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Jay Van Bavel, PhD @jayvanbavel.bsky.social · May 8

Banning #smartphones in over 400 schools led to:
-decreased psychological symptoms among girls by 29%
-decreased bullying by boys and girls by 43%
-increased GPA among girls by .08 SDs
Effects were larger for girls from low SES families openaccess.nhh.no/nhh-xmlui/bi...

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Stefania V. Vacaru, PhD @stefaniavictoria.bsky.social · Apr 22

Proud of Dr. Rutkowska on her brilliant PhD defense on "The development of understanding others' actions through their movements"! @rujoanna.bsky.social and the invaluable help of her paranymphs @tommasoghi.bsky.social @francescopoli.bsky.social!

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Stefania V. Vacaru, PhD @stefaniavictoria.bsky.social · Apr 17

Few spots left to register for the course before May 1st!

Stefania V. Vacaru, PhD @stefaniavictoria.bsky.social · Feb 14

Summer School on Attachment and Human Development at VU Amsterdam with a great lineup of scholars contributing insights and knowledge for the next generation of scientists and clinicians. Please repost and share within your institutions.

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Pascal Vrticka @pvrticka.bsky.social · Mar 25

🚨 Now Published Online (Open Access) 🚨

Visualizing the invisible tie: Linking #parent–#child neural #synchrony to #parents’ and #children's #attachment representations

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Many thanks to all involved!

#fNIRS #neuroskyence #DevSci #DevPsy #PsychSciSky #CogSci

Visualizing the invisible tie: Linking parent–child neural synchrony to parents’ and children's attachment representations

Developmental Science is an international journal publishing contemporary scientific developmental psychology and developmental cognitive neuroscience research.

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Stefania V. Vacaru, PhD @stefaniavictoria.bsky.social · Mar 20

Disappointed & "worried" that 3 reviewers & 2 editors of leading journal in the field of child development did not read the statistical approach section & assumed we had typos in reporting pages-long results in an extensive study! The plea for bayesian statistics & sound models fails here! #REJECTED

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Stefania V. Vacaru, PhD @stefaniavictoria.bsky.social · Feb 14

Summer School on Attachment and Human Development at VU Amsterdam with a great lineup of scholars contributing insights and knowledge for the next generation of scientists and clinicians. Please repost and share within your institutions.

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Stefania V. Vacaru, PhD @stefaniavictoria.bsky.social · Feb 2

I have a cat phobia! 70% of online meetings involve a cat running on the other side of the screen
& the other person being proud & delighted about their companion. In I need to use full capacity energy to inhibit fear & concentrate! I'm getting huge spiders for my next meetings! Revenge mode on!

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Carlo Schuengel @carloschuengel.bsky.social · Jan 25

To support families, practitioners need a sound and feasible instruments for structured and transparent assessment of parental sensitivity. An important step towards this, is the publication by Mirte Forrer ea on the OK! package 1/x https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/imhj.22102

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/imhj.22102

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Cognitive Science Society @cogscisociety.bsky.social · Jan 12

📣 Last call for nominations for the Glushko Dissertation Prize in Cognitive Science (any combination of areas) #GlushkoPrize

Deadline is NEXT THURSDAY ⏰ Jan. 18th!

Each prize will be accompanied by a ✨$10,000 award!✨

Self-nominations are welcome!

cognitivesciencesociety.org/glushko-diss...

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Lea Michel @leacmichel.bsky.social · Jan 9

Searching for someone doing longitudinal EEG/MEG study for a symposium on the dynamics between brain and cognition during development.

Please feel free to send papers/people my way (also might be interested if you use other techniques or in aging).

#PsychSciSky #CogSci #DevSci #NeuroSkyence #EEG

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Francesco Poli @francescopoli.bsky.social · Jan 8

We're launching Devstart, a website to help anyone getting started with developmental science methods and programming. Here's the website with the first tutorials: tommasoghilardi.github.io/DevStart/
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Center for Open Science @cos.io · Jan 5

Hello everyone!

We're thrilled to announce that COS is now part of the Bluesky community! 🚀 Join us in this space for updates and discussions. Your voices matter, and we're all ears.

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Pascal Vrticka @pvrticka.bsky.social · Dec 26

What a nice #Christmas present!

