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@mixedlinguist
a researcher and associate professor at the University of Pennsylvania who is focused on African American English and its prosody. #umassdev22#week14
The article does a good job of taking the reader on a "tour" of each topic, stopping at points of interest such as popular opinion on the phenomenon of forgetting, potential alternative explanations, a study that highlights alternatives, and future research. #umassdev22#week14
This article from the New York Times discusses a study that proposed a new model of forgetting that has memories enhance their connections before being able to be forgotten, based on neuroimaging evidence. https://t.co/aBfP9xTJsI #umassdev22#week14
@PlanetWordDC is an excellent example of scientific communication through museum presentation. This museum focuses on teaching its visitors about the variety of the world's languages and how they are studied. #umassdev22#week14
Follow @adinamwilliams, who focuses on the interactions between syntax and semantics and the computation models that can map these processes. #umassdev22#week14
The study does a good job highlighting that the study found an association between the two factors, not causation. This allows readers to formulate opinions knowing the limits of the research. #umassdev22#week13
This article from the New York Times discusses a cross-sectional study that found an association between young children's screen time and their language abilities. #umassdev22#week13 https://t.co/KaS105vlWd
How do we perceive time and how does this ability change across development? Follow @LabSissa, a lab focused on time perception research. #umassdev22#week13
Follow @Research_Ethics for a journal publishing articles about research ethics in different scientific fields. A very important topic to discuss! #umassdev22#week13
This article does a great job of providing the reader with information that answers the main questions of developmental psychology, focusing on the intrinsic nature of children to play, the importance of parent participation in play, and why play during school is necessary.
This article from the New York Times provides a wide overview of the benefits of play time for young children's development across several domains and discusses the impact of technology and distractions on the quality of play. #umassdev22#week12
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Follow @AmcEdinburgh for an inside look into the field of historical linguistics, which catalogs and investigates how language changes over time. #umassdev22#week12
Follow UMass's very own Language, Intersensory Perception, and Speech perception lab at @lipslabumass ! Directed by Alexandra Jesse, this lab focuses on how we process language through different sensory systems like auditory and audiovisual. #umassdev22#week12
Miller et al. (2018) found that as children get older, they tend to draw scientists as males more often. This may be due to children's conceptual development allowing them to use external depictions of scientists within their own concept of a scientist. #umassdev22#week12
The nature of a child's attachment with a caregiver greatly influences how they will view relationships with others later in life. This is due to the development of an internal working model of attachment, modeled after the relationships they experience. #umassdev22#week12