Linda Arrighi @lindarrighi.bsky.social ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ ∠ oh hey! • 🇮🇹/🇬🇧 • Career Development Fellow at @durhampsych.bsky.social studying sex and gender effects on cognition incl. developmental trajectories within a biopsychosocial approach • book lover • she/her
Dr Madeleine Pownall @maddipow.bsky.social Associate Professor. Keen bean. Writer. Pedagogy, psychology, reflexivity, open science, iced lattes. Author of ABSENT MINDS out now 📘. She/her 🌻
Developmental Psychology ECRs @devpsychecr.bsky.social Community for ECRs, PGRs and Psychology students interested in developmental psychology to get news, updates and support
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Pint of Science World @pintsworld.bsky.social News from all our countries - annual science festival taking place in pubs, bars and cafés in 27 countries/520 cities across the world!
Follow the festival/ share your posts with #pint26
👉 18-20 May 2026
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Sarah Dance @sarahdance.bsky.social
The University of Bath @uniofbath.bsky.social Together, we belong. Welcome to the University of Bath, a top 150 University in the QS World University Rankings 2025.
Holly Wilkinson @hollywilkinson.bsky.social PhD student at the University of Bath, researching sensory reactivity, stimming, autonomic arousal, and anxiety in autism. Diagnosed with ASD. Interested in autism and Pokémon!
The Fence @thefence.bsky.social Facts, features, fiction, etc. Buy a subscription to the UK's Only Magazine here: https://www.the-fence.com/shop/
Hank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social Long Time Internet Guy
The Guardian @theguardian.com The need for independent journalism has never been greater. Become a Guardian supporter https://support.theguardian.com
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Greg Jenner (Historian) @gregjenner.bsky.social ~Public Historian 📜🤓
~Host & creator BBC YOU’RE DEAD TO ME podcast😆🧐🎙️📻📜🏛️
~ Author of 8 funny books for kids & adults ✍️📚
~ BBC HORRIBLE HISTORIES (2008-19)
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~Hon. Dr & Fellow, University of York IPUP 🧑🎓
~Spurs fan #COYS ⚽️
www.gregjenner.com 🧑💻
Natalie Brito @nataliebrito.bsky.social Developmental Scientist 👶🏽🧠
Associate Professor at Columbia University
PI of @britobabylab.bsky.social
Board Chair - Social Creatures
Lucina Uddin @lucinauddin.bsky.social Professor, Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Behavior, UCLA (https://profiles.ucla.edu/lucina.uddin)
Director, Brain Connectivity and Cognition Lab (https://www.semel.ucla.edu/initiatives/brain-connectivity-and-cognition-lab/)
Larisa Heiphetz Solomon @drlarisa.bsky.social Associate Professor of Psychology at Columbia studying how kids and adults think about morality, religion, and law. Lover of balloons. Lab website: columbiasamclab.weebly.com
Pam Davis-Kean, PhD @umpamdk.bsky.social Director of the Survey Research Center @um-src.bsky.social Univ. of Michigan Dev/Quant. Prof. of Psychology. APS President. Longitudinal researchers studying SES, parenting, math dev, achievement, and data science. Open science supporter.
Dorothy Bishop @deevybee.bsky.social Retired professor of psychology at University of Oxford. Interests in developmental neuropsychology and improving science. Blogs at deevybee.blogspot.com
Prof Sarah-Jayne Blakemore @sjblakemore.bsky.social Professor of Psychology & Cognitive Neuroscience at Cambridge, FBA FMedSci FRS. Adolescent brain development. Views my own. Book: http://amazon.co.uk/dp/1784161349
Rebecca Saxe @rebeccasaxe.bsky.social Cognitive neuroscience at MIT. Open science. 🇨🇦
Saxelab.mit.edu
moin syed @syeducation.bsky.social Professor of Psychology, University of Minnesota. Sporadically writing stuff at http://getsyeducated.substack.com
Deon T. Benton @deontbenton.bsky.social Developmental cognitive scientist. Assistant Professor at Vanderbilt University. Co-host of The It's Innate! Podcast. PI of the Computational Cognitive Development Lab. Dad. Husband. Human. (he/him/his)
Daniel Ansari 🇨🇦 @numcog.bsky.social Canada Research Chair in Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience & Learning at Western University. CIFAR Fellow, FCAHS
Melissa Kibbe @levelsof.bsky.social Cognitive Scientist, Associate Professor at Boston University, Director of the Developing Minds Lab https://www.bu.edu/cdl/developing-minds-lab/
Dorsa Amir @dorsaamir.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Psychology at Duke studying kids & culture. PI of the Mind & Culture Lab (@dukemaclab.bsky.social). Mom x3. Some people just want to watch the world learn.
