NEW FUNDING OPPS! Advancement and Innovation in Measurement of Language Development and Predictors. R01 and R21 options to broaden concepts and tools used to describe language input and development! grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/p… grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/p…

This summer, researchers & students continue their work Language Science Station at Planet Word at Planet Word Museum, a UMD-led series of public facing, interactive experiments conducted at the museum. Learn more about the U.S. National Science Foundation-funded project with Gallaudet & Howard universities. today.umd.edu/a-good-word-fo…

And that’s a wrap for IMBES! I got to share my work, attend many many great presentations, eat 🇧🇪 waffles & fries😋, browse Brussels and beautiful Leuven, hug friends, and chat in person w/ awesome scientists I’ve been wanting to meet for so long!😊 Thank you #imbes2024!!

I just put together a very basic tutorial about running Montreal Forced Aligner with your PCIbex data as part of series of workshops we gave in Oxford University (w/ Allison Dods and Eun-Kyoung Rosa Lee). It is just R. Any comments are welcome! Link: utkuturk.com/mfa.html

Also as part of my new position, I will be recruiting a student this application cycle to start in 2025. Please feel free to get in touch or pass this along to people who might be interested! e-m-mccormick.github.io

A great project from this #UMD-led team conducting fun and interactive research studies at the Planet Word Museum. today.umd.edu/a-good-word-fo…

📢 New publication! 📢 This manuscript explores grandparent-grandchild interactions over video chat as they engaged with pictures and videos. Read more by clicking the link below. The first 50 downloads are available for free access! tandfonline.com/eprint/ZSQM4M8…

🚨🎤Ep1 of the NEW SEASON 3 Sensitive Periods Podcast just dropped🎤🚨 @cecily_cardew & @AndrewCLynn kick off this season chatting about important research done by & with people of the Global Majority, joined by Dra. Lucía Magis Weinberg Gabriel Scheidecker & Sarael Alcauter buff.ly/3PqvIGF

Hey sciencers! I am recruiting graduate students this year in Psychology so reach out if you are interested in studying the development of control and academic skills using fMRI and other tools. Please spread the word! Flux Society UT Psychology Blaire Morgan Porter You’d prefer an astronaut, PhD

Abria and I are very excited to share this important work we’ve been doing to figure out best practices for inclusive fNIRS scanning w/ @RachelRRomeo and the entire LEAD Lab UMD team!

Had the best time Fetal, Infant, & Toddler Neuroimaging Group—FIT’NG!! Loved to see the conference in her 3rd (toddlerhood👦) year and already this energetic and busy!! I even got this cute owl! Oh and our comms committee is recruiting — come join us, we’re fun!! 🤩 #FITNG2024

My second time Flux Society and it always feels like coming back home to recharge, share, exchange ideas, and catch up w/ colleagues & friends! Thank you for making #flux2024 a vibrant success! Can’t wait for the next year!!

Early Caregiver Predictability Shapes Neural Indices of Statistical Learning Later in Infancy! Out today in Dev. Science 🙂 A team effort (!) w/ coauthors incl. DCN Lab Columbia Dr. Laurel Gabard-Durnam Sarah McCormick Nwabisa Mlandu, Michal Zieff and @KirstyDonald onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/de…

🚨Attention UMD Undergrads 🚨 The LEAD Lab is hiring in-person, Maryland-based Research Assistants to start in January 2025. Apply by 11/1 for best consideration using this link: forms.gle/ZadmdZXGKG9Wku… 🐢🧠 Please repost to share this opportunity with potential Terp RAs!

🚨🎙 Ep3 of Season 3 Sensitive Periods is out now! 🎙🚨 Matt Mattoni (Matt Mattoni) is joined by Drs. Daniela Schiller and Bradley Voytek to chat about Science Communication to non-science audiences, why it is important and how we can engage in it! buff.ly/3Ry2h3w

HSP2025 Call for Abstract is out! hsp2025.github.io

UMD RA apps (in-person & based in College Park, MD) due this Friday, November 1! 🐢🚨 Please RT! Link to apply: forms.gle/NVkvGm3wdHda5d…

It was an honor to chat about strength-based approaches in developmental cognitive neuroscience alongside Monica Ellwood-Lowe & Divyangana Rakesh w/amazing host Gavkhar Abdurokhmonova ✨ Check it out to hear about the current state of this work, where it’s going, and why it’s important 👇