app02 Wed, 24 Jun 2026 02:48:11 +0000 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) The It's Innate! Podcast - Episodes Tagged with “Moral Cognition” https://itsinnate.fireside.fm/tags/moral%20cognition Sat, 17 Jan 2026 09:00:00 -0500 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 32: Moral kombat (with Kiley Hamlin) https://itsinnate.fireside.fm/32 b42e2353-1d70-4b21-a770-e31f7b999010 Sat, 17 Jan 2026 09:00:00 -0500 Deon Benton & Jenny Wang full Deon Benton & Jenny Wang 1:56:20 no <p>We were so lucky to be joined in this episode by the inestimable Professor Kiley Hamlin. In the first segment, we chatted about how Kiley got interested in developmental science as well as about what it was like to be trained by Amanda Woodward (undergrad), Karen Wynn (grad), Paul Bloom (grad), and Laurie Santos (grad). </p> <p>In the second segment, we chat about her recent paper in Nature Communications — this paper tested whether sociomoral evaluation is innate in 5 day olds. We also chat about how to reconcile the main finding of this paper — that 5-day-olds prefer helping events over hindering events — with the recent ManyBabies failure (you'll definitely want to hear her thoughts), as well as about her recent struggles to replicate classic findings in the lab but not online. We pondered about whether this is unique to Professor Hamlin or in fact is indicative of a much larger issue in the field. You're in for a treat with this one.</p> <p><strong>Links</strong></p> <p>Geraci, A., Surian, L., Tina, L. G., &amp; Hamlin, J. K. (2025). Human newborns spontaneously attend to prosocial interactions. Nature Communications, 16(1), 6304. <a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/desc.70124" rel="nofollow noopener">Link</a> </p> moral cognition, developmental psychology, nativism vs. empiricism, nature vs. nurture We were so lucky to be joined in this episode by the inestimable Professor Kiley Hamlin. In the first segment, we chatted about how Kiley got interested in developmental science as well as about what it was like to be trained by Amanda Woodward (undergrad), Karen Wynn (grad), Paul Bloom (grad), and Laurie Santos (grad).

In the second segment, we chat about her recent paper in Nature Communications — this paper tested whether sociomoral evaluation is innate in 5 day olds. We also chat about how to reconcile the main finding of this paper — that 5-day-olds prefer helping events over hindering events — with the recent ManyBabies failure (you'll definitely want to hear her thoughts), as well as about her recent struggles to replicate classic findings in the lab but not online. We pondered about whether this is unique to Professor Hamlin or in fact is indicative of a much larger issue in the field. You're in for a treat with this one.

Links

Geraci, A., Surian, L., Tina, L. G., & Hamlin, J. K. (2025). Human newborns spontaneously attend to prosocial interactions. Nature Communications, 16(1), 6304. Link

]]> We were so lucky to be joined in this episode by the inestimable Professor Kiley Hamlin. In the first segment, we chatted about how Kiley got interested in developmental science as well as about what it was like to be trained by Amanda Woodward (undergrad), Karen Wynn (grad), Paul Bloom (grad), and Laurie Santos (grad).

In the second segment, we chat about her recent paper in Nature Communications — this paper tested whether sociomoral evaluation is innate in 5 day olds. We also chat about how to reconcile the main finding of this paper — that 5-day-olds prefer helping events over hindering events — with the recent ManyBabies failure (you'll definitely want to hear her thoughts), as well as about her recent struggles to replicate classic findings in the lab but not online. We pondered about whether this is unique to Professor Hamlin or in fact is indicative of a much larger issue in the field. You're in for a treat with this one.

Links

Geraci, A., Surian, L., Tina, L. G., & Hamlin, J. K. (2025). Human newborns spontaneously attend to prosocial interactions. Nature Communications, 16(1), 6304. Link

]]> Episode 14: The "moral principles" infants live by (with Fransisca Ting) https://itsinnate.fireside.fm/14 2a1629de-21c7-46b7-9ea1-b1adfc1443f9 Wed, 05 Apr 2023 20:00:00 -0400 Deon Benton & Jenny Wang full Deon Benton & Jenny Wang 1:39:28 no <p>In this episode, we talk with Dr. Fransisca Ting about her chapter on infant morality, "Principles and Concepts in Early Moral Cognition". We specifically discuss whether, in fact, infants are born with moral principles, what those principles might, and whether there is evidence for such a position.</p> <p><strong>Links</strong></p> <p>Ting, F., Dawkins, M. B., Stavans, M., &amp; Baillargeon, R. (2019). Principles and concepts in early moral cognition. The social brain: A developmental perspective, 41-65. <a href="https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&amp;lr=&amp;id=uM7tDwAAQBAJ&amp;oi=fnd&amp;pg=PT27&amp;dq=fransisca+ting+infant+morality&amp;ots=oAqGY5yBn3&amp;sig=o8e2SAFu942ZP4wrSwGAtCm80rw#v=onepage&amp;q=fransisca%20ting%20infant%20morality&amp;f=false" rel="nofollow noopener">Link</a> Special Guest: Fransisca Ting.</p> sociomoral development, moral cognition, child development, cognitive development In this episode, we talk with Dr. Fransisca Ting about her chapter on infant morality, "Principles and Concepts in Early Moral Cognition". We specifically discuss whether, in fact, infants are born with moral principles, what those principles might, and whether there is evidence for such a position.

Links

Ting, F., Dawkins, M. B., Stavans, M., & Baillargeon, R. (2019). Principles and concepts in early moral cognition. The social brain: A developmental perspective, 41-65. Link

Special Guest: Fransisca Ting.

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Links

Ting, F., Dawkins, M. B., Stavans, M., & Baillargeon, R. (2019). Principles and concepts in early moral cognition. The social brain: A developmental perspective, 41-65. Link

Special Guest: Fransisca Ting.

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