dorsaamir.com | mindandculturelab.com
Christina Bergmann @chbergma.bsky.social Cognitive Science, #ManyBabies, Transparent Science, Networking, Communication, and a big helping from the Open Science Buffet
Cargo biker, Fairphoner, Parent
she/her
sie/ihr (Sg)
Celeste Kidd @celestekidd.bsky.social Professor of psychology at UC Berkeley. Studies how people form beliefs, why the beliefs are sometimes flawed, & how new tech impacts those beliefs.
Koraly @drkoraly.bsky.social Developmental Psychologist; Coffee Addict; Boricua; Editor-in-Chief of Developmental Psychology
David Barner @drbarner.bsky.social Professor of Psychology at UCSD interested in language & conceptual development.
Martha W. Alibali @marthaalibali.bsky.social I study STEM learning, development, education, instructional communication, gesture, diagrams. Professor and mom. She/her.
Karla Holmboe @karlaholmboe.bsky.social Professor of Developmental Science at the University of Bristol. Investigating executive functions in infancy and early childhood. Obsessed with longitudinal research.
Dana Miller-Cotto @damcotto.bsky.social Assistant Professor @ UC Berkeley. I study how children think, learn, and develop. Bridging research, practice, and policy. Temple Made. Proud CUNY alum. Former NYC public school kid. First-gen 🇯🇲🇺🇸
danamillercotto.com
Jamie Hanson @jamielarsh.bsky.social Psychology & Neuroscience Researcher at Pitt & LRDC | Studying the Impact of Early Life #Adversity on 🧠 Development | #Stress | Reposts ≠Endorsements
Dr. Eva Telzer @evatelzer.bsky.social Professor at UNC Chapel Hill, Director of Developmental Social Neuroscience Lab, Co-Director of Winston National Center on Technology Use, Brain, and Psychological Development. I study social context of adolescent development. Mother of exuberant toddler
Janet Frick @jfrickuga.bsky.social UGA Psychology prof, PI of UGA Infant Lab. Higher Ed, developmental science, prenatal dev, Georgia life. Missouri native and Jayhawk at heart. Lover of podcasts, piano, and professors who use their tenure (while it still exists).
Laurel Joy Gabard-Durnam @laurelgd.bsky.social PINE Lab PI @ Northeastern, HAPPE EEG software creator, neuroscientist exploring how experiences shape brain & behavior development. Loves cheese. She/her
https://www.plasticityinneurodevelopmentlab.com/
https://github.com/PINE-Lab/HAPPE
Arielle Keller @ariellekeller.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience | UConn Psych Sci | attention, cognition, mental health, development, environment, personalized neuroscience
@acornlab.bsky.social
arielleskeller.wixsite.com/attention
appliedcognitionlab.psychology.uconn.edu
Dr. Nadine Gaab @gaablab.bsky.social www.gaablab.com
Professor @Harvard @hgse: 🧠 #brain #dyslexia #LearningDifferences #LearningDisabilities #reading #literacy #screening, #neuroscience #neuroimaging #cogdev #neuroscience #psychology #education #edtech #EduSky.
Mom of 3! Posts are my own
Dr. Joscelin Rocha-Hidalgo 🇧🇴🏳️🌈 @joscelinrocha.com (she/her/ella) 🎓Ph.D. | Assistant Research Professor @penn_state | @BlackinPsych co-founder | ISDP DEI Committee | ❤️ #rstats
David Purpura @davidjpurpura.bsky.social Professor of HDFS and Director of the Center for Early Learning. Studies school readiness, home learning environment, and other interesting things. Second best Dr. Purpura in my house.
