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We're growing--join our team! Developmental Science is recruiting Associate Editors! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal...
Developmental Science is inviting applications for the role of Associate Editor
Developmental Science is an international journal publishing contemporary scientific developmental psychology and developmental cognitive neuroscience research.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
June 17, 2026 at 12:39 PM
We're growing--join our team! Developmental Science is recruiting Associate Editors! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal...
A law of human proxemics? Children align side to side at closer distances and face-to-face when distances are greater than .65 m. #PreschoolPhysics www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Alignment phase transition in socially driven motion
Collective human motion reveals a sharp transition in how individuals align.
www.science.org
March 19, 2026 at 11:18 AM
A law of human proxemics? Children align side to side at closer distances and face-to-face when distances are greater than .65 m. #PreschoolPhysics www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
The Drain of Scientific Publishing--
arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820
arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820
November 20, 2025 at 12:50 AM
The Drain of Scientific Publishing--
arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820
arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820
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The heath benefits of multilingualism appear to be far beyond prior expectations
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Multilingualism and Extending Healthspan
Evidence for a new independent lifestyle factor linked to healthy aging
erictopol.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:08 PM
The heath benefits of multilingualism appear to be far beyond prior expectations
erictopol.substack.com/p/multilingu...
erictopol.substack.com/p/multilingu...
Join our team! The Department of Psychology at the University of Miami invites applications for a full-time faculty position in the Child Clinical Program at the rank of Assistant Professor (tenure-track) or Associate Professor (tenure-eligible). umiami.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/UMFacult
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November 10, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Join our team! The Department of Psychology at the University of Miami invites applications for a full-time faculty position in the Child Clinical Program at the rank of Assistant Professor (tenure-track) or Associate Professor (tenure-eligible). umiami.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/UMFacult
We are starting a new longitudinal study at the University of Miami! news.miami.edu/as/stories/2...
University of Miami joins international study on autism risk in young children
Psychologists in the College of Arts and Sciences are monitoring the development of infants and toddlers whose parents have a sibling with autism.
news.miami.edu
November 3, 2025 at 7:20 PM
We are starting a new longitudinal study at the University of Miami! news.miami.edu/as/stories/2...
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Join @dmessinger.bsky.social in our developmental psychology PhD program! #PsychSciSky
Dr. Daniel Messinger is hoping to accept a doctoral student for fall 2026 admission. If you are interested in working with Dr. Messinger, please visit www.umkids-lab.psy.miami.edu for more information.
For more information, see www.psy.miami.edu/graduate/how-to-apply
For more information, see www.psy.miami.edu/graduate/how-to-apply
October 8, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Join @dmessinger.bsky.social in our developmental psychology PhD program! #PsychSciSky
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Bottom line of systematic assessment of studies on Covid vaccinations/boosters:
~50% reduction of hospitalization, across all adults (not just older) who are not immunocompromised
Real data on vaccine-induced myocarditis: occurred in 1-3 per 100,000 male adolescents
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
~50% reduction of hospitalization, across all adults (not just older) who are not immunocompromised
Real data on vaccine-induced myocarditis: occurred in 1-3 per 100,000 male adolescents
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
October 31, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Bottom line of systematic assessment of studies on Covid vaccinations/boosters:
~50% reduction of hospitalization, across all adults (not just older) who are not immunocompromised
Real data on vaccine-induced myocarditis: occurred in 1-3 per 100,000 male adolescents
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
~50% reduction of hospitalization, across all adults (not just older) who are not immunocompromised
Real data on vaccine-induced myocarditis: occurred in 1-3 per 100,000 male adolescents
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
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First human newborn paper from my NSF CAREER Award! Automated detection of mouth opening in newborn infants - with our amazing @umiamipsych.bsky.social team: Guangyu Zung, Yeojin Amy Ahn, @tiffany6390.bsky.social, @semaylott.bsky.social, Arushi Malik, @dmessinger.bsky.social doi.org/10.3758/s134...
Automated detection of mouth opening in newborn infants - Behavior Research Methods
Automated behavioral measurement using machine learning is gaining ground in psychological research. Automated approaches have the potential to reduce the labor and time associated with manual behavio...
doi.org
October 31, 2025 at 1:16 PM
First human newborn paper from my NSF CAREER Award! Automated detection of mouth opening in newborn infants - with our amazing @umiamipsych.bsky.social team: Guangyu Zung, Yeojin Amy Ahn, @tiffany6390.bsky.social, @semaylott.bsky.social, Arushi Malik, @dmessinger.bsky.social doi.org/10.3758/s134...
