Children ages 4–9 across six cultures around the world spontaneously helped one another with a puzzle, whether Wichí, Quechua, ≠Akhoe Hai||om, Samburu, Kikuyu, or German suggesting that helping their peers is universal among children. In PNAS: https://ow.ly/cOkG50ZWmmJ

I am excited that we are bringing ISRE2028 @isreorg.bsky.social to my dearest Belgrade ❤️ Looking forward to seeing everyone there!! #ISRE2028

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Mark your calendar for ISRE2028 in Belgrade. At a city that is known for its openness, energy, and distinctive character, lies at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers, we look forward to creating, together, a memorable and intellectually inspiring ISRE conference.

New Preprint! We gave neural networks infant-like curiosity and let them free to explore. They grew brain-like architecture, followed human synaptic development, and even started to display compositional thought. So we think curiosity doesn't just come from a complex mind... it helps us build one 👇

Curiosity shapes brain-like architectures and functions

How does complex cognition emerge from simpler underlying processes? We show that two components are sufficient: infant-like curiosity and brain-like biophysical constraints jointly drive the emergenc...

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A few days left to apply for two fully funded 4-year PhD positions in my group at the University of Amsterdam The PhD candidates will work on the @erc.europa.eu funded project EMODEV: The emergence of distinct emotions in human development. Application deadline: 3 May

Vacancy — Two PhD Positions in Developmental Psychology/Affective Science

<p>Are you intrigued by how distinct emotions emerge in the first years of life? Do you want to work with young children in naturalistic settings using cutting-edge methods to study emotions? Join us ...

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I am excited to share that we are opening two fully funded 4-year PhD positions in my group at the University of Amsterdam The PhD candidates will work on the @erc.europa.eu funded project EMODEV: The emergence of distinct emotions in human development. Application deadline: 3 May

Gentle reminder! The deadline for submitting a candidacy for the Early Career Award is approaching (NEW DEADLINE: February 15). 🏆 The award includes a $1,000 prize, an invited talk at ISRE 2026 (with waived registration) and more. For more details: www.isre.org/page/isre-ec...

A few weeks left to apply for the @isreorg.bsky.social Early Career Award

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ISRE is seeking candidates for the Early Career Award, recognizing scientific excellence in affective sciences. 🏆 Award includes: • $1,000 prize • Invited talk at ISRE2026 (with waived registration) • Opportunity to submit a paper to Emotion Review 👉 www.isre.org/page/isre-ec...

Our lab at the University of Amsterdam is hiring a Postdoctoral Researcher to examine how young children’s emotions develop across cultures. This position is part of our @erc.europa.eu project on the emergence of distinct emotions in human development. werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...

Vacancy — Postodoctoral Position in Developmental Psychology/Affective Science

Are you interested in understanding early emotional development? We are looking for a postdoctoral researcher to study the emergence of infants’ and young children’s distinct emotions. This research i...

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BBC article on our work showing that having deep conversations with their parents can make children feel more loved. "Rather than just talking about leisure and work, the parents and kids spoke about topics that really matter." www.bbc.com/future/artic...

The shortcut to close bonds? Asking meaningful questions

The right questions can help us connect with strangers – and create closer bonds between parents and children.

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I am very excited to start a new research program on the emergence of distinct emotions in early decelopment, funded by the European Research Council Starting grant! A huge thank you to my mentors, collaborators, colleagues, coaches, advisors, and my husband for supporting me along the way!

🧠 Call for Participation: Social Dynamics 2025 🗓️ 20-21 November 2025 📍Utrecht University, The Netherlands 🔗 socialdynamics2025.sites.uu.nl ft @antoniahamilton.bsky.social @escross.bsky.social @suzannedikker.bsky.social @milicanikolic.bsky.social, @dcrafa.bsky.social + many more

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Our workshop series starts next week! Monday: Discovering Statistics; Tuesday: State-of-the-art meta-analysis; Wednesday: Machine learning without tears Thursday & Friday: Bayesian hypothesis testing Attend one or all of them, in person or online jasp-stats.org/2025/06/27/l...

Last-Minute Alert: The JASP Workshop Series Starts this Monday. Join us in Amsterdam or Online! - JASP - Free and User-Friendly Statistical Software

Still no plans for next week? Then join us for one of our JASP workshops, either in Amsterdam or online. Next Monday we kick things off with “Discovering Statistics Using JASP.” Guided by Andy Field’s...

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🚨 Postdoc Opportunity!!! The Toronto Early Cognition Lab (@UofT) is hiring a postdoc to study early optimism in infants & young children. Work w/ multi-method approach, amazing undergrads & grads. Start: Fall 2025 or later. Details: jessica.sommerville@utoronto.ca RTs appreciated 💫

Very excited that the next @isreorg.bsky.social conference will take place in Brisbane, Australia. Join us for a week of exciting research on emotion!

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📅 Mark your calendars for ISRE2026 in Brisbane, Australia! Join emotion researchers from around the world to exchange ideas by the beach, enjoy Moreton Bay bugs, and soak up the winter sun in Queensland! ☀️ Please share & stay tuned for more!

