Our research team—Nashmia, Danita, Georgia, & Anastassia—presented some of our lab's new findings on newborn social attention development at the RCIF conference! Thanks to Arushi, Shuo, & Tiffany for their mentorship & to the families who participated. #WomenInSTEM #UMiami
Social Cognition Lab, University of Miami
"Prenatal behavioral contagion through maternal yawning and fetal resonance"
Read more in Current Biology: spkl.io/63320AAVza
Giulia D’Adamo & colleagues
@currentbiology.bsky.social
Automated Quantification of Affect Synchrony: Links to Autism Risk and Social Communication in Infancy doi.org/10.1007/s108...
For those in the US - Take 2 min to urge Congress to reject the administration’s FY2027 budget proposal that seeks a complete dissolution of the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (SBE) Directorate and a staggering 54% cut to the National Science Foundation: www.votervoice.net/Shares/BAAAA...
Really excellent to see more attempts to model social cues like gaze using natural behaviour. For too long we've constrained variation for experimental control
*but the meaning is often in the variation!*
#neuroskyence
elifesciences.org/articles/105...
doi.org
A fully automated 3D tracking framework reveals that sex and familiarity strongly shape natural social gaze dynamics in freely interacting marmosets.
elifesciences.org
Please take 2 minutes today to urge Congress to reject the administration’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 budget proposal that seeks a complete dissolution of the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (SB...
New ManyBabies publication!
Over 10+ years and 5,000+ babies tested, we've learned a ton about how to study the developing mind. In this comment, we discuss three such lessons that are shaping the future of ManyBabies. We'd love to hear your thoughts!
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New work from Alicia Vallorani's dissertation + NIH F31! 🧠🎉
Using naturalistic social interactions + fMRI, negative affect during interactions shaped subsequent mentalizing network connectivity.
A great example of dynamic social processing in real-world contexts.
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A decade of ManyBabies research, testing thousands of babies across hundreds of labs, has shown that some, but not all findings in infant research replicate well. Collectively, these projects have sho...
Abstract. Understanding others’ intentions and emotions is supported by the mentalizing network, helping people navigate the inherently complex dynamics of
“The team’s research offers clear pathways to improving educational practice for children with autism, hearing loss, and other developmental challenges,” wrote psychology professor and department chair Phil McCabe, who nominated the group.
news.miami.edu/stories/2026...
U Miami Dept of Psychology
ManyBabies
Academic friends,
It's beyond heartbreaking to watch what's unfolding in Iran & the region.
A few of us drafted an open letter calling for protection of civilians & of educational, research, medical & cultural institutions.
Please read & sign if you agree:
sites.google.com/view/protect...
#IranWar
Koraly
New 🦍 💠paper in @psychscience.bsky.social
We continue to ask simple questions that are hard to answer
"Individual Differences in Great Ape Cognition Across Time and Domains: Stability, Structure, and Predictability"
Bonus: Rasch models in the supplement 🤓
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
We, the undersigned academics and researchers from around the world, express our profound concern over recent military strikes on Iran, the retaliatory responses, and the reported impact on civilian l...
