While this research is important and this blog post a good read (imo), the real hero here is the funding that supported the work in the first place. Props to @infantstudies.bsky.social for helping to highlight the work!

Roberti, @stefaniehoehl.bsky.social (2025): By 10 months, infants link emotions to actions: seeing happiness prepares them for positive rather than negative actions, showing early brain sensitivity to social cues #EarlyYears #DevPsySky #PsychSciSky #Emotions #infancypapers doi.org/10.1111/infa...

New on the Baby Blog - Language learning in a digital world: How screen time impacts children’s language development by Sarah Kucker @skucker.bsky.social infantstudies.org/language-lea... #infantstudies #EarlyYears #DevPsySky #PsychSciSky #science #research #LanguageLearning

Quezada-Ugalde et al (2025) studied early childhood devt & family adaptation during COVID in Latin Am: quant results showed devt delays esp fine motor skills, qual findings showed coping strategies parents used to navigate new challenges #DevPsySky #PsychSciSky #infancypapers doi.org/10.1111/infa...

Ossmy & Serinos (2025) reviewed embodied cogn during infant play and argue that the next step must be testing causality which is essential for the future of early education, policy, and intervention programmes #EarlyYears #DevPsySky #PsychSciSky #infancypapers doi.org/10.1111/infa...

Nyström et al. (2025) systematic review of automated eye tracking w/ <2yo children: WEIRD popns, broad research topics (mtds, language, attention) & specific topics (autism, faces) dominate field, leaving many research areas understudied #DevPsySky #EarlyYears #infancypapers doi.org/10.1111/infa...

New on the Baby Blog - Making pilots public and improving developmental science by @agataboch.bsky.social and @mbneff.bsky.social #EarlyYears #DevPsySky #PsychSciSky #science #research #infantstudies infantstudies.org/making-pilot...

Gerbrand, Wengman & Forssman (2025) found that eye-tracking, especially the preferential looking paradigm, can offer an objective complement to parental reports for predicting children’s early vocabulary development. #DevPsySky #PsychSciSky #EyeTracking #infancypapers doi.org/10.1111/infa...

Murillo et al. (2025): From 9-12mos, caregivers use tactile cues w/ speech to support joint attention & lexical development. Object-mediated touch is often combined w/ speech, potentially enhancing word-referent mapping & lexical development #infancypapers doi.org/10.1111/infa...

👶 How do babies’ temperament and what mums say during playtime affect babies’ emotional wellbeing? 🧠 Latest research from @fran-doyle.bsky.social's team dives into answering this question. Tiny interactions, big impact! #DevPsySky #PsychSciSky #EarlyYears #infancypapers doi.org/10.1111/infa...

lil blogpost ab a cool paper led by the amazing @erinecampbell.bsky.social thnx to NSF. also features a coda ab the very active threat to science funding we’re facing (cc @standupforscience.bsky.social) & a ht to @sciencehomecoming.bsky.social’s good work. thnx @infantstudies.bsky.social!

New on the Baby Blog - From the mouths of babes: Saying the (im)perceptible by Elika Bergelson @bergelsonlab.bsky.social #EarlyYears #DevPsySky #PsychSciSky #science #research #infantstudies infantstudies.org/from-the-mou...

Su et al. (2025) analysed daylong home recordings: both neurotypical & autistic infants make more speech-like sounds when spoken to in parentese➡️ parentese supports early lang growth by encouraging infants to vocalize & interact #DevPsySky #Autism #EarlyYears #infancypapers doi.org/10.1111/infa...

Ní Choisdealbha, @gertwestermann.bsky.social & Reid (2025) studied action-related ERPs to see if 9-11mo infants encode the means of doing an action similarly to how they encode action goals. Effects were found for mid-latency semantic & social ERP components #infancypapers doi.org/10.1111/infa...

Our new paper is out in @infantstudies.bsky.social! We examined the IBQ-R's factor structure + measurement invariance. Findings suggest the standard model may need adjustment for use across populations. w/ @drkoraly.bsky.social, Vanessa LoBue, & @kabuss.bsky.social

A new paper w/ @kabuss.bsky.social & Vanessa LoBue, and led by @joscelinrocha.com & Brendan Ostlund now in Infancy @infantstudies.bsky.social When the World Pivots: Changes in Infant Negative Affect Trajectories Following the Onset of the COVID-19 Pandemic onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

daSilva & Bertenthal (2025): At 4-6mos, more vocal bids during a still-face episode were linked to higher RSA and greater physiological synchrony with mothers. This highlights early links between social engagement and physiological regulation #infancypapers onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Lazarus et al. (2025): A simple act with a lasting impact: Holding babies skin-to-skin in the NICU helped support their development and reduced differences linked to family income. Early touch can be a powerful way to promote equity from the very start #infancypapers doi.org/10.1111/infa...

