Elena Tenenbaum
@elenatenenbaum.bsky.social
Duke Med Asst Prof, Psychologist, Language & Autism Researcher, R, perinatal mental health. Ask me about: Meeting on Language in Autism (MoLA), Remote Infant Studies of Early Learning (RISE) & the Low-Verbal Investigatory Survey (LVIS). Views are my own.
New Study for autistic and non-autistic mothers — Please share!
We’re recruiting autistic and non-autistic mothers of children ages 6 months to 2 years for a new study on infant directed speech.
If you are interested in participating, please check it out:
duke.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
We’re recruiting autistic and non-autistic mothers of children ages 6 months to 2 years for a new study on infant directed speech.
If you are interested in participating, please check it out:
duke.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
October 5, 2026 at 1:38 PM
New Study for autistic and non-autistic mothers — Please share!
We’re recruiting autistic and non-autistic mothers of children ages 6 months to 2 years for a new study on infant directed speech.
If you are interested in participating, please check it out:
duke.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
We’re recruiting autistic and non-autistic mothers of children ages 6 months to 2 years for a new study on infant directed speech.
If you are interested in participating, please check it out:
duke.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
New RISE Study currently recruiting baby siblings. Please help us spread the word!
- For babies aged 11 - 13 months
- ***Must have an older biological sibling with ASD***
- Living in the United States
- Primary language spoken in the home is English
childrenhelpingscience.com/studies/f785...
- For babies aged 11 - 13 months
- ***Must have an older biological sibling with ASD***
- Living in the United States
- Primary language spoken in the home is English
childrenhelpingscience.com/studies/f785...
How do babies learn about their world? Baby Siblings
- Children Helping Science
childrenhelpingscience.com
September 17, 2026 at 3:01 PM
New RISE Study currently recruiting baby siblings. Please help us spread the word!
- For babies aged 11 - 13 months
- ***Must have an older biological sibling with ASD***
- Living in the United States
- Primary language spoken in the home is English
childrenhelpingscience.com/studies/f785...
- For babies aged 11 - 13 months
- ***Must have an older biological sibling with ASD***
- Living in the United States
- Primary language spoken in the home is English
childrenhelpingscience.com/studies/f785...
Users of the Low-Verbal Investigatory Survey (LVIS) (brief caregiver report of communicative capacity in autism). Please check out new scoring guidelines and cut point for minimally verbal status. autismlanguagelab-psychology.media.uconn.edu/wp-content/u...
August 6, 2026 at 5:45 PM
Users of the Low-Verbal Investigatory Survey (LVIS) (brief caregiver report of communicative capacity in autism). Please check out new scoring guidelines and cut point for minimally verbal status. autismlanguagelab-psychology.media.uconn.edu/wp-content/u...
The Low Verbal Investigatory Survey (LVIS) Version 5.0 is now available! This caregiver report measure is free and provides information about communicative capacity in autism. LVIS 5.0 has simplified scoring and a cut point for MLV status.
autismlanguagelab.psychology.uconn.edu/low-verbal-i...
autismlanguagelab.psychology.uconn.edu/low-verbal-i...
Low Verbal Investigatory Survey (LVIS) | Connecticut Autism and Language Lab (CALL) | Department of Psychological Sciences | University of Connecticut
UPDATED SCORING! See the link below! Approximately 30% of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are considered minimally verbal, but measuring their ...
autismlanguagelab.psychology.uconn.edu
July 22, 2026 at 8:40 PM
The Low Verbal Investigatory Survey (LVIS) Version 5.0 is now available! This caregiver report measure is free and provides information about communicative capacity in autism. LVIS 5.0 has simplified scoring and a cut point for MLV status.
autismlanguagelab.psychology.uconn.edu/low-verbal-i...
autismlanguagelab.psychology.uconn.edu/low-verbal-i...
Emoji interpretation question. . .
Does the❗️emoji mean:
A. I agree
B. What!?!?
C. Something else
Please include your generation/geographic region in your answer.
