Children are incredible language learning machines. But how do they do it? Our latest paper, just published in TICS, synthesizes decades of evidence to propose four components that must be built into any theory of how children learn language. 1/ www.cell.com/trends/cogni... @mpi-nl.bsky.social

Just published: our validated 23-item parent report measure of curiosity in infants 5-24 months of age (ITCQ), a single measure with subscales of sensory, investigative and interactive curiosity. With Elena Altmann, @marinabazhydai.bsky.social, Didar Karadag. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

LCICD 2025 is happening in Lancaster, UK, from Aug 27th to 29th, 2025! wp.lancs.ac.uk/lcicd/

We're advertising for a Senior Teaching Associate for 16 months (80% FTE, start Jan 2025) to cover a grant-funded buy-out - please share with potential candidates to come and join us at Lancaster Psychology! hr-jobs.lancs.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...

On Bluesky, hashtags work only when connected to a feed. So I made feeds for #CogSci and #DevSci! You can join them with the links below. Please repost, so we can rebuild a nice community over here! #CogSci: bsky.app/profile/did:... #DevSci: bsky.app/profile/did:... And don't forget to pin them :)