Elena Tenenbaum
@elenatenenbaum.bsky.social
Duke Med Asst Prof, Psychologist, Language & Autism Researcher, R, perinatal mental health. Ask me about: Meeting on Language in Autism (MoLA), Remote Infant Studies of Early Learning (RISE) & the Low-Verbal Investigatory Survey (LVIS). Views are my own.
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Excited to head to @isdp.org this week! And thrilled that I'll be recruiting graduate students and postdocs this cycle to join PINE Lab!
Please come say hi if interested (current lab studies here: www.plasticityinneurodevelopmentlab.com/current-stud...)
Please come say hi if interested (current lab studies here: www.plasticityinneurodevelopmentlab.com/current-stud...)
November 10, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Excited to head to @isdp.org this week! And thrilled that I'll be recruiting graduate students and postdocs this cycle to join PINE Lab!
Please come say hi if interested (current lab studies here: www.plasticityinneurodevelopmentlab.com/current-stud...)
Please come say hi if interested (current lab studies here: www.plasticityinneurodevelopmentlab.com/current-stud...)
Burning questions. . .thank you, @bergelsonlab.bsky.social!
if you’ve had Szechuan peppercorns do you experience them more as
a) tingly (like a vibration) or
b) numbing (like super weak lidocaine)
~And~ are you colorblind
(we‘d need to correct for base rates but let’s just try to crank the anecdata knob first; @elenatenenbaum.bsky.social this is for you)
a) tingly (like a vibration) or
b) numbing (like super weak lidocaine)
~And~ are you colorblind
(we‘d need to correct for base rates but let’s just try to crank the anecdata knob first; @elenatenenbaum.bsky.social this is for you)
November 10, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Burning questions. . .thank you, @bergelsonlab.bsky.social!
Is "search it up" (i.e., "google it") a phrase all over, or is this just a southern kid thing?
an elderly woman says you can google it
ALT: an elderly woman says you can google it
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October 8, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Is "search it up" (i.e., "google it") a phrase all over, or is this just a southern kid thing?
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🚨 Position Alert! 🚨
I am looking for a full-time Research Scientist 1 to join my lab in Albuquerque, NM at the Center on Alcohol, Substance Use, and Addiction (CASAA). We will be studying how stress and trauma influence cannabis and substance use. 🧠🌿 (1/5)
I am looking for a full-time Research Scientist 1 to join my lab in Albuquerque, NM at the Center on Alcohol, Substance Use, and Addiction (CASAA). We will be studying how stress and trauma influence cannabis and substance use. 🧠🌿 (1/5)
October 2, 2025 at 10:33 PM
🚨 Position Alert! 🚨
I am looking for a full-time Research Scientist 1 to join my lab in Albuquerque, NM at the Center on Alcohol, Substance Use, and Addiction (CASAA). We will be studying how stress and trauma influence cannabis and substance use. 🧠🌿 (1/5)
I am looking for a full-time Research Scientist 1 to join my lab in Albuquerque, NM at the Center on Alcohol, Substance Use, and Addiction (CASAA). We will be studying how stress and trauma influence cannabis and substance use. 🧠🌿 (1/5)
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Interested in understanding how young humans think about social relationships? I am reading PhD applications this year! **Please note**, that Harvard now requires the GRE. More information here: www.ashleyjthomas.com/workwithme
WANT TO WORK WITH ME? | Mysite
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October 6, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Interested in understanding how young humans think about social relationships? I am reading PhD applications this year! **Please note**, that Harvard now requires the GRE. More information here: www.ashleyjthomas.com/workwithme
Please share!
Calling all 11-13-month-olds (U.S.-based)!
Help advance research! Join our study. Kids watch fun, short videos about shapes and objects, and caregivers complete surveys. Caregivers will receive compensation.
Learn more and enroll now: childrenhelpingscience.com/studies/900e...
Calling all 11-13-month-olds (U.S.-based)!
Help advance research! Join our study. Kids watch fun, short videos about shapes and objects, and caregivers complete surveys. Caregivers will receive compensation.
Learn more and enroll now: childrenhelpingscience.com/studies/900e...
October 6, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Please share!
Calling all 11-13-month-olds (U.S.-based)!
Help advance research! Join our study. Kids watch fun, short videos about shapes and objects, and caregivers complete surveys. Caregivers will receive compensation.
Learn more and enroll now: childrenhelpingscience.com/studies/900e...
Calling all 11-13-month-olds (U.S.-based)!
Help advance research! Join our study. Kids watch fun, short videos about shapes and objects, and caregivers complete surveys. Caregivers will receive compensation.
Learn more and enroll now: childrenhelpingscience.com/studies/900e...
