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...
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...
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...
by Nancy Aaron Jones, Jillian Hardin, and Joy Longo Parturition as well as the days and weeks that follow are transitional experiences for families. The interactive “dance” between mothers and infants as well as shared encounters with other family members sets...
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...
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...