A stellar line-up at this @royalsociety.org event on the Self, 19-20 May : Garfinkel, Wykowska, Prescott, Verschure, Zavahi, Schectman, , Li, Southgate, Lanillos, Brugger, Addis,Vogeley, Preller,Tsakiris, Blanke. Join us! royalsociety.org/science-even...

From being to identity: analysis and synthesis of the self | Royal Society

Discussion meeting organised by Professor Tony Prescott, Professor Agnieszka Wykowska, Professor Sarah Garfinkel, and Professor Paul Verschure.

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I am delighted to announce the speakers for our summer school on emotion, taking place June 30 – July 4 in Amsterdam, including Agneta Fischer, Bert Bakker, @gijsschumacher.bsky.social, Disa Sauter, Ute Frevert, Marie Rosenkrantz Lindegaard, Elisa Militaru, Ilya Veer, Laura Keesman and myself.

Emotions: An Interdisciplinary Perspective - UvA Summer School

This interdisciplinary summer program expands participants’ knowledge and understanding of emotion as a key motivator of human behavior.

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We have two upcoming special issues at Developmental Psychology with open calls for letters of intent. Please do submit, as we are excited to continue providing leading and lively science in the pages of the journal. www.apa.org/pubs/journal... The two calls: 1/3 @apajournals.bsky.social

Developmental Psychology

APA's peer reviewed journal, Developmental Psychology advances knowledge and theory about development across the life span.

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Excited to share a new paper! The development of emotion contagion- out in #DevSci We used the cool method of infra-red thermal imaging to examine #EmotionContagion in #infants using a #crosscultural sample from Uganda and UK @durhampsych.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Contagious Crying Revisited: A Cross‐Cultural Investigation Into Infant Emotion Contagion Using Infrared Thermal Imaging

Contagious crying in infants has been considered an early marker of their sensitivity to others’ emotions, a form of emotional contagion, and an early basis for empathy. However, it remains unclear w...

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This story is another great example of why we can’t just extrapolate what we know about neuroscience in the developed brain to neuroscience in the developing brain. www.jneurosci.org/content/44/4...

More Than a Small Brain: The Importance of Studying Neural Function during Development

The nervous system contains complex circuits comprising thousands of cell types and trillions of connections. Here, we discuss how the field of “developmental systems neuroscience” combines the molecu...

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Happy New Year! 🎉 Are you considering learning a new data science skills as part of your New Year’s resolution? Here is a collection of free courses covering a variety of topics, including #Python, #RStats, #statistics, #math, #machinelearning, #deeplearning, etc. www.linkedin.com/pulse/curate...

A Curated List of Data Science Free Courses

Happy New Year! 🎉 Are you considering learning a new data science or engineering skill as part of your New Year’s resolution? Here is a collection of free courses and resources covering a variety of t...

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I am delighted to announce that Disa Sauter and I are organizing a summer school, Emotion: An Interdisciplinary Perspective, at the University of Amsterdam 30 June - 4 July 2025. We are also excited to offer four full scholarships through our faculty. summerschool.uva.nl/content/summ...

A clever study probing infants’ false beliefs

PsyPost@psypost.bsky.social · 2y ago

A recent study found that 18-month-old infants adapt their pointing gestures based on their partner’s knowledge, providing clearer signals to uninformed or misinformed partners, showcasing early development of… #ChildDevelopment #InfantStudies #Mentalization #EarlyChildhood #CommunicationSkills

Give yourself (and your future readers) an early present and read every word of this blog post on scientific writing by @dingdingpeng.the100.ci ...

Julia M. Rohrer@dingdingpeng.the100.ci · 2y ago

Behind the first door of the 100% CI advent calendar is a new blog post! In which I hand out unsolicited writing advice -- with a focus on writing about technical topics in an accessible manner, but most of it is fairly general: www.the100.ci/2024/12/01/w...

We're launching Devstart, a website to help anyone getting started with developmental science methods and programming. Here's the website with the first tutorials: tommasoghilardi.github.io/DevStart/ Please share widely! 1/4

Excited to share our new work exploring how people learn from acceptance and rejection: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... We find that the brain's 'social rejection' network tracks changes in how others value us—separate from reward learning about positive outcomes. See Begum’s thread below for more!

Begüm Babür@begumbabur.bsky.social · 2y ago

🥳 Exciting news! My first paper is out now in @pnas.org This work was a great collaboration between @ycleong.bsky.social , Chelsey Pan, & @leorhackel.bsky.social We examined how the brain learns from experiences of social acceptance and rejection🧵👇 www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

So many parents want to know when social media may be safe for their child. The American Psychological Association and Common Sense Media teamed up to make this free resource! Hope it is useful!!! www.commonsensemedia.org/articles/qui...

Quiz: How social media savvy is your child?

Quiz: How social media savvy is your child? - Learn more and get Common Sense Media's research-backed tips.

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An interesting observational study of elephants’ behaviours at the Berlin zoo. Can elephants be envious? www.science.org/content/arti...

This elephant learned to use a hose as a shower. Then her rival sought revenge

Behaviors reveal sophisticated tool use—and possible “pranking”—among pachyderms

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New to BlueSky? Interested in Psychology? Click on this post and scroll up for a thread of 40 starter packs containing experts in different areas of psychology. #Psychology #AcademicSky #EduSky 🧪

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