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Stop, drop everything and pick up this new review paper from LABlab member @hannahmech.bsky.social. In it, Hannah argues for considering speech adaptation through the lens of reinforcement learning. Good stuff. link.springer.com/epdf/10.3758...
Insights into effortful adaptation during speech perception: The role of dopamine, norepinephrine, and prediction error
link.springer.com
October 6, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Stop, drop everything and pick up this new review paper from LABlab member @hannahmech.bsky.social. In it, Hannah argues for considering speech adaptation through the lens of reinforcement learning. Good stuff. link.springer.com/epdf/10.3758...
Less than 48 hours to go!
September 30, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Less than 48 hours to go!
Posting for a colleague. . .calling all parents. . .please participate in a study about autism screenings for young babies by completing the survey below.
www.esdlabsc.com/parent-persp...
www.esdlabsc.com/parent-persp...
Our Research Studies — The Early Social Development Lab at UofSC
Participate in our research to help us better understand infant development more broadly and improve earlier diagnosis for autism. We are trained in developmental assessments and can provide feedback ...
www.esdlabsc.com
September 19, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Posting for a colleague. . .calling all parents. . .please participate in a study about autism screenings for young babies by completing the survey below.
www.esdlabsc.com/parent-persp...
www.esdlabsc.com/parent-persp...
Seriously, Outlook? Yes, I would like to reserve time for focused work. Do you offer babysitting now?!
September 11, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Seriously, Outlook? Yes, I would like to reserve time for focused work. Do you offer babysitting now?!
anyone have a copy of the NIH Survey of Pathways to Diagnosis and Services?
No longer available on CDC website 🙁
archive.cdc.gov#/details?q=S...
No longer available on CDC website 🙁
archive.cdc.gov#/details?q=S...
Archive App | CDC
Archived web material for CDC.gov is preserved on the CDC Archive Site
archive.cdc.gov
September 11, 2025 at 4:41 PM
anyone have a copy of the NIH Survey of Pathways to Diagnosis and Services?
No longer available on CDC website 🙁
archive.cdc.gov#/details?q=S...
No longer available on CDC website 🙁
archive.cdc.gov#/details?q=S...
Prague too far? Come to MoLA!
The submission portal for MoLA 2026 is open! molautism.org/call-for-pap...
Deadline for submissions is 01 October 2025, at 11:59 pm Eastern Time.
MoLA 2026 will be held in Atlanta, GA March 12th-14th, 2026 (opening reception March 11th).
molautism.org
Deadline for submissions is 01 October 2025, at 11:59 pm Eastern Time.
MoLA 2026 will be held in Atlanta, GA March 12th-14th, 2026 (opening reception March 11th).
molautism.org
MoLA – Meeting on Language in Autism
molautism.org
September 6, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Prague too far? Come to MoLA!
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Nice to see organizations like the @autismsciencefd.bsky.social and @defendpublichealth.bsky.social getting ahead of these potential forthcoming claims in RFK Jr.'s eventual autism report. More of this needed and in other forums too. 🛟😷🧪 sociology
Here's Autism Science Foundation's statement...
Here's Autism Science Foundation's statement...
Statement from Autism Science Foundation Regarding Wall Street Journal Report “RFK Jr., HHS to Link Autism to Tylenol Use in Pregnancy and Folate Deficiencies” - Autism Science Foundation
(September 5, 2025, 4:00 pm ET) This afternoon, The Wall Street Journal reported that HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. will announce later this month that Tylenol has been identified as a cause of...
autismsciencefoundation.org
September 5, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Nice to see organizations like the @autismsciencefd.bsky.social and @defendpublichealth.bsky.social getting ahead of these potential forthcoming claims in RFK Jr.'s eventual autism report. More of this needed and in other forums too. 🛟😷🧪 sociology
Here's Autism Science Foundation's statement...
Here's Autism Science Foundation's statement...
Can someone explain the Gen Z use of “I’m not trying to. . .”? I AM trying to understand.
September 4, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Can someone explain the Gen Z use of “I’m not trying to. . .”? I AM trying to understand.
2025-2026 Duke Autism Center Speaker Series starts today with "Stratifying the Heterogeneity of Autism: Impact of Co-Occurring Anxiety and ADHD" by Kim Carpenter, PhD.
Registration and future speakers: autismcenter.duke.edu/events/autis...
Registration and future speakers: autismcenter.duke.edu/events/autis...
September 3, 2025 at 5:31 PM
2025-2026 Duke Autism Center Speaker Series starts today with "Stratifying the Heterogeneity of Autism: Impact of Co-Occurring Anxiety and ADHD" by Kim Carpenter, PhD.
Registration and future speakers: autismcenter.duke.edu/events/autis...
