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How do humans learn to weight signals when reasoning about emotions? Children change both kinds of cues they rely on and the ways they use cues in their reasoning. New work from Andrea Stein using adorable stimuli, too. 🧪 dx.doi.org/10.1111/desc... #cogsci #devsci #AffectSci
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This is the first paper out from a grant with Alex Shaw from @templetonfdn.bsky.social to look at developmental roots of intellectual humility. Keep a look out for our next studies... on question asking!

#devpsych #devsci

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Had fun writing this homage to Roy et al., 2015, who demonstrated that language learning is tied to spatial+temporal context. I touch on ecological validity, power, and boldness in study design in dev.psych. A slightly mad study showing just how cool science can be!

#DevSci #devpsy #langsky

#AcademicSky #DevSci

Big news on #SaferInternetDay: I’ve been elected as a Research Fellow with the AIChildSafety.org Childhood & AI Lab.

Grateful to John Zoltner and the Lab for creating space for this kind of work.
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#AIChildSafety #ChildhoodAndAI #ResponsibleAI #DevSci

Please join us today for another 🧬SCBRM seminar series🧬 talk. Today, we will be joined by Dr. Martin Wühr where he will talk about "Proteomic Clues to Cell Organization". The seminar will be held at Annenberg 25-51 @ 12PM! See you there 👩‍🔬👨‍🔬🧑‍🔬
#devsci #phdprogram #stemcell #development #graduateschool

w/ @madeleineingham.bsky.social, Shona Smith, Brooke Findel, Chloe Sargent, @sarahruthbeck.bsky.social & Melissa Colloff

@uob-sop.bsky.social
#AcademicSky #DevSci

Making outdoor learning accessible and inclusive for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND): a case study Outdoor learning enhances children’s academic performance, social communication, and well-being. Accessible and inclusive opportunities for outdoor learning are essential for children with Special ...

How to make outdoor learning accessible and inclusive for all children
💡Design activities based on Universal Design for Learning
👍 Provide staff training
📣 Share good practice
🪶 Identify opportunities for flexible participation
#OutdoorLearning #Psychology #DevSci
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We are preparing an EEG version of the dichotic listening task for developmental science research. Hope to come back here with news in the next few months 🤞🏼

#devsci #devpsy

📚 New paper out: “Trajectory through different executive training interventions for children from socioeconomically deprived households in Argentina” #devsci #devpsy

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Check out my new series on #Substack: Is your #brain securely #attached? Part I: What’s the brain got to do with it?

#attachment #neuroskyence #DevSci #DevPsy #PsychSciSky #CogSci #fNIRS

@soneatlab.bsky.social @universityofessex.bsky.social

So grateful for our amazing ACORN Lab team!! Can’t believe it’s already been a whole year! 😊🐿️🧠

#neuroskyence #psychscisky #cogdev #devsci #neuroimaging

Repulsions instruct synaptic partner matching in an olfactory circuit - Nature Transcriptomic screening identifies pairs of cell-surface proteins that mediate repulsive interactions between axons and dendrites of non-cognate partner neurons, thereby contributing to correct synaptic partner matching.

How do neurons know who to connect with and who to avoid? A Nature study shows repulsive signals are as crucial as attraction for wiring the brain’s olfactory circuit. Researchers found three molecular pairs that prevent wrong connections: spklr.io/63324BpubI

#devbio #DevSci

Are you regularly on the @uni-of-warwick.bsky.social campus? Are you a caregiver of a 4 year old (or soon to be 4 yo) child? Then please consider taking part in our study on language development. Link 👇@warwickpsych.bsky.social @leverhulme.ac.uk #DevSci #Language

New longitudinal study on the ethnic identity development of minoritized kids!

Children’s positive identity-related feelings remained stable, BUT their negative identity-related feelings decreased over time.

