by Laia Fibla, Jessica E. Kosie, Ruth Kircher, Casey Lew-Williams, and Krista Byers-Heinlein Baby Sophia hears Spanish from her mother and Catalan from her father. Baby Andreas hears English from his mother, German from his father, and French at daycare....
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Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Developmental Science: The need for a just beginning to support development
by Rachel Barr This month, Policy Insights from the Behavioral and Brain Sciences (PIBBS) is featuring a special issue highlighting the work of some of our ICIS members, each of which has provided a brief review on an important issue regarding infant development and...
Help parents: An intervention strategy that infant researchers can all agree on
by Vanessa LoBue This month, Policy Insights from the Behavioral and Brain Sciences is featuring a special issue highlighting the work of some of our very own ICIS rising stars, each of which has provided a brief review on an important issue regarding infant...
Using an eye-tracker to study attention, perception, learning, and memory in infancy: Be careful what you wish for!
by Richard Aslin and David Lewkowicz Automated devices for recording where you are looking are so common (even your smartphone can do it) that we forget how it is done, the potential pitfalls when applied to infants, and how to interpret the massive amount of...
How do neighborhoods shape infants’ understanding of the social world?
by Hyesung Grace Hwang We, as developmental psychologists, know neighborhoods are important in shaping child development. Bronfenbrenner’s (1989) ecological model includes neighborhoods as a vital part of the environment or ecological systems that influence a child’s...
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...