Does the❗️emoji mean:
A. I agree
B. What!?!?
C. Something else
Please include your generation/geographic region in your answer.
July 15, 2026 at 4:44 PM
Emoji interpretation question. . .
Does the❗️emoji mean:
A. I agree
B. What!?!?
C. Something else
Please include your generation/geographic region in your answer.
Does the❗️emoji mean:
A. I agree
B. What!?!?
C. Something else
Please include your generation/geographic region in your answer.
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Apply now for ASF's 2026 Undergraduate Summer Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders program—supporting mentored basic and clinical autism research during summer 2026. Applications due: March 6. More here: autismsciencefoundation.org/press_releas...
#UndergradResearch #Autism #AutismResearch #Grants
#UndergradResearch #Autism #AutismResearch #Grants
Autism Science Foundation Releases Request for Applications for 2026 Undergraduate Summer Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders - Autism Science Foundation
New York, NY — January 27, 2026 — The Autism Science Foundation (ASF), a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting and funding innovative autism research, has released its 2026 Request for Applic...
autismsciencefoundation.org
January 27, 2026 at 4:13 PM
Apply now for ASF's 2026 Undergraduate Summer Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders program—supporting mentored basic and clinical autism research during summer 2026. Applications due: March 6. More here: autismsciencefoundation.org/press_releas...
#UndergradResearch #Autism #AutismResearch #Grants
#UndergradResearch #Autism #AutismResearch #Grants
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MoLA 2026 is less than 2 months away! Have you registered?!
molautism.org
Keynote: Dr. Cathy Lord
Early Career Keynote: Dr. Pumpki Su
Bridge Day Invited Speakers: endever* corbin and Dr. Alyssa Zisk
molautism.org
Keynote: Dr. Cathy Lord
Early Career Keynote: Dr. Pumpki Su
Bridge Day Invited Speakers: endever* corbin and Dr. Alyssa Zisk
January 25, 2026 at 2:49 PM
MoLA 2026 is less than 2 months away! Have you registered?!
molautism.org
Keynote: Dr. Cathy Lord
Early Career Keynote: Dr. Pumpki Su
Bridge Day Invited Speakers: endever* corbin and Dr. Alyssa Zisk
molautism.org
Keynote: Dr. Cathy Lord
Early Career Keynote: Dr. Pumpki Su
Bridge Day Invited Speakers: endever* corbin and Dr. Alyssa Zisk
Reposted by Elena Tenenbaum
This is a fundraising post!
An anonymous donor is matching contributions to Children Helping Science up to 100K through the end of the year - if it's in your giving budget, please consider supporting open science infrastructure!
giving.mit.edu/search/node/...
Details below...
An anonymous donor is matching contributions to Children Helping Science up to 100K through the end of the year - if it's in your giving budget, please consider supporting open science infrastructure!
giving.mit.edu/search/node/...
Details below...
Fund Search Results | Giving to MIT
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December 8, 2025 at 3:50 PM
This is a fundraising post!
An anonymous donor is matching contributions to Children Helping Science up to 100K through the end of the year - if it's in your giving budget, please consider supporting open science infrastructure!
giving.mit.edu/search/node/...
Details below...
An anonymous donor is matching contributions to Children Helping Science up to 100K through the end of the year - if it's in your giving budget, please consider supporting open science infrastructure!
giving.mit.edu/search/node/...
Details below...
Not sure whether to feel accomplished or creeped out.
December 5, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Not sure whether to feel accomplished or creeped out.
The Coalition of Autism Scientists does not support new information published by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control on November 19, 2025 linking vaccination and autism as it is misleading and not evidence-based.
Coalition of Autism Scientists | "autism scientists"
The Coalition of Autism Scientists formed in 2025 and is comprised of the leading autism researchers across the United States. The website includes statements made by researchers and science-based edu...
www.coalitionofautismscientists.org
November 20, 2025 at 10:42 PM
The Coalition of Autism Scientists does not support new information published by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control on November 19, 2025 linking vaccination and autism as it is misleading and not evidence-based.
