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Very sorry to learn of the passing of LouAnn Gerken, who had such an impact on our understanding of the acquisition of speech sounds and sound patterns obits.mlive.com/us/obituarie...

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Developmental Science is looking for new Associate Editors. Details are at lnkd.in/eDggC6WQ Feel free to reach out with any questions.

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Look forward to all of your wonderful contributions!

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Happy to share a new article analyzing effects of family SES on 5- to 12-month old infant word recognition onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

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I am somehow for the first time ever reviewing for PNAS and their reviewer instructions include this BANGER of a line: "The purpose of peer review is not to demonstrate proficiency in identifying flaws" Print it in eleventy point font and hang it from the hillside. Scream it from the rooftops.

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Call for Manuscript Proposals for a Special Issue in Current Directions in Psychological Science: #ClimateChange in Psychological Science Submission Deadline: April 15

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AI models are fascinating, impressive, and sometimes problematic. But what can they tell us about the human mind? In a new review paper, @noahdgoodman.bsky.social and I discuss how modern AI can be used for cognitive modeling: osf.io/preprints/ps...

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FYI for anyone laid off. Might be similar resources for people outside of Maryland as well - worth a look

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Amazing free online course on conducting child language research in understudied communities: Expanding Research in Language Development (WERLD). By the incredible Marisa Casillas with a line up of fabulous guest lecturers. chatterlab.uchicago.edu/werld2025/

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When I went off to @bostoncollege.bsky.social, my mandate from my mom was pretty simple: do well academically, find a job, and be done in 3 years. My dad had just jumped the family ship and my sister would be going off to college in my 4th year. I had enough college credits to grad in 3. 1/

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Happy to share the product of a very enjoyable collaboration, led by Sakshi Ghai, on bridging inclusivity and open science principles and practices: www.nature.com/articles/s44...

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Nominate yourself or a colleague to think about ways to promote ethical research: @nationalacademies.org survey.alchemer.com/s3/8129192/O...

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ManyBabies Demographics paper named an Editor’s Choice article! Congrats @lehersingh.bsky.social and team!!

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I really enjoyed serving in this role (DEI Assoc Editor) at Developmental Science. Lots of opportunities to contribute to much needed diversification in developmental research. Happy to answer any questions! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal...

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Excited to share a new paper offering guidance for demographic reporting for authors, editors, and reviewers in developmental research. An enjoyable collaboration with the MB Demographics group! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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A new Special Issue on developmental research that centers the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Feel free to reach out with any questions. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal...

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Peer reviews can vary from harsh and demoralizing to constructive and kind. How can we make sure the peer reviews we write fall into the latter group? Join us for this virtual workshop w/ @blackinneuro.bsky.social to learn about the dos and don'ts of effective & constructive peer reviews!

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Are you passionate about nurturing young minds in #InfantResearch? Volunteer as a mentor for the ICIS Founding Generation Summer Fellowship Program! Be a guiding light for the next generation of infant researchers. Sign up now. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... #infantstudies

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Developmental Psychology starter pack! I've included people doing child/adolescent research and as well as a few lifespan folks. Please share widely, and let me know if there is anyone who should be added! go.bsky.app/ECJtpXi #DevPsych #DevSci #PsychSciSky

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Sharing my new publication in Developmental Psychology with Dana Basnight-Brown, Bobby Cheon, Reiko Mazuka, Rowena Garcia, and Melanie Killen issuing a call for contextualism in developmental science. Preprint: osf.io/preprints/ps... Publication: psycnet.apa.org/record/2025-...

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Join us on October 23 for the upcoming One World Seminar “Critical Approaches to Human Cognition” presented by Richard Prather from University of Maryland, USA. Register for free today! https://buff.ly/3NcYHvL @pratherlab.bsky.social

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Excited to share our recently published Developmental Science Special Issue focused on globalizing developmental research. t.co/d7SRzjlr3c. A wonderful series of impactful articles! Grateful to all the authors for a contributing their work and to Heather Bortfeld for co-editing.

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The Special Issue on infant development in Latin America at IBAD is now published sciencedirect.com/special-issu...! It was wonderful to co-edit this with @JuliaHermida1 , Marigen Narea, and Alex Cristia. Articles cover stress regulation, language development, motor development, media use.

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Introducing the Missing Majority dashboard, an automatically updating resource that tracks the global representation of behavioral science first authors over time. remi-theriault.com/dashboards/m... Wanna know how your favorite journal performs? Check it out 😁 Let us know what you think!

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Very grateful to Wiley and the Developmental Science Editors for inviting a vision for greater diversity, equity, and inclusion in developmental research, now published. Look forward to engaging and participating in much-needed change. bit.ly/3WwSE9t

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The new Open Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science has just launched with its first 50 articles. Really impressed at the great crew they got to write these (and also me). More to come. oecs.mit.edu/open-encyclo...

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If you’re in Glasgow for #ICIS2024 make sure to come by the Crowne Plaza between 6-8pm for a ManyBabies Social and Awards Show (hereby dubbed the ManyBabiesies). First 50 folks get a free drink on us!

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Highlighting an upcoming special issue at Developmental Psychology. Living in a Digital Ecology Due date for LOI: July 31, 2024 More info in the thread below.

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Some thoughts on how we can navigate questions of universality central to infant research with Dean D'Souza and @mcxfrank.bsky.social infantstudies.org/towards-a-sc...

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Super excited for @Infantstudies 2024 next week! Check out the schedule and invited program for a diverse and stimulating set of presentations, centered on the theme of "Convergence" infantstudies.org/program/

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Thinking about pros and cons of collecting data from kids online? Our meta-analysis is out today. Effects from online testing were slightly but not significantly smaller than matched in-lab effects: d = −.05 [−.17, .07]. By Aaron Chuey, Veronica Boyce, and Anjie Cao. direct.mit.edu/opmi/article...

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Do big team science studies guarantee the global generalizability of findings? At the risk of not overgeneralizing ourselves, we reanalysed one big team science study on temporal discounting. Together with peerless @psforscher.bsky.social & @hcp4715.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Join us for our next webinar, THIS FRIDAY! Behavioral Coding Software for Developmental Science: An overview of BORIS, Datavyu, and ELAN May 24, 2024 | 14:00-15:30 UTC on Zoom Learn more and register now! manybabies.org/events/ #psychsky #devpsych #manybabies #academicsky

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How does bilingualism modulate attention? In a new paper with Rachel Barr, @joscelinrocha.bsky.social, Kate Freda, Paul Quinn, Marina Kalashnikova, & Dean D'Souza, we present a novel framework linking diversifying experiences to attention, perception, and learning psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/202...

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Our Special Issue on "Decolonizing and Diversifying Research in Cognitive Development" at J. of Cog and Dev is now published. Very grateful to all of the authors for their wonderful contributions! www.tandfonline.com/toc/hjcd20/2...

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A new Special Issue at the J. of Cognition and Development on climate change and child development co-edited by Ann Sanson, Vikram Jaswal & Paul Harris. Please send your 1000-word abstract by email to [email protected]. Deadline for submission: May 31, 2024.

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