Marina Bazhydai

LCICD 2026 is on! The 10th Lancaster International Conference on Infant and Early Child Development will be held in Lancaster, UK on 26-28 August, 2026.
Abstract submission deadline: 24th April 2026: wp.lancs.ac.uk/lcicd/

No Evidence for Curiosity‐Driven Information Selection Advantage in Infants’ Novel Word Learning The cognitive mechanisms and benefits of active learning in early child development are poorly understood. The current study investigated 20–23-month-old infants’ curiosity-driven information select.....

New publication! We are extremely excited to see this completed and published as a Registered Report - despite finding a null result on the effect of curiosity on infant word learning - with @gertwestermann.bsky.social @elenacaltmann.bsky.social

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Frontiers | Children's Teaching Teaching is a unique social learning mechanism – it contributes to cumulative culture and allows for the high-fidelity transmission of relevant knowledge and...

Happy to share the completed Research Topic focusing on children as teachers featuring novel insights into this under-studied area of child development: www.frontiersin.org/research-top...

Really looking forward to the Stage 2 Registered Report of this exciting upcoming study on curiosity by @eodonoghue.bsky.social @mjgruber.bsky.social @pyoudeyer.bsky.social @yanafandakova.bsky.social - recommended by @pci-regreports.bsky.social

Join the UK Curiosity Network – Inaugural Workshop!
📅 25 November 2025 | 📍 Lancaster University, UK

This event will bring together scholars from across disciplines interested in the study of curiosity.

👉 Read more & register: www.curiosity-battery.co.uk/uk-curiosity...

Next Meeting EPS Meeting: Lancaster University. 2nd – 4th April 2025. This meeting will include the joint 23rd EPS Mid-Career Prize Lecture by Jennifer Rodd (with an accompanying symposium organised by Jo …

Later this week is #EPSLancaster25! ☀️🧠😎

For all the up to date information, please check our website.

eps.ac.uk/next-meeting/

The Infant and Toddler Curiosity Questionnaire: A Validated Caregiver‐Report Measure of Curiosity in Children From 5 to 24 Months Humans are curious. Especially children are known for their drive to explore and learn, which is crucial for developing in and navigating through our complex world. Naturally, some children may be mo...

Very pleased to present our 23-item parent-report measure of curiosity in infants, featuring also three subscales of sensory, investigative, and interactive curiosity. Check it out #DevSci - we hope it will become a powerful tool for developmental research!
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Challenges and promises of big team comparative cognition - our #BigTeamScience piece out in @naturehumbehav.bsky.social

DevStart_Workshop Eye-Tracking Workshop for Developmental Scientists. Eye-tracking is a powerful tool for studying cognition, particularly in developmental science where participants like infants and young children can...

Ever wondered how to master eye-tracking in developmental science? 🤔 Join us at the next #DevStart workshop (3–4 April 2025, London)! Hands-on tutorials, open-source tools, and a poster session to share your projects. 🤓 For more info and registration see the link below! 👇

Operationalization of Curiosity in Childhood: A Scoping Review Registration of review protocol for a scoping review of how curiosity has been measured in the research literature, and how different measurement approaches relate to different definitions of curiosit...

We are busy conducting a scoping review of children's curiosity measures: osf.io/n8vt5/?view_...

Home Welcome!

Our recently launched Curiosity Battery project has a shiny new website: www.curiosity-battery.co.uk! Exciting work ahead with @mhprenevost.bsky.social & Lily FitzGibbon, funded by the Leverhulme Trust @leverhulme.bsky.social

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LCICD 2025 is happening in Lancaster, UK, from Aug 27th to 29th, 2025! wp.lancs.ac.uk/lcicd/