We're still accepting applications! Review will begin 3/23 for a full-time Junior Specialist Lab Coordinator in the Cognition in Context Lab at UC Davis. #psychjobs

Jesse Niebaum@niebaumjc.bsky.social · 8mo ago

We're hiring! The Cognition in Context Lab at UC-Davis is recruiting a full-time junior specialist lab coordinator to start in early summer 2026. Go here for more information about the position and how to apply: recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07476 Please share and consider applying!

We're hiring! The Cognition in Context Lab at UC-Davis is recruiting a full-time junior specialist lab coordinator to start in early summer 2026. Go here for more information about the position and how to apply: recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07476 Please share and consider applying!

Junior Specialist- Munakata Lab

University of California, Davis is hiring. Apply now!

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UC Davis is hiring! A tenure-track assistant professor of psychology, in human cognition or cognitive neuroscience #psychjobs recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07300

Assistant Professor of Psychology - Human Cognition or Cognitive Neuroscience

University of California, Davis is hiring. Apply now!

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I haven't actively studied EF for a while, b/c I wasn't sure what new approache(s) I can take to adequately address those concerns. It turned out that @yukomunakata.bsky.social—a good friend since grad school—also experienced similar changes in the way she views EF (see her own 🧵👇). (10/12)

Yuko Munakata@yukomunakata.bsky.social · 2y ago

1/ I've long wondered why executive function in childhood predicts life outcomes. Why does juggling information in mind, shifting between tasks, and controlling our impulses matter so much? I'm increasingly convinced that our early answers missed something fundamental. #PsychSciSky #DevPsychSky

Earlier, I posted a 🧵 about the articles that students liked in my graduate course on executive function (EF)👇. In this new 🧵 (the last one based on this class, I promise!), I thought I'd share some of the thoughts I had while teaching this course. If you’re interested in EF, read on. (1/12)

Akira Miyake@amiyake.bsky.social · last yr.

I taught a graduate course on executive function (EF) in the spring. Before I forget, I thought I'd tell you about the readings students liked the best (at the end of the semester, I asked students to vote for their favorite papers, excl. any of mine). Here are the top vote getters. 🧵 (1/6)

Finally out! For the first time, The Lancet has published a critical paper on the science of Early Childhood Development (#ECD). As an interdisciplinary team of authors, we call on the ECD field move beyond the widespread use of deficit-based models. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Beyond deficit models in early childhood development science

We appreciate the efforts of the Lancet Series, Early Childhood Development and the Next 1000 Days, to draw attention to the needs of young children in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs).1...

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I taught a graduate course on executive function (EF) in the spring. Before I forget, I thought I'd tell you about the readings students liked the best (at the end of the semester, I asked students to vote for their favorite papers, excl. any of mine). Here are the top vote getters. 🧵 (1/6)

In this commencement season, you may be wondering "why is that thing called a hood, and can I actually wear it like one?" You can, you should. Here demonstrated w/ @yukomunakata.bsky.social imparting this wisdom at my own graduation.

Lifespan development of the PI. My PhD mentor @yukomunakata.bsky.social had a great presentation she would give for new lab members about all the things her former mentors would do that seemed weird at the time but made total sense once she had her own lab, and I am 100% living out that timeline.

Super interesting & well done talk by @yukomunakata.bsky.social to cap off #SRCD25. Executive function is not a static cognitive ability “in the head” of children, but rather is influenced adaptively by environment, habits, and culture.

I wrote an OpEd arguing against funding cuts to NIH and NSF and their devastating impact for the newspaper I grew up with, the Morning Sun, in Pittsburg, Kansas. Keep spreading the word, wherever you can. morningsun.net/stories/maki...

Making the case for science - The Morning Sun

I am a research scientist at the Center for Mind and Brain at the University of California, Davis. Before that, I was a student in Pittsburg Community Schools: I started kindergarten at Lakeside and g...

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Here's a short news story about procrastination, just published in UC Davis's Letters & Science magazine. Featuring my long-time friend/colleague @yukomunakata.bsky.social, this article describes factors contributing to procrastination and gives you a few concrete tips for overcoming it.

Two Ways to Avoid the Procrastination Loop and Get Started on Anything

New research in psychology describes some of the factors that contribute to procrastination in both children and adults. Learn some tips on how we can build the motivation to get started on that last-...

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Waiting for the same delayed flight back from one of my last PhD interviews with their visiting colloquium speaker, who quizzed me on my other offers and convinced me I shouldn't go there but instead to CU Boulder to work with @yukomunakata.bsky.social about which he was absolutely right.

Dan Quintana@dsquintana.bsky.social · 2y ago

What's the moment of luck that's had the biggest impact for your academic career? For me, it was how I wouldn't have gotten a PhD fellowship if it wasn't for the 1st-ranked person declining, which meant that I was awarded the fellowship as 2nd-ranked applicant. That was my last shot at a PhD.

