Liz Simpson
@simpson.bsky.social
Associate professor of psychology at the University of Miami. Developmental science, infant social behavior. She/her
Director of @soccoglab.bsky.social
ManyBabies6 - Neonatal imitation: https://manybabies.org/MB6/
Director of @soccoglab.bsky.social
ManyBabies6 - Neonatal imitation: https://manybabies.org/MB6/
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Liz Simpson
@simpson.bsky.social
· Sep 18
Rethinking the study of newborn sociality: Challenges and opportunities. #devpsy Free link until Nov 7th:
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Evidence for representation of pretend objects by Kanzi, a language-trained bonobo
February 6, 2026 at 8:27 PM
Evidence for representation of pretend objects by Kanzi, a language-trained bonobo
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A lovely read about researchers who make animals happy for a living 😊 A day spent playing the sounds of baby bonobo laughter is surely a day well spent
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Animals experience joy. Scientists want to measure it
Scientists have long focused on quantifying fear and other negative emotions in animals. Now they’re trying to measure positive feelings — and it’s a challenge.
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February 3, 2026 at 11:04 AM
A lovely read about researchers who make animals happy for a living 😊 A day spent playing the sounds of baby bonobo laughter is surely a day well spent
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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.
Neonatal mimicry of caregivers at home: Feasibility of an asynchronous online paradigm #OpenAccess by @lauriebayet.bsky.social & team! doi.org/10.1111/infa...
Neonatal Mimicry of Caregivers at Home: Feasibility of an Asynchronous Online Paradigm
While early life sets the stage for later learning, comparatively less is known about newborns' cognition than that of older infants. A striking example is the lack of consensus regarding the extent ...
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January 30, 2026 at 2:23 PM
Neonatal mimicry of caregivers at home: Feasibility of an asynchronous online paradigm #OpenAccess by @lauriebayet.bsky.social & team! doi.org/10.1111/infa...
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NATURE has done a terrific (if depressing) job of summarizing the devastating cuts to science during Trump's first year. At this point, only the willingness of the House and Senate to restore research budgets prevents scientific extinction. www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
US science after a year of Trump: what has been lost and what remains
A series of graphics reveals how the Trump administration has sought historic cuts to science and the research workforce.
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January 21, 2026 at 12:06 AM
NATURE has done a terrific (if depressing) job of summarizing the devastating cuts to science during Trump's first year. At this point, only the willingness of the House and Senate to restore research budgets prevents scientific extinction. www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
Male and female empathy across 24 countries and 60 latitudinal degrees #OpenAccess doi.org/10.1016/j.pa...
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January 15, 2026 at 10:38 AM
Male and female empathy across 24 countries and 60 latitudinal degrees #OpenAccess doi.org/10.1016/j.pa...
Impact of Surgical Masks on Newborns' Spontaneous Face Processing Skills
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January 8, 2026 at 10:44 AM
Impact of Surgical Masks on Newborns' Spontaneous Face Processing Skills
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Check out our new paper on the #development of #gaze-following in wild #chimpanzees, led by @kris-sabbi.bsky.social, @zeppypearl.bsky.social, & Isabelle Monroe!
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January 2, 2026 at 1:41 PM
Check out our new paper on the #development of #gaze-following in wild #chimpanzees, led by @kris-sabbi.bsky.social, @zeppypearl.bsky.social, & Isabelle Monroe!
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2025 sucked.
In 2026, we are taking back our science!
We are excited to launch our Substack: The Science Fight Club.
Read our first post, written by @cdelawalla.bsky.social, a review of 2025, a preview of 2026, and a big call to action.
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In 2026, we are taking back our science!
We are excited to launch our Substack: The Science Fight Club.
Read our first post, written by @cdelawalla.bsky.social, a review of 2025, a preview of 2026, and a big call to action.
open.substack.com/pub/sciencef...
January 1, 2026 at 2:00 PM
2025 sucked.
In 2026, we are taking back our science!
We are excited to launch our Substack: The Science Fight Club.
Read our first post, written by @cdelawalla.bsky.social, a review of 2025, a preview of 2026, and a big call to action.
open.substack.com/pub/sciencef...
In 2026, we are taking back our science!
We are excited to launch our Substack: The Science Fight Club.
Read our first post, written by @cdelawalla.bsky.social, a review of 2025, a preview of 2026, and a big call to action.
open.substack.com/pub/sciencef...
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There’s a fantastic developmental science resource called Children Helping Science, at MIT (childrenhelpingscience.com). Researchers run child studies online, Parents sign up & participate with their kids. CHS got an offer from an anonymous donor: matching gifts up to $100K through December!
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December 5, 2025 at 5:06 PM
There’s a fantastic developmental science resource called Children Helping Science, at MIT (childrenhelpingscience.com). Researchers run child studies online, Parents sign up & participate with their kids. CHS got an offer from an anonymous donor: matching gifts up to $100K through December!
