International Congress of Infant Studies
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The International Congress of Infant Studies is a not-for-profit organization devoted to the promotion of research on the development of infants
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(1/3) Welcome, new followers, to the official International Congress of Infant Studies Bluesky account. Here, we share research findings from the Infancy journal and blog posts written by esteemed researchers from all over the world. #AcademicSky #DevPsySky #PsychSciSky #infancypapers
The nominations for the ICIS board elections are now open! Shape the future of our organization by nominating yourself or someone you believe in today. Your voice matters. Nomination period close February 28, 2026. #Infantstudies
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February 3, 2026 at 4:02 PM
The nominations for the ICIS board elections are now open! Shape the future of our organization by nominating yourself or someone you believe in today. Your voice matters. Nomination period close February 28, 2026. #Infantstudies
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Eddie et al. (2025) scoping review: infants & toddlers notice differences in race & language. More research needed to explore individual differences & caregiver socialization practices #infancypapers doi.org/10.1111/infa...
Mapping Research on Early Ethnic‐Racial Awareness Development Among Infants and Toddlers: A Scoping Review
The purpose of this study is to expand understanding of the early stages of the lifespan model of ethnic-racial identity by summarizing and mapping existing research on the development of ethnic-raci...
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January 29, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Eddie et al. (2025) scoping review: infants & toddlers notice differences in race & language. More research needed to explore individual differences & caregiver socialization practices #infancypapers doi.org/10.1111/infa...
Shirai et al. (2025): During COVID in Japan, masked faces provided natural test of face detection under occlusion. Both 4-5 and 7-8mos infants preferred upright > inverted masked faces➡️successful face detection despite extensive mask exposure #EarlyYears #infancypapers doi.org/10.1111/infa...
Infants' Visual Preference for Upright Faces During the COVID‐19 Pandemic in Japan
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic required face masks to be worn in public spaces, changing daily face-to-face communication. This study investigated whether infants perceived masked f....
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January 27, 2026 at 3:36 PM
Shirai et al. (2025): During COVID in Japan, masked faces provided natural test of face detection under occlusion. Both 4-5 and 7-8mos infants preferred upright > inverted masked faces➡️successful face detection despite extensive mask exposure #EarlyYears #infancypapers doi.org/10.1111/infa...
Berger et al. (2025) studied parents' value systems on infant sleep: value profiles depended on parent gender & linked w/ cognitions about infant sleep & parents' interactions w/ infants, but not quality of infants' sleep #EarlyYears #Sleep #infancypapers doi.org/10.1111/infa...
Parental Values Are Associated With How Parents Feel About Their Infants' Sleep, but Not the Quality of Infants' Sleep
Values help shape behavior and influence how individuals assess themselves and others. Previous research on the relation between values and parenting has largely overlooked the impact of values on pa...
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January 23, 2026 at 3:55 PM
Berger et al. (2025) studied parents' value systems on infant sleep: value profiles depended on parent gender & linked w/ cognitions about infant sleep & parents' interactions w/ infants, but not quality of infants' sleep #EarlyYears #Sleep #infancypapers doi.org/10.1111/infa...
Di Prete et al. (2025) studied complementary feeding (parent-led vs. baby-led weaning) & maternal communication in 12mos. Both methods foster similar communicative envts, tho parent-led weaning involves more maternal instructional talk #EarlyYears #infancypapers doi.org/10.1111/infa...
Complementary Feeding Approach and Maternal Communicative Functions During Mealtimes in 12‐Month‐Old Infants
The literature on alternative approaches to complementary feeding, especially Baby-Led Weaning (a complementary feeding approach in which infants participate in family meals and eat finger food indep...
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January 21, 2026 at 3:54 PM
Di Prete et al. (2025) studied complementary feeding (parent-led vs. baby-led weaning) & maternal communication in 12mos. Both methods foster similar communicative envts, tho parent-led weaning involves more maternal instructional talk #EarlyYears #infancypapers doi.org/10.1111/infa...
Micheletti et al. (2025): new research using home observations & wearable sensors shows that when moms hold their crying babies, both moms & babies show vagal withdrawal. Physical touch, not vocalizing, may be key for regulation in the wild #infancypapers doi.org/10.1111/infa...
