Erica Flaten (She/Her)
@flatenerica.bsky.social
Postdoctoral Fellow in the Infant Studies Centre, University of British Columbia, researching rhythm in early language development 👶🎶🧠
Recently received my PhD at McMaster University, in the Auditory Development Lab.
Recently received my PhD at McMaster University, in the Auditory Development Lab.
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1/7 Can infants recognise the world around them? 👶🧠 As part of the FOUNDCOG project, we scanned 134 awake infants using fMRI. Published today in Nature Neuroscience, our research reveals 2-month-old infants already possess complex visual representations in VVC that align with DNNs.
February 2, 2026 at 4:00 PM
1/7 Can infants recognise the world around them? 👶🧠 As part of the FOUNDCOG project, we scanned 134 awake infants using fMRI. Published today in Nature Neuroscience, our research reveals 2-month-old infants already possess complex visual representations in VVC that align with DNNs.
The last remaining study from my PhD is now out openly in Psychophysiology 🥳🧠🎶🥁
We show novel evidence that the way the adult brain organizes musical rhythms is influenced by complex interactions between attention and enculturated biases.
doi.org/10.1111/psyp...
We show novel evidence that the way the adult brain organizes musical rhythms is influenced by complex interactions between attention and enculturated biases.
doi.org/10.1111/psyp...
<em>Psychophysiology</em> | SPR Journal | Wiley Online Library
By combining multiple EEG measures of rhythm perception, we show novel evidence that adults' metre perception is shaped by complex interactions between attention and enculturated biases. In conjuncti...
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January 29, 2026 at 4:40 PM
The last remaining study from my PhD is now out openly in Psychophysiology 🥳🧠🎶🥁
We show novel evidence that the way the adult brain organizes musical rhythms is influenced by complex interactions between attention and enculturated biases.
doi.org/10.1111/psyp...
We show novel evidence that the way the adult brain organizes musical rhythms is influenced by complex interactions between attention and enculturated biases.
doi.org/10.1111/psyp...
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A new report warns that AI poses a serious threat to children's cognitive development and emotional well-being
www.npr.org/2026/01/14/n...
www.npr.org/2026/01/14/n...
The risks of AI in schools outweigh the benefits, report says
A new report warns that AI poses a serious threat to children's cognitive development and emotional well-being.
www.npr.org
January 14, 2026 at 12:39 PM
A new report warns that AI poses a serious threat to children's cognitive development and emotional well-being
www.npr.org/2026/01/14/n...
www.npr.org/2026/01/14/n...
Another from my PhD out now! We tested infants on their ability to generalize a learned metre to new stimuli at different tempos, measured by EEG responses. Overall, infants failed to generalize, but we found links with music experience and priming. Check it out!👶🧠🎶
doi.org/10.1162/JOCN...
doi.org/10.1162/JOCN...
Investigating Generalizability of Top–Down Neural Representation of Meter in Infancy
Abstract. Music and speech rhythms are hierarchically organized, including grouping beats to create metrical structures. Previously, we showed that infants can be primed via loudness accents to interp...
doi.org
November 11, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Another from my PhD out now! We tested infants on their ability to generalize a learned metre to new stimuli at different tempos, measured by EEG responses. Overall, infants failed to generalize, but we found links with music experience and priming. Check it out!👶🧠🎶
doi.org/10.1162/JOCN...
doi.org/10.1162/JOCN...
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Happy to share my very first first-author paper! In this study, we show that rhythms can shape how our brains track speech (in very simple words). Work with Marina Kalashnikova, @nicolaml.bsky.social and Mikel Lizarazu.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Temporal Structure of Music Improves the Cortical Encoding of Speech
This study demonstrates that regular musical rhythms can act as a temporal guide for brain oscillations, enhancing synchronization with the speech envelope. This effect was observed across different ...
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March 25, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Happy to share my very first first-author paper! In this study, we show that rhythms can shape how our brains track speech (in very simple words). Work with Marina Kalashnikova, @nicolaml.bsky.social and Mikel Lizarazu.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Hey #DevSci #Neuroskyence people, wondering if I know anyone who has experience running combined EEG and Eyetracking with infants and if I could pick your brain on a couple things? 👀🧠👶
June 20, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Hey #DevSci #Neuroskyence people, wondering if I know anyone who has experience running combined EEG and Eyetracking with infants and if I could pick your brain on a couple things? 👀🧠👶
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We'll be there! 👇
cuttingeeg.org/practicalmee...
cuttingeeg.org/practicalmee...
June 12, 2025 at 1:13 PM
We'll be there! 👇
cuttingeeg.org/practicalmee...
cuttingeeg.org/practicalmee...