Dr. Candice Mills @candicemmills.bsky.social Developmental psychologist studying children's thinking and learning | Prof @ UTD | @cogdevsoc secretary
Cameron Ellis @camerontellis.bsky.social Wannabe baby mind reader. Also, I'm from New Zealand.
Lab website: https://soc.stanford.edu/
Rachel Romeo @rachelromeo.bsky.social Asst Prof @ UMaryland | early childhood experiences and brain/cognitive/academic development | learning variability | SLP & language nerd | she/her 🏳️🌈 #FGLI education.umd.edu/leadlab
Juan Del Toro, PhD @drjuandeltoro.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Psychology at the University of Minnesota studying racism, heterosexism, & adolescent development. Him/his. First gen 🇲🇽 🏳️🌈 & globe-trotter 🌎 juandeltoro.com
Rhodri Cusack @rhodricusack.bsky.social Developmental computational cognitive neuroscientist at Trinity College Dublin. We scan infants to understand the emergence of cognition, and how it is disrupted by brain injury. Director of the Trinity College Institute of Neuroscience.
Lisa S. Scott 🧠 @lisascottbcd.bsky.social Developmental cognitive neuroscience, vision, perception, attention, learning, EEG/ERP/ssVEP, eye tracking, infants. Professor and PI of UF🐊 BCD Lab: https://bcdlab.psych.ufl.edu
My opinions ≠UF/FL.
Moira (Molly) Dillon @moiradillon.bsky.social Assistant Professor at NYU Psychology 👩🔬 🧠 investigating the origins and development of abstract thought
Cam Hostinar, Ph.D. @camhostinar.bsky.social Lifelong learner. Studying developmental psychology, Associate Professor of Psychology. Opinions are my own and do not represent my employer.
Kate Humphreys (she/her) @klhumphreys.bsky.social Psychologist, Researcher, Developmental Scientist. Studies Developmental Psychopathology, Adversity, Caregiving, 🧠🔺 in Infants and Pregnant People @Vanderbilt; mom x 3; typos & opinions = mine
Dr. Jennifer Pfeifer @jenndsn.bsky.social dev soc neuro professor @uoregon • studying the changing bodies, brains, & social worlds of adolescents • National Scientific Council on Adolescence • she/her
Krista Byers-Heinlein @kbyers.bsky.social Developmental Psych | prof @Concordia | Language acquisition | Bilingualism | Infants & toddlers | Open science | R | Women in science
Leher Singh @lehersingh.bsky.social Developmental science, infancy, bilingualism. Views are my own.
Laurie Bayet @lauriebayet.bsky.social Assistant professor, American University. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience. https://www.bayetlab.com/
All views my own. Reposts, follows, and likes aren’t endorsements.
Jenny Saffran @jennysaffran.bsky.social Professor at UW-Madison, parent, studies how babies learn, loves food, dogs, and politics.
Seth Pollak @sethpollak.bsky.social Child Emotion Research Lab at Univ of Wisconsin - Madison. Science about emotions to improve children’s wellbeing.
John Franchak @johnfranchak.bsky.social assoc. prof of psychology at uc riverside • perception, action, and development • data science, rstats, julia, machine learning • he/him
Kathy Hirsh-Pasek @kathyhirshpasek.bsky.social Developmental psychologist translating the science of how kids learn for parents, educators, & policymakers. Loves tennis and vegan ice cream. Find me at Brookings Institution and Temple University.
Lisa Oakes @lisaoakes.bsky.social Developmental psychologist studying visual processing in infancy; editor in chief of Infancy; parent is aspiring academics (but not psychologists)
Jenna Finch @jennafinch823.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Psychology at UNL; Applied developmental psychologist; Passionate about self-regulation development and reducing inequality; PI of the Learning And Development Research (LADR) group
https://www.jenna-finch.com/
Brie Reid @briemreid.bsky.social Developmental Psychologist studying how stress and nutrition impact the developing 🧠 and body. K99 Postdoc at Brown, incoming assistant professor at Northeastern
www.reid-lab.com
Yuko Munakata @yukomunakata.bsky.social Prof @UCDavis. Cognitive control - influences, consequences, mechanisms, variations, developments. Mom, boarder, pursuer of Quadrant 2.
marjorie rhodes @marjorierhodes.bsky.social I do developmental cognitive science at nyu; interested in social cognition, conceptual development, science for social change, and language and thought
Candice Odgers @candiceodgers.bsky.social Scientist, runner, Canadian still trying to figure out how to live in the US.