Caregiver Holding, Not Vocalizing, Supports Real‐Time Vagal Regulation
Caregivers play a critical role in infant physiological regulation. Lab-based studies show that more responsive mothers have infants that are better regulators, indexed by a decrease in infant respir...
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January 16, 2026 at 3:58 PM
Micheletti et al. (2025): new research using home observations & wearable sensors shows that when moms hold their crying babies, both moms & babies show vagal withdrawal. Physical touch, not vocalizing, may be key for regulation in the wild #infancypapers doi.org/10.1111/infa...
Tu et al. (2025) studied 9mo infants in Sweden & Zimbabwe via eye-tracking: attention allocation is diff in these cultures in infancy, but each culture has a unique dynamic attentional style that includes holistic & analytic components #EarlyYears #Attention #infancypapers doi.org/10.1111/infa...
Holistic and Analytic Attention in Infancy: A Cross‐Cultural Study in Sweden and Zimbabwe
This pre-registered eye-tracking study assesses whether there are differences in infants' attention allocation across diverse cultural contexts while taking several social-environmental factors into ...
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January 13, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Tu et al. (2025) studied 9mo infants in Sweden & Zimbabwe via eye-tracking: attention allocation is diff in these cultures in infancy, but each culture has a unique dynamic attentional style that includes holistic & analytic components #EarlyYears #Attention #infancypapers doi.org/10.1111/infa...
Meristo et al. (2025): preschool attendance (but not parents' mental state lang & having siblings) showed ⬆️sensitivity to unfair outcomes => early social interactions w/ peers in preschools impt in devt of toddlers' fairness expectations #EarlyYears #Morality #infancypapers doi.org/10.1111/infa...
Social Influences on Early Fairness Expectations in Toddlers: Siblings, Peers, and Caregivers
This study examined how social factors such as parental mental state language, sibling presence, and preschool attendance influence their expectations of fairness in 18-month-old toddlers. Fifty-four...
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January 8, 2026 at 3:59 PM
Meristo et al. (2025): preschool attendance (but not parents' mental state lang & having siblings) showed ⬆️sensitivity to unfair outcomes => early social interactions w/ peers in preschools impt in devt of toddlers' fairness expectations #EarlyYears #Morality #infancypapers doi.org/10.1111/infa...
Dinzinger et al. (2025) show how maternal smartphone use affects mother–infant interaction, behavior, and autonomic arousal. Even short periods of phone use disturb interactions and lead to infant distress. #infancypapers doi.org/10.1111/infa...
Tiny Screens, Big Impact: Effects of Maternal Smartphone Use on Maternal and Infants' Physiological and Behavioral Stress and Interaction Dynamics
Smartphones can absorb attention and abruptly interrupt social interactions, a dynamic particularly critical in early parent-infant exchanges where infants rely on emotionally available caregivers fo...
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January 6, 2026 at 4:02 PM
Dinzinger et al. (2025) show how maternal smartphone use affects mother–infant interaction, behavior, and autonomic arousal. Even short periods of phone use disturb interactions and lead to infant distress. #infancypapers doi.org/10.1111/infa...
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Bang, @vmarchman.bsky.social et al. (2025): Caregivers talk the most to their toddlers in more activities than just books & play! Daylong recordings reveal ind diffs in child-directed speech across daily activities in Eng- & Spanish-speaking families in the US #infancypapers doi.org/10.1111/infa...
Time to Talk: Variability in Caregiver‐Child Verbal Engagement During Everyday Activities Sampled From Daylong Recordings
Children learn language through interactions with others. To document variation in how caregivers engage verbally with their 2-year-old children, we sampled six 10-min segments of dense child-directe...
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December 23, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Bang, @vmarchman.bsky.social et al. (2025): Caregivers talk the most to their toddlers in more activities than just books & play! Daylong recordings reveal ind diffs in child-directed speech across daily activities in Eng- & Spanish-speaking families in the US #infancypapers doi.org/10.1111/infa...
Beyer, Sonne, Kingo, & Krøjgaard (2025): Deferred imitation present at 6 months with different objects but performance increases from 6 to 12 months → extends prior work on early emergence and development of deferred imitation in infancy #EarlyYears #infancypapers doi.org/10.1111/infa...
Deferred Imitation: A 9‐Month Revolution or an Emerging Ability at 6 Months?
