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Marina Bazhydai

@marinabazhydai.bsky.social

Developmental scientist studying curiosity, creativity and information transmission in children. Lecturer (Assistant Prof) at Lancaster Uni. Active Learning Lab: https://wp.lancs.ac.uk/all Curiosity Battery project: https://www.curiosity-battery.co.uk

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International Congress of Infant Studies@infantstudies.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Karadağ, @marinabazhydai.bsky.social @gertwestermann.bsky.social (2026) coded 47 hour-long home obs videos (13, 18 & 23mos) for toddler interaction to meet communicative goals: expressive > requestive > info/help seeking > info giving intentions #infancypapers onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Growing Communicators: A Fine‐Grained Analysis of Toddlers' Communicative Intentions From Requestive and Expressive, to Information Seeking and Giving

Children readily respond to others' bids for communicative interactions from early childhood and actively initiate these themselves. However, the extent and variety of early child-initiated communica...

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Marina Bazhydai@marinabazhydai.bsky.social · 10mo ago

New publication! We are extremely excited to see this completed and published as a Registered Report - despite finding a null result on the effect of curiosity on infant word learning - with @gertwestermann.bsky.social @elenacaltmann.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

No Evidence for Curiosity‐Driven Information Selection Advantage in Infants’ Novel Word Learning

The cognitive mechanisms and benefits of active learning in early child development are poorly understood. The current study investigated 20–23-month-old infants’ curiosity-driven information select.....

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Marina Bazhydai@marinabazhydai.bsky.social · 2y ago

Very pleased to present our 23-item parent-report measure of curiosity in infants, featuring also three subscales of sensory, investigative, and interactive curiosity. Check it out #DevSci - we hope it will become a powerful tool for developmental research! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

The Infant and Toddler Curiosity Questionnaire: A Validated Caregiver‐Report Measure of Curiosity in Children From 5 to 24 Months

Humans are curious. Especially children are known for their drive to explore and learn, which is crucial for developing in and navigating through our complex world. Naturally, some children may be mo...

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DevStart@devstart.org · 2y ago

Ever wondered how to master eye-tracking in developmental science? 🤔 Join us at the next #DevStart workshop (3–4 April 2025, London)! Hands-on tutorials, open-source tools, and a poster session to share your projects. 🤓 For more info and registration see the link below! 👇

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Eye-Tracking Workshop for Developmental Scientists. Eye-tracking is a powerful tool for studying cognition, particularly in developmental science where participants like infants and young children can...

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