Deaf signers read more efficiently (faster with equivalent comprehension) and have wider reading spans than hearing readers. Our new paper shows that reading comprehension skills are positively linked with reading span size only for deaf readers. Open Access: jov.arvojournals.org/article.aspx...

Such a fun one!

New ep! 🚨 We chatted with Dr. Viridiana Benitez (viribeni.bsky.social) about her academic journey and mentorship. We also discuss her Current Biology paper, “Predictable Events Enhance Word Learning in Toddlers,” as well as her work on predictability and bilingualism. itsinnate.fireside.fm/36

Had an amazing time at my first CDS! Highlights were hearing about all of the awesome bilingualism research at Friday’s talks, the poster sessions, and of course, poutine! 🇨🇦 @cogdevsoc.bsky.social

Great news! It's Innate! is now available on Apple Podcasts! Listen and subscribe here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

We're looking forward to our conversation tomorrow with Dr. Richard Prather (pratherlab.bsky.social) about what it means to apply a critical approach to the cognitive sciences and to releasing the episode shortly thereafter! Don't forget to let us know who you'd like to hear from next!

A little teaser of upcoming guests: 🎉Dr. Richard Prather -- addressing the "homogenous samples" fallacy (pratherlab.bsky.social) 🎉Dr. Viridiana Benitez (viribeni.bsky.social) -- infant statistical learning 🎉Dr. Alessandra Geraci -- innate socio evaluation & sensitivity to ostensive pointing

New ep! 🚨 In the first half, they discuss Jenny’s recent paper showing that children’s number estimates can be influenced by the gender of the person providing the estimate. In the second half, they talk about Deon's recent paper examining children's causal judgements. itsinnate.fireside.fm/34

The title of this new article by >30 deaf and hearing authors says it all "Avoiding unintended consequences: Science of reading policies have potential to harm deaf children" doi.org/10.1093/jdsa...

New ep! 🚨 In it, we introduce a new member of our team — Jenna DiStefano (@jennadistefano.bsky.social) — and chat with her about her work — how Infant Directed Speech varies across context. With Jenna as our editor, we may *finally* be able to release episodes regularly! itsinnate.fireside.fm/33

We're hiring! The Cognition in Context Lab at UC-Davis is recruiting a full-time junior specialist lab coordinator to start in early summer 2026. Go here for more information about the position and how to apply: recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07476 Please share and consider applying!

Vandy CaLL is hiring a Project Manager for early 2026! We're looking for someone that can help manage work on an NSF-funded project investigating how individual differences in cognitive ability and language experience shapes L2 sentence processing. ecsr.fa.us2.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

I wrote a paper with some of my favorite people synthesizing the last 25 years of research on my favorite topic: the development of visual attention during infancy 👶👀 doi.org/10.1016/j.in... #infantcognition #development #visualperception #visualattention

Words and gestures help tune infant attention before they can speak. New UC Davis study finds babies focus longer when object labels ("bear") are paired with spatial words ("here"), and even longer when paired with gestures like pointing. ucdav.is/4lYtXgL

When your poster is too big for the board…enjoying my time at #CogSci2025 🧠

NIH slashed 80% of funding for programs that support deaf scientists. The Trump admin's message is clear - exclusion & further marginalization. We reject that. Science is for everyone. Read on for ways to support deaf students in STEM ➡️ zurl.co/H9O12

University of Pennsylvania goes all in on anti-trans BS under pressure from the White House. This will go way beyond just sports.

What’s a bigger win of the week, passing my qualifying exam or throwing my first successful bowl? 🤩

Bad photo but amazing quote 👏🏻👏🏻 #SRCD2025

First symposium of #SRCD2025 off to a great start! Enjoyed @nemeth.bsky.social ‘s discussion about the “cooperative and competitive” relationship between statistical learning and executive functions! Will be taking these thoughts with me 🤔💭

Looking forward to presenting some of my current analyses next week at the Bay Area Language Processing Interest Group Meeting! I will be discussing how characteristics of deafness in particular can play a role in working memory and inhibitory control 🧏🏻‍♀️🧠🗣️

📣 Across the U.S., cuts to federal funding for health research are projected to cause losses of $16B and 68,500 jobs. How will YOUR area be impacted? Excited to share SCIMaP, a website that our team has created to communicate the impact of funding cuts. #PsychSciSky #MedicalSky scienceimpacts.org

Disappeared Tufts Human Dev. PhD student Rumesya Ozturk is also a graduate of Teachers College - she’s a dev. psychologist studying children’s media & prosocial development. She also bakes without recipes and binge-watches cartoons. She is our colleague & she was abducted on the street w/ our tax $.

So excited to head to Sacramento soon!

My very first first-authored paper is out! We studied how caregivers may adjust the way they communicate with infants based on the specific communicative context they are in, and discuss why these adjustments occur and how they may support language development 🗣️👶🏻 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Here's a thread detailing my first major and most-cited publication in @anthrodad.bsky.social's Maternal and Child Health Journal "What you dont know can hurt you: The risk of language deprivation by impairing sign language development in deaf children" (2017) link.springer.com/article/10.1... 1/