Meet the members of #ICIS, Connecting w/ our Community series #9: Emeritus Prof Marilyn Vihman shares her retirement writing plans, her research discoveries about early child speech & her advice on taking linguistics AND psychology. Full video: youtu.be/423GBdfjuew #infantstudies

Silletti et al. (2025) reveal, for the first time, distinct maternal mind-mindedness profiles across Europe (Italy, Germany & the Netherlands), challenging simplistic West-East views, and calls for culturally tailored caregiver support #PsychSciSky #DevPsychSky #infancypapers doi.org/10.1111/infa...

(1/2) Boyne, @camilaalviar.bsky.social & @miriamlense.bsky.social (2025): Parents’ social and musical characteristics are associated with how much they sing to their infant #DevelopmentalPsychology #MusicDevelopment #EarlyYears #infancypapers doi.org/10.1111/infa...

New on the Baby Blog - Episodic-like memory in infancy: Insights from the developing hippocampus by Tristan S. Yates #EarlyYears #DevPsychSky #PsychSciSky #infantstudies infantstudies.org/episodic-lik...

(1/2) Cychosz, Villanueva et al. (2025): In 2 bilingual communities, infants heard majority societal language from children > adults, and in child‐directed > adult-directed speech, opposite pattern for minoritized language #EarlyYears #PsySciSky #DevSciSky #infancypapers doi.org/10.1111/infa...

Rajendra, @lehersingh.bsky.social et al. (2025): Family SES predicted Singaporean 5-12 month-old multilingual infants’ word recognition ability, demonstrating the key role SES plays in early language development, even before babies learn to talk. #DevPsySky #infancypapers doi.org/10.1111/infa...

Herbers et al. (2025) studied motor & lang devt of children staying in family homeless shelters: 1) include parent functioning in devtal screening; 2) shelter design, policy & practices shld consider early childhood devt & parent empowerment #EarlyYears #infancypapers doi.org/10.1111/infa...

Vanoncini, @stefaniehoehl.bsky.social,‬ @kinderstudien.bsky.social et al (2025): dyadic coupling (not predictability) in mum-infant cardiac synchrony linked w/ 9mo's adv word segmentn ➡️ caregiver-infant bio'l coregulation may play foundational role in lang acqn #infancypapers doi.org/10.1111/infa...

Castellana & Benitez (2025): Mexican immigrant mothers’ Mexican & Anglo cultural orientations differently predict child-directed speech and child’s Spanish & English vocab, emphasizing the role of cultural contexts on childhood bilingualism #DevPsySky #infancypapers doi.org/10.1111/infa...

Know someone who’s shaped the field of infant development? Nominate them for the ICIS Distinguished Contribution Award! Honoring a lifetime of scientific impact. Deadline: June 30, 2025. infantstudies.org/merit-awards/

New on the Baby Blog - Before and after lockdown: The COVID-19 pandemic and early social cognition skills by Rose M. Scott and Gabriel Nguyentran #infantstudies #EarlyYears #DevPsySky #PsychSciSky infantstudies.org/before-and-a...

Liu et al. (2025): At 12mos, preterm infants spent most of their time interacting w/ objects, and parents were often engaged. Freq of infant-object interaction bouts per minute at 12mos was negatively associated w/ 30mo cognitive scores #DevPsySky #EarlyYears #infancypapers doi.org/10.1111/infa...

Can infants tell when your phone is getting in the way? 📱👀 Cao et al. (2025) found that 20mo infants expect adults distracted by phones to do worse at simple tasks. Even babies may realise the consequences of multitasking! #infancypapers onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Reminder! The next #ICISWebinar is tomorrow – June 19! Don’t miss this opportunity to hear the latest from leading researchers in infant studies. infantstudies.org/icis-online-...

