📰🚨New paper led by IBG members @lydiarader.bsky.social and @dangustavson.bsky.social reports findings that music engagement at age 12 predicts less alcohol/substance use 5–11 years later, with twin models pointing to protective shared environments rather than direct effects: t.co/lDThoaNr5G

So much for "sex, drugs, and rock n' roll". A new paper by Dr. Lydia Rader shows that adolescent music engagement is related to less alcohol use & substance use experimentation 5-11 years later through protective environmental factors. @lydiarader.bsky.social pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

And a short piece on our music paper in CU Boulder's Arts and Sciences Magazine www.colorado.edu/asmagazine/2... @ibg.colorado.edu

We have a new article on the stability of music engagement measures across the first 3 decades of life. Findings include stronger heritability of genetic influences across childhood and adolescence, but plenty of shared environmental influences as well. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41493008/

New pre-print online: Imputing parental genotypes through Mendelian Imputation: Ethical and Legal Considerations osf.io/preprints/ps...

Last week I was interviewed in a (short) podcast about our new paper in PNAS www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

We have an exciting new paper in PNAS on the stability of cognitive ability between infancy (7-9 months of age) and adulthood (~age 30). 1/4 www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Press article about our recent paper on brain reserve (predicted brain age) and executive function decline across mid-life to early old age www.colorado.edu/asmagazine/2...

Link below for a postdoc position for an NIH project evaluating whether music engagement is protective for adolescent substance use. The project is led by @dangustavson.bsky.social and focuses on twin/family and polygenic score analyses of existing datasets. jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDeta...

I was awarded my first R01 grant last week! I'm really looking forward to taking another deep dive into the science of musicality in the coming few years in two very important datasets (CATSLife & ABCD). I will also be looking for a postdoc (or potentially a PhD student to help with this project)!

1/ When we partnered with 6th grade teachers to support students' executive functioning and math learning, I was struck by what the teachers wanted to know: What could be done about student procrastination? go.nature.com/3Yug81z #PsychSciSky

Great science so far at #BGA2024! With @psychgenomics.bsky.social @dangustavson.bsky.social @michelnivard.bsky.social @dr-appie.bsky.social, and who else here…?

Newly published study showing people with lower "predicted brain age" in midlife (mean age 56) have less decline in executive function abilities over the next 12 years.

Also check out this summary www.growkudos.com/publications...

We published a new study showing the genetic influences on depression/anxiety disorders are NOT identical to those on self-reported measures of loneliness, well-being (etc.) psycnet.apa.org/record/2024-...

Yesterday I taught my first lecture at the International Statistical Genetics Workshop (on gene-environment correlation). I'm very grateful to be part of this group!

Thanks for the invite @breunigsophie.bsky.social! Now that I'm here I guess this really is the official place for hot new science news...