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Sarah Kucker

@skucker.bsky.social

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Assistant Professor of Psychology, Southern Methodist University. Language & Cognitive Development with a heavy sprinkle of digital media. Loves snow, running, food, and science. She/Her. Views are my own.

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Sarah Kucker @skucker.bsky.social · 18d

While this research is important and this blog post a good read (imo), the real hero here is the funding that supported the work in the first place. Props to @infantstudies.bsky.social for helping to highlight the work!

International Congress of Infant Studies @infantstudies.bsky.social · 22d

New on the Baby Blog - Language learning in a digital world: How screen time impacts children’s language development by Sarah Kucker @skucker.bsky.social infantstudies.org/language-lea... #infantstudies #EarlyYears #DevPsySky #PsychSciSky #science #research #LanguageLearning

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Rebecca Schacht @rschacht.bsky.social · May 21

I think a lot of people who aren’t in higher ed don’t realize how dire things are

Sheila Crowell @sheilacrowell.bsky.social · May 21

I am not alarmist. I'm writing what needs to be said. Higher ed is on the brink of collapse and so much could be lost. College, alongside the military, is a second family for many adults. It is where people fall in love, pick sports teams, meet lifelong friends, and form a professional identity. A 🧵

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · May 12

Being a good scientist means being able to look at a complex system & make sense of it, without buffing it so smooth you lose truth.

Complex systems are confusing. The data is sometimes messy. Over-simplifying by putting things in boxes (or- ahem- binaries) is doing a bad job of understanding it.

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Sarah Kucker @skucker.bsky.social · Apr 29

Science needs more support these days so if you are at SRCD, come check out the work my lab and I are presenting this year! If you aren't joining, but are interested, reach and we will share the science with you! @mglorenz.bsky.social @lynnkperry.bsky.social

Graphic listing work presented by SMU KID Lab at SRCD this year.
Symposium on Parents role in children's digital media use and cascading effects on language presented Thursday 5/1 at 11:50 in Room 200H. Talk on Videos and Vocabulary: how digital media use impacts the types of words children know on Friday 5/2 at 11:30am, poster on The impact of digital modality on young children's task completion, engagement, and accuracy on Friday 5/2 at 8:30am poster #202, poster on Does the mode matter: how storytelling modality impacts parental social contingency and children's word learning Saturday 5/3 at 8:30am poster #15, and poster on Child Temperament, digital media, and vocabulary on Saturday 5/3 at 9:50am, poster #121

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Neil Lewis, Jr. @neillewisjr.bsky.social · Feb 8

1/8. This week I had a few different conversations with scholars who, in the face of the attacks on science and institutions of learning in the U.S., are wondering what to do. One suggestion I have is: keep doing your work. It matters in and of itself. Why do I say that? A few reasons.

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Sarah Kucker @skucker.bsky.social · Sep 8

What's the best way to introduce yourself to Bsky? Sharing a fav, new paper!
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Children's media use is rising, leading to concerns it impacts their language development. I argue that instead of focusing on "how much" screen time kids have, we should "how" it is being used.

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