Przemek Tomalski
@tomalski.bsky.social
Assoc Res Prof Inst of Psychology, Polish Academy of Science, head of BabylabPAN, Warsaw, Poland
I study infant neurocognitve development-body movement, attention, speech and social interactions.
Views are mine.
I study infant neurocognitve development-body movement, attention, speech and social interactions.
Views are mine.
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Such a fascinating paper! Less than 3 years after the discovery of the new motor network (SCAN) interleaved between effector motor regions, SCAN is proving highly relevant for Parkinson’s! It offers potential to improve treatment and reduce symptoms non-invasively.
Happy to share a short but super cool video that gives a quick overview of our Nature paper on the somato-cognitive action of netwokr in Parkinson's disease
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
February 6, 2026 at 9:52 PM
Such a fascinating paper! Less than 3 years after the discovery of the new motor network (SCAN) interleaved between effector motor regions, SCAN is proving highly relevant for Parkinson’s! It offers potential to improve treatment and reduce symptoms non-invasively.
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The first article in the Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience special issue 10 years of @theabcdstudy.bsky.social is now online! 🧠 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
What we have learned about adolescent mental health and where we are going after a decade with the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development Study
This review synthesizes ten years of research utilizing data from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study, emphasizing how the study’s…
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February 5, 2026 at 11:59 PM
The first article in the Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience special issue 10 years of @theabcdstudy.bsky.social is now online! 🧠 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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⚡ Ukraine’s 6,000-Year-Old Cities
A talk delves into Ukraine's deep past, when massive “megasites” flourished on the Ukrainian steppe, challenging the idea that “civilization” requires kings.
Listen: ukraineworld.org/en/podcasts/...
Support UkraineWorld`s team: patreon.com/c/ukraineworld
A talk delves into Ukraine's deep past, when massive “megasites” flourished on the Ukrainian steppe, challenging the idea that “civilization” requires kings.
Listen: ukraineworld.org/en/podcasts/...
Support UkraineWorld`s team: patreon.com/c/ukraineworld
February 2, 2026 at 3:19 PM
⚡ Ukraine’s 6,000-Year-Old Cities
A talk delves into Ukraine's deep past, when massive “megasites” flourished on the Ukrainian steppe, challenging the idea that “civilization” requires kings.
Listen: ukraineworld.org/en/podcasts/...
Support UkraineWorld`s team: patreon.com/c/ukraineworld
A talk delves into Ukraine's deep past, when massive “megasites” flourished on the Ukrainian steppe, challenging the idea that “civilization” requires kings.
Listen: ukraineworld.org/en/podcasts/...
Support UkraineWorld`s team: patreon.com/c/ukraineworld
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I'm moved to see Mark Carney take his inspiration from Václav Havel in his superb speech at Davos. Well worth reading the entire speech:
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Read Mark Carney's full speech on middle powers navigating a rapidly changing world | CBC News
Read the full text of Prime Minister Mark Carney's speech about a shakeup of the global order and role of middle powers at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
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January 21, 2026 at 12:08 PM
I'm moved to see Mark Carney take his inspiration from Václav Havel in his superb speech at Davos. Well worth reading the entire speech:
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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Well, Davos was founded as a big sanatorium complex, so perhaps he could stay until he feels better.
January 20, 2026 at 11:40 PM
Well, Davos was founded as a big sanatorium complex, so perhaps he could stay until he feels better.
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📄 New research paper out!
Children usually understand more words than they can say – but in Williams syndrome, this gap is smaller. Using computational models, we explore why.
🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#LanguageDevelopment #Neurodiversity #DevelopmentalScience
Children usually understand more words than they can say – but in Williams syndrome, this gap is smaller. Using computational models, we explore why.
🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#LanguageDevelopment #Neurodiversity #DevelopmentalScience
January 19, 2026 at 12:54 PM
📄 New research paper out!
Children usually understand more words than they can say – but in Williams syndrome, this gap is smaller. Using computational models, we explore why.
🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#LanguageDevelopment #Neurodiversity #DevelopmentalScience
Children usually understand more words than they can say – but in Williams syndrome, this gap is smaller. Using computational models, we explore why.
🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#LanguageDevelopment #Neurodiversity #DevelopmentalScience
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Jestem przeciwna mówieniu, że teraz będziemy inwestować w badania stosowane. Trzeba myśleć o całości maratonu, a nie tylko o końcowym odcinku. Inaczej będą to pieniądze wyrzucone w błoto – mówi @eknapska.bsky.social z @braincitywarsaw.bsky.social ⬇️
Prof. Ewelina Knapska: Musimy zacząć iść w stronę poprawy jakości naukowej
Z jednej strony widzimy coraz więcej problemów emocjonalnych związanych ze zmianami społecznymi. Z drugiej pojawia się potrzeba zrozumienia mechanizmów, takich jak zarażanie emocjami, uczenie się od i...
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January 12, 2026 at 10:29 AM
Jestem przeciwna mówieniu, że teraz będziemy inwestować w badania stosowane. Trzeba myśleć o całości maratonu, a nie tylko o końcowym odcinku. Inaczej będą to pieniądze wyrzucone w błoto – mówi @eknapska.bsky.social z @braincitywarsaw.bsky.social ⬇️
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Pierwsze nominacje profesorskie prezydenta @karolnawrockipl.bsky.social. Na razie kontynuuje to, co zaczął prezydent Duda - blokuje profesury wybranych naukowców. Kolejna uroczystość za miesiąc.
Link: skroc.pl/Yznzhq8
Link: skroc.pl/Yznzhq8
January 7, 2026 at 2:34 PM
Pierwsze nominacje profesorskie prezydenta @karolnawrockipl.bsky.social. Na razie kontynuuje to, co zaczął prezydent Duda - blokuje profesury wybranych naukowców. Kolejna uroczystość za miesiąc.
Link: skroc.pl/Yznzhq8
Link: skroc.pl/Yznzhq8
New paper alert from BabylabPAN
Spontaneous speech-like vocalisations of infants are coupled with increased arm and leg movements. Across most of the first year (4-12 mo) the onset of a vocalisation is coupled with a brief limb movements. A🧵below
OA text: rdcu.be/eWOko
Funding @ncn.gov.pl
Spontaneous speech-like vocalisations of infants are coupled with increased arm and leg movements. Across most of the first year (4-12 mo) the onset of a vocalisation is coupled with a brief limb movements. A🧵below
OA text: rdcu.be/eWOko
Funding @ncn.gov.pl
Vocalisations are coupled with movement of all limbs throughout infancy
Scientific Reports - Vocalisations are coupled with movement of all limbs throughout infancy
rdcu.be
December 30, 2025 at 5:54 PM
New paper alert from BabylabPAN
Spontaneous speech-like vocalisations of infants are coupled with increased arm and leg movements. Across most of the first year (4-12 mo) the onset of a vocalisation is coupled with a brief limb movements. A🧵below
OA text: rdcu.be/eWOko
Funding @ncn.gov.pl
Spontaneous speech-like vocalisations of infants are coupled with increased arm and leg movements. Across most of the first year (4-12 mo) the onset of a vocalisation is coupled with a brief limb movements. A🧵below
OA text: rdcu.be/eWOko
Funding @ncn.gov.pl
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𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗕𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻
Annual reminder that the book is open access.
How do we think of the brain as a deeply interconnected system with highly distributed, non hierarchical processing.
Want to learn about the brain from a fresh perspective?
#neuroskyence
mitpress.mit.edu/978026254460...
Annual reminder that the book is open access.
How do we think of the brain as a deeply interconnected system with highly distributed, non hierarchical processing.
Want to learn about the brain from a fresh perspective?
#neuroskyence
mitpress.mit.edu/978026254460...
The Entangled Brain
Popular neuroscience accounts often focus on specific mind-brain aspects like addiction, cognition, or memory, but The Entangled Brain tackles a much bigger ...
mitpress.mit.edu
December 28, 2025 at 5:56 PM
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗕𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻
Annual reminder that the book is open access.
How do we think of the brain as a deeply interconnected system with highly distributed, non hierarchical processing.
Want to learn about the brain from a fresh perspective?
#neuroskyence
mitpress.mit.edu/978026254460...
Annual reminder that the book is open access.
How do we think of the brain as a deeply interconnected system with highly distributed, non hierarchical processing.
Want to learn about the brain from a fresