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Birmingham Babylab @bbabylab.bsky.social · 9d

Join us 🗓️ DEADLINE THIS THU 2 Oct! Last call for applications for two exciting & fun positions in the Birmingham BabyLab to work on multisensory development in term-born and preterm infancy w Andy Bremner, Monica Gori, and Andy Surtees. Please repost:
👉 lnkd.in/gczD5EwX (postdoc)
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Birmingham Babylab @bbabylab.bsky.social · Jun 18

Full event timetable: www.birmingham.ac.uk/events/the-e...

Come to Campus timetable

A timetable of events for the University of Birmingham's 'Come to Campus Community Festival' on Saturday 21 June between 11:00 - 17:00.

www.birmingham.ac.uk

Birmingham Babylab @bbabylab.bsky.social · Jun 18

Other activities available:
🧺 Bring a picnic and relax in our beautiful grounds
🏀 Take part in sports activities
🔬 Discover more about our research and how it impacts you
💡 Learn more about the history of this University

Please bring plenty of water and prepare for lovely weather 😎

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Birmingham Babylab @bbabylab.bsky.social · Jun 18

Key details for the day:
🗓️ Sat 21 June
🕙 11am-4pm - drop by anytime!
📍 The Great Hall
🎟️ Everyone welcome

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Birmingham Babylab @bbabylab.bsky.social · Jun 18

Come along this Saturday with your little ones of all ages to celebrate 125 years of education and research at the University of Birmingham! We'll be in the Little Learners Zone in the Great Hall with the Barber Institute providing fun child & parent activities and talks 😊

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Birmingham Babylab @bbabylab.bsky.social · May 6

🗓️ Thursday 8th May
⏰ 10:00-12:00
📍The Exchange, Birmingham
✨completely FREE event for babies and parents ✨ sign up here: www.birmingham.ac.uk/.../125/baby...

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Birmingham Babylab @bbabylab.bsky.social · May 5

🗓️ Thursday 8th May
⏰ 10:00-12:00
📍The Exchange, Birmingham
✨completely FREE✨ but sign up here: www.birmingham.ac.uk/events/the-e...

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Birmingham Babylab @bbabylab.bsky.social · May 2

This event is organized in partnership with @thechbh.bsky.social and Centre for Developmental Science CDS.

Birmingham Babylab @bbabylab.bsky.social · May 2

⭐ Raising children who understand others, Dr Rory Devine
Find out how children learn to understand thoughts, feelings and perspectives — and how we can help them grow into caring, thoughtful people.

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Birmingham Babylab @bbabylab.bsky.social · May 2

Our first guests will be:
⭐ Learning to imagine, Prof. Sarah Beck
Even toddlers can escape reality! Discover how babies start to pretend, play, and imagine — and why it's a crucial part of learning and development.

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Birmingham Babylab @bbabylab.bsky.social · May 2

On the day:
🟩 10:00-10:30 arrivals & meet the BabyLab researchers
🟩 10:30-11:30 research talks for parents and babies by our guest speakers, followed by a Q&A session with the researchers:
🟩 11:30-12:00 chat with the researchers & departures

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Birmingham Babylab @bbabylab.bsky.social · May 2

Come along to enjoy fascinating talks by guest researchers from the University of Birmingham while little ones play, feed or snooze. Experts will share insights on topics from child development to health, and society and will be available for informal chats with parents and babies.

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Birmingham Babylab @bbabylab.bsky.social · May 2

📣 Babylab and The Exchange are launching a new event series: BabyLab Sessions @ The Exchange! 📣 These are bi-monthly baby and parent events in Birmingham city centre.

🗓️ Thursday 8th May
⏰ 10:00-12:00
✨FREE✨ but sign up here: www.birmingham.ac.uk/events/the-e...

More info 👇

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Birmingham Babylab @bbabylab.bsky.social · May 2

An exciting PhD opportunity at our lab. Apply by 21st May.