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Thoughtful and generative piece on lateralization by @basilpreisig.bsky.social and Martin Meyer. An important perspective on issues that remain complex. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Predictive coding and dimension-selective attention enhance the lateralization of spoken language processing
Hemispheric lateralization in speech and language processing exemplifies functional brain specialization. Seminal work in patients with left hemispher…
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April 2, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Thoughtful and generative piece on lateralization by @basilpreisig.bsky.social and Martin Meyer. An important perspective on issues that remain complex. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Excited for this one! 🧠👶
Don't miss our next FIT'NG Together event this Thursday, April 10th at 12pm EST where we will discuss a new paper on Hippocampal Encoding of Memories in Human Infants (DOI: 10.1126/science.adt7570) with @tristansyates.bsky.social and other authors!
Register for FREE at: tinyurl.com/fitngtogether
Register for FREE at: tinyurl.com/fitngtogether
April 6, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Excited for this one! 🧠👶
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It's got a boring title but this preprint is being submitted for Stage 2 consideration at AMPPS, and is in fact very exciting!
Karli Nave led a group of labs that replicated an influential EEG study on auditory beat perception by Nozaradan et al. (2011).
We found:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Karli Nave led a group of labs that replicated an influential EEG study on auditory beat perception by Nozaradan et al. (2011).
We found:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Registered Report: Replication and Extension of Nozaradan, Peretz, Missal and Mouraux (2011)
Cognitive neuroscience research has attempted to disentangle stimulus-driven processing from conscious perceptual processing for decades. Some prior evidence for neural processing of perceived musical...
www.biorxiv.org
March 19, 2025 at 5:07 PM
It's got a boring title but this preprint is being submitted for Stage 2 consideration at AMPPS, and is in fact very exciting!
Karli Nave led a group of labs that replicated an influential EEG study on auditory beat perception by Nozaradan et al. (2011).
We found:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Karli Nave led a group of labs that replicated an influential EEG study on auditory beat perception by Nozaradan et al. (2011).
We found:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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March 20, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Are you a Early Career #Researcher, #PhD, or #Psychology student? Are you interested in #Developmental Psychology? Join us on social media for news, updates and developmental psychology content! @bpsdevsection.bsky.social @bpsofficial.bsky.social #AcademicSky #AcademicChatter #PhDChat #DevPsych
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🚨New Preprint! 🎵🧠 Joint music listening enhances interpersonal affective and neural synchrony. A huge fNIRS hyperscanning study on shared music listening & pleasure with @federicocurzel.bsky.social , @giacomonovembre.bsky.social, Barbara Tillmann and Arnaud Fournel. 👉 osf.io/preprints/os...
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March 14, 2025 at 11:30 AM
🚨New Preprint! 🎵🧠 Joint music listening enhances interpersonal affective and neural synchrony. A huge fNIRS hyperscanning study on shared music listening & pleasure with @federicocurzel.bsky.social , @giacomonovembre.bsky.social, Barbara Tillmann and Arnaud Fournel. 👉 osf.io/preprints/os...
🚨 We’re hiring! 🚨
A postdoc position is available at my lab (npa.iit.it) in Rome! Join us to explore:
🎵 Neural bases of musicality (humans, infants, macaques)
💃🕺 Dance & joint music-making
🤝 Spontaneous social behavior
⬇️ Apply through the link below! ⬇️
A postdoc position is available at my lab (npa.iit.it) in Rome! Join us to explore:
🎵 Neural bases of musicality (humans, infants, macaques)
💃🕺 Dance & joint music-making
🤝 Spontaneous social behavior
⬇️ Apply through the link below! ⬇️
March 11, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Anyone in the developmental psychology/infant research community know of any existing parent-report questionnaires on infant babbling (i.e., syllable production), specifically for English families? #DevSci
February 28, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Anyone in the developmental psychology/infant research community know of any existing parent-report questionnaires on infant babbling (i.e., syllable production), specifically for English families? #DevSci
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Enigmatic’ cave art was made by ice age children www.science.org/content/arti...
‘Enigmatic’ cave art was made by ice age children
Charcoal doodling appears 14,000 years ago, as adults drew more proficiently nearby
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February 3, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Enigmatic’ cave art was made by ice age children www.science.org/content/arti...
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Excited to share a paper from myself and
@lkcirelli.bsky.social focused on caregiver-infant musical interactions in the home! (1/6)
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
@lkcirelli.bsky.social focused on caregiver-infant musical interactions in the home! (1/6)
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
The Active Infant's Developing Role in Musical Interactions: Insights From an Online Parent Questionnaire
Musical interactions between caregivers and their infants typically rely on a limited repertoire of live vocal songs and recorded music. Research suggests that these well-known songs are especially e...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
January 9, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Excited to share a paper from myself and
@lkcirelli.bsky.social focused on caregiver-infant musical interactions in the home! (1/6)
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
@lkcirelli.bsky.social focused on caregiver-infant musical interactions in the home! (1/6)
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Interested in being the Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Associate Editor at Developmental Science... Join us!