The ICIS Distinguished Contribution Award recognizes a lifetime of excellence in infant research Help us honor the giants of the field. Submit your nomination by June 30! infantstudies.org/merit-awards/ #InfantScience #InfantStudies #InfantResearch

Cutting-edge science in infancy research is just a click away! Join us June 19 for the next #ICISWebinar: “Beyond Who’s Speaking When: Machine Learning Tools to Extract Rich Multi-Dimensional Features from Home Audio Recordings.” infantstudies.org/icis-online-... #InfantStudies #InfantResearch

Who inspires you in the field of infant development? Nominate them for the ICIS Distinguished Contribution Award! Deadline: June 30, 2025 infantstudies.org/merit-awards/ #InfantStudies #InfantResearch

Rayport, @laurenshuffrey.bsky.social (2025): In a S African cohort, 15mos of mums w/ lower trauma exposure showed flex multisensory attn during eye-tracking task while those of mums w/ high trauma exposure did not, suggesting context-specific adaptations #infancypapers doi.org/10.1111/infa...

Call for Nominations! The ICIS Distinguished Contribution Award honors individuals whose work has fundamentally advanced the science of infant development. Nominate a colleague by June 30, 2025! infantstudies.org/merit-awards/ #InfantResearch #InfantStudies

Salter & Malinda (2025) present a novel joint attention elicitation test, finding that some infants show communicative joint attention bids by 6mos. Joint attention & referential communication may thus emerge earlier than previously thought #DevPsychSky #infancypapers doi.org/10.1111/infa...

Don't miss our next ICIS webinar! June 19 2025. Join leading researchers for a deep dive into cutting-edge work in infancy research. infantstudies.org/icis-online-... #InfantResearch #InfantStudies

Just had the chance to present on an @infantstudies.bsky.social panel about inexpensive methods for data collection with children - if you're curious about how Children Helping Science works/the kinds of studies you can run, this slide deck is a good place to start! docs.google.com/presentation...

Baumgartner & Kiel (2025): Father's parenting behaviors relate to child inhibited temperament devt across infancy & toddlerhood. Encouragement of independence, nurturance, & restrictiveness is of particular importance to the father-child dyad #DevPsychSky #infancypapers doi.org/10.1111/infa...

Thinking of studying infant social learning? Read the critical review by @chrmichel.bsky.social & @maleenthiele.bsky.social (2025) to get an overview of method'l details, insights gained, & ideas for future applns of novelty pref based object encoding paradigm #infancypapers doi.org/10.1111/infa...

In a study of infants w/ elevated (EL) or low likelihood (LL) for ASD, Yurkovic-Harding & Bradshaw (2025) found both EL & LL infants looked & smiled at caregiver similarly, but 3mo ELs showed more looking to caregiver after smile offset #EarlyYears #DevPsySky #infancypapers doi.org/10.1111/infa...

New on the Baby Blog - Solving the origins of knowledge: Brain development as energy minimization? by Justin N. Wood infantstudies.org/solving-the-... #EarlyYears #DevPsychSky #PsychSciSky #infantstudies

Belia et al. (2025) show dynamic links btwn language, motor skills & sleep patterns, esp during periods of marked devtal change in these domains ➡️ need to study vocab growth as part of a dynamic system involving mind, body and environment #DevPsySky #EarlyYears #infancypapers doi.org/10.1111/infa...

Gupta et al. (2024) found that 12-15mo infants produce the same gesture types (deictic, iconic, non-referential, conventional) as adult co-speech gesture categories, and that they have comparable linguistic properties before speech-emergence #DevPsySky #infancypapers doi.org/10.1111/infa...

Our latest paper found a number of risk factors for mother-infant responsiveness. Mitigating these cumulative risks and preventing reduced mother-infant responsiveness through adequate resources, education, and tailored support is crucial in the First 1001 days. #Technoference #First1001Days

- @lisagolds.bsky.social @karri-g-smith.bsky.social et al. (2025) studied 📱use on mum-infant r/s: infant social-emo'l devt, birth parity, appraisal support for mums & maternal 📱use during critical parenting periods predicted mother-infant responsiveness #infancypapers doi.org/10.1111/infa...

López Pérez et al. (2025): Parent report of which words infants say predict lab-measured word recognition, but not after controlling for age and vocab size. New methods needed to reliably capture word-specific knowledge #DevPsySky #LanguageDevelopment #infancypapers doi.org/10.1111/infa...

A study led by @rujoanna.bsky.social showed that at just 12mos, infants detect emotional valence from just movement, w/o facial cues! Infants looked longer at toys previously moved w/ positive emotions vs. negative emotions but touched both toys equally #infancypapers doi.org/10.1111/infa...