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Matt Goldrick @mattgoldrick.bsky.social · 6d

Curious / terrified about peer review? We are here to help! Join @mariamaly.bsky.social and I October 30th!

Mariam Aly @mariamaly.bsky.social · 6d

Are you an early career scholar interested in learning more about peer review?

Join us for our virtual @reviewerzero.bsky.social workshop! We will help you understand how peer review works and give advice on responding to reviewer comments.

9-10:30am PT / 12-1:30pm ET on October 30th. Register👇🏼

Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Peer Review 101. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.

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Pam Davis-Kean, PhD @umpamdk.bsky.social · 6d

@psychscience.bsky.social Submission site for Barcelona 2026 opens Oct. 30th!!! Join us in Spain for the first APS to be held outside the U.S. Many new ways to interact and to share psychological research being done around the world. www.psychologicalscience.org/conventions/...

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Leher Singh @lehersingh.bsky.social · Aug 20

It was a privilege to collaborate on this significant undertaking on open science in the developing world, under the leadership of Hu Chuan-Peng. The paper is now out! journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Open Science in the Developing World: A Collection of Practical Guides for Researchers in Developing Countries - Hu Chuan-Peng, Zhiqi Xu, Aleksandra Lazić, Piyali Bhattacharya, Leonardo Seda, Samiul H...

Over the past decade, the open-science movement has transformed the research landscape, although its impact has largely been confined to developed countries. Re...

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Mike Frank @mcxfrank.bsky.social · Aug 13

Our position paper is now out: "Learning Variability Network Exchange (LEVANTE): A Global Framework for Measuring Children's Learning Variability Through Collaborative Data Sharing".

srcd.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
(preprint: osf.io/preprints/ps...)

What is LEVANTE? 🧵

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Matt Goldrick @mattgoldrick.bsky.social · Aug 11

Please join @shaunacooper.bsky.social @lehersingh.bsky.social S. Arunachalam, V. Raval & me this Wednesday!

Reviewer Zero @reviewerzero.bsky.social · Aug 11

We're so excited to host this editor community conversation THIS WEEK! There's still time to register here:

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Reviewer Zero @reviewerzero.bsky.social · Jul 23

How can developmental science journals promote equity, transparency, and shared responsibility?

Join us August 13, 2pm ET, for “Editors for an Inclusive Future: A Community Conversation” tinyurl.com/DevEditors @lehersingh.bsky.social ‪@mattgoldrick.bsky.social

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Asifa Majid @asifamajid.bsky.social · Jul 25

Delighted that Sakshi Ghai's efforts in leading this manifesto are recognised by @improvingpsych.org! @sakshighai.bsky.social @lehersingh.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s44...

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Reviewer Zero @reviewerzero.bsky.social · Jul 23

How can developmental science journals promote equity, transparency, and shared responsibility?

Join us August 13, 2pm ET, for “Editors for an Inclusive Future: A Community Conversation” tinyurl.com/DevEditors @lehersingh.bsky.social ‪@mattgoldrick.bsky.social

Join us for a dialogue on advancing diversity, inclusivity, and equity in developmental psychology publications. Photos left to right, top row: Sudha Arunachalam, Editor-in-Chief, Language Acquisition; Shauna Cooper, Co-Editor-in-Chief, Child Development; Vaishali Raval, Associate Editor, Journal of Research in Adolescence; Leher Singh, Co-Editor-in_Chief, Developmental Science. Bottom row: Sponsored by Reviewer Zero, "We're reimagining peer review to grow a diverse new generation of scholars in psychology and neuroscience." Matt Goldrick Moderator. QR code and link for registration.

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David A. Sbarra @dsbarra.bsky.social · Jun 20

Check out this awesome new paper about #OpenScience in developing countries! Paper is forthcoming at AMPPS- very proud that we can promote this work. Congrats to the large and international authorship team, and esp @hcp4715.bsky.social for leading the charge. @psychscience.bsky.social

Hu Chuan-Peng @hcp4715.bsky.social · Jun 19

🎉 After 2 years of work, our #OpenScience guide for researchers in developing countries is LIVE!

Check out our new preprint: osf.io/preprints/ps...

We map the opportunities 🌟 + barriers 🧱 facing Global South researchers.
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Matt Goldrick @mattgoldrick.bsky.social · May 29

Very sorry to learn of the passing of LouAnn Gerken, who had such an impact on our understanding of the acquisition of speech sounds and sound patterns obits.mlive.com/us/obituarie...