I have been really really really fascinated by this because something I think academics don't always see is that very small effects about "executive functions" sometimes have a massive mythology life out here in industry. Sometimes it feels like we're drowning in extreme claims about it

Yuko Munakata@yukomunakata.bsky.social · 2y ago

1/ I've long wondered why executive function in childhood predicts life outcomes. Why does juggling information in mind, shifting between tasks, and controlling our impulses matter so much? I'm increasingly convinced that our early answers missed something fundamental. #PsychSciSky #DevPsychSky

This entire thread is a splendid way for us in #HigherEd to re-frame how we design for and approach our learners, who come to us not just w/varying *levels* of executive function skills, but varying *kinds.* This is research that would have been useful in the #UDL 3.0 guidelines! Have a read.

Yuko Munakata@yukomunakata.bsky.social · 2y ago

1/ I've long wondered why executive function in childhood predicts life outcomes. Why does juggling information in mind, shifting between tasks, and controlling our impulses matter so much? I'm increasingly convinced that our early answers missed something fundamental. #PsychSciSky #DevPsychSky

Really great thread. I agree. The HOW and WHY executive functions impact life outcomes is the next important step in understanding their influence. Our measures are key to that puzzle.

Yuko Munakata@yukomunakata.bsky.social · 2y ago

1/ I've long wondered why executive function in childhood predicts life outcomes. Why does juggling information in mind, shifting between tasks, and controlling our impulses matter so much? I'm increasingly convinced that our early answers missed something fundamental. #PsychSciSky #DevPsychSky

1/ I've long wondered why executive function in childhood predicts life outcomes. Why does juggling information in mind, shifting between tasks, and controlling our impulses matter so much? I'm increasingly convinced that our early answers missed something fundamental. #PsychSciSky #DevPsychSky

Thanks Mark. Here’s another: go.bsky.app/3HinJx9

Developmental research can challenge some conceptions or assumptions based on adult research. This idea is illustrated in the new press release below: Studying children's procrastination challenges a currently dominant definition based on adult research. #DevPsy #PsychSciSky tinyurl.com/yckezvcy

Research aims to improve understanding of children’s procrastination

Research aims to improve understanding of children’s procrastination - The Brock News, a news source for Brock University

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Please Share! 📢 I'm recruiting a PhD student for Fall 2025 at UC Berkeley! I'm particularly interested in students interested in early math learning (kindergarten - 3rd grade), working memory, and inequities in early childhood using quantitative methods. Deadline is Dec 3rd!

We have TWO job searches @ucdavispsych.bsky.social! #psychjobs #Psychology

We're hiring! Assistant Professor of Developmental Psychology @ucdavispsych.bsky.social #DevPsychSky #psychjobs #Psychology recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF06660

Assistant Professor of Psychology - Developmental Psychology

University of California, Davis is hiring. Apply now!

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In my first ever (!) Bluesky post, I want to tell you about a review on procrastination in adults and children, just published at @NatRevPsych. Working on this review w/ Caitlin Mahy and @yukomunakata.bsky.social changed my thinking and research directions. (1/15) www.nature.com/articles/s44...

Mutual implications of procrastination research in adults and children for theory and intervention - Nature Reviews Psychology

Procrastination is often viewed as innocuous as long as deadlines are met but it is associated with negative life outcomes. In this Review, Mahy et al. bring together procrastination research in adult...

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1/ When we partnered with 6th grade teachers to support students' executive functioning and math learning, I was struck by what the teachers wanted to know: What could be done about student procrastination? go.nature.com/3Yug81z #PsychSciSky

Mutual implications of procrastination research in adults and children for theory and intervention - Nature Reviews Psychology

Procrastination is often viewed as innocuous as long as deadlines are met but it is associated with negative life outcomes. In this Review, Mahy et al. bring together procrastination research in adult...

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Hey #PsychSciSky – New important review paper on procrastination (perfect for academics in August!) + new to BlueSky follows @yukomunakata.bsky.social and @amiyake.bsky.social

Nature Reviews Psychology@natrevpsychol.nature.com · 2y ago

Mutual implications of procrastination research in adults and children for theory and intervention Review by Caitlin E. V. Mahy, Yuko Munakata (@yukomunakata.bsky.social) & Akira Miyake (@amiyake.bsky.social) Web: go.nature.com/3Yug81z PDF: rdcu.be/dPMCV

Mutual implications of procrastination research in adults and children for theory and intervention Review by Caitlin E. V. Mahy, Yuko Munakata (@yukomunakata.bsky.social) & Akira Miyake (@amiyake.bsky.social) Web: go.nature.com/3Yug81z PDF: rdcu.be/dPMCV