CDC’s New Autism Webpage Distorts Science and Rejects Decades of Evidence on Vaccine Safety autismsciencefoundation.org/press_releas...
CDC’s New Autism Webpage Distorts Science and Rejects Decades of Evidence on Vaccine Safety - Autism Science Foundation
NEW YORK, NY (November 20, 2025) We are appalled to find that the content on the CDC webpage “Autism and Vaccines” has been changed and distorted, and is now filled with anti-vaccine rhetoric and outr...
autismsciencefoundation.org
November 20, 2025 at 10:41 PM
CDC’s New Autism Webpage Distorts Science and Rejects Decades of Evidence on Vaccine Safety autismsciencefoundation.org/press_releas...
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Excited to head to @isdp.org this week! And thrilled that I'll be recruiting graduate students and postdocs this cycle to join PINE Lab!
Please come say hi if interested (current lab studies here: www.plasticityinneurodevelopmentlab.com/current-stud...)
Please come say hi if interested (current lab studies here: www.plasticityinneurodevelopmentlab.com/current-stud...)
November 10, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Excited to head to @isdp.org this week! And thrilled that I'll be recruiting graduate students and postdocs this cycle to join PINE Lab!
Please come say hi if interested (current lab studies here: www.plasticityinneurodevelopmentlab.com/current-stud...)
Please come say hi if interested (current lab studies here: www.plasticityinneurodevelopmentlab.com/current-stud...)
Burning questions. . .thank you, @bergelsonlab.bsky.social!
if you’ve had Szechuan peppercorns do you experience them more as
a) tingly (like a vibration) or
b) numbing (like super weak lidocaine)
~And~ are you colorblind
(we‘d need to correct for base rates but let’s just try to crank the anecdata knob first; @elenatenenbaum.bsky.social this is for you)
a) tingly (like a vibration) or
b) numbing (like super weak lidocaine)
~And~ are you colorblind
(we‘d need to correct for base rates but let’s just try to crank the anecdata knob first; @elenatenenbaum.bsky.social this is for you)
November 10, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Burning questions. . .thank you, @bergelsonlab.bsky.social!
Is "search it up" (i.e., "google it") a phrase all over, or is this just a southern kid thing?
an elderly woman says you can google it
ALT: an elderly woman says you can google it
media.tenor.com
October 8, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Is "search it up" (i.e., "google it") a phrase all over, or is this just a southern kid thing?
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🚨 Position Alert! 🚨
I am looking for a full-time Research Scientist 1 to join my lab in Albuquerque, NM at the Center on Alcohol, Substance Use, and Addiction (CASAA). We will be studying how stress and trauma influence cannabis and substance use. 🧠🌿 (1/5)
I am looking for a full-time Research Scientist 1 to join my lab in Albuquerque, NM at the Center on Alcohol, Substance Use, and Addiction (CASAA). We will be studying how stress and trauma influence cannabis and substance use. 🧠🌿 (1/5)
October 2, 2025 at 10:33 PM
🚨 Position Alert! 🚨
I am looking for a full-time Research Scientist 1 to join my lab in Albuquerque, NM at the Center on Alcohol, Substance Use, and Addiction (CASAA). We will be studying how stress and trauma influence cannabis and substance use. 🧠🌿 (1/5)
I am looking for a full-time Research Scientist 1 to join my lab in Albuquerque, NM at the Center on Alcohol, Substance Use, and Addiction (CASAA). We will be studying how stress and trauma influence cannabis and substance use. 🧠🌿 (1/5)
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Interested in understanding how young humans think about social relationships? I am reading PhD applications this year! **Please note**, that Harvard now requires the GRE. More information here: www.ashleyjthomas.com/workwithme
WANT TO WORK WITH ME? | Mysite
www.ashleyjthomas.com
October 6, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Interested in understanding how young humans think about social relationships? I am reading PhD applications this year! **Please note**, that Harvard now requires the GRE. More information here: www.ashleyjthomas.com/workwithme
Please share!
