I am a psychologist who studies early learning and memory in young children. I am interested in how learning can be supported.
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Joined November 2017
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Attention ICIS members! Here's your chance to guide and inspire emerging talents in infant studies. Join us as a mentor for the Founding Generation Summer Fellowship. Together, let's build a brighter future for #InfantResearch. Sign up now.
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ICIS offers financial support for membership. If you are experiencing significant financial hardship and would not otherwise be able to afford to be a member, apply for support. #infantstudies docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F…
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Meet the members of #ICIS, Connecting w/ our Community series #5: Dr @lkcirelli (#ICIS2024 Early Career Researcher Award) tells us how music synchrony links w/ prosocial behaviour and asks us to reflect on how & w/ whom we shared music as kids. Full video: youtu.be/t_3XZtSroxI
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Breitfeld, @AnnaComptonn, & @jenny_saffran (2024): toddlers learned words better from adults who had previously behaved in an engaging way, suggesting that engaging social experience with speakers supports toddlers’ subsequent learning #infancypapers onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
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Thanks @JoscelinRocha @NatalieHBrito for sharing the video and photos from the presentation of the ISDP Carolyn Rovee-Collier Mentorship award to @ELPlearn Rachel Barr!!! isdp.org/2024/06/17/2024-rov…
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Congratulations to Dr. Rachel Barr, dept chair & director of the Georgetown Early Learning Project! The Rovee-Collier mentor award recognizes scholars that make a significant & sustained contribution to the lives of young scholars. Thank you, Dr. Barr, for all you do! @ELPlearn
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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/psyarxiv/4w…
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Congratulations to Dr. Kevin Carriere, one of our graduates from our PhD program, who has won a prestigious early career award! 👏
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Having serious FOMO missing #ISDP2024 this year but having a fun #momademia moment seeing my daughter make an appearance via poster from the awesome @BritoBabyLab 🤩
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Fantastic presentation by @SantiMoralesPhD as he received the 2024 Kucharski Young Investigator Award from @devpsybio at #ISDP2024
I didn’t 🥹until the end.
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If you are at #ISDP2024 make a note for tomorrow, October 3.
@JoscelinRocha is leading a symposium addressing racial disparities in maternal and infant research. Highlights also include a discussion to be led by @NatalieHBrito!
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New on the Baby Blog - The ripple effect of early sleep: how childhood sleep patterns shape vocabulary, academic, and mental health outcomes by Catia M. Oliveira, Amy Atkinson, Michelle St Clair, Gareth Gaskell & Lisa Henderson infantstudies.org/the-ripple… #infantstudies #Research
ALT Text: Latest from the Baby Blog - The ripple effect of early sleep: how childhood sleep patterns shape vocabulary, academic, and mental health outcomes by Catia M. Oliveira, Amy Atkinson, Michelle St Clair, Gareth Gaskell & Lisa Henderson
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@GUPsychology exemplifies Neurons to Neighborhood! I will also never miss a chance to fangirl Chandan or Deborah 😄
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UConn full-time RA position Ad: Please share with individuals in your network who might be interested in joining our team (Deadline 9/30). Full Ad: jobs.hr.uconn.edu/cw/en-us/j…
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New on the Baby Blog, by @vanessalobue, Jessica Bradshaw and @JKileyHamlin: Congratulations to the awardees of the ICIS Founding Generation Summer Fellowship for Undergraduates! 🎉Read more about the work they did w/ their mentors: infantstudies.org/founding-g… #infantstudies #Research
ALT Text: Latest from the Baby Blog - Founding Generation Symposium 2024 by Vanessa LoBue, Jessica Bradshaw and Kiley Hamlin
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Check out our new paper led by PhD student Anna Wright and recently featured in NIEER's weekly newsletter! Results suggest that starting pre-k at age 3 instead of age 4 may lead to earlier detection of some health conditions, like vision problems. link.springer.com/article/10…
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HDPP alum Hayley Cleary, now an associate professor at VCU, was featured on NPR’s All Things Considered for an important story on police interrogation of youth. Congratulations Hayley!
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"The Kenya Resources Database – a preliminary review" Information Development. 2002 Vol. 18 Issue 2 pg. 107-110. doi.org/10.1177/026666602400…
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Even though the US economy grew in 2023, today's new
@uscensusbureau estimates show that child poverty increased--1 million more children lived in poverty than the year before. Read about what influenced child poverty in 2023 in our new @ChildTrends blog.
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