibitory control in social cognitive development". In it, Dave discusses how a rarely used method called "reach trajectory tracking" can be used <strong>in real time</strong> to elucidate the mechanisms supporting inhibitory control as well as about how inhibitory control is comprised of separate processes (rather than a single, homogenous one). </p> <p><strong>Links</strong></p> <p>Sobel, D. M. (2026). Using the dynamics of children’s reaching to examine the role of inhibitory control in social cognitive development. <em>Psychological Review.</em> Advance online publication. <a href="https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2028-03086-001" rel="nofollow noopener">Link</a> Special Guest: Dave Sobel.</p> inhibitory control, cognitive development, causal reasoning, causal learning, mentoring, developmental science, developmental psychology What a jam-packed episode this was. We chatted with Professor Dave Sobel — Professor of Psychology at Brown University in the Department of Cognitive and Psychological Sciences, and Deon's former postdoc mentor — about everything from his participation in a cognitive science summer program during high school at Stanford University to early life tragedies to the inception of the world-renowned "blicket detector" to his enduring interest in poetry, among many other things. We may or may not have also chatted about his early life of crime. (It's not what you think, or maybe it is if you know Dave. Ha!)

In addition to all of this, we also spoke with Dave about his recent Psychological Review paper entitled, "Using the dynamics of children's reaching to examine the role of inhibitory control in social cognitive development". In it, Dave discusses how a rarely used method called "reach trajectory tracking" can be used in real time to elucidate the mechanisms supporting inhibitory control as well as about how inhibitory control is comprised of separate processes (rather than a single, homogenous one).

Links

Sobel, D. M. (2026). Using the dynamics of children’s reaching to examine the role of inhibitory control in social cognitive development. Psychological Review. Advance online publication. Link

Special Guest: Dave Sobel.

]]> What a jam-packed episode this was. We chatted with Professor Dave Sobel — Professor of Psychology at Brown University in the Department of Cognitive and Psychological Sciences, and Deon's former postdoc mentor — about everything from his participation in a cognitive science summer program during high school at Stanford University to early life tragedies to the inception of the world-renowned "blicket detector" to his enduring interest in poetry, among many other things. We may or may not have also chatted about his early life of crime. (It's not what you think, or maybe it is if you know Dave. Ha!)

In addition to all of this, we also spoke with Dave about his recent Psychological Review paper entitled, "Using the dynamics of children's reaching to examine the role of inhibitory control in social cognitive development". In it, Dave discusses how a rarely used method called "reach trajectory tracking" can be used in real time to elucidate the mechanisms supporting inhibitory control as well as about how inhibitory control is comprised of separate processes (rather than a single, homogenous one).

Links

Sobel, D. M. (2026). Using the dynamics of children’s reaching to examine the role of inhibitory control in social cognitive development. Psychological Review. Advance online publication. Link

Special Guest: Dave Sobel.

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