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Alexandra (Allie) Sullivan, PhD@alliesullivan.bsky.social · 7mo ago

👀 Fantastic new review of disparate literature on stress & development across cog, emo and phys domains. "Early Life Stress Effects on Children's Biology, Behavior, & Health: Evidence, Mediators, Moderators, & Solutions" @nicolebushphd.bsky.social @alliesullivan.bsky.social & Amanda Noroña-Zhou

Abstract: This review synthesizes and critiques research on early life adversity and stress effects on multidomain health outcomes in child samples to fill a gap in the literature that has largely focused on adults. Prioritizing evidence from meta-analytic and systematic reviews as well as findings from (quasi-)experimental or large prospective longitudinal studies, we integrate interdisciplinary findings to characterize patterns of evidence for stress associations with child outcomes, including mental, physical, and positive health; academic, social, and justice system–related domains; and intermediary phenotypes that may predict disease, including biomarkers. We note cohesive evidence for sensitive periods of susceptibility to stress exposure and describe key mediators and moderators of stress effects, especially family-level factors. Then we highlight interventions targeting malleable factors that hold promise for ameliorating the effects of stress on children. Leveraging a developmental lens, we conclude with field-wide limitations and propose future directions for stress and health research that centers child development.

Infographic of moderators linking childhood stress to cognitive, emotional and physical development

Snapshot of evidence base for protective effects of policy interventions, eg Early Head Start

Very proud to share this Annual Review synthesizing 75+ years of research across 150+ studies on how stress, starting as early as the prenatal period, shapes children’s health across systems. This is the first review to center interdisciplinary pediatric outcomes. www.ucsf.edu/news/2026/01...

I've been on the internet since the 90s and this remains one of the very best things I've encountered here. Thanks @mastroianni.bsky.social for all your writing but especially this, you beautiful bouncing baby bog boy. "So you wanna de-bog yourself" www.experimental-history.com/p/so-you-wan...

New study from @ndersen.bsky.social and colleagues combines two of my favorite things - haunted houses and physiological synchrony research. "Scared together: heart rate synchrony and social closeness in a high-intensity horror setting." 👻❤️⚡❤️🧟

Scared together: heart rate synchrony and social closeness in a high-intensity horror setting.

The Boston Globe @bostonglobe.com · 8mo ago

"Writing is one of the most peaceful ways of communication...Writing is a form of listening, a process of thinking...the foundation upon which academic work is built. Writing is the heart of freedom of expression. Unbelievably, this opinion piece in our student paper, would lead to my detention."

“Even God Cannot Hear Us Here”: What I Witnessed Inside an ICE Women’s Prison

Tufts University doctoral student Rümeysa Öztürk opens up about her 45 days in a South Louisiana processing facility—and the generous and compassionate women she met.

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Weeks before agents arrived in Somerville in search of Rümeysa Öztürk, the White House developed their strategy to crack down on student protesters in a private meeting. Quietly, Öztürk's visa was canceled. Then came the warrant for her arrest. trib.al/KGutFoj

Rümeysa Öztürk. Text on the card reads: “‘I sometimes wake up in tears for friends still there.’ Rümeysa Öztürk’s six weeks in ICE detention.”

Ellen Roche @ellroche.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Powerful new commentary from thorbiie.bsky.social & @iheomairuka.bsky.social in @the74.bsky.social "Let us be clear: Agency in child-rearing is not a Silicon Valley innovation It is ancient wisdom..." www.the74million.org/article/the-...

Title: "The Goalposts keep moving: who gets to 'futureproof' their children?"

"If you haven't been living under a rock, you've probably seen the flood of headlines and hot takes about raising kids in the age of AI..."

"For years, those of us in early childhood have been shouting into the voice that play is not optional enrichment..."

Ellen Roche @ellroche.bsky.social · 9mo ago

👀 New @nature.com paper from Chenyu Yue, Na Wang & co identifies adenosine signaling in mPFC as a shared underlying mechanism of action in both ketamine and ECT, and thus a potential therapeutic target for depression. Super interesting read! 🐁 ⚡️

Screenshot of journal article “Adenosine signaling drives antidepressant actions of ketamine & ECT”

Screenshot from section of paper describing tests to confirm mPFC as essential for effects

Dr. Allison G. Harvey @allisonharvey.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Are you applying to a PhD in Clinical or Counseling Psychology? Here is a list of mentors who are taking students. Please circulate widely (and on X) so all applicants can benefit 😀. If you are mentoring please do add your name! #clinicalpsychology @abctnow.bsky.social

Accepting Clinical or Counselling Psychology Grad Student?

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So many things to be concerned about. Here’s one more! Based on everything we know about infant development, we should be exceedingly cautious about letting our littlest play with generative AI toys & bots. If you agree please sign & share our scientific statement: gsolen.ucsd.edu/position-sta...

