Save the date for #CDS2026 in Montreal, Canada! Join us April 9 - 11, 2026

The UTD Think Lab will be at the Cognitive Development Conference this week. Come visit us!

Curious about the Psychology of Santa Claus (i.e. how we understand him, not his mental state)? Come to our free online workshop! Researchers, interested students, & elves of all kinds welcome. Talks, Q&As, open discussion. Dr. Candice Mills Register: durhamuniversity.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_..

Over on that blue place now, same handle. Come join us!

Submissions now open for Symposia & Individual oral papers! Submit by Oct 10 for consideration at #CDS2024 !

cogdevsoc.org/submissions/

I saw this talk live - if you’re curious about how honesty is perceived within lawyers, check it out!

The Honesty Project was wonderful, and I’m thankful to the lead team and to the John Templeton Foundation that Thalia R. Goldstein and I were able to be a part of it! We will share more about our Santa studies with parents in the upcoming months!

Come join us in our mission to create bigger datasets to understand human development! We're hiring two software developers to join our team and build data repositories. Remote work possible.

Please RT!
careersearch.stanford.edu/jobs/software-…

I have now confirmed through first-hand evidence that Thalia R. Goldstein is a real, non-fictional being. The Honesty Conference was amazing!

After more than three years of working together on a bunch of studies about Santa, I finally get to meet Thalia R. Goldstein in person today! We are excited to be presenting at the Honesty Conference (and to have this excuse to finally meet):

honestyproject.philosophy.wfu.edu/conferences/

This is why your submitted manuscript may have the status 'With Editor' before 'Under Review' for so long. I spend a lot of time trying to find yet someone else to ask. Many don't even take the seconds to decline.

If you publish, please also review.

(3) We provide template consent forms that researchers can use, as well as automatic tools for implementing other best practices for informed consent

(4) Most IRBs asks for *some* changes to the consent form, especially around how data will be used after collection

Hi everyone! Looking for literature on inclusive and representative questions for *describing* young children's neurodiversity, disability or other IDs related to cognitive development. I know a bit from the adult space, but would welcome suggestions! #devpsych #childdev

Download our free database of funding opportunities for EARLY-CAREER RESEARCHERS/FACULTY.

We list 546 (!) funding opportunities. For each entry, we provide including description (with a link), $ amount, eligibility, and deadline.

Download here: research.jhu.edu/rdt/funding-op…

Excited to share that our practical guide to Big Team Science has now been published! In it, you'll find some advice for how to create, manage, and participate in large collaborations that we've learned along the way.

doi.org/10.1098/rsos.2…

Does anyone have any advice on grant budgeting such that you don’t spend hours each fiscal year trying to move money around to cover salaries/benefits/overheads that have increased since the budget was initially submitted?