The next IMBES AMA is coming up on Apr 19th at 10am ET with @gwhitmancttl ! We are so excited to hear from Glenn and ask him anything about 🧠The CTTL🎓 ‘s work with teacher-researcher partnerships. RT and share your questions here- #ASL interpretation will be provided

Deadline for nominations is today, March 31st!

We had such an amazing time at #SRCD23 in Salt Lake City! Met a lot of great people, got wonderful feedback on my work and even discovered AI-based shopping 🤔 Society for Research in Child Development

Are you thinking of doing a Doctorate or Masters in education, psychology, neuroscience, cognitive science, or any MBE-related field, and have questions? Join us at Sept 26, 12pm EST. Register here to attend and/or to receive a recording afterwards: bit.ly/IMBES-AMA.

Who wants to join the IMBES trainee board? :)

Het thema van de KinderUniversiteit dit jaar komt van Descartes: "Cogito ergo sum. Ik denk, dus ik ben." 🤔🧠 Tussen 9-13 jaar? Kom dan dit weekend naar Leuven & ontdek het zelf in de boeiende lezingen/workshops van onze LBI leden van de faculteit Psychologie en Pedagogische WE

Our collaborator in bridging research, education and policy Learnus is hosting another annual lecture! Please join us on Zoom on Nov 27, 9am PST, 12pm EST, 5pm GMT, with professor Stanislas Dehaene @standehaene.bsky.social on how we learn to read words and numbers. Register for free:us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

Mark your calendars for our next IMBES AMA on Nov 15, 11:30 am EST, 4:30 pm GMT, 5:30 pm CET, with Tracey Tokuhama-Espinosa on "How can teachers become learning scientists, and why would this improve education? Register here to attend: bit.ly/IMBES-AMA

We are delighted to announce that the registrations for the 2024 IMBES meeting are now open! You can register at the Early Bird rate until May 1st, 2024 (imbes2024.org/registration/). Please keep in mind that the abstract submission deadline is February 1st, 2024.

Join us on Tuesday, February 27th, 11 am EST, 4pm UK for our next IMBES AMA series with Andrew Watson, writer and editor of the Learning & the Brain blog, on “How can teachers evaluate “brain-based” teaching advice?” Register here: bit.ly/IMBES-AMA.

Interested in a PhD on the neural basis of language? We currently have two open Phd positions. One is on post-stroke aphasia: kuleuven.be/personeel/jobs…, and one is on developmental dyslexia: kuleuven.be/personeel/jobs…. Come join our team!

“Dit kan cognitieve achteruitgang met de helft vertragen”: zo kan je zelf risico op dementie verkleinen nieuwsblad.be/cnt/dmf2024030… Waarom gehoorverlies een belangrijke risicofactor voor dementie is, LBI lid neuroloog Vandenberghe geeft vandaag duiding in Nieuwsblad.be #dementie

My first PhD-paper got published in CORTEX with Bert De Smedt Maaike Vandermosten 🤩 Link for 50 days of free access: authors.elsevier.com/a/1iqFa2VHYC4IA

💡 I am inviting candidates for a PhD position on the early development of arithmetic and reading (starting fall 2024) at Ghent University. More information on the position and on how to apply can be found here: ugent.be/en/work/scient… Please share!

The final IMBES Earli SIG 22 Pre-Conference program is now out! Join us on July 10 in Leuven, Belgium. You can still register at imbes2024.org.

And so it begins… So excited for the IMBES Earli SIG 22 conference!

Thank you Lien Peters organizing this great symposium on reading and arithmetic and bringing us researcher together and Bert De Smedt organizing #IMBES2024 - where I discussed results of our ALE-meta-analysis on grammar and arithmetic processing ZIEGLER Johannes Jérôme Prado

A few days late to the party but... I had such a wonderful time at #imbes2024! I had the opportunity to present some white matter data and I met lots of amazing people, including my IMBES Trainee Board colleagues K Simmers Anna E. Levy. Can't wait for #imbes2026!

[Dutch only] Geïnteresseerd in mijn onderzoek? Lees nu mijn blogbericht voor KU Leuven Child & Youth Institute over de voorlopers van lezen en rekenen in de kleuterklas en hun samenhang met de hersenen. Maaike Vandermosten Bert De Smedt

We started this registered report on longitudinal pediatric brain imaging data in 2021 and now it's finally out 🥹 Something about a long-term effort and being worth it.