Not even 24 hours later and the gaslighting and denying of anti-Asian racism is already flooding in. This is the reality of being Asian in America. Never belonging, never fully American, and even when the racism is so blindingly obvious - people are so quick to ignore and deny.

Congratulations to my amazing friend and colleague Cindy on passing her dissertation! I truly cannot wait to see the work you do going forward!!!!

Check out our new work - Environmental influences on the pace of brain development w/ Dani S. Bassett & @ally_mackey in Nature Rev Neurosci! We suggest that childhood SES affects not only the outcome but also pace of brain dev, w/ implications for plasticity. nature.com/articles/s4158…

We are currently recruiting 3.5 - 4 year olds for a study! See below for details ... you can even use the QR code to sign up! Email [email protected] for more info

CONGRATULATIONS Dr. @anneparkt!! I could write a whole thread about how incredible of a friend and mentor Anne has been to me since we first met at Penn FIVE (?!) years ago, but I’ll just stick with saying that I am so proud of you and excited to see what you do next! 🥰🥰

In our new preprint out in @bioRxiv, we show that variability in fMRI-based proxies of neuroplasticity predicts individual differences in adults' learning! biorxiv.org/content/10.110… @ally_mackey & I are so excited to finally share this rich dataset + some fascinating results! 🧵⬇️

ISDP wants to highlight the amazing research going on in the society. Use this form to nominate someone you want to hear more about (student, early career, board member, BIPOC, Global researcher). Self nominations accepted! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

Check out Dr. Kimberly Noble's invited article in the American Psychologist! Co-authored by myself and Emma Hart "Socioeconomic Disparities and Neuroplasticity: Moving Toward Adaptation, Intersectionality, and Inclusion" americanpsychologist-digital.org/americanpsycho…

Meet the 2022 ISDP Social Media Team! Elisa Ugarte Elisa Ugarte 🌳🇨🇱 Katrina Simon Katrina R. Simon Anna Zhou Anna Zhou (she/her) Kristen Briet Kristen R. Breit, Ph.D. 🧠 Andrea Fields Andrea Fields Sofi Cárdenas Sofi Cárdenas Vida Rebello Vida Rebello Bridget Callaghan @BridgetCallagh3 Bios 👇🏻

A beautiful wrap-up to our PCI coding team with Gavkhar Abdurokhmonova, and Melissa Giebler (missing the awesome Benjamin Bravo). So excited for Gavkhar Abdurokhmonova who is headed to work with @RachelRRomeo for her PhD! So proud of you!

One of the first research projects I ever worked on at Penn was published recently! Congratulations to Austin Boroshok et al., on these super interesting findings!

Many thanks to ISDP 🦋 @isdp.org.bsky.social for this highlight! Very excited for #ISDP2022 where I'll hopefully be presenting my work on noise, auditory ERPs, and emerging language in kiddos!!!

Wish I could have made it to #isdp2022 in person this year, but glad to have so many trainees from NEED Lab representing at ISDP 🦋 @isdp.org.bsky.social!

One of my favorite humans (Melissa Giebler) gave an amazing talk at #isdp2022 this afternoon on caregiving and brain activity. Could not think of a better talk to end my time in San Diego with!

Happy holidays from NEED Lab!

Really enjoyed working on this paper on SES, sleep, and brain structure. And also made a new friend/colleague in Melissa Hansen in the process! :) Check out our work!

Feeling very grateful today after defending my dissertation yesterday, thank you so much to all the amazing members of NEED Lab. And especially thank you to Dr. Kimberly Noble for being such an amazing mentor over the past 5 years! 💕