Now accepting abstracts for MCLS 2026! Check out the announcement below for more information.

Hello #MCLS2026 !☘️ We are delighted to announce the dates for our upcoming conference in Padua, Italy! 🇮🇹 Thanks to the local organisers at Università di Padova S. Caviola, R. Rugani, M. Ranzini, and others @mcls-official.bsky.social @mclstrainee.bsky.social #neuroskyence #cogsci #edusky #devpsy

Interested in early life stress, self-regulation, and the gut-brain axis? Apply to work with Sarah at UMass Boston! She is an amazing researcher and mentor! ✨ www.sarahcvogel.com

🚨 New publication! Our registered report in Journal of Educational Psychology examines whether common executive function (EF) tasks demonstrated measurement invariance across racial/ethnic groups. Spoiler: they don’t. ⚠️ doi.org/10.1037/edu0...

American Academy of Pediatrics vaccine schedule for newborns - 18 yrs is the one to use. Just published August 19, 2025 ❤️ downloads.aap.org/AAP/PDF/AAP-...

We’re searching for TWO tenure-track cognitive neuroscientists here in the Wesleyan University Psychology Department! Apply here wesleyan.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/careers

In a new pub, we examined subgroup differences in Asian American children, particularly 1) the diversity of math achievement and 2) what factors predict this diversity. Ultimately, we wanted to see whether the factors predicting math achievement is the same across subgroups. doi.org/10.1080/1040...

Proud to say I encouraged @damcotto.bsky.social to post this.

The 'revelation' here is a bizarre NYT hit piece on a researcher who said she wanted to make sure her findings were accurate before publishing them.

This is a deeply problematic decision by Wiley! This decision is not only PCI-hostile. It has far-reaching preprint-hostile consequences. I hope this is all based on a big misunderstanding that Wiley will soon be able to resolve. Wiley should rapidly rectify its highly problematic decision.

Good morning #MCLS2025! We’re starting bright and early for the business meeting. Be sure to complete the DEIJ bingo and turn it in at the registration desk before the end of the day today!

I need advice on how to go to 3 parallel sessions at the same time 🤔 #MCLS2025

Cookie and I are both loving #MCLS2025 @mcls-official.bsky.social @mclstrainee.bsky.social

Deciding what to go to next or want to follow along from home? Check out our conference schedule here! www.conftool.org/mcls-2025/se...

Welcome to #MCLS2025! Thanks for hosting #EdUHK, looking forward to an amazing conference.

If you teach cognitive psychology or related topics & are willing to share your favorite teaching resources (e.g., demos, videos), please reply to/quote this post, tag me in a new post, or send me email. I'll compile them, share the list, & keep updating it this summer. Let's inspire each other!

24 days until MCLS 2025 in Hong Kong! Schedule is live — check it out here: nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...

Do you bring your laptop to playgrounds / daycares / etc. for data collection? Do you use a rugged laptop case or other form of protection? Seeking brand recs 👀🙏

PhD Timeline xkcd.com/3081

I'm not teaching this term, so rather than working this out with my students I will subject you to it. My read of this (tentative) pronouncement on AI in K-12. 1) It see grift & profit-seeking for Trump & co. 2) Fed power in ed is limited, can incentivize > require. & 3)THIS IS ABOUT WOMEN. 🧵

Excited to see everyone in Hong Kong in June 2025, Padua June 2026, and [YOUR HOME CITY] June 2027! Deadline to submit a nomination to host MCLS 2027 is May 1 -- check your email for more info!

I will not stand for this cake slander but I know that we can ALL agree that cupcakes are an abomination and should be wiped off the face of the earth.

The best thing about assigning a final paper for ug intro stats where students pick a question based on their own survey data, ID the right analysis, and write it up is that I get to test whether responses to "How do you feel about statistics (1-5)?" has changed from start of semester to end.

Was pleased to flee the country for a few days and be given the opportunity to present some of my work at @usherbrooke.bsky.social and @mcgill.ca earlier this week! Thanks so much for the invite, Gabrielle Garon-Carrier and Caroline Fitzpatrick!

Please amplify!

Remember: Things are worse than we realize because so many people and institutions are trying not to avoid attention for fear of being targeted.

If you're tracking the administration's claims to "end DEI" a quick thread with the docs. TL;DR: Admin swings way too wide. Careful readers point out the overreach & the illegality and/or lack of enforceability of their words. Some sue & get temp injunction. Admin rolls back, a bit. 🧵

Not at all surprised. Such hypocrites…

How IES Helps Students and Educators. theconversation.com/helping-teac...

Save the date for our February Special, Math Cognition in Context. Join us on February 24 at 11am ET / 8am PT / 4pm GMT / 5pm CET for a research article discussion, facilitated by Nicholas Vest.

University leaders have not been especially vocal about the new administration *because* they were so worried about Trump just gutting the research infrastructure. And now they have done so anyway.

Just whispering “this is so bad” to myself over and over… a routine Friday night these days

No, we don't need investigations. We don't need Senators posting on social media. We need you to literally grind everything to a halt in the Senate & get in front of microphones on the Capitol steps calling for the fascists to resign & your GOP colleagues to vote with you to impeach & remove them.

I love this perspective! This is exactly what I say about screen use in young children as well. Will be taking inspiration from @lucyfoulkes.bsky.social as I work on my op ed :)

Hey if anyone is considering backing up any datasets for some reason today, the Open Science Framework has free storage up to 5G/private repository, and up to 50G/public repository. (The OSF is run by a 501c3 (Center for Open Science), so if you do this you might also consider making a donation.)

Here it is. This is abominable.

They didn’t operationalize this. We (PIs) shouldn’t do it for them.

This looks like part of a massive multi-faceted attack on scientists and universities from the Trump admin. They have cancelled funded federal grants, frozen NIH panels, promoted anti-scientific figures and conspiracy theorists like RFK Jr in positions of oversight. This is just beginning…

I love this 3yo.

Deadline is 2/28! Please email us with any questions you may have if you’re interested but unsure about your submission.

A great honor to have guest edited this special issue with @karlaholmboe.bsky.social and a fun editorial to write :)

Clancy Blair was a force in the fields of dev and ed psych and his work (and his students) has shaped academia, public policy, and medicine in meaningful ways. I had the great privilege of having Clancy as my grad mentor and his brilliance, generosity, and sense of fun will never stop inspiring me.

HDFS @ Purdue is hiring a research professor (assistant/associate level) focused on early childhood education. This position is a non-tenure, but promotable, track. View the ad and submit your materials at: careers.purdue.edu/job/Professo.... We will begin reviewing applications after January 2nd.

Happy Yam Sham to all!

The call for submissions for MCLS 2025 in Hong Kong (June 9-11) is now available! www.the-mcls.org/mcls-2025-ho... If you’re interested in joining on a symposium submission on early math interventions or on something related to geometry, let me know! I plan to organize a symposium on one of those.

It's almost like it's... poverty.... causing.... so... many.... social.... problems...