LouAnn Gerken Obituary (1959 - 2025) - Tucson, AZ - Arizona Daily Star

View LouAnn A. Gerken's obituary, send flowers and sign the guestbook.

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Leher Singh @lehersingh.bsky.social · May 4

Developmental Science is looking for new Associate Editors. Details are at lnkd.in/eDggC6WQ
Feel free to reach out with any questions.

This link will take you to a page that’s not on LinkedIn

lnkd.in

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Leher Singh @lehersingh.bsky.social · Apr 8

Look forward to all of your wonderful contributions!

Bruce Rawlings @brucerawlings.bsky.social · Apr 8

Very happy to share that I have accepted the role of DE&I Associate Editor at Developmental Science, and look forward to building on the wonderful work of @lehersingh.bsky.social

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Leher Singh @lehersingh.bsky.social · Apr 1

Happy to share a new article analyzing effects of family SES on 5- to 12-month old infant word recognition onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Socioeconomic Status Predicts Infant Word Recognition: Evidence From a Linguistically, Ethnically, and Socioeconomically Diverse Community Sample in Singapore

Prior research has demonstrated that infants have the capacity to recognize some familiar words. However, past studies have not analyzed the sociodemographic generalizability of research findings. In...

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Dr. Becca @docbecca.bsky.social · Mar 13

I am somehow for the first time ever reviewing for PNAS and their reviewer instructions include this BANGER of a line:

"The purpose of peer review is not to demonstrate proficiency in identifying flaws"

Print it in eleventy point font and hang it from the hillside. Scream it from the rooftops.

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Association for Psychological Science @psychscience.bsky.social · Mar 11

Call for Manuscript Proposals for a Special Issue in Current Directions in Psychological Science: #ClimateChange in Psychological Science
Submission Deadline: April 15

Call for Manuscript Proposals: Special Issue in <em>Current Directions in Psychological Science</em>

Climate Change in Psychological ScienceEditor: Dr. June GruberClimate change is one of the most pressing global challenges, profoundly impacting human behavior, decision-making, and well-being. This C...

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Mike Frank @mcxfrank.bsky.social · Mar 6

AI models are fascinating, impressive, and sometimes problematic. But what can they tell us about the human mind?

In a new review paper, @noahdgoodman.bsky.social and I discuss how modern AI can be used for cognitive modeling: osf.io/preprints/ps...

Figure 1. A schematic depiction of a model-mechanism mapping between a human learning system (left side) and a cognitive model (right side). Candidate model mechanism mappings are pictured as mapping between representations but also can be in terms of input data, architecture, or learning objective.

Figure 2. Data efficiency in human learning. (left) Order of magnitude of LLM vs. human training data, plotted by human age. Ranges are approximated from Frank (2023a). (right) A schematic depiction of evaluation scaling curves for human learners vs. models plotted by training data
quantity.

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Rebecca Schacht @rschacht.bsky.social · Feb 23

FYI for anyone laid off. Might be similar resources for people outside of Maryland as well - worth a look

Resources for Maryland’s Former Federal Employees and Other Workers Impacted by the Federal Government Transition - Maryland Department of Labor

labor.maryland.gov

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Caroline Rowland @carorowland.bsky.social · Feb 19

Amazing *free* online course on conducting child language research in understudied communities: Expanding Research in Language Development (WERLD). By the incredible Marisa Casillas with a line up of fabulous guest lecturers. chatterlab.uchicago.edu/werld2025/

University of Chicago

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Leher Singh @lehersingh.bsky.social · Feb 20

Pam Davis-Kean, PhD @umpamdk.bsky.social · Feb 19

Great post from a wonderful NSF PO. He is providing some excellent insight on what is happening at NSF and what you can do as an investigator in the next few weeks/months.

Jeremy Koster @jeremykoster.bsky.social · Feb 19

Upon learning that yesterday would be my last day as a program officer at the National Science Foundation, I shared this parting message with my colleagues. The next few months will be frenetic and stressful for them. Here are some things that you can do to help them with the mission ahead. (1)

Leher Singh @lehersingh.bsky.social · Feb 20

I'm very sorry to read this @jeremykoster.bsky.social. It was wonderful being your colleague and working with you on the Open Science working group. Sending all best wishes.

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Eliza Bliss-Moreau @eblissmoreau.bsky.social · Feb 19

When I went off to @bostoncollege.bsky.social, my mandate from my mom was pretty simple: do well academically, find a job, and be done in 3 years.

My dad had just jumped the family ship and my sister would be going off to college in my 4th year. I had enough college credits to grad in 3.

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