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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...

In Memoriam: Celebrating Clancy Blair

In Memoriam: Celebrating Clancy Blair

The developmental psychology community mourns the loss of Dr. Clancy Blair, a scholar whose groundbreaking research and compassionate mentorship have left an indelible mark on our field. His prolific career began as a professor at Penn State before joining New York...

Kinship terms of address and reference among families in Singapore

Kinship terms of address and reference among families in Singapore

This post is based on a poster with the same title that I and Suzy J. Styles presented at #ICIS2024, but given a different spin for the Infancy Baby Blog.  Recently, I was describing my research on kinship terms to a friend, and how in Chinese culture, we never ever...

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