Happy Veterans' Day. My dad was an aircraft mechanic on the carrier USS Cowpens before being pressed into service flying raids over Okinawa. On one mission, his plane was downed, spending 24 hours on the water before rescue. After the war, he worked as a tool and die maker until retirement in 1985.

New paper from our lab in Developmental Psychobiology. Giving moms 800 mg of DHA prenatally improved their infants' habituation performance (shorter looking times) at 4 and 6 months of age, although it did not affect HR or ocular RTs in gap/overlap task. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Been saying for years that the "radical left-wing university faculty" is largely mythical, a point confirmed here scholarworks.brandeis.edu/esploro/outp.... That said, some will conflate "fairness" and "intellect" with "radicalism." That is one of the TRUE failures of our educational system.

A new paper from our research group shows prenatal maternal intake of DHA, lutein/zenaxanthin, and choline were all related to various ERP parameters in infants born to these moms. doi.org/10.1016/j.cl...

I've joined with a group of nutrition and developmental scientists to publish a letter in the journal Neurotoxicology on policy advising women to avoid eating fish during pregnancy. The full-text paper is available at: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Kim Cuevas and I have a new paper on infant learning in IBAD’s forthcoming special issue on the last 25 years of research in infant studies. nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...

I was working out with two guys yesterday. Both of their wives are teachers (special education and ESL) and are now concerned about losing their jobs. Both volunteered that they voted for neither candidate in the last presidential election, because "they both sucked." Well, lesson learned (maybe).

A Direct Hit, by @holdenthorp.bsky.social @science.org www.science.org/doi/full/10.... "This is a moment to unite."

I head up a research institute. A good part of our portfolio is funded by the Institute for Education Sciences. Our researchers provide scientifically-proven ways to promote early language, manage classroom behavior problems, and keep students engaged. Did anyone really vote to shut this all down?

NIH announces a 15% cap on indirect costs. This is probably illegal and will be challenged in court. grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...

I made roasted chestnut puree filling for homemade ravioli. Happy new year!

Another lecture trip to Texas, another encounter with the culture here. Don’t always think of it this way but I am always reminded that, outside of Austin, it is as much the Deep South as Alabama or Mississippi.

New article from our lab on long term cognitive effects of infant formula supplemented with MFGM and lactoferrin. www.jpeds.com/article/S002...

Hi all, we're hiring a postdoc to help with our NIH-funded project mapping individual differences in infant learning across the first two years of life. Come join us at KU in Lawrence (a great place to live and work) and Kansas City! employment.ku.edu/staff/27134BR

I'm looking for a postdoc to assist with our new R01 on the psychometrics of individual differences in learning in infants from 6 to 18 months of age (Collaborating with Kim Cuevas at UConn). Come join the team! sjobs.brassring.com/TGnewUI/Sear...

I finally got an invite. I’m here.