I really enjoyed serving in this role (DEI Assoc Editor) at Developmental Science. Lots of opportunities to contribute to much needed diversification in developmental research. Happy to answer any questions!
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Developmental Science is inviting applications for the role of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Associate Editor
Developmental Science is an international journal publishing contemporary scientific developmental psychology and developmental cognitive neuroscience research.
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December 16, 2024 at 4:30 PM
Interested in being the Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Associate Editor at Developmental Science... Join us!
Hi hello, asking the community for recommendations of developmental neuroscience books/review papers/chapters that focus on infants' general neural development, particularly ones that include good information on changes in brain activity patterns (e.g., oscillations). Thanks! #neuroscience #DevSci
December 13, 2024 at 4:39 PM
Hi hello, asking the community for recommendations of developmental neuroscience books/review papers/chapters that focus on infants' general neural development, particularly ones that include good information on changes in brain activity patterns (e.g., oscillations). Thanks! #neuroscience #DevSci
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Do you teach neuroscience? Here’s a list I’ve compiled of mostly free online neuroscience textbooks, simulations and datasets you can use for your course! If I’m missing something, let me know so I can add it! docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Free Neuroscience Textbooks and Online Tutorials
Free Neuroscience Textbooks and Online Tutorials (Compiled by Carlos Aizenman, Brown University, Dept. of Neuroscience) Maintaining a current list of digital educational resources is tricky. Softwar...
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November 20, 2024 at 8:08 PM
Do you teach neuroscience? Here’s a list I’ve compiled of mostly free online neuroscience textbooks, simulations and datasets you can use for your course! If I’m missing something, let me know so I can add it! docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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If you are looking for an EEG Post Doc position, and have both an applied and fundamental interest, Roeljan Wiersema's lab is the place to be.
Deadline is Monday 25-11, so be quick! #EEG #neuroskyence
Deadline is Monday 25-11, so be quick! #EEG #neuroskyence
Postdoc (100%, 2 years) - arousal and attention regulation in ADHD
Postdoc (100%, 2 years) - arousal and attention regulation in ADHD
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November 22, 2024 at 11:57 AM
If you are looking for an EEG Post Doc position, and have both an applied and fundamental interest, Roeljan Wiersema's lab is the place to be.
Deadline is Monday 25-11, so be quick! #EEG #neuroskyence
Deadline is Monday 25-11, so be quick! #EEG #neuroskyence
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📄 Our new paper examines the impact of #EEG density on the resolution and fidelity of cortical network mapping in infants. More electrodes are better in theory, but less convenient in practice. What is the compromise?
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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The impact of EEG electrode density on the mapping of cortical activity networks in infants
Electroencephalography (EEG) is widely used for assessing infant's brain activity, and multi-channel recordings support studies on functional cortical…
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November 25, 2024 at 11:57 AM
📄 Our new paper examines the impact of #EEG density on the resolution and fidelity of cortical network mapping in infants. More electrodes are better in theory, but less convenient in practice. What is the compromise?
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Question for the #DevSci, #CogDev, #DevPsy communities. Working with infants, we send home families with little prizes (e.g., books, bath toys) for their participation. I am curious what other labs have found to be the most successful (most popular, not too expensive, good across ages)? 👶
November 19, 2024 at 4:38 PM
It's official, I'll be presenting a poster at the Infant Studies (ICIS) conference in Glasgow this coming July! Excited to present some of the final results of my PhD with the Infancy community 👶〰️🧠🥁
#neuroskyence #DevSci #DevPsy #PsychSciSky
#neuroskyence #DevSci #DevPsy #PsychSciSky
February 16, 2024 at 1:18 PM
It's official, I'll be presenting a poster at the Infant Studies (ICIS) conference in Glasgow this coming July! Excited to present some of the final results of my PhD with the Infancy community 👶〰️🧠🥁
#neuroskyence #DevSci #DevPsy #PsychSciSky
#neuroskyence #DevSci #DevPsy #PsychSciSky
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Hi #PsychSciSky just reintroducing ourselves again and reminding all folks studying all things time, timing, or rhythm perception to give us a follow and tag us in all your awesome psychology, neuroscience etc. research! 🧠⏰
November 20, 2023 at 2:36 PM
Hi #PsychSciSky just reintroducing ourselves again and reminding all folks studying all things time, timing, or rhythm perception to give us a follow and tag us in all your awesome psychology, neuroscience etc. research! 🧠⏰