Kiley Hamlin
jkileyhamlin.bsky.social
Kiley Hamlin
@jkileyhamlin.bsky.social
Developmental scientist studying infant social and moral cognition. She/her.
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Non-academics: if you see an interesting academic paper on here and you can’t access it due to a paywall just email the author and (depending on the state of their inbox 😜) they will generally be thrilled you are interested in their work and send you a copy.
July 8, 2025 at 7:43 PM
New paper! Here (in Nature Communications) we (Ale Geraci, Luca Surian, Lucia Gabriella Tina, & I; work led/run by Ale) show that 5-day-old newborns selectively attend to two distinct forms of prosocial over antisocial action: approaching versus avoiding and helping versus hindering.
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Human newborns spontaneously attend to prosocial interactions
Nature Communications - Abilities to distinguish between prosocial and antisocial actions are crucial for sustaining cooperative systems. Here, the authors show that human newborns with just 5 days...
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July 8, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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Returning to school or know someone who is? Here are some tips on how to study better by using insights from the science of memory. Feel free to share this with anyone who might find it useful. youtu.be/j44vPaAZldM?...

#EduSKy
Change How You Study: Secrets from Cognitive Science
YouTube video by Steve Most
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August 22, 2024 at 1:42 PM
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Jonathan Haidt’s The Anxious Generation has sparked widespread discussion, but are the data as solid as they seem? Top expert Candice Odgers offers a critical analysis of Haidt’s claims. Dive into their debate here: www.techdirt.com/2024/10/11/j...
Jonathan Haidt’s Claims On Kids & Tech Crumble Under Scrutiny From Top Expert, Candice Odgers
Jonathan Haidt’s incredibly well-timed decision to surf on the wave of a moral panic about kids and social media has made him a false hero for many parents and educators. In my review, I noted that…
www.techdirt.com
December 4, 2024 at 7:43 PM
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Denver gave people experiencing homelessness $1k/month. A year later, nearly half had housing.

They also had fewer ER visits, nights spent in a hospital, and jail stays.

The report estimates that this reduction in public service use SAVED the city $589k.
www.businessinsider.com/denver-basic...
Denver gave people experiencing homelessness $1,000 a month. A year later, nearly half of participants said they had housing.
Participants in Denver's basic-income program reported having more-secure housing, though results were similar in the trial and control groups.
www.businessinsider.com
November 26, 2024 at 12:47 AM
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Segal & Moulson (2024): mums who were more attuned to 👶's mental states could better help regulate 👶's emotional states, supporting a link btwn caregivers' socio-cognitive skills & providing real-time regulation support #DevPsySky #PsychSciSky #infancypapers onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
The effectiveness of maternal regulatory attempts in the development of infant emotion regulation
Caregivers are instrumental in the development of infant emotion regulation; however, few studies have focused on delineating the real-time effectiveness of strategies that caregivers use to reduce i...
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November 26, 2024 at 3:44 PM
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November 15, 2024 at 5:24 PM
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WTF is going on here at Blue Sky? People are civil to each other. People having intelligent discussions. People are spelling things correctly. I haven’t seen any racism or sexism.

I’m confused.
a man in a lab coat is standing in front of a computer with the caption good to see you guys again
ALT: a man in a lab coat is standing in front of a computer with the caption good to see you guys again
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November 15, 2024 at 3:10 PM
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A reminder to everyone who is thinking "I really should be collecting data right now." or "I wish I had thought about collecting data when this was all happening." The NSF has a grant mechanism for this: Grants for Rapid Response Research (RAPID www.nsf.gov/pubs/policyd...
November 13, 2024 at 5:24 PM
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The International Congress of Infant Studies is now on Bluesky! Follow us as we remind you about conference deadlines, share research findings from the Infancy journal and blog posts written by esteemed researchers from all over the world! infantstudies.org/the-baby-blog/ #AcademicSky #infancypapers
The Baby Blog - The International Congress of Infant Studies
infantstudies.org
March 6, 2024 at 1:38 AM
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I'd like to hire a post-doc, to start this summer or fall!

It'd be great if you could share this widely with people you think might be interested.

More details on the position & how to apply: bit.ly/cocodev_postdoc24

Official posting: academicpositions.harvard.edu/postings/13532
March 6, 2024 at 1:24 PM
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Here's a new paper from the lab (with first author Paige Amormino and stats expert Brett Mercier) where we investigate how people judge the praiseworthiness of helping. osf.io/preprints/ps...
#socialpsych #PsychSciSky
November 13, 2023 at 4:06 PM