The ability to engage in deferred imitation is by many scholars considered as one of several social-cognitive abilities that emerge during what has been coined the “9-month revolution”. Meanwhile, ev....
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December 18, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Beyer, Sonne, Kingo, & Krøjgaard (2025): Deferred imitation present at 6 months with different objects but performance increases from 6 to 12 months → extends prior work on early emergence and development of deferred imitation in infancy #EarlyYears #infancypapers doi.org/10.1111/infa...
Scaff, Coffey & Cristia (2025) meta-analysis (N=8,200, 15-46mo): correlation btwn SES & children's word comprehension increased w/ child age; touch-based measures had smaller effects than both looking- and pointing-based measures #EarlyYears #WordLearning #infancypapers doi.org/10.1111/infa...
A Meta‐Analysis of the Correlation Between Socioeconomic Status and Direct Measures of Young Children's Word Comprehension
What can we learn from the empirical body of literature on the association between socioeconomic status (SES) and children's word comprehension? To answer this question, a systematic review was carri....
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December 16, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Scaff, Coffey & Cristia (2025) meta-analysis (N=8,200, 15-46mo): correlation btwn SES & children's word comprehension increased w/ child age; touch-based measures had smaller effects than both looking- and pointing-based measures #EarlyYears #WordLearning #infancypapers doi.org/10.1111/infa...
Chen (2025) found notable diffs in self-regulation, adaptive functioning, social comm & interaction domains btwn US and Taiwanese infants on ASQ:SE-2, showing importance of culturally sensitive adaptation when used in international contexts #EarlyYears #infancypapers doi.org/10.1111/infa...
Cross‐Cultural Applicability and Psychometric Properties of an Infant Social‐Emotional Screening Instrument
In this study, the psychometric properties of the 6-month age interval of the Ages and Stages Questionnaires: Social-Emotional, Second Edition (ASQ:SE-2) in its English and traditional Chinese versio....
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December 11, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Chen (2025) found notable diffs in self-regulation, adaptive functioning, social comm & interaction domains btwn US and Taiwanese infants on ASQ:SE-2, showing importance of culturally sensitive adaptation when used in international contexts #EarlyYears #infancypapers doi.org/10.1111/infa...
Chai & Ko (2025) analysed devtal changes in linguistic properties of Korean CDS of 35 children (6-30mo): findings suggest that shifts in CDS structure systematically shape the learnability of linguistic units during early language devt #infancypapers doi.org/10.1111/infa...
Input Properties Shape Word Segmentation Performance Across Child Development: A Computational Modeling Study
This study investigates how the linguistic properties of child-directed speech (CDS) change across child development and how these changes affect segmentation performance in computational models. We ...
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December 4, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Chai & Ko (2025) analysed devtal changes in linguistic properties of Korean CDS of 35 children (6-30mo): findings suggest that shifts in CDS structure systematically shape the learnability of linguistic units during early language devt #infancypapers doi.org/10.1111/infa...
ICIS Membership renewal for 2026 and 2027 is now OPEN! Renew or join today!
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December 2, 2025 at 3:46 PM
ICIS Membership renewal for 2026 and 2027 is now OPEN! Renew or join today!
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Stevelt et al. (2025) analysed mother-infant interactions in a collectivist caregiving community in The Gambia using the Demba Yaal Interaction Scale, providing a potential framework for dev'g contextually tailored ax of caregiving practices #infancypapers #EarlyYears doi.org/10.1111/infa...
A Contextual Approach to Characterizing Caregiver Responsiveness in a Rural Area of The Gambia
Interactions with caregivers play a crucial role in early development. While most of the world's children live in Majority World countries, research on caregiving predominantly uses measures develope...
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November 27, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Stevelt et al. (2025) analysed mother-infant interactions in a collectivist caregiving community in The Gambia using the Demba Yaal Interaction Scale, providing a potential framework for dev'g contextually tailored ax of caregiving practices #infancypapers #EarlyYears doi.org/10.1111/infa...
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International Congress on Infant Studies (ICIS) abstract deadline has now been extended to Friday December 12th!
Don’t miss this opportunity to share your research, connect with leading scholars, and experience the unique setting of Panama City. ☀️ 🇵🇦 @infantstudies.bsky.social
Don’t miss this opportunity to share your research, connect with leading scholars, and experience the unique setting of Panama City. ☀️ 🇵🇦 @infantstudies.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 4:36 AM
International Congress on Infant Studies (ICIS) abstract deadline has now been extended to Friday December 12th!
Don’t miss this opportunity to share your research, connect with leading scholars, and experience the unique setting of Panama City. ☀️ 🇵🇦 @infantstudies.bsky.social
Don’t miss this opportunity to share your research, connect with leading scholars, and experience the unique setting of Panama City. ☀️ 🇵🇦 @infantstudies.bsky.social
LAST WEEK TO APPLY! #infantstudies Founding Generation Summer Fellowship student applications close on November 25! The program pairs promising students with researchers from around the world who conduct cutting-edge science.
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November 24, 2025 at 3:46 PM
LAST WEEK TO APPLY! #infantstudies Founding Generation Summer Fellowship student applications close on November 25! The program pairs promising students with researchers from around the world who conduct cutting-edge science.
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#infantstudies undergraduate students, apply to the Founding Generation Summer Fellowship! Students get to work over an intensive 8-week period on an exciting research project. Financial support (up to US $4,000) is available. Apply by November 25: infantstudies.org/founding-gen...
November 20, 2025 at 3:57 PM
#infantstudies undergraduate students, apply to the Founding Generation Summer Fellowship! Students get to work over an intensive 8-week period on an exciting research project. Financial support (up to US $4,000) is available. Apply by November 25: infantstudies.org/founding-gen...
New on the Baby Blog - Could a toddler lose their keys? Proactive interference says yes by @ckoolh.bsky.social, Zane Mourad and @zsuzsakaldy.bsky.social infantstudies.org/title-could-... #infantstudies #EarlyYears #DevPsySky #PsychSciSky #science #research #memory
November 18, 2025 at 4:00 PM
New on the Baby Blog - Could a toddler lose their keys? Proactive interference says yes by @ckoolh.bsky.social, Zane Mourad and @zsuzsakaldy.bsky.social infantstudies.org/title-could-... #infantstudies #EarlyYears #DevPsySky #PsychSciSky #science #research #memory
Meet the members of #ICIS, Connecting w/ our Community series #10: Prof Ana M. Carmiol shares her work on maternal book reading and child vocabulary development, advises all to stay curious and looks forward to welcoming you to #ICIS026! Full video: youtu.be/_LtochdpRRY #infantstudies
ICIS Interview with Dr. Ana M. Carmiol.
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November 13, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Meet the members of #ICIS, Connecting w/ our Community series #10: Prof Ana M. Carmiol shares her work on maternal book reading and child vocabulary development, advises all to stay curious and looks forward to welcoming you to #ICIS026! Full video: youtu.be/_LtochdpRRY #infantstudies
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My lab is accepting students for the ICIS summer fellowship program. Send your interested undergrads my way!
#infantstudies undergraduate students, apply to the Founding Generation Summer Fellowship! Over 25 international faculty are proposing exciting projects. Visit the website for more information and apply by November 25.
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November 11, 2025 at 2:09 PM
My lab is accepting students for the ICIS summer fellowship program. Send your interested undergrads my way!
#infantstudies undergraduate students, apply to the Founding Generation Summer Fellowship! Over 25 international faculty are proposing exciting projects. Visit the website for more information and apply by November 25.
infantstudies.org/founding-gen...
infantstudies.org/founding-gen...
November 10, 2025 at 3:50 PM
#infantstudies undergraduate students, apply to the Founding Generation Summer Fellowship! Over 25 international faculty are proposing exciting projects. Visit the website for more information and apply by November 25.
infantstudies.org/founding-gen...
infantstudies.org/founding-gen...
Abstract Submissions for #ICIS2026 is now open till 1 December 2025! The XXV Biennial Congress will be held on July 6-9 2026 in Panama City, at the RIU Hotel Riu Plaza Panama. infantstudies.org/abstracts/ #infantstudies
November 7, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Abstract Submissions for #ICIS2026 is now open till 1 December 2025! The XXV Biennial Congress will be held on July 6-9 2026 in Panama City, at the RIU Hotel Riu Plaza Panama. infantstudies.org/abstracts/ #infantstudies