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Sofia Scatolin @sofiascatolin.bsky.social · Sep 8

I had an amazing time at #Flux2025 presenting our research and connecting with colleagues!

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Nora Maria Raschle @noramraschle.bsky.social · Sep 2

@sofiascatolin.bsky.social
💡 Parent-Child Functional Neural Similarity and Its Association With Child Mental Well-Being
📅 Saturday | Posters III
🕙 10:15–11:45AM | Goldsmith Hall
🎤 Flash talk: Saturday | 9:10–9:15AM | Hyde Suite 1&2
✨ As the Beatles sang: in the end, it’s all about the love we share

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Moritz M. Daum @moritzdaum.bsky.social · Aug 8

#PositionAlert: The @jacobscenteruzh.bsky.social and the Department of Sociology at the University of Zurich are inviting applications for a Professorship in the Sociology of Child and Youth development, starting on 1 February 2027: jobs.uzh.ch/job-vacancie...

UZH: Professorship in the Sociology of Child and Adolescent Development

The University of Zurich invites applications for a professorship in the sociology of child and adolescent development, starting on 1 February 2027. The future holder of the position will be affiliate...

jobs.uzh.ch

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Caroline Rowland @carorowland.bsky.social · Jul 24

Is it possible to use AI well and ethically in academia? I don't know but these amazing resources - via @dingemansemark.bsky.social - may help you make an informed decision 1/

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Julia M. Rohrer @dingdingpeng.the100.ci · Jul 15

Crazy coincidence how often [thing that will fix science of all of its ailments] coincides with [thing the speaker considers themselves an expert in]. Makes you think

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Damien Fair @drdamienfair.bsky.social · Jun 29

Alert! ... for the child development world!

@fluxsociety.bsky.social @fitngin.bsky.social ‪

The Healthy Brain and Child Development (HBCD) Study has released its first data wave - it’s massive.

Check here:
docs.hbcdstudy.org

and here:
nbdc-datahub.org

Here’s why it matters 🧠🍼

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Sofia Scatolin @sofiascatolin.bsky.social · Jun 6

This paper is based on my master thesis. Huge thanks to my amazing collaborators, Roseriet Beijers, @francescopoli.bsky.social, Hellen Lustermans, @sabinehunnius.bsky.social and @cdeweerth.bsky.social, for their support and guidance throughout the journey!

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Sofia Scatolin @sofiascatolin.bsky.social · Jun 6

We found a U-shaped relation between infants' attention levels and the quality of maternal caregiving: both very low and very high attention scores were associated with higher-quality caregiving, suggesting that mothers may adapt their behaviors to meet their infants' attentional needs.

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Sofia Scatolin @sofiascatolin.bsky.social · Jun 6

We used eye-tracking and Bayesian cognitive modelling to assess several aspects of infant cognitive functioning, and behavioral observation to assess maternal caregiving quality. Then we tested the association between them.

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Sofia Scatolin @sofiascatolin.bsky.social · Jun 6

🎉 My first first-author paper is out 🎉

Our work on the associations between infant cognitive functioning and maternal caregiving quality was published on Infant Behavior and Development!

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Revisiting associations between infant cognitive functioning and maternal caregiving quality using eye-tracking and Bayesian cognitive modelling

Extensive research demonstrates the importance of high-quality caregiving in promoting infant cognitive development. However, it remains unknown what …

www.sciencedirect.com

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Sofia Scatolin @sofiascatolin.bsky.social · Jun 2

I had an amazing time visiting @dylanggee.bsky.social and the CANDLab at Yale over the past two months. It was a true privilege to collaborate with such brilliant and kind researchers. Looking forward to seeing you all again soon!

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Duncan Astle @duncanastle.bsky.social · May 27

Funded PhD opportunity with @sjblakemore.bsky.social and I, at Cambridge. We are looking for someone interested in developmental science, to start in the coming academic year. Please share it with anyone you think might be interested (see details attached 😁).
drive.google.com/file/d/1RIvg...