Calling all 11-13-month-olds (U.S.-based)!
Help advance research! Join our study. Kids watch fun, short videos about shapes and objects, and caregivers complete surveys. Caregivers will receive compensation.
Learn more and enroll now: childrenhelpingscience.com/studies/900e...
Calling all 11-13-month-olds (U.S.-based)!
Help advance research! Join our study. Kids watch fun, short videos about shapes and objects, and caregivers complete surveys. Caregivers will receive compensation.
Learn more and enroll now: childrenhelpingscience.com/studies/900e...
October 6, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Please share!
Calling all 11-13-month-olds (U.S.-based)!
Help advance research! Join our study. Kids watch fun, short videos about shapes and objects, and caregivers complete surveys. Caregivers will receive compensation.
Learn more and enroll now: childrenhelpingscience.com/studies/900e...
Calling all 11-13-month-olds (U.S.-based)!
Help advance research! Join our study. Kids watch fun, short videos about shapes and objects, and caregivers complete surveys. Caregivers will receive compensation.
Learn more and enroll now: childrenhelpingscience.com/studies/900e...
Reposted by Elena Tenenbaum
Stop, drop everything and pick up this new review paper from LABlab member @hannahmech.bsky.social. In it, Hannah argues for considering speech adaptation through the lens of reinforcement learning. Good stuff. link.springer.com/epdf/10.3758...
Insights into effortful adaptation during speech perception: The role of dopamine, norepinephrine, and prediction error
link.springer.com
October 6, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Stop, drop everything and pick up this new review paper from LABlab member @hannahmech.bsky.social. In it, Hannah argues for considering speech adaptation through the lens of reinforcement learning. Good stuff. link.springer.com/epdf/10.3758...
Less than 48 hours to go!
September 30, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Less than 48 hours to go!
Posting for a colleague. . .calling all parents. . .please participate in a study about autism screenings for young babies by completing the survey below.
www.esdlabsc.com/parent-persp...
www.esdlabsc.com/parent-persp...
Our Research Studies — The Early Social Development Lab at UofSC
Participate in our research to help us better understand infant development more broadly and improve earlier diagnosis for autism. We are trained in developmental assessments and can provide feedback ...
www.esdlabsc.com
September 19, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Posting for a colleague. . .calling all parents. . .please participate in a study about autism screenings for young babies by completing the survey below.
www.esdlabsc.com/parent-persp...
www.esdlabsc.com/parent-persp...
Seriously, Outlook? Yes, I would like to reserve time for focused work. Do you offer babysitting now?!
September 11, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Seriously, Outlook? Yes, I would like to reserve time for focused work. Do you offer babysitting now?!
anyone have a copy of the NIH Survey of Pathways to Diagnosis and Services?
No longer available on CDC website 🙁
archive.cdc.gov#/details?q=S...
No longer available on CDC website 🙁
archive.cdc.gov#/details?q=S...
Archive App | CDC
Archived web material for CDC.gov is preserved on the CDC Archive Site
archive.cdc.gov
September 11, 2025 at 4:41 PM
anyone have a copy of the NIH Survey of Pathways to Diagnosis and Services?
No longer available on CDC website 🙁
archive.cdc.gov#/details?q=S...
No longer available on CDC website 🙁
archive.cdc.gov#/details?q=S...
Prague too far? Come to MoLA!
The submission portal for MoLA 2026 is open! molautism.org/call-for-pap...
Deadline for submissions is 01 October 2025, at 11:59 pm Eastern Time.
MoLA 2026 will be held in Atlanta, GA March 12th-14th, 2026 (opening reception March 11th).
molautism.org
Deadline for submissions is 01 October 2025, at 11:59 pm Eastern Time.
MoLA 2026 will be held in Atlanta, GA March 12th-14th, 2026 (opening reception March 11th).
molautism.org
MoLA – Meeting on Language in Autism
molautism.org
September 6, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Prague too far? Come to MoLA!