7. A new project led by @profsamwass.bsky.social records brain activity in babies and toddlers while they’re watching TV to find out. media.leverhulme.ac.uk/feature/swass

We loved joining @profsamwass.bsky.social & Waterstones #ChildrensLaureate @frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social at a Baby Lab to discover what happens to babies' brains when they're read to. Discover the neuroscience behind shared reading & how it enables children to flourish and thrive: bit.ly/44YCeMu

We’ve had a fantastic day at @hayfestival.bsky.social with our Waterstones #ChildrensLaureate @frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social! He appeared with our President Sir Michael Morpurgo in one event & spoke to @profsamwass.bsky.social about the neuroscience of sharing stories in a #ReadingRights talk!

Our #ReadingRights report with @frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social is out now, because early shared reading is vital. Frank & our CEO @dianajgerald.bsky.social joined @profsamwass.bsky.social at a Baby Lab to discover the difference it makes - watch the full vid 👇 www.booktrust.org.uk/about-us/rea...

To support the launch of ‪@booktrust.org.uk‬'s Reading Rights report today with ‪@frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social‬, here are six neuroscience-informed tips for sharing books with young children 👇

Just out 📣 in @JEnvPsych- 'Differential Effects Of An Urban Outdoor Environment On 4-5 Year Old Children’s Attention In School' - with @GemmaGoldenberg, Molly Atkinson, @jan_dubiel www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

The QRR will be hosting a Public Lecture on the benefits of reading at #BNA2025 featuring anncleeves.bsky.social Professor Frank Cottrell-Boyce, Sally Dynevor and @profsamwass.bsky.social www.eventbrite.com/e/the-queens... #readingforwellbeing #publicengagement #thequeensreadingroom

When it comes to early years screen media – how fast-paced is TOO fast? Just heard 🎉🍾🍾 we got funding from @LeverhulmeTrust for new project measuring how young brains respond to screen media in real time. With @JuliaDavidson13, Rachel Barr, @jessen_sarah, @MarriottIra, PLabendzki

How can you improve pupils' concentration in primary classrooms? @profsamwass.bsky.social and Dr Gemma Goldenberg share research-informed interventions ⬇️

Just out in Nature Communications Psychology - in a multilingual corpus of child-directed songs, the cumulative-compressibility of the lyrics reveals multiscale complexity patterns that could support different relevant functions, e.g. attention, learning and bonding. www.nature.com/articles/s44...

Again, again, again! Article for Nursery World on the neuroscience of why repetition can help concentration in the early years www.nurseryworld.co.uk/content/feat...

Are brain states in children passively generated in response to things that happen in our environment? Or are they actively created through micro-level movements? Big questions in latest pre-preprint from @MarriottIra that re-examines developmental EEG findings 👇 1/8

New preprint - 'From salience to semantics: multilevel hierarchical contingencies organise parent-infant joint attention' by Pierre Labendzki, @martaperapoch with Louise Goupil, @EmilyDevNeuro and team from @UEL_BabyDevLab DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.26638.47686

Guest Essay for the launch of The Royal Foundation Centre for Early Childhood's Shaping Us framework - on an under-neglected topic - on why some of the most important learning happens BEFORE we develop the ability to focus #RoyalFoundation centreforearlychildhood.org/news-insight...

When things are perfectly predictable, one doesn't need memory. Conversely, we need memory to store information that can be used in a world that is somewhat unpredictable. Source: Oxford Mathematics, Sam Cohen’s ‘Information Theory’ course. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScX2...

ONE WEEK TODAY!🧠☁️ The countdown is ON for the publication day of Take Action on Distraction, from @profsamwass.bsky.social & Gemma Goldenberg!🎉 Take action on distraction and never battle for children's attention again!

A PhD Student opportunity funded by ESRC UBEL Doctoral and Training Pathway Scheme and Procter & Gamble, based mainly at www.uelbabydev.com @profsamwass.bsky.social in London with regular visits to P&G labs in Germany. isdp.org/2025/02/21/a...

Join @MusharafAsghar, @DingleyCEO, @TTSResources, @theearlyyearsdietitian, @cherylJ_warren, @BoogieMites, Neil Leitch, Shannon Pite and me at @EYAlliance Celebrating SEND roadshows in Nottingham and Bristol this year - book here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/alliance-c...

FREE @EYAlliance family corner session tomorrow - Michael Rosen, Tiny Happy People, tips on outdoor learning, early language, neurodiversity www.familycorner.co.uk/home-where-s...

The neuroscience of 'I want NORMAL chicken!!' Article for Nursery World on why toddlers love predictability. www.nurseryworld.co.uk/content/feat...

I was at this too it was SO cool 📚

You can never have enough Jan Pieńkowski! Here's a tribute I wrote to his work, when he won the @booktrust.bsky.social Lifetime Achievement Award: www.sfsaid.com/2019/05/jan-...

📣Just out in Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews! @ELSneuroscience - 'Foraging and inertia: Understanding the developmental dynamics of overt visual attention' with @martaperapoch, Tom Northrop, @MarriottIra, @EmilyAPhillips www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Home is where the start is: a world of possibilities Free @EYAlliance sessions for parents of 0-5s Thurs 13 Feb to Sat 15 Feb www.familycorner.co.uk/home-where-s...

Our #ReadingRights Summit with Waterstones #ChildrensLaureate @frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social is tomorrow! As part of his learning ahead of the Summit, Frank visited a Baby Lab to discover what happens to a baby's brain when they're read to... www.booktrust.org.uk/news-and-fea...

Just out 🎉 at @cp-trendscognsci.bsky.social - 'Finding order in chaos: influences of environmental complexity and predictability on development' with Katie Lancaster www.cell.com/trends/cogni...

Best line from this is @frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social's about how cheap reading aloud to children is! There is TONNES of good scientific evidence for beneficial effects of reading to children - if you want a reference list DM me www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...