Registration and future speakers: autismcenter.duke.edu/events/autis...
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🚨Postdoctoral fellowship in corpus phonetics / data science for speech with me and Ann Bradlow. Position is open immediately. Apply now! 🚨 Details: faculty.wcas.northwestern.edu/matt-goldric...
August 28, 2025 at 10:35 PM
🚨Postdoctoral fellowship in corpus phonetics / data science for speech with me and Ann Bradlow. Position is open immediately. Apply now! 🚨 Details: faculty.wcas.northwestern.edu/matt-goldric...
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We are HIRING! The Department of Psychology at NDSU is seeking a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Developmental Psychology (broadly defined) to begin August, 2026. Full details here: tinyurl.com/3sjknmxn
Questions can be directed to me.
Please share widely!
Questions can be directed to me.
Please share widely!
August 22, 2025 at 3:05 PM
We are HIRING! The Department of Psychology at NDSU is seeking a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Developmental Psychology (broadly defined) to begin August, 2026. Full details here: tinyurl.com/3sjknmxn
Questions can be directed to me.
Please share widely!
Questions can be directed to me.
Please share widely!
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Thank you to our sponsors for MoLA 2026! @simonsfoundation.org, @autismsciencefd.bsky.social, @dukebrain.bsky.social, Marcus Autism Center, and Children's Hospital of Atlanta.
July 20, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Thank you to our sponsors for MoLA 2026! @simonsfoundation.org, @autismsciencefd.bsky.social, @dukebrain.bsky.social, Marcus Autism Center, and Children's Hospital of Atlanta.
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MoLA 2026! Call for abstracts. More information at molautism.org. If you did not receive this in email, please reach out to us (molautism.org/about/contac...).
July 18, 2025 at 1:38 AM
MoLA 2026! Call for abstracts. More information at molautism.org. If you did not receive this in email, please reach out to us (molautism.org/about/contac...).
In addition to being a compelling read, I have this lovely new pub from Zane and Luyster on neolgisms to thank for teaching me the word "cheugy." onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
An Autistic “Linguatype”? Neologisms, New Words, and New Insights
In this commentary, we present new ideas about autistic neologisms. This essay has two primary goals. First, we argue that an autistic predilection to form neologisms generates intriguing new hypothe...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
July 1, 2025 at 3:04 PM
In addition to being a compelling read, I have this lovely new pub from Zane and Luyster on neolgisms to thank for teaching me the word "cheugy." onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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📢 Researchers in bilingualism & word learning!
I'm doing a meta-analysis on the bilingual advantage & seeking unpublished data comparing bilinguals vs monolinguals.
Summary stats or raw data welcome (confidential).
Pre-reg 👉 osf.io/6a7yg/
DM me or share if you know someone! 🙏
I'm doing a meta-analysis on the bilingual advantage & seeking unpublished data comparing bilinguals vs monolinguals.
Summary stats or raw data welcome (confidential).
Pre-reg 👉 osf.io/6a7yg/
DM me or share if you know someone! 🙏
The “Bilingual Advantage” in Word Learning: A Meta-Analysis
Hosted on the Open Science Framework
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June 25, 2025 at 12:33 PM
📢 Researchers in bilingualism & word learning!
I'm doing a meta-analysis on the bilingual advantage & seeking unpublished data comparing bilinguals vs monolinguals.
Summary stats or raw data welcome (confidential).
Pre-reg 👉 osf.io/6a7yg/
DM me or share if you know someone! 🙏
I'm doing a meta-analysis on the bilingual advantage & seeking unpublished data comparing bilinguals vs monolinguals.
Summary stats or raw data welcome (confidential).
Pre-reg 👉 osf.io/6a7yg/
DM me or share if you know someone! 🙏
FYI, for those who administer the ADOS. . . www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4rh...
Robo Bingo 🤖 🪥 | FULL BLUEY MINISODE | Bluey
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June 25, 2025 at 4:56 PM
FYI, for those who administer the ADOS. . . www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4rh...
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Very sorry to learn of the passing of LouAnn Gerken, who had such an impact on our understanding of the acquisition of speech sounds and sound patterns obits.mlive.com/us/obituarie...
LouAnn Gerken Obituary (1959 - 2025) - Tucson, AZ - Arizona Daily Star
View LouAnn A. Gerken's obituary, send flowers and sign the guestbook.
obits.mlive.com
May 29, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Very sorry to learn of the passing of LouAnn Gerken, who had such an impact on our understanding of the acquisition of speech sounds and sound patterns obits.mlive.com/us/obituarie...
RISE study represented at INSAR 2025.
May 3, 2025 at 6:51 PM
RISE study represented at INSAR 2025.