by Ron Seifer Most of us in ICIS conduct basic behavioral research. Many of us aspire to see our research have impact beyond the community of those who read reports in scientific journals. Becoming effective in translating research into practice and/or...
Baby Blog
What do our participants really see during unmoderated remote studies?
by David Tompkins When labs and universities shut down for the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers flocked to remote methods to keep their research moving. For many infant researchers, this meant employing unmoderated looking time experiments through...
Going the Extra Mile (or 1000 Miles) to Represent Infants
Lessons learned from implementing neurodevelopmental research in The Gambia, West Africa by Sam McCann Convenience sampling has been ingrained in developmental psychology since its inception. In fact, the very first researchers in this field used the...
Growing up in developmental cascades: A trainee perspective
by Joshua L. Schneider and Kelsey L. West The theoretical framework of developmental cascades has taken a firm foothold among infancy researchers. Indeed, it was the theme of this year’s ICIS meeting with not one, but two presidential addresses (Lisa...
Tips and Tricks for Maximizing your ICIS Conference Enjoyment!
by Jessica A. Sommerville Greetings conference goers! Believe it or not, ICIS 2022 is almost here. We share your excitement and trepidation in attending what might be your first in-person conferences since the start of the pandemic! If you are like us,...
Expect the Unexpected: Studying Language Acquisition in Small-Scale Societies
by Mireille Babineau, Katherine Jung, Myah Meleca, Shelby Suhan, Anicole Tan and Yi Lin (Elaine) Wang Although a large body of literature extensively studies language acquisition and factors that contribute to language development from infancy and...