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ICIS and Undergraduates

ICIS and Undergraduates

by Martha E. Arterberry and Sam Putnam All infancy researchers know the important roles that undergraduate students play in facilitating our research. They provide invaluable assistance to our labs while gaining an understanding of infant development. In addition, we...

In Memoriam:  Lauren B. Adamson

In Memoriam: Lauren B. Adamson

It is my sad duty to report that our beloved colleague, Lauren Bernstein Adamson, died December 31, 2021.  Lauren was a life-long member of the International Congress for Infant Studies, having attended its inaugural meeting in Providence, Rhode Island, in 1978.  A...

Into the Wild: Why Study the Everyday Lives of Infants?

Into the Wild: Why Study the Everyday Lives of Infants?

by Audun Dahl   When I started graduate school, I knew little about the everyday life of infants. I had only the vaguest ideas about the daily joys and woes of a 12-month-old—even one who lived a block from our infant research lab in Berkeley, CA. The laboratory...

Making Science Communication More Open

Making Science Communication More Open

by Andrea Sander-Montant and Krista Byers-Heinlein     Illustration by Andrea Sander-Montant In Frankenstein, written by Mary Shelly in 1818, the doctor described his experiment like this: “I collected the instruments of life around me, that I might infuse a...

Recruiting Diverse Samples: Get out into the community!

Recruiting Diverse Samples: Get out into the community!

by Kristin A. Buss & Frances M. Lobo   We have all faced the feedback that our samples may not be representative, either for our papers or our grant submissions. Gone are the days where we could publish without critiquing our convenience samples, which for...

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