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Bret Eschman
@breteschman.bsky.social
Developmental cognitive neuroscientist. Assistant professor at UT Chattanooga. Former D3 athlete. Art enthusiast. I’d rather be outside. he/him
As someone who was once reliant on these type of funds to pay bills etc, this is absolutely devastating.

Is anyone aware of an emergency fund going around to perhaps provide a bit of financial assistance to our fellow academics in a time of need?
Exclusive: NSF this week began to search through billions of dollars of grants the agency has already awarded for anything touching on topics that President Donald Trump has criticized. And NSF has blocked grantees and trainees from accessing funds while the review is underway. scim.ag/3El0NZh
EXCLUSIVE: NSF starts vetting all grants to comply with Trump’s orders
Grantee accounts remain frozen, while union accuses NSF of ignoring rules governing peer review
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January 31, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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A bit of wisdom from my HoD's whiteboard which is easy to forget in this output-oriented academic world
March 24, 2024 at 10:15 AM
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When I will respond to your email
November 20, 2024 at 6:38 PM
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Breitfeld, Comptonn, & @jennysaffran.bsky.social (2024): toddlers learned words better from adults who previously behaved in an engaging way ➡️ engaging social experience w/ speakers supports toddlers’ subsequent learning #DevPsySky #PsychSciSky #infancypapers onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Toddlers' prior social experience with speakers influences their word learning
Toddlers prefer to learn from familiar adults, particularly their caregivers, and perform better on word learning tasks when taught by caregivers than by strangers. However, it remains unclear why to...
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November 21, 2024 at 4:00 PM
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Never forget: READING FOR PLEASURE has the biggest positive impact of any factor on children's life chances. So never stop sharing books with kids. Never stop reading to them, and helping them to read. Never stop changing lives. #literacy #kidlit #books
November 18, 2024 at 8:05 PM
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Here. It is here on BlueSky. #academia #professorsbeprofessoring
November 19, 2024 at 10:08 AM
Hi, I'm new here! Here's a brief summary of my research according to Google Scholar!

Create your own research word cloud here: shiny.rcg.sfu.ca/u/rdmorin/sc...
February 7, 2024 at 2:44 PM