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To try or not to try: That is the (developmental) question

To try or not to try: That is the (developmental) question

As human adults, we spend a great deal of our daily lives figuring out whether, when, and how to deploy effort in the face of obstacles. Should we continue to try to complete a hard workout, or is it a fool’s errand? Should we endeavor to get that grant proposal in,...

At First Sight: the prenatal origins of face recognition

At First Sight: the prenatal origins of face recognition

Faces play a crucial role in human interaction. They are among the most captivating and salient stimuli, essential to set the foundation for social connection and information sharing. It therefore doesn’t seem so implausible that the ability to discriminate faces from...

In Memoriam: In loving memory of Lois Bloom

In Memoriam: In loving memory of Lois Bloom

On January 14, the field of language acquisition lost one of its founding mothers, Lois Bloom.  After graduating with a Ph.D. from Columbia University, where she studied with famed sociolinguist William Labov in the Department of Linguistics, she moved to Teacher’s...

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