The Why? Podmasters podcast episode hosted by Dr Anna Machin "Are dads wired differently" is now out!

Thanks so much again for having me.

Make sure to listen in, and please let me know if you have any questions.

listen.podmasters.uk/WHY231225Dad...

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Suzanne Segerstrom @segerstrom.bsky.social · Jan 3

Looking for a post-doc with interests in relationships among psychological, cognitive, psychophysiological, and immunological health in older adults. Please RT and alert your talented PhD students. Thanks! #postdoc health.oregonstate.edu/directory/su...

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Stefania V. Vacaru, PhD @stefaniavictoria.bsky.social · Dec 23

I will give a talk on human resilience through the lenses of the attachment theory at the 7th International Conference on Mental Health & Therapy! What is unique about this talk as compared to others is that together with Dr Daniel Sheppard, will bridge empirical findings to therapeutic approaches!

Stefania V. Vacaru, PhD @stefaniavictoria.bsky.social · Dec 13

Click to learn more about our researcg on the use of ICT for individuals with disabilities conducted @VU Amsterdam! This humbling video was a good reminder of my dedication to science, especially as we conclude the year and everyone is so strained and busy! www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-CP...

"Hey Google - Could it help people with a learning disability?"

Campaigns officer Vijay talks about some new research into how voice assistants like Amazon Alexa or Google Home devices could help people with a learning di...

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Stefania V. Vacaru, PhD @stefaniavictoria.bsky.social · Dec 11

infantstudies.org/2024-congress/

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Lucina Uddin @lucinauddin.bsky.social · Dec 10

Postdoc opportunity at UCLA! 🧠 See below for info about our training fellowship in the science of child mental health interventions.

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Stefania V. Vacaru, PhD @stefaniavictoria.bsky.social · Dec 9

Access to the full work: repository.ubn.ru.nl/bitstream/ha.... You will also find me at ICIS24 in Glasgow, discussing findings, applications and methodological considerations on facial EMG in young populations.

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Stefania V. Vacaru, PhD @stefaniavictoria.bsky.social · Dec 9

Following a computerized task involving peer ostracism, we observed that 5yo securely, but not insecurely attached, employed facial mimicry as a strategy to restore affiliation wth peers. This highlights their adeptness at employing optimal interpersonal strategies in adverse social situations.

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Stefania V. Vacaru, PhD @stefaniavictoria.bsky.social · Dec 9

Early Attachment & Intrinsic Affiliation Motivation, examined through facial EMG: children's mimicry is influenced by their early attachment styles-> 3yo wth resistant attachment display heightened mimicry of SAD expressions. Interestingly, cognitive control did not influence these responses.

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Stefania V. Vacaru, PhD @stefaniavictoria.bsky.social · Dec 9

To affiliate or not to affiliate-> check out a set of peer-reviewed studies from my PhD. dissertation on insights into early attachment contribution and underlying cognitive architecture! An illustration of the 4 studies at the basis of this inquiry. Below a glimpse into 2 main findings:

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Pascal Vrticka @pvrticka.bsky.social · Dec 6

We have two PostDoc positions (Dept. of #Psychology, University of Essex) within the Essex ESNEFT Psychological Research Unit for Behaviour, Health and Wellbeing (EEPRU - www.essex.ac.uk/departments/...).

Application deadline: 14.01.2024

www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DEM815/p...

#AcademicSky

Postdoctoral Research Fellow at University of Essex

An academic position as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow is being advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Click now to find more details and explore additional academic job opportunities.

www.jobs.ac.uk

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Francesco Poli @francescopoli.bsky.social · Dec 6

I organized an online symposium on information seeking! Free for anyone to join, next Tuesday at 15.30 (CET), at this link: msteams.link/Y2FZ Let's see if BlueSky already works for advertising... Please repost!

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Stefania V. Vacaru, PhD @stefaniavictoria.bsky.social · Dec 4

Attended the historic COP28 UN Climate Change Summit in Dubai, focusing on (mental) health amidst escalating natural disasters. Immensely grateful to philanthropists for their unwavering dedication. Our collective responsibility is clear: we must all contribute to the tapestry of humanity's future.

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