CALMER Lab is looking for participants for two different studies. One study focuses on gender diversity in #neurodivergent adolescents and emerging adults and the other focuses on social and #emotional development. Learn more now! support.psyc.vt.edu/studies

Yes, behaviorally inhibited preschoolers can make friends! An observational study of friendship formation in groups of initially unfamiliar inhibited children by my last Masters student ☮ Hailey Fleece presented Society for Research in Child Development in Salt Lake City.

Celebrating having received an ⭐️honorable mention⭐️ on my #NSFGRFP proposal! I am eager to read my reviews and am excited to keep on learning and improving for future submissions! Huge congrats to all who successfully submitted and to those who were selected!!! 🎉🎉

father contribution to child resilience across developmental stages

NEW: Ralph Yarl, 16, was shot twice by a white man in Kansas City after accidentally ringing the doorbell of the wrong home. The man shot Ralph in the head through his glass door, and then when Yarl was already bleeding out on the ground, shot him again: kansascitydefender.com/justice/kansas…

We’ve identified the somato-cognitive action network (SCAN), a newly recognized network within human primary motor cortex that disrupts the famous—but incorrect—motor homunculus, and has strong connections to high-level control networks. Now out in nature nature.com/articles/s4158…

A randomized clinical trial of prenatal interpersonal psychotherapy showed rapid decreases in depression. Depression in the intervention group dropped from 37% before intervention to 6% after (vs. 26% in control group). ja.ma/41wX7Ki

These posters from National FASD highlight how best to support and connect with people with FASD. ow.ly/POwG50O4kcL

🚨 New pub alert! We shine light 😉 on the exclusion of people with dark skin and coarse hair from studies of fNIRS, a low-cost, light-based neuroimaging method. We explain the physics of the problem and review best practices for inclusion. #fNIRS #research 🧵 (1/7) link @ end

Some very pleasant news today! Just learned that I have received the APA Division7 Award for Distinguished Contributions to Developmental Psychology apadivisions.org/division-7/awa…. Thanks to all who were involved in the nomination process!

🔥 4,800 early-career researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, MD, have announced that they are forming a union, NIH Fellows United-UAW - UAW Region 8 🎉 Today they rallied to celebrate the milestone of filing for their union with the FLRA. Solidarity!

Congratulations NIH Fellows United-UAW on unionization! Solidarity forever! ✊

We won our union! We are the largest union of federal employees to form in more than a decade, and the first union of Fellows ever at a federal research facility. We’ve made history together. 💪

So proud of CALMER Lab PREP Scholar Virginia Tech IMSD & PREP, Michelle Le, who presented their research on the role of culture in parent emotion socialization practices for at-risk preschoolers at the inaugural Society of Clinical Psychology (APA Div. 12) conference in Atlanta this weekend!

Have a child between 2-12 yrs old? Concerned about them displaying behavior problems? Our new study includes instructional videos, strategies to attempt, activities to try and reinforcement for effort through month-long, brief parent lessons. See flyer to learn more.

For #InternationalWomensDay, we are delighted to hear from Dr. Rosanna Breaux of Virginia Tech on the need to address the undue service burden placed on women faculty in #Psychology. Read the full blog to learn more: bit.ly/4a03nyn #InvestInWomen #InspireInclusion

Huge congratulations to Delshad Shroff on successfully defending her dissertation today! 🥳👏So proud of you and excited for you to go on internship next year at the Virginia Treatment Center for Children! We are going to miss your kindness, leadership, and productivity next year

this means the world to me ❤️🥲

Thank you for all of your support and guidance in this first year Dr. Breaux! I have already learned so much and have been able to grow tremendously under your mentorship and VT Psychology, excited for what’s to come 🙌❤️

Congratulations Dani Martino on an impressive preliminary examination document and defense! 👏🥳 Excited to see the publication that will come from your systematic review! It is a pleasure serving as a member of your committee.