Rounding out our #flux2025 neural synchrony symposium - Kathryn McNaughton will share findings (with chair Elizabeth Redcay) across behavioral synchrony & neural similarity using fMRI in both typically developing and ASD adolescents. Join us at 3 in Hyde 1! pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32025922/

Interpersonal Synchrony in Autism - PubMed

Across domains, synchrony is present but reduced or atypical in individuals with ASD during interactions with individuals with typical development (TD). Atypical synchrony may reflect the contribution...

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Looking fwd to our neural synchrony symposium today - & especially learning more from @pvrticka.bsky.social on synchrony in #fNIRS. For a preview check out an excellent 2025 review led by @saradefelice.bsky.social - join us 3pm in Hyde 1. 🧠 ⚡️ 🧠 #flux2025 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

De Felice et al 2025: relational neuroscience, insights from hyperscanning

Flux 2025 symposium - is neural synchrony a developmental mechanism?

Fantastic talk on differential pathways of threat and deprivation across brain and behavioral outcomes from childhood > adolescence from Margaret Sheridan. Many open questions on how plasticity actually works. #flux2025

Distinct depreciation and threat trajectories for learning and emotional development

Emotion regulation findings after threat paradigm

Middle insula findings after threat x caregiver fMRI task

Flux Society @fluxsociety.bsky.social · 11mo ago

John Cryan’s microbiota-social cognition talk was a revelation and made me want to eat some sauerkraut and give some to all my neighbors. 🥦 🫐 🧠 🍏 🥬 @jfcryan.bsky.social #flux2025

Sensitive periods for microbiota development

Cross-species studies of associations between microbiome and social behavior

🎓 FLUX is proud to spotlight Gavkhar Abdurokhmonova. Her research focuses on understanding how children's early language experiences shape their brain, cognitive, and socio-emotional development. Read about her journey, motivations, and advice for other young scientists: 👉 buff.ly/19APuWX

Ellen Roche@ellroche.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Is neural synchrony a dev. mechanism? How do we know? One methods insight - we should be cautious about interpreting brain synchrony w/o behavioral context. Our 2nd speaker, IM Haresign, wrote a great paper on this w/ E. Phillips & @profsamwass.bsky.social - learn more Sat @ 3! #flux2025 🧠⚡️🧠

I am so excited to moderate this symposium at #flux2025. Please join us Saturday, 3pm in Hyde 1. Across 4 methods & stages (direct neural recording, EEG, fNIRS, fMRI | mice, babies, toddlers & adolescents) we'll explore whether neural synchrony represents a developmental mechanism. Please join us!

Ellen Roche@ellroche.bsky.social · 11mo ago

I’ve wondered how we meaningfully interpret brain synchrony findings across regions in humans (eg motor v PFC). Going much deeper - @honglab.bsky.social will share how GABA- v glutamatergic neurons sync up - distinctly! - across two interacting mice - learn more 3pm Sat at #flux2025 🐁 🧠 ⚡️ 🧠 🐁

Koraly @drkoraly.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Great talk on combining behavioral and EEG data during parent-child dialogic reading to predict language outcomes from Tzipi Horowitz-Kraus at #flux2025 @jacobsfoundation.bsky.social symposium

Using multimodal diffusion maps to group different interaction sources

Only a multimodal analysis was related to parenting style and the child’s long-term outcomes

Lowe brain-to-brain synchronization during tablet-based reading

Literary Arabic v spoken Arabic and parent-child brain synchrony

My lab has an open post-doc position! We will begin reviewing applications as they come in. The post-doc will work with a vibrant research team at Penn State in the Department of Psychology and the Child Study Center. psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/PSU_Academic... 1/3

Postdoctoral Research Scholar, The Cognition, Affect, and Temperament Lab, College of the Liberal Arts, Department of Psychology-2

APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS: CURRENT PENN STATE EMPLOYEE (faculty, staff, technical service, or student), please login to Workday to complete the internal application process. Please do not apply here, a...

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This times infinity. If you don't have time to read "Don't think of an Elephant" just watch Josh Lyman's perfect 30-second explanation: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIYg... Every time we get hooked on refuting Trump's irrational claims, we lose the frame and support his.

Josh Lyman explains how elections work

YouTube video by Christian Poole

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Thank you @amandahess.bsky.social & @nytimes.com for this critical commentary on AI toys marketed to young children. We have no evidence that these kinds of toys support healthy development, and so many reasons to be cautious. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/15/a...

They’re Stuffed Animals. They’re Also A.I. Chatbots.

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Tuesday: 3 of us on my corner Wednesday: 7. I banged so joyfully I chipped my spoon Thursday: a dozen Tonight: dozens. Soup pot? Bass drum. People walk by, ask what we’re doing, grin, & start clapping along. Join us every night at 8 to free dc. #freedc #fuckfascism 🥄 🎶 🥣 🍳 🥁