I am hiring a postdoc for an international collaboration on preschool numeracy! We'll start reviewing applications Nov. 1st. Start date flexible (up to summer 2023). More details below 👇

New paper from our lab! Spatial skills in 4th grade longitudinally predict students' STEM major choice and help explain gender differences. Math self-concept is a major mediator. Jing Tian led the study and explains it better than I could below. doi.org/10.1111/desc.1…

Come see our posters at #mcls2023! Session 1 today at 1pm: Jing Tian on a home spatial play intervention (poster #3) and Nadia Tavassolie on a preschool mental rotation book reading study (#11). Session 3 tomorrow: Xinhe Zhang on magnitude cues and number line estimation (#14).

Some news – I just started a new position as a Professor at IU Bloomington! Temple Psych Dept. has been a great intellectual home for the past 10 years, and I am excited for new opportunities at IU Psychological and Brain Sciences. I will be hiring a lab manager and postdoc ASAP – stay tuned.

**Job alert!** Full-time lab manager and postdoc positions in my lab IU Psychological and Brain Sciences. Positions are NSF-funded and focus on preschoolers’ flexible attention to magnitudes. Lab managers: hrms.indiana.edu/psp/PH1PRD_PUB…. Postdocs: indiana.peopleadmin.com/postings/19955. Please share!

I am excited to be recruiting new PhD students to Indiana University IU Psychological and Brain Sciences to study preschool numeracy, math language, executive functioning, spatial skills, beliefs about effort, and more. Prospective students, please reach out if you are interested!

I am hiring a postdoc to start this summer in my lab IU Psychological and Brain Sciences, on an NSF-funded project on preschoolers’ flexible attention to magnitudes (intersection of numerical cognition and executive function). Apps can be submitted here: indiana.peopleadmin.com/postings/22188. Please share!

Check out my lab's recent work at #CDS2024!

**Job alert!** Full-time lab manager position in my lab IU Psychological and Brain Sciences. Projects focus on spatial and numerical skills & motivation, and the role of parent-child interactions. Apply here: hrms.indiana.edu/psp/PH1PRD_PUB…

Highlights from Jing Tian and Cathy Ren's study of verbalizing decimals: bold.expert/whats-the-best…

Calling prospective PhD students! The IU Psychological and Brain Sciences PhD application deadline is Dec. 1st. I’m looking for students interested in math cognition, academic motivation, and parent influences. Lab: cognitionandlearning.lab.indiana.edu Program: psych.indiana.edu/graduate/how-t…