Mothers’ cultural socialization predicted this decrease (1/2)
#devpsy #devsci #socialpsyc

Do parents exaggerate the pronunciation of words they believe their infants don’t know yet? Our new paper suggests no. ❌ w/ @julienmayor.bsky.social & @nataliakartushina.bsky.social 🧵 1/ #DevSci #langsky #devpsy

Interested in learning more about our work about student, child, and family homelessness? Check out my research gate page:

www.researchgate.net/profile/J-J-...

#EducationResearch #DevSci

Seeking PhD students for 2026 @ UT Dallas! In the Early Cognition & Communication Lab, we explore the development of communication, abstract thought, and social bonds and consider the role of early exposure to AI. Apply by Nov 15, 2025 bbs.utdallas.edu/departments/... #phdlife #DevSci #CogSci

A wonderful mentor & impactful research area! Our collaborator @dmessinger.bsky.social is accepting new grad students. #DevSci

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Demonstrates that while preschoolers initially rely on perceptual information from faces, this diminishes with age; the crux of emotional development in children shifts to conceptual knowledge gained through social experience. 🧪
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#cogsci
#devsci
#AffectSci
#PsychSciSky

Figures from a scientific article by Jukka M. Leppänen et al. titled Early Emerging Gradients in Children's Eye Movement Times Across Levels of Household Resources. One figure shows associations between houselhold assets and eye tracking saccadic reaction times, height-for-age, and developmental milestones. Other figure shows eye tracking patterns on visual objects on a video.

Young children in South Africa and Zambia looked at new objects more quickly if they came from higher socioeconomic backgrounds. Read more at onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #DevSci

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Join us! The Developmental Psychology Doctoral Program at the University of Miami (dev.psy.miami.edu) invites applications for fall 2026. Students are fully funded & receive excellent research training for careers... #DevSci #DevPsy #PsycSciSky #AcademicSky #PhDLife #GradSchool #UMiami (thread 1/10)

🚨 Join us at the 5th #SocialNeuroscience of Human #Relationships, #Attachment and #Caregiving #Conference (#SNRAC2025) this summer! 🚨

TOPIC: #Trauma & #Resilience

👉 www.uni-bremen.de/en/klips-kjp...

Abstracts: 04/07. Register: 15/07.

#neuroskyence #DevSci #DevPsy #PsychSciSky #CogSci #fNIRS

Hey #DevSci #Neuroskyence people, wondering if I know anyone who has experience running combined EEG and Eyetracking with infants and if I could pick your brain on a couple things? 👀🧠👶

Pleased to announce my new open access paper out in Developmental Psychology:
The Development of the “First Thing That Comes to Mind”

with @xphilosopher.bsky.social and @ebonawitz.bsky.social

psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/2026-25569-001.html

#CogSci #PsychSciSki #DevSci

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#Attachment #MythBusting #30

#MirrorNeurons, #Empathy and Attachment: Looking beyond "cells that read minds"

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#neuroskyence #DevSci #DevPsy #PsychSciSky #CogSci #brain

Rory had fun piloting today with the Lugo Lab :) 🧠 #devsci

Clinical Research Coordinator The Center for Healthcare Delivery Science (CHDS) at Nemours Children’s Health is seeking a full-time Research Coordinator (RC). The position is available mid-summer and is based in Wilmington, DE. Th...

Hiring! Please share. Seeking research coordinator for resilience studies with families & young children. Community engaged in DE, PA, & NJ. In-person. Appropriate for those w/ BA/BS or MA/MS degree. Interviewing soon, apply today!

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#DevSci #AcademicJobs

#Delaware researchers: Check out this funding opportunity from ACCEL the DE-CTE, for new interdisciplinary teams of health researchers, due 7/21

www.de-ctr.org/interdiscipl...

@udelaware.bsky.social @delstateuniv.bsky.social @christianacare.bsky.social @nemours.bsky.social #academicsky #devsci

Our department recently acquired a Near-Infrared Spectroscopy ( #NIRS ) system, which has only been used with adults so far. I'm keen to explore its use with infants. Any colleagues with experience in this area, or suggestions for best practices? #AcademicChatter #DevSci