Very special day today - we just finished data collection in the LEAF study - 3 years and 2 months of testing babies and toddlers, more than 1600 longitudinal test sessions. I am so happy we got to this point!

New paper alert! In this new mini-review, we discuss recent research on the neural substrates of executive function development in children under three. Enjoy! www.frontiersin.org/journals/dev...

I’m in Uppsala, Sweden, and we’re off to a good start 😋

I feel incredibly lucky to live close to this 🍃

We (Karla Holmboe, Mara Cercignani and @rogierk.bsky.social) will soon be advertising for a postdoc on BLOCCS (Bristol Longitudinal study Of Childhood Cognition from infancy to School), funded by the Wellcome Trust.

Saw this April Fools’ Day meme, but honestly, I want one of these!

Excited to announce THREE new publications in the last couple weeks.

Fully funded PhD supervised by me and Naomi Sweller: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Still can't believe we got to see the premiere run of 'The Greatest Showman: The Musical' in little Bristol. We are unapologetic musical fans in our house, so the excitement about this stage adaptation was through the roof. Was worried it would disappoint, but oh my it did not! Just incredible! 🤩

We’re ready for the greatest show!

I’m honestly so relieved that February is over. Such a hard month. Tilly’s tree is in full flower, lighting up the whole garden. Spring is coming

15 years since I lost my beautiful firstborn baby, Tilly, and 3 weeks since I lost my dad. It's not the easiest of evenings. Matilda Holmboe Wiltshire, 07/09/2010-23/02/2011 Lars Klüver Holmboe, 28/03/1945-01/02/2026 Love you both, and miss you so much

Advice please! We'll soon release a public version of the Early Childhood Inhibitory Touchscreen Task. Anybody will be able to use the task and it will be almost free (only a small annual fee to cover essential app updates). But where should we put the documentation? OSF, a dedicated website? Help!

It's my birthday today. I'm feeling rather sad because I lost my dad last weekend. February seems to be the month where I lose loved ones - Tilly nearly 15 years ago and now my dad. I am trying to make some sense of it, but the truth is this kind of shit just happens and somehow we live through it.

I have not really felt able to share this the last couple of days. On Sunday my dad died suddenly and unexpectedly from a burst aorta. I'm still reeling from it. Next week I am going to Denmark for his funeral. I miss him terribly.

It's finally out! #devpsy #neuroskyence #cogsci

Waking up this morning to the usual radio news bulletin of misery - topped off with “researchers have found that brain changes during the menopause are similar to those seen in Alzheimer’s disease”. The amount of sh.. women have to go through!

#caturday (how can she be so cute?)

Been watching Trumps speech in Davos over my lunch break, but I've got to stop now as it's making me so angry it can't be healthy. Back to work now.

Danish Parliament Deputy Speaker Lars-Christian Brask: "If I could come with some advice, it would be for the Senate & House to start to take control of political power in America because with this erratic & mad behaviour, you have to ask the question, is the President capable of running the US?"

If you're interested in a short behind-the-scenes of the retraction of a mega-metascience paper—the first of its kind (the retraction, not the paper)—this might be for you! Had to gloss over so many details to observe allotted time but happy to share an extended version of my slide deck with links.

Manuscript rejection and a very negative review today. This reviewer had only negative things to say about our work. Reviews like that still hurt, but at this stage of my career I hate even more that the first author (their first paper) had to experience this. Academia is so harsh sometimes.

It's honestly a bit hard to focus on work - every morning when I turn the radio on to listen to the news, it's just Trump, Trump, Trump and his imperialist, thieving and bullying agenda. I try to block it out, but it keeps intruding as a constant worry at the back of my mind.

🚨 anyone with methodological skills, an intrest in psychiatric genetics and having impact no psychiatric care should consider this PhD position in Amsterdam with Wouter Peyrot! Its work related to THE first example I give when asked when and how genetics might actually influence care. 🚨

Happy New Year all! We have a little tradition in my family of cooking and eating what we most desire on New Year’s Eve. Most years this involves smoked salmon for starter, Hainanese chicken for main course, and Danish kransekage for dessert. I honestly can’t think of anything much better to eat! ☺️

Daughter and I spent the whole day making these gluten-free chocolate & caramel eclairs. It was a major effort!

We’re driving down to Devon for Christmas and my girls are belting out the entire Hamilton album. We’re having the best time ☺️

Today has been a chocolate truffle making kind of day 😋

Christmas tree and sweet cat - what more could you want? 🥰

This is mind-blowing in the best possible way! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Today I’m making Christmas pudding 😋🎄

“The songs I listened to most this year. #SpotifyWrapped” - well, the songs my daughters listened to most this year 😆 Except for Lady Gaga, we all listened to her!

Duo has become my treat in the evening after a long day at work. I really enjoy it and now I can play simple tunes on a piano from sheet music, which I’m really pleased about 🙂

Exactly how I feel about this horrid policy, just couldn’t put it as eloquently as Grumpy Philosopher

Made this cake today, and yum! 😋

Listening to the new album by Florence + The Machine and I rather like it. Also so cool that she’s the daughter of my top boss (the Vice Chancellor of the University of Bristol, Evelyn Welch)

Just published! ✨ Across 15+ timepoints, we found that unpredictability in economic hardship – not only severity – shapes young children’s self-regulation. Understanding these dynamics can help us design supports that promote stability and adaptive development. 👉 bit.ly/4oIZO75

I would quite like to go to the loo but I’m not sure I’m allowed? #Caturday

Rapunzel chilling out ☺️ #caturday

#caturday ❤️

Exciting PhD opportunity on parental mental health and early executive function development in the UK and South Africa! www.findaphd.com/phds/project... Please share 😊

Today, for the first time, I felt tempted to use AI to draft a short research proposal. I had got deadlines mixed up and only had the afternoon to write the proposal. In the end, I didn't use AI -

Rapunzel is becoming a very pretty young lady ❤️

Do not miss this opportunity to get involved in shaping our society's events 👶🧠 and network with a fantastic community !

Ah Strictly is back and it feels like this is what I need to get through a very busy autumn 🪩💃🕺

There's a lot of terrible things happening in the world right now, but this little gem of a story on the BBC made me giggle 🤭https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c62zxjy0j91o - I hope the Kingdom of Kubala can find somewhere else to stay..

In the BBC News this morning they mentioned (in connection with the Charlie Kirk assassination) that at the University of Utah people are allowed to carry guns. This just blows my mind. If I saw somebody with a gun in my university, I would run/hide and call the police!

v1.108 is rolling out today 🚚 Now live, at long last: Bookmarks, aka Saved Posts. For all those posts you'll definitely plan to come back to! Update the app and give it a try. The button is right down there 👇

Just had a lovely couple of days at the FIT’NG conference - what an inspiring conference, really enjoyed it! (and good food too 😋)