Young children in South Africa and Zambia looked at new objects more quickly if they came from higher socioeconomic backgrounds. Read more at https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/desc.70058 #DevSci
The more we know the more we see how interconnected all the body systems are. #complex #devsci #science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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1/2 More science breaks to clear out the incoming sh-t. Offering up a little science this morning as a corrective to all the sh-t that is taking up space in our brains. #science #devsci #HPBIO #complex www.nature.com/articles/s41... 5 ways in which cell atlases reveaL valuable biological insights

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Yay! Open Access. Note that this is a study in mice. Don't know about humans. But a new aspect of bone building regulation that down the road could have medical use. In the mean time, bodies are regulated my multiple and complex systems. #complex #science #devsci

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07634-3

A maternal brain hormone that builds bone - Nature

A brain-derived hormone, CCN3, is newly identified to have a role as an osteoanabolic factor to build bone in lactating females and in the viability of offspring.

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Hi autism researchers, have you run experiments online and noticed that participants who report they *aren't* autistic score highly on autism trait questionnaires?

I'm using the RAADS-14 but interested in your experiences with any questionnaire. Do let me know what you're using! And boosting is welcome :)

[Note: "Ps" = participants]

#academicChatter #devSci #autismResearch

No. Most non-autistic Ps score below cutoffs
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Yes. Many non-autistic Ps score in autistic range
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"Autistic and nonautistic adolescents do not differ in adaptation to gaze direction" https://doi.org/10.1002/aur.3118

I was reminded today that a talk I gave on this project for Neuromatch was recorded, so if you're interested in the paper but tldr, you can catch the main message in just 15 min 45 s here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0Xn_VqE8ro

#autism #cognitivePsychology #development #devSci #PredictiveProcessing

My paper on adaptation after-effects in autistic and non-autistic teenagers is out in Autism Research! πŸŽ‰

"Autistic and nonautistic adolescents do not differ in adaptation to gaze direction"

These autistic teens show a large adaptation after-effect behaviourally, though we don't see the after-effects in EEG, and we try to interpret this in light of Predictive Processing accounts of autism.

https://doi.org/10.1002/aur.3118

#autism #cognitivePsychology #development #devSci #PredictiveProcessing

Very excited to share this preprint I wrote with Danaja Rutar, @LorijnZ , @francescopoli & Sabine Hunnius.

We first introduce #PredictiveProcessing and define its terms with *lots* of examples, and then point out that it cannot yet account for
#development

PP claims to be a unifying account of #cognition , and as such should apply to all humans.

We propose two additions which are necessary not only for completeness of PP,
but also for #devsci to be able to use it.

https://osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/wktz8

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A systematic review I helped with is out today! We summarise the existing research using flickering stimuli* to understand visual cognition in the first 6 years of life, with explanations of the different methodological approaches and some of the insights these approaches have yielded

*also known as frequency-tagging, fast periodic visual stimulation, rhythmic visual stimulation, and many other names

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dcn.2023.101315

#cogNeuro #cogSci #systematicReview #visionScience #devSci