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kbyers.bsky.social
Developmental Psych | prof @Concordia | Language acquisition | Bilingualism | Infants & toddlers | Open science | R | Women in science
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I am delighted to share our latest piece of research: ‘A global cross-cultural analysis of string figures reveals evidence of deep transmission and innovation’. This was long in the works and is by far the largest project I’ve led to date. A thread: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

submitted 86 days ago • 10 comments

I'm excited to release the 𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚢𝚝𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎 for #RStats ! Convert R dataframes to beautiful tables in HTML, LaTeX, PDF, Quarto, Markdown, etc. Easy to learn; minimalist interface; concise syntax; ultra-customizable tables; and zero dependency. vincentarelbundock.github.io/tinytable/

submitted 412 days ago • 6 comments

I would like linguists and other researchers who work on “cochlear implanted” children to take a stance to support the learning and using of a natural sign language.

submitted 475 days ago • 5 comments

Lately, I have been playing around with this infographic leaflet format for #scicomm. When folded ➡️ at a glance a title, a main message, & contact info/QR. Once the leaflet is unfolded ➡️ full-on #infographic detailing the main ideas of a topic. What do you think? 🧐

submitted 477 days ago • 0 comments

My Dept is hiring at asst or associate level, casting a broad net over cognitive/developmental and/or neuroscience. See full description and apply at apply.interfolio.com/132419

submitted 529 days ago • 2 comments

Council of Elrond is like a departmental meeting. They all know the only difficult solution but it's not possible to get there right away so they while away hours and hours of discussing non-starter solutions until there's finally some junior faculty who volunteers "I will take ring to Mordor"

submitted 482 days ago • 11 comments

Did you know you can post to these neurofeeds with just emojis: Neuroskyence: 🧠🟦 or 🧠📈 Compneurosky: 🧠🤖 or 🧠💻 Interoception: 🧠🫀 or 🧠🫁 Neuropsychiatry: 🧠🩺 Save those characters and use an emoji!

submitted 511 days ago • 8 comments

On further reflection, the selection of @simine.com as Editor-in-Chief of Psychological Science is one of the most important milestones for the reform movement in psychology. There will be impact on the journal, sure. But more, selecting a committed, visible reformer illustrates its normalization.

submitted 511 days ago • 2 comments

The launch symposium of the Dutch Reproducibility Network (NLRN) is just one short month away! Register here to join us and help set the NLRN’s agenda for the coming year(s): launchrepronetwork.eventbrite.com

submitted 518 days ago • 1 comment

Sharing this R resources database with y'all! For the past 4 years, I have been accumulating resources (mainly free ones) for new & advanced #Rlearners in their programming journey. Feel free to share! resourcesdatabase.com #RStats #RResources #learningR #DataScience #Python #R

submitted 520 days ago • 2 comments

For #rstats users, {renv} now provides similar functionality to {groundhog}. With your script open in RStudio, simply call renv::embed() & a code snippet will be inserted at the top with the script's version-specific dependencies and the code to install them 🧪#stats rstudio.github.io/renv/referen...

submitted 519 days ago • 1 comment

Here is a brief example on how to do a power analysis for a longitudinal multi-level study when you want to vary the input parameters and easily produce visual output of all variations. #rstats #openscience pgmj.github.io/powerviz.html

submitted 519 days ago • 0 comments

Prepreprint! Family language strategies (e.g. one-parent-one-language) don't explain kids' language exposure, but individual parents' approaches (i.e., using a lang. regularly/sometimes/never) do! Mothers' effect on exposure was 2x fathers' --> gendered caregiving roles. psyarxiv.com/x4jbm/

submitted 519 days ago • 3 comments

New preprint with an exciting and unexpected result! The ADHD vocabulary size advantage: Monolingual and bilingual young adults with ADHD have larger vocabularies than controls. Co-authored PhD student extrodinaire Melanie Brouillard (seriously, it was all her idea). osf.io/h2fcj/

submitted 520 days ago • 2 comments

Congrats to The ManyManys for posting their first preprint on PsyArXiv! Such an important milestone in a young network's life 🥹🥰 “Comparative Cognition Needs #BigTeamScience: How Large-Scale Collaborations Will Unlock the Future of the Field” psyarxiv.com/rynvu #PsychSciSky #devpsy

submitted 520 days ago • 0 comments

Great new piece about challenges for parents transmitting heritage languages from Kat Chow @atlantic.bsky.social, where I and other colleagues are quoted! www.theatlantic.com/family/archi...

submitted 521 days ago • 0 comments

The Big Team Science Conference isn't on Bluesky (yet), so we're happy to announce on their behalf that the 2023 BTSCON program is available now! bigteamscienceconference.github.io/program/

submitted 522 days ago • 1 comment