Psychology Prof at UCI, who sometimes writes about why we should trust science and avoid panic to really help our kids.
Ali Cohen @aliocohen.bsky.social asst prof at Emory University studying how motivation & emotion influence learning, memory, & brain function across development
https://thelumenlab.org/
Lauren J. Myers @proflaurenmyers.bsky.social Developmental Psychologist. Associate Professor at Lafayette College. Cognitive development & media researcher. Passionate about great pedagogy. #Academicmama of 2. She/hers
Nora Maria Raschle @noramraschle.bsky.social Developmental neuroscientist, Assoc. Prof., hobby illustrator, mom. Studying developing brains through space & time @JacobscenterUZH #development #brains #cartoons
jacobscenter.uzh.ch/en/research/developmental_neuroscience.html
growingbrains.ch/en/home
Katie Insel @katieinsel.bsky.social Assistant Professor @ Northwestern
Director of CATS Lab (nucatslab.com)
Tristan Yates @tristansyates.bsky.social baby brain scientist, perception and memory and events || PhD @yale || postdoc @columbia || incoming assistant prof @cmu.edu Fall 2027 || she/her
https://tristansyates.github.io/
Maya Rosen @mayalrosen.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Neuroscience
Smith College
Opinions are my own
She/her
Bridget Callaghan @drbcallaghan.bsky.social Associate Prof of Psychology at UCLA studying the impact of early experiences on mind and body health across generations | neuroimaging | microbiome | behavior | physiology | interoception
Arianna Gard @arigard.bsky.social Developmental psychologist @UMaryland studying neighborhoods, adversity, the brain 🧠, and resilience. Trying to figure out what community-driven neuroscience looks like. https://gardlab.umd.edu (she/her)
Isabella (Isa) Stallworthy, PhD @istallworthy.bsky.social PhD in Developmental Science | JSMF Postdoctoral Fellow studying the development of social cognition & interaction | Complex Systems Lab| UPenn | She/her
ISLAND Lab @britobabylab.bsky.social We are a research lab studying early learning & brain development! PI: @nataliebrito.bsky.social 🐘👶🏽🧠
Ece Demir-Lira, PhD @ecedemirlira.bsky.social Developmental Scientist • Assoc. Prof of Psychological and Brain Sciences / Pediatrics at UIowa • Studying environmental experiences and neurocognitive development • Lab website: https://demir-lira.lab.uiowa.edu
Jennie Grammer @grammer.bsky.social developmental psychologist studying how school experience shapes cognition • associate professor at ucla ed&is • faculty director ca-diverse-learning.org
Alexandra (Allie) Sullivan, PhD @alliesullivan.bsky.social Studying how stress & parenting impact health | Licensed (CA) | Assistant Professor UCSFPsychiatry | Child Clinical Psych PhD UVMPsychology CHSConsortium
dralexandrasullivan.com
Sarah C Vogel, PhD @sarahcvogel.bsky.social Developmental psychologist studying early life stress, the microbiome-gut-brain axis, and child development. Assistant Professor at the University of Massachusetts Boston
She/her
SarahCVogel.com
Andrea Fields @andreafields.bsky.social Postdoc at Columbia. Studying how parents shape children’s behavior and the developing brain. Otherwise watching Bravo.
Liz Conradt, PhD @lizconradt.bsky.social Associate professor of psychiatry at Duke University trying to disrupt intergenerational transmission of mental health challenges. Director of the CAN Lab, psychiatry.duke.edu/canlab
Monica Ellwood-Lowe @mellwoodlowe.bsky.social Developmental psychologist. Nerding out about language & brain development, and the reproduction of inequity. Assistant Professor at Stanford GSE mellab.stanford.edu
Dana McCoy @danacmccoy.bsky.social Applied developmental psychologist focusing on early childhood development; Associate professor @HGSE
John Colombo @johncolombo.bsky.social Developmental cognitive neuroscientist. Research on effects of early experience, development of attention and learning.
