Dr. Rebecca Brooker
@rebeccabrooker.bsky.social
Developmental psychologist and director of the TAMU Development of Mind and Emotions Lab. Studying biological and behavioral correlates of risk for internalizing psychopathology in moms and children. Views are my own.
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GOOD MORNING IT IS A GREAT DAY TO KEEP REPORTING THE NEWS
July 18, 2025 at 2:20 PM
GOOD MORNING IT IS A GREAT DAY TO KEEP REPORTING THE NEWS
Revisited a favorite past paper that appeared alongside some other great science in this important message from journalist Joanne Chen.
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Why Parental Stress Isn’t Just About the Parent
Taking care of yourself as a parent isn't an indulgence; it has a substantial effect on the well-being of your children.
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June 20, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Revisited a favorite past paper that appeared alongside some other great science in this important message from journalist Joanne Chen.
greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item...
greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item...
The 25th Occasional Temperament Conference (OTC25) will be held at Texas A&M University Nov. 6-8, 2025. OTC is an international conference uniting researchers & practitioners with special interests in the study of. Please visit the OTC25 website for conference and call for abstracts, then share!
OTC Conference | 25th Occasional Temperment Conference
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June 2, 2025 at 8:15 PM
The 25th Occasional Temperament Conference (OTC25) will be held at Texas A&M University Nov. 6-8, 2025. OTC is an international conference uniting researchers & practitioners with special interests in the study of. Please visit the OTC25 website for conference and call for abstracts, then share!
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Today, our client Rümeysa Öztürk was released on bail from ICE detention in Louisiana, and she will return to New England to continue her studies.
📸 Giancarlo D’Agostaro
📸 Giancarlo D’Agostaro
May 9, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Today, our client Rümeysa Öztürk was released on bail from ICE detention in Louisiana, and she will return to New England to continue her studies.
📸 Giancarlo D’Agostaro
📸 Giancarlo D’Agostaro
This group of research assistants, staff, and postdocs has worked SO INCREDIBLY HARD this year and I am so dang proud of them.
March 27, 2025 at 8:46 PM
This group of research assistants, staff, and postdocs has worked SO INCREDIBLY HARD this year and I am so dang proud of them.
Thankful to be part of this effort with @hjvrutherford.bsky.social, @talyatziv.bsky.social, and the social-media avoidant Dr. Matt Vess.
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Envisioning Motherhood Before & After Baby’s Arrival | Article
Discover how envisioning motherhood before and after a baby arrives can support child development.
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March 24, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Thankful to be part of this effort with @hjvrutherford.bsky.social, @talyatziv.bsky.social, and the social-media avoidant Dr. Matt Vess.
childandfamilyblog.com/envisioning-...
childandfamilyblog.com/envisioning-...
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Upon learning that yesterday would be my last day as a program officer at the National Science Foundation, I shared this parting message with my colleagues. The next few months will be frenetic and stressful for them. Here are some things that you can do to help them with the mission ahead. (1)
February 19, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Upon learning that yesterday would be my last day as a program officer at the National Science Foundation, I shared this parting message with my colleagues. The next few months will be frenetic and stressful for them. Here are some things that you can do to help them with the mission ahead. (1)
I am hiring a full and part-time post-bachelor's level research assistant for in-person work in my laboratory. We have a great environment here with a competitive salary ($45,000/year for full-time positions) for cost of living. Applications due 2/10/25.
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Research Assistant - Brooker
Job TitleResearch Assistant - Brooker Agency Texas A&M University Department Psychology Proposed Minimum SalaryCommensurate Job LocationCollege Station, Texas Job TypeStaff Job Description Our Com...
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February 1, 2025 at 4:42 AM
I am hiring a full and part-time post-bachelor's level research assistant for in-person work in my laboratory. We have a great environment here with a competitive salary ($45,000/year for full-time positions) for cost of living. Applications due 2/10/25.
tamus.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/TAMU_Externa...
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Every year we send holiday cards to families participating in our active studies. This year a family sent us a card back and it was so cute my heart exploded. Also, since this is my professional account, can this go into future “plans for retention” grant sections?
January 17, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Every year we send holiday cards to families participating in our active studies. This year a family sent us a card back and it was so cute my heart exploded. Also, since this is my professional account, can this go into future “plans for retention” grant sections?
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Gov. Greg Abbott threatened Texas A&M President Mark Welsh III’s job after a conservative activist shared a university email inviting some staffers and PhD students to a conference that limited participation to people who are Black, Hispanic or Native American. www.texastribune.org/2025/01/14/t...
Gov. Greg Abbott threatens Texas A&M president’s job over claim that university broke DEI ban
Abbott's comments came after A&M invited staffers and students to attend a conference that a conservative activist said broke the state’s ban on diversity, equity and inclusion programs.
www.texastribune.org
January 14, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Gov. Greg Abbott threatened Texas A&M President Mark Welsh III’s job after a conservative activist shared a university email inviting some staffers and PhD students to a conference that limited participation to people who are Black, Hispanic or Native American. www.texastribune.org/2025/01/14/t...