Individual differences in sick face sensitivity: females are more sensitive to lassitude facial expressions than males - @tiffany6390.bsky.social
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November 12, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Individual differences in sick face sensitivity: females are more sensitive to lassitude facial expressions than males - @tiffany6390.bsky.social
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Coalitionary intra-group aggression by wild female bonobos
Coalitionary intra-group aggression by wild female bonobos
In humans and non-human primates, male aggression and physical violence are common strategies in the struggle over power and are efficient in exerting…
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October 22, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Coalitionary intra-group aggression by wild female bonobos
A Quarter Century Review of Research on Infant Behavior and Development
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Infant Behavior and Development | A Quarter Century Review of Research on Infant Behavior and Development | ScienceDirect.com by Elsevier
In celebration of the first 25 years into the 21st Century, we invite review manuscripts for a special issue on A Quarter Century Review of Research on Infant Behavior and Development. Reviews should ...
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November 9, 2025 at 12:13 PM
A Quarter Century Review of Research on Infant Behavior and Development
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We are starting a new longitudinal study at the University of Miami! news.miami.edu/as/stories/2...
University of Miami joins international study on autism risk in young children
Psychologists in the College of Arts and Sciences are monitoring the development of infants and toddlers whose parents have a sibling with autism.
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November 3, 2025 at 7:20 PM
We are starting a new longitudinal study at the University of Miami! news.miami.edu/as/stories/2...
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Our amazing department (Psychology) at U-Miami is hiring in their Adult division, with open topic / focus area! Come apply and check out the job ad here: umiami.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/UMFaculty/jo...:
November 4, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Our amazing department (Psychology) at U-Miami is hiring in their Adult division, with open topic / focus area! Come apply and check out the job ad here: umiami.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/UMFaculty/jo...:
Stage 2 report now out! Newborn Auditory Brainstem Response and Sudden Infant Death Syndrome doi.org/10.1002/jnr.... #OpenAccess
November 7, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Stage 2 report now out! Newborn Auditory Brainstem Response and Sudden Infant Death Syndrome doi.org/10.1002/jnr.... #OpenAccess
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We're hiring at the University of Miami! The Department of Psychology is looking for a Child Clinical Psychology faculty member. As search chair, my contact info is in the job ad if anybody would like to discuss the position further umiami.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/UMFaculty/jo...
A&S - Psychology - Assistant Professor to Assoc. Professor - Child Clinical/Family
Current Employees: If you are a current Staff, Faculty or Temporary employee at the University of Miami, please click here to log in to Workday to use the internal application process. To learn how to...
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October 31, 2025 at 7:40 PM
We're hiring at the University of Miami! The Department of Psychology is looking for a Child Clinical Psychology faculty member. As search chair, my contact info is in the job ad if anybody would like to discuss the position further umiami.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/UMFaculty/jo...
First human newborn paper from my NSF CAREER Award! Automated detection of mouth opening in newborn infants - with our amazing @umiamipsych.bsky.social team: Guangyu Zung, Yeojin Amy Ahn, @tiffany6390.bsky.social, @semaylott.bsky.social, Arushi Malik, @dmessinger.bsky.social doi.org/10.3758/s134...
Automated detection of mouth opening in newborn infants - Behavior Research Methods
Automated behavioral measurement using machine learning is gaining ground in psychological research. Automated approaches have the potential to reduce the labor and time associated with manual behavio...
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October 31, 2025 at 1:16 PM
First human newborn paper from my NSF CAREER Award! Automated detection of mouth opening in newborn infants - with our amazing @umiamipsych.bsky.social team: Guangyu Zung, Yeojin Amy Ahn, @tiffany6390.bsky.social, @semaylott.bsky.social, Arushi Malik, @dmessinger.bsky.social doi.org/10.3758/s134...
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Exciting new work from former team members Eric Romero, Cwyn Solvi, Fei Peng and colleagues makes the cover of Science: affective contagion in bumblebees! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
October 24, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Exciting new work from former team members Eric Romero, Cwyn Solvi, Fei Peng and colleagues makes the cover of Science: affective contagion in bumblebees! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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October 23, 2025 at 10:27 AM
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Autistic children deprioritize faces in arrays of images? psycnet.apa.org/record/2026-... autistics "tend to visually explore images containing social and nonsocial information in a more heterogeneous way than NT individuals, whose visual attention is rapidly and homogenously captured by faces"
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October 23, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Autistic children deprioritize faces in arrays of images? psycnet.apa.org/record/2026-... autistics "tend to visually explore images containing social and nonsocial information in a more heterogeneous way than NT individuals, whose visual attention is rapidly and homogenously captured by faces"
Functional connectivity in the social perception pathway at birth is linked to attention to faces at four months #OpenAccess doi.org/10.1016/j.bp...
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October 10, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Functional connectivity in the social perception pathway at birth is linked to attention to faces at four months #OpenAccess doi.org/10.1016/j.bp...
A wonderful mentor & impactful research area! Our collaborator @dmessinger.bsky.social is accepting new grad students. #DevSci
Dr. Daniel Messinger is hoping to accept a doctoral student for fall 2026 admission. If you are interested in working with Dr. Messinger, please visit www.umkids-lab.psy.miami.edu for more information.
For more information, see www.psy.miami.edu/graduate/how-to-apply
For more information, see www.psy.miami.edu/graduate/how-to-apply
October 8, 2025 at 6:13 PM
A wonderful mentor & impactful research area! Our collaborator @dmessinger.bsky.social is accepting new grad students. #DevSci