Funded PhD opportunity.pdf

drive.google.com

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Tábita Hünemeier @hunemeier.bsky.social · May 15

Our new paper is out in @science.org! By exploring the rich genetic diversity of Brazil, we show how fine-scale genomic analyses reveal that this diversity, rooted in Indigenous ancestry and centuries of complex demographic history, plays a key role in population health.

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Simon Fisher @profsimonfisher.bsky.social · May 2

Remember when you first learned about genetics at school? All those fascinating examples of human traits that are each apparently determined by just a single gene? Time to check in on some of your favourites to see how they’re doing. 🧬🧵🧪 1/n

Four images to illustrate some prominent single-gene myths. Top left shows a photograph of a person deftly rolling their tongue into a U-shape. Top right shows a photograph of a person’s ear, highlighting the shape and features of the earlobe and cartilage. Bottom left shows a close-up photograph of a person’s eye, with a vivid blue colouration. Bottom right shows a photograph of a person poised to write with their left hand on the blank white page of a spiral-bound notebook.

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Caroline Rowland @carorowland.bsky.social · Mar 28

Inspired by my reading this week, I wrote a list of the resources I think every cognitive science researcher should read/listen to about theory development. It's in this google.doc (feel free to add your own suggestions) and in the thread below. docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Theory: Whtat to read

The role of theory in cognitive science Or: my guide to what to read if you really want to understand how to do good, robust , theory-driven cognitive science. (disclaimer: this is an aspirational gu...

docs.google.com

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Sofia Scatolin @sofiascatolin.bsky.social · Mar 26

Very grateful to the University of Zurich's Graduate Research Campus, Philosophical Faculty, and my incredible supervisor @noramraschle.bsky.social for their support 😊

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Sofia Scatolin @sofiascatolin.bsky.social · Mar 26

Thrilled to be joining @dylanggee.bsky.social and her team at Yale for a 2-month research stay starting next week! Looking forward to all the inspiring exchanges and collaborations ahead!

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Carolina de Weerth @cdeweerth.bsky.social · Feb 26

Do you want to study children in their natural environments instead of testing them in the lab? Thinking about how to do that best? Join us near Nijmegen on 22nd May! dpblab.org/2025/01/16/u...

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Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience @kingsioppn.bsky.social · Jan 23

King's College London launches the Atlas of Longitudinal Datasets, in partnership with @wellcometrust.bsky.social / @mqmentalhealth.bsky.social, a free platform with over 1,600 datasets, to support mental health research worldwide. 🌍

Read more and learn how to access: www.kcl.ac.uk/news/kings-l...

King's launches the Atlas of Longitudinal Datasets to support mental health research

Researchers at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) at King’s College London have launched a new free platform to allow people to discover hundreds of longitudinal mental hea...

www.kcl.ac.uk

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Sofia Scatolin @sofiascatolin.bsky.social · Nov 23

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Nicole Nelson @nicolenelson.bsky.social · Oct 19

Developmental Psychology starter pack! I've included people doing child/adolescent research and as well as a few lifespan folks.

Please share widely, and let me know if there is anyone who should be added!

go.bsky.app/ECJtpXi

#DevPsych #DevSci #PsychSciSky

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Sofia Scatolin @sofiascatolin.bsky.social · Oct 17

Just spent an incredible 4 days at the IMPRS LIFE Academy in Berlin! It was such a privilege to learn more about human development alongside this wonderful community of kind and brilliant minds. Heading back home feeling inspired and grateful 🍃

IMPRS on the LIFE Course (LIFE) @imprs-life.bsky.social · Oct 15

The Max Planck Institute for Human Development in Berlin is currently hosting the LIFE Fall Academy with fellows and faculty from all four sites: from institutions in Berlin and the Universities of Michigan, Virginia, and Zurich.

Group photo outside the Max Planck Institute for Human Development

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