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We’re not distracted and it’s not going away.
August 17, 2025 at 3:08 AM
We’re not distracted and it’s not going away.
Swimming around Manhattan. @njohnstonphotography; @newyorkopenwater
August 12, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Swimming around Manhattan. @njohnstonphotography; @newyorkopenwater
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Our brain-immune system axis has recently has some fascinating new reports
Here is one summarized
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
More here erictopol.substack.com/p/our-braini...
Here is one summarized
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
More here erictopol.substack.com/p/our-braini...
August 6, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Our brain-immune system axis has recently has some fascinating new reports
Here is one summarized
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
More here erictopol.substack.com/p/our-braini...
Here is one summarized
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
More here erictopol.substack.com/p/our-braini...
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Why call? Why sign letters? Why protest? What does it do??
It. Adds. Up. And PRESSURE WORKS!
Keep it up, Dorks!
#StandUpForScience
www.politico.com/news/2025/07... 14 Republican senators urge White House to release delayed NIH funds - POLITICO
It. Adds. Up. And PRESSURE WORKS!
Keep it up, Dorks!
#StandUpForScience
www.politico.com/news/2025/07... 14 Republican senators urge White House to release delayed NIH funds - POLITICO
14 Republican senators urge White House to release delayed NIH funds
Sen. Katie Britt (R-Ala.) is leading the letter making the ask of OMB director Russ Vought.
www.politico.com
July 26, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Why call? Why sign letters? Why protest? What does it do??
It. Adds. Up. And PRESSURE WORKS!
Keep it up, Dorks!
#StandUpForScience
www.politico.com/news/2025/07... 14 Republican senators urge White House to release delayed NIH funds - POLITICO
It. Adds. Up. And PRESSURE WORKS!
Keep it up, Dorks!
#StandUpForScience
www.politico.com/news/2025/07... 14 Republican senators urge White House to release delayed NIH funds - POLITICO
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New paper by PhD student, Arushi Malik! Stability of individual differences in social and nonsocial visual attention from newborn to 14 months #OpenAccess w/ wonderful team @tiffany6390.bsky.social, @shuoz.bsky.social, @semaylott.bsky.social, @dmessinger.bsky.social, et al. doi.org/10.1002/dev....
doi.org
June 18, 2025 at 1:15 PM
New paper by PhD student, Arushi Malik! Stability of individual differences in social and nonsocial visual attention from newborn to 14 months #OpenAccess w/ wonderful team @tiffany6390.bsky.social, @shuoz.bsky.social, @semaylott.bsky.social, @dmessinger.bsky.social, et al. doi.org/10.1002/dev....
Automated, digital data collection -- daylong child-specific audio recordings-- is yielding important insights for research in language development and hearing loss. Our new report uses stakeholder interviews to discuss the ethical issues involved pubs.asha.org/doi/abs/10.1...
The Use of Automated Digital Data in Speech, Language, and Hearing Research: Confronting a New Ethical Landscape
Purpose: The use of automated, digital data collection, such as daylong audio recordings
of children's language environments, is yielding importa...
pubs.asha.org
June 13, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Automated, digital data collection -- daylong child-specific audio recordings-- is yielding important insights for research in language development and hearing loss. Our new report uses stakeholder interviews to discuss the ethical issues involved pubs.asha.org/doi/abs/10.1...
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Check out our new work in JSLHR where we consider ethical issues in collection of daylong audio recordings in children with language delays and disabilities. This work was part of a bioethics supplement from NIDCD. @dmessinger.bsky.social
Using automated, digital data collection -- e.g., daylong audio recordings of children's language environments -- is yielding important insights for research in CSD. But ethical issues have yet to be thoroughly explored. This study does just that. on.asha.org/45hnjh5
@sigperspectives.bsky.social
@sigperspectives.bsky.social
The Use of Automated Digital Data in Speech, Language, and Hearing Research: Confronting a New Ethical Landscape
Purpose: The use of automated, digital data collection, such as daylong audio recordings of children's language environments, is yielding importa...
on.asha.org
June 11, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Check out our new work in JSLHR where we consider ethical issues in collection of daylong audio recordings in children with language delays and disabilities. This work was part of a bioethics supplement from NIDCD. @dmessinger.bsky.social
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APA leads a coalition of 76 organizations fighting for science and health! Check it out!!!
unitedsciencealliance.org/united-call-...
unitedsciencealliance.org/united-call-...