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New research from graduate and undergraduate students in my lab now published in the latest issue of Emotion. We linked maternal depression symptoms to out-of-context negative emotion in infants, even beyond tendencies to display negative emotion more generally.
December 24, 2024 at 2:56 AM
New research from graduate and undergraduate students in my lab now published in the latest issue of Emotion. We linked maternal depression symptoms to out-of-context negative emotion in infants, even beyond tendencies to display negative emotion more generally.
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The basic principle is that reviewers are tired, they're rushed, they're reading your and 10 other grants on top of their normal workload.
Anything you can do to make it easy for them will help.
Here's a list of my suggestions.
Anything you can do to make it easy for them will help.
Here's a list of my suggestions.
As a grant reviewer, what do you really wish people would do/not do?
Not big things, like find a significant question/innovative method/be consistent with aims
Little things, like bold each acronym the first time it’s used.
Add your pet peeves ⬇️
#HiddenCurriculum #Research
Not big things, like find a significant question/innovative method/be consistent with aims
Little things, like bold each acronym the first time it’s used.
Add your pet peeves ⬇️
#HiddenCurriculum #Research
November 23, 2024 at 2:57 PM
The basic principle is that reviewers are tired, they're rushed, they're reading your and 10 other grants on top of their normal workload.
Anything you can do to make it easy for them will help.
Here's a list of my suggestions.
Anything you can do to make it easy for them will help.
Here's a list of my suggestions.
Work led by DOME Lab graduate student Sarah Peoples showing that as early as age three, coordinated efforts across the brain and heart seem to be protective against childhood outcomes like stress and anxiety.
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September 12, 2024 at 2:54 PM
Work led by DOME Lab graduate student Sarah Peoples showing that as early as age three, coordinated efforts across the brain and heart seem to be protective against childhood outcomes like stress and anxiety.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Congrats to the new Dr. Sejal Mistry-Patel, who found, as part of her dissertation, that moms’ perceptions of smartphone-based support positively predict mother-infant relationship quality, suggesting phones are neither ALL good nor ALL bad, but likely have many possible impacts on development.
May 25, 2024 at 2:18 AM
Congrats to the new Dr. Sejal Mistry-Patel, who found, as part of her dissertation, that moms’ perceptions of smartphone-based support positively predict mother-infant relationship quality, suggesting phones are neither ALL good nor ALL bad, but likely have many possible impacts on development.
So proud of these DOME Lab graduate and undergraduate students, awarded for their hard work this year and representing a dozen others who are helping to make it all happen.
May 18, 2024 at 6:40 PM
So proud of these DOME Lab graduate and undergraduate students, awarded for their hard work this year and representing a dozen others who are helping to make it all happen.
This is exactly why one would purchase adorable onesies for their research. (Posted with permission).
May 6, 2024 at 2:14 AM
This is exactly why one would purchase adorable onesies for their research. (Posted with permission).
Had a great time talking about developmental science in the mountains last week. Thank you to Utah State Psychology for being such wonderful hosts.
April 22, 2024 at 1:57 PM
Had a great time talking about developmental science in the mountains last week. Thank you to Utah State Psychology for being such wonderful hosts.
Had a visit to the lab from TAMU President General (Ret.) Mark Welsh. It was a great opportunity to share some of our science and to introduce him to some of the amazing students working in the lab. They were SO excited.
April 9, 2024 at 6:22 PM
Had a visit to the lab from TAMU President General (Ret.) Mark Welsh. It was a great opportunity to share some of our science and to introduce him to some of the amazing students working in the lab. They were SO excited.
Thrilled to share this new paper with student, Sarah Peoples, and college, Liz Davis. We found a predictable patterns of activation across preschoolers' neural and cardiac systems of regulation and preliminary evidence for links to more/less adaptive behaviors.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
March 15, 2024 at 1:31 PM
Thrilled to share this new paper with student, Sarah Peoples, and college, Liz Davis. We found a predictable patterns of activation across preschoolers' neural and cardiac systems of regulation and preliminary evidence for links to more/less adaptive behaviors.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Had a wonderful time hearing about amazing science and presenting out own work on maternal brain plasticity at the Winter Conference on Neural Plasticity.
March 8, 2024 at 1:59 AM
Had a wonderful time hearing about amazing science and presenting out own work on maternal brain plasticity at the Winter Conference on Neural Plasticity.
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The MAClab at Texas A&M is looking for a post-doc! Details below. Please share! drive.google.com/file/d/1Gi1gmPY_HFXaL4cgAwIe6se6BWlBLZd1/view?usp=sharing
Postdoc_position_2024.pdf
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February 20, 2024 at 10:01 PM
The MAClab at Texas A&M is looking for a post-doc! Details below. Please share! drive.google.com/file/d/1Gi1gmPY_HFXaL4cgAwIe6se6BWlBLZd1/view?usp=sharing
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Important changes at NSF Developmental Science regarding the number of proposals submitted with the same PI or co-PI as well as proposals that will be considered by the same PI already funded by NSF-DS. new.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...
February 21, 2024 at 6:06 PM
Important changes at NSF Developmental Science regarding the number of proposals submitted with the same PI or co-PI as well as proposals that will be considered by the same PI already funded by NSF-DS. new.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...