Mutual implications of procrastination research in adults and children for theory and intervention Review by Caitlin E. V. Mahy, Yuko Munakata (Yuko Munakata @yukomunakata.bsky.social) & Akira Miyake (Akira Miyake) Web: go.nature.com/3Yug81z PDF: rdcu.be/dPMCV

Your nervous system goes into fight or flight when you rush. When you push yourself to always produce. And act like everything is urgent. Move slower through your tasks. Slow down your breathing. You’ll get more done when your body isn’t in a state of panic.

In my first ever (!) Twitter post, I want to tell you about a review on procrastination in adults and children, just published at Nature Reviews Psychology (go.nature.com/3Yug81z). Working on this review w/ Caitlin Mahy and Yuko Munakata @yukomunakata.bsky.social changed my thinking and research directions. (1/15)

Point of View: Applied research won’t flourish without basic science doi.org/10.7554/eLife.… From leaders at the NIH! This is absolutely true and we need more support from Congress to allow for exploration and fundamental studies.

I’m recruiting PhD students for my (soon-to-launch) lab at Boston University! If you’re interested in the intersection of computation, learning, & development, please reach out. I’ll be at #Flux2024 and #SNE2024 and am happy to meet up. cldlab.org

✨New Global Executive Function Initiative's (GEFI) recommended practices for selection, adaptation, and administration of EF performance-based tasks and for processing, evaluating, reporting, and interpreting data that these tasks yield. Download here: gefi.stanford.edu/gefi-resources

In light of that trash take on disabled students and accommodations in The Chronical, here's some actual data from disability orgs to balance out the cherry picked references in that piece. It's RARE for students with disabilities to secure meaningful accommodations 1/12

If you don't know how hard it is for disabled people to make it in academia, then do not write about it. Trust that people w/ embodied experience know what it's like, and uplift THEIR VOICES rather than your own hot take. If you can't research properly, don't write on this. 11/12

1/ I've long wondered why executive function in childhood predicts life outcomes. Why does juggling information in mind, shifting between tasks, and controlling our impulses matter so much? I'm increasingly convinced that our early answers missed something fundamental.

Interested in causal questions but working with observational data? Check out our new preprint, an accessible tutorial introduction to investigating causal questions in human development using marginal structural models (MSMs) & user-friendly R package!👇 osf.io/preprints/psya…

5 years, countless twists, & tons of ‘what are we even doing?’ moments. So happy to see this paper finally out in the world! Major kudos to Isabella (Isa) Stallworthy 🫶 for leading this beast of a project—I’m biased but I think this one’s going to shake things up in dev science 🎉🚀

I’m excited to share out this new preprint with Paulo G. Laurence and Tally Tafla ! 🥳 Take a look and let us know your thoughts! 🤗

I caved… follow me on the other site ☺️: bsky.app/profile/dplaci…

If you are a graduate student planning on preparing an NIH individual graduate (F31) or postdoctoral (F32) research fellowship proposal this summer, check out my FREE webinar on Succeeding at NIH Fellowship Grant Applications: smart-workshops.com/fellowships-in…

Applications for #NPSP are due TOMORROW (May 23)! We offer 1:1 mentor pairings to support undergrads/postbacs interested in #Psychology PhD programs and hold workshops about academia’s “hidden curriculum.” Looking forward to welcoming our 6th cohort! z.umn.edu/NPSP25-26

I remember getting the advice that it doesn’t really matter what you focus your graduate work on as long as you find it interesting This analysis suggests otherwise - if you care about impact, choose a research area to commit to for the long haul!

🚨New review out! With George A. Buzzell, we discuss the EEG time-frequency dynamics underlying the emergence and development of cognitive control in infancy and childhood🧠 Flux Society Fetal, Infant, & Toddler Neuroimaging Group—FIT’NG AcademicEEG sciencedirect.com/science/articl… #EEG #DevelopmentalNeuroscience

Just published!✨ We tracked families’ experiences of economic hardship over 15+ timepoints & showed that unpredictability – not only severity – shapes young children’s self-regulation. These insights can guide supports that promote stability & adaptation. bit.ly/4oIZO75