United Call for Transparency: Federal Agency Reorganizations
unitedsciencealliance.org
May 8, 2025 at 5:27 PM
APA leads a coalition of 76 organizations fighting for science and health! Check it out!!!
unitedsciencealliance.org/united-call-...
unitedsciencealliance.org/united-call-...
Join our @DevelopmentalScience Team as an Editor!
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Developmental Science
Developmental Science is an international journal publishing contemporary scientific developmental psychology and developmental cognitive neuroscience research.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
April 25, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Join our @DevelopmentalScience Team as an Editor!
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Once again sharing this info.
Please share with your friends and loved ones in the National Guard or active duty military.
Please share with your friends and loved ones in the National Guard or active duty military.
April 14, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Once again sharing this info.
Please share with your friends and loved ones in the National Guard or active duty military.
Please share with your friends and loved ones in the National Guard or active duty military.
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Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions - rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking steps to make sure students can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope others follow suit.
April 15, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions - rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking steps to make sure students can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope others follow suit.
From a piece of tissue 1*1*1 millimeter: the largest wiring diagram and functional map of the brain to date, containing more than 200,000 cells, four kilometers of axons (the branches that reach out to other cells) and 523 million synapses (the connection points between cells).
Scientists complete largest wiring diagram and functional map of the brain to date
From a tiny sample of tissue no larger than a grain of sand, scientists have come within reach of a goal once thought unattainable: building a complete functional wiring diagram of a portion of the br...
www.sciencedaily.com
April 12, 2025 at 9:38 PM
From a piece of tissue 1*1*1 millimeter: the largest wiring diagram and functional map of the brain to date, containing more than 200,000 cells, four kilometers of axons (the branches that reach out to other cells) and 523 million synapses (the connection points between cells).
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There's a protein craze.
How much protein should you eat?
In Outlive, Peter Attia's recommendation of 1 g/pound/day is without evidence and may be harmful
"Dr. Attia declined multiple requests for comment"
@nytimes.com by @alicecallahan.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/09/w...
How much protein should you eat?
In Outlive, Peter Attia's recommendation of 1 g/pound/day is without evidence and may be harmful
"Dr. Attia declined multiple requests for comment"
@nytimes.com by @alicecallahan.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/09/w...
The More Protein, the Better? (Gift Article)
It’s a common refrain on social media. We fact-checked this and five other big protein claims circulating online.
www.nytimes.com
April 12, 2025 at 2:58 PM
There's a protein craze.
How much protein should you eat?
In Outlive, Peter Attia's recommendation of 1 g/pound/day is without evidence and may be harmful
"Dr. Attia declined multiple requests for comment"
@nytimes.com by @alicecallahan.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/09/w...
How much protein should you eat?
In Outlive, Peter Attia's recommendation of 1 g/pound/day is without evidence and may be harmful
"Dr. Attia declined multiple requests for comment"
@nytimes.com by @alicecallahan.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/09/w...
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Longitudinal effects of green, blue, and gray spaces on early adolescent mental health in the United States - #OpenAcess by Shannon Shaughnessy, @dmessinger.bsky.social, & Spencer Evans
doi.org/10.1111/camh...
doi.org/10.1111/camh...
<em>Child and Adolescent Mental Health</em> | ACAMH Journal | Wiley Online Library
Background Physical environments are linked to adolescents' well-being in various ways. Green and blue (natural) spaces may protect against psychopathology, while gray (urban) spaces may confer risk...
doi.org
March 28, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Longitudinal effects of green, blue, and gray spaces on early adolescent mental health in the United States - #OpenAcess by Shannon Shaughnessy, @dmessinger.bsky.social, & Spencer Evans
doi.org/10.1111/camh...
doi.org/10.1111/camh...
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Rumeysa Ozturk must not be deported. You can't kidnap someone off the street for their political views — this isn't Moscow.
She has every right to speak her mind. I've contacted the Administration. I want answers.
She has every right to speak her mind. I've contacted the Administration. I want answers.
March 28, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Rumeysa Ozturk must not be deported. You can't kidnap someone off the street for their political views — this isn't Moscow.
She has every right to speak her mind. I've contacted the Administration. I want answers.
She has every right to speak her mind. I've contacted the Administration. I want answers.