Research administrator, former interim dean and VCR.
Also: Baseball. Guitars. Green chile.
(That’s a very old picture.)
Jena Doom @truedrdoom.bsky.social Developmental health psychologist
Associate professor at the University of Denver
Director of the DOOM Lab
Academic mama
JenaleeDoom.com
Julie Markant @juliemarkant.bsky.social Developmental psychologist studying selective attention & learning in infancy and early childhood. Associate Professor at Tulane University. https://lbdlab.tulane.edu/
Molly Scott @mscott6399.bsky.social Associate Director
Active Playful Learning
activeplayfullearning.com
Research Scientist
Temple Infant & Child Lab
Virginia Salo @salovphd.bsky.social
Carol Wilkinson @drcarolw.bsky.social Developmental Behavioral Pediatrician at Boston Children’s, Neuroscientist. Interested in cognition and language in the context of neurodevelopment. End goal - helping kids thrive.
Sarah Power @sarahdpower.bsky.social Neuroscientist interested in cross-species memory engram development. Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds fellow alumni. CIFAR CBD Next Gen scholar.
Charité Universitätsmedizin.
Max Planck Institute for Human Development.
https://www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/atlas
Santiago Morales @santimoralesphd.bsky.social Developmental Psychologist – Assistant Professor at University of Southern California, former Postdoc at University of Maryland and Penn State alum
santiagomorales.net
https://dornsife.usc.edu/labs/bead/
Jelena Obradovic @jelenaobradovic.bsky.social Developmental psychologist studying stress physiology, self-regulation, executive functions, and caregiving practices. Director of SPARK Lab https://sparklab.stanford.edu/. Professor @Stanford. Associate Director https://earlychildhood.stanford.edu/
Diana Lopera Pérez @dianaloperaperez.bsky.social Colombiana. PhD student at Boston University. Early environment, culture, parenting, & brain development.
riana elyse anderson @rianaelyse.bsky.social AKAdemic Activist | Black Psychologist | Detroit Lover | God Follower | Columbia Prof | Twitter Refugee | Carb Aficionado
Andrew Lynn @andrewclynn.bsky.social Developmental Cognitive Neuroscientist | he/they 🏳️🌈 | Yogi 🧘🏼♂️ | Politics | Dog Lover 🐶
giglianamelzi.bsky.social @giglianamelzi.bsky.social Professor | NYU Steinhardt Applied Psychology| Studies cultural and linguistic family practices supporting early learning of Latine/x bilingual children|🇵🇪
Cassandra Hendrix, PhD @cassiehendrix.bsky.social Assistant Professor at University of Hawai'i Mānoa studying social determinants of mental health and fetal/infant brains. Avid backpacker, diver, and fan of crosswords.
Kieran O’Donnell @kieran-od.bsky.social Dad, Scientist, Dog-Dad. 🏳️🌈🇮🇪
Trey Avery @brainsandplanes.bsky.social Neuroscientist (EEG, functional imaging, brain stimulation)
traveler, dog dad (Lakeland Terrier). Live in NYC. 🏳️🌈
Views are my own, not my employer.
Kelley Gunther @kgunther.bsky.social Assistant Research Scientist at the University of Maryland Applied Research Lab for Intelligence and Security. Brain enthusiast.
samuel mehr @mehr.nz i am a cognitive scientist studying auditory perception at the University of Auckland and the Yale Child Study Center 🇳🇿🇺🇸🇫🇷🇨🇦
lab: themusiclab.org
personal: mehr.nz
intro to my research: youtu.be/-vJ7Jygr1eg
book: WHY WE HEAR WHAT WE HEAR (2028, Bloomsbury)
Kathryn Paige Harden @kph3k.bsky.social Psychology & behavior genetics. Author of THE GENETIC LOTTERY (2021) and ORIGINAL SIN (2026). Speaking as an individual.
Roman Feiman @romanfeiman.bsky.social Language, development, and language development. Assistant Prof at Brown. PI of the Brown Language and Thought (BLT) Lab.
Hilary Barth @hilarybarth.bsky.social Professor of Psychology at Wesleyan U, CT, USA.
Cognition / Development.
Still on Ukraine X/Twitter.