Alignment phase transition in socially driven motion Collective human motion reveals a sharp transition in how individuals align.

A law of human proxemics? Children align side to side at closer distances and face-to-face when distances are greater than .65 m. #PreschoolPhysics www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

The Drain of Scientific Publishing--
arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820

Multilingualism and Extending Healthspan Evidence for a new independent lifestyle factor linked to healthy aging

The heath benefits of multilingualism appear to be far beyond prior expectations
erictopol.substack.com/p/multilingu...

Join our team! The Department of Psychology at the University of Miami invites applications for a full-time faculty position in the Child Clinical Program at the rank of Assistant Professor (tenure-track) or Associate Professor (tenure-eligible). umiami.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/UMFacult

University of Miami joins international study on autism risk in young children Psychologists in the College of Arts and Sciences are monitoring the development of infants and toddlers whose parents have a sibling with autism.

We are starting a new longitudinal study at the University of Miami! news.miami.edu/as/stories/2...

Join @dmessinger.bsky.social in our developmental psychology PhD program! #PsychSciSky

Bottom line of systematic assessment of studies on Covid vaccinations/boosters:
~50% reduction of hospitalization, across all adults (not just older) who are not immunocompromised
Real data on vaccine-induced myocarditis: occurred in 1-3 per 100,000 male adolescents
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....

Automated detection of mouth opening in newborn infants - Behavior Research Methods Automated behavioral measurement using machine learning is gaining ground in psychological research. Automated approaches have the potential to reduce the labor and time associated with manual behavio...

First human newborn paper from my NSF CAREER Award! Automated detection of mouth opening in newborn infants - with our amazing @umiamipsych.bsky.social team: Guangyu Zung, Yeojin Amy Ahn, @tiffany6390.bsky.social, @semaylott.bsky.social, Arushi Malik, @dmessinger.bsky.social doi.org/10.3758/s134...

We’re not distracted and it’s not going away.

Swimming around Manhattan. @njohnstonphotography; @newyorkopenwater

Our brain-immune system axis has recently has some fascinating new reports
Here is one summarized
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
More here erictopol.substack.com/p/our-braini...

14 Republican senators urge White House to release delayed NIH funds Sen. Katie Britt (R-Ala.) is leading the letter making the ask of OMB director Russ Vought.

Why call? Why sign letters? Why protest? What does it do??

It. Adds. Up. And PRESSURE WORKS!

Keep it up, Dorks!

#StandUpForScience

www.politico.com/news/2025/07... 14 Republican senators urge White House to release delayed NIH funds - POLITICO

New paper by PhD student, Arushi Malik! Stability of individual differences in social and nonsocial visual attention from newborn to 14 months #OpenAccess w/ wonderful team @tiffany6390.bsky.social, @shuoz.bsky.social, @semaylott.bsky.social, @dmessinger.bsky.social, et al. doi.org/10.1002/dev....

The Use of Automated Digital Data in Speech, Language, and Hearing Research: Confronting a New Ethical Landscape Purpose: The use of automated, digital data collection, such as daylong audio recordings of children's language environments, is yielding importa...

Automated, digital data collection -- daylong child-specific audio recordings-- is yielding important insights for research in language development and hearing loss. Our new report uses stakeholder interviews to discuss the ethical issues involved pubs.asha.org/doi/abs/10.1...

Check out our new work in JSLHR where we consider ethical issues in collection of daylong audio recordings in children with language delays and disabilities. This work was part of a bioethics supplement from NIDCD. @dmessinger.bsky.social

APA leads a coalition of 76 organizations fighting for science and health! Check it out!!!
unitedsciencealliance.org/united-call-...

Developmental Science Developmental Science is an international journal publishing contemporary scientific developmental psychology and developmental cognitive neuroscience research.

Join our @DevelopmentalScience Team as an Editor!
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Once again sharing this info.

Please share with your friends and loved ones in the National Guard or active duty military.

Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions - rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking steps to make sure students can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope others follow suit.

Scientists complete largest wiring diagram and functional map of the brain to date From a tiny sample of tissue no larger than a grain of sand, scientists have come within reach of a goal once thought unattainable: building a complete functional wiring diagram of a portion of the br...

From a piece of tissue 1*1*1 millimeter: the largest wiring diagram and functional map of the brain to date, containing more than 200,000 cells, four kilometers of axons (the branches that reach out to other cells) and 523 million synapses (the connection points between cells).

The More Protein, the Better? (Gift Article) It’s a common refrain on social media. We fact-checked this and five other big protein claims circulating online.

There's a protein craze.
How much protein should you eat?
In Outlive, Peter Attia's recommendation of 1 g/pound/day is without evidence and may be harmful
"Dr. Attia declined multiple requests for comment"
@nytimes.com by @alicecallahan.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/09/w...

<em>Child and Adolescent Mental Health</em> | ACAMH Journal | Wiley Online Library Background Physical environments are linked to adolescents' well-being in various ways. Green and blue (natural) spaces may protect against psychopathology, while gray (urban) spaces may confer risk...

Longitudinal effects of green, blue, and gray spaces on early adolescent mental health in the United States - #OpenAcess by Shannon Shaughnessy, @dmessinger.bsky.social, & Spencer Evans
doi.org/10.1111/camh...

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Rumeysa Ozturk must not be deported. You can't kidnap someone off the street for their political views — this isn't Moscow.

She has every right to speak her mind. I've contacted the Administration. I want answers.

Tufts international graduate student taken into ICE custody A Tufts University international graduate student was reportedly detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials and remains in federal custody, according to an email sent by the university ...

Rumeysa Ozturk, aTufts human development PhD student, was kidnapped by ICE in broad daylight on the streets of Somerville today, presumably because of pro-Palestinian activism. No info has been shared with her attorney about her whereabouts or alleged charges.

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At NIH, ‘everyone is on edge’ as they brace for deep cuts and more centralized control As the NIH braces for cuts of up to 5,000 of its 20,000 positions, “people are scrambling and freaking out,” a researcher said.

“Nobody feels like their job is safe. Everyone is on edge,” said Kim Hasenkrug, an NIH scientist emeritus… “Even the top people can’t keep track because they’re hiring and firing so much. Direct supervisors of those who were terminated didn’t even know that it was happening.”

The Hungarians are telling us something.

This isn't going to get the attention of Columbia, but it's at least as bad: the University of Maine is having its funding cut off because the governor of Maine dared to challenge Trump.

From the other site... (from EVP at Columbia to a training grant director)

Last year, I was overjoyed to receive an NIH NRSA fellowship to study toddler brains and caregiving effects on memory at Columbia. Last night, my grant was terminated.