New paper alert: bit.ly/3UF7bR0 🎉 We found weak alignment btw parental reports of word comprehension & production with direct measures (tablet 4-AFC task) of their child's emotion comprehension from 2 to 5y of age. => We need reliable tools to assess emotion word comprehension in childhood!

Remember Bruderer et al. 2015, showing that infants with teething toys struggle with sound discrimination? 👶 We thought: do SUSTAINED, rather than momentary, restrictions to the production system (pacifiers) associate with lexical development? The do! See: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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Topic that came up: What are examples of exceptionally well written papers/chapters in the field of cognitive science, cognitive psychology, or cognitive neuroscience? Reading good writing can really help with writing skill development. #psychscisky #neuroskyence #cogsci #visionscience

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I'm happy to announce that Children Helping Science and Psych-DS are hiring for a joint, temporary position! Job ad: docs.google.com/document/d/1... Other comments: read on