Barbara Pomiechowska @bpomie.bsky.social · Apr 30

We're looking for a PhD student interested in developing brains and developing new methods to study them! Anna Kowalczyk and myself have a fully funded PhD position to advance OPM-MEG methods for infant and neonatal brain imaging. 👉 Please repost to help us spread the word 🙏 More info & links 👇

Birmingham Babylab @bbabylab.bsky.social · Feb 26

🌟 Last week our PhD students had the opportunity to contribute to a half-term family event at The Exchange @unibirmingham.bsky.social Huge thanks to all visitors for joining us and making it such a fantastic experience - your enthusiasm and curiosity are always inspiring! 🔬✨

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Barbara Pomiechowska @bpomie.bsky.social · Feb 26

Still a couple of days to apply for this fantastic job (DEADLINE: 2nd March 2025). Join us to do amazing neuroscience in one the most collegial lab ever. We study brains at all ages!

Katja Kornysheva @katjakornysheva.bsky.social · Feb 25

Final call to UK and international candidates (Closing date: 2nd March 2025)! Join us as Full Professor in Human/Cognitive/Translational Neuroscience with the opportunity to step in as (Co-)Director at the @thechbh.bsky.social 👇 edzz.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

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Surrey Baby Lab @surreybabylab.bsky.social · Feb 3

🌟✨Let children’s imaginations soar this National Storytelling Week!📚🌈From magical tales to everyday adventures, every story starts with a spark!
Check out the National Literacy Trust website literacytrust.org.uk/resources/na... for more information! #NationalStorytellingWeek #imagination #storytime

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Birmingham Babylab @bbabylab.bsky.social · Feb 3

✨ New paper in @openmindjournal.bsky.social ✨ If you're curious to find out *how* babies and young children understand *helping*, have a look at this new paper from our lab (by @bpomie.bsky.social and collaborators) 👇

Laura Schlingloff-Nemecz @laurasn.bsky.social · Jan 31

New paper in Open Mind! What does it mean to help? What is the goal of a helping action? We wanted to probe infants' & preschoolers' helping concept - specifically, whether they think helpers reduce others' action costs. direct.mit.edu/opmi/article...

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Barbara Pomiechowska @bpomie.bsky.social · Feb 1

*How* do babies and young kids understand helping?

Do they get that helping may involve intervening on someone else’s action costs by making it less costly (or easier) for them to achieve their goals?

This is was a fun project with *lots of surprising results*. Grateful to have been part of it 👇

Laura Schlingloff-Nemecz @laurasn.bsky.social · Jan 31

New paper in Open Mind! What does it mean to help? What is the goal of a helping action? We wanted to probe infants' & preschoolers' helping concept - specifically, whether they think helpers reduce others' action costs. direct.mit.edu/opmi/article...

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Eugenio Parise @eugenioparise.bsky.social · Dec 9

Finally out! A new paper on categorisation in preverbal infants, together with wonderful
@bpomie.bsky.social, Szilvia Takács and Ágnes Volein.
Have a look:
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

The nature of label-induced categories: preverbal infants represent surface features and category symbols | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Humans categorize objects not only based on perceptual features (e.g. red, rounded), but also function (e.g. used to transport people). Category membership can be communicated via labelling (e.g. ‘app...

royalsocietypublishing.org

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ManyBabies @manybabies.org · Nov 27

🚨Publication Alert!🚨

The ManyBabies4 paper is out! 37 labs around the world tested over 1,000 babies in the largest investigation of infants' social evaluation to date.

doi.org/10.1111/desc...

Infants’ Social Evaluation of Helpers and Hinderers: A Large‐Scale, Multi‐Lab, Coordinated Replication Study

Evaluating whether someone's behavior is praiseworthy or blameworthy is a fundamental human trait. A seminal study by Hamlin and colleagues in 2007 suggested that the ability to form social evaluatio...

doi.org

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Natalie Brito @nataliebrito.bsky.social · Nov 15

Developmental Psychology Starter Pack

go.bsky.app/9kHQS7i

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Birmingham Babylab @bbabylab.bsky.social · Nov 26

Register here for Zoom access: bham-ac-uk.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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Birmingham Babylab @bbabylab.bsky.social · Nov 26

We're thrilled to attend the Inaugural Lecture of our very own Professor Andrew Bremner! Please join us to find out 'What it is like being a baby'.

Babies and parents very welcome 😊

📅Weds 27 November, 4-6pm
📍Aston Webb, Lecture Theatre WG5, Univesity of Birmingham
Details: tinyurl.com/5bkyhtu8

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Birmingham Babylab @bbabylab.bsky.social · Jul 9

We're very excited to be attending #icis2024
@infantstudies.bsky.social We'll be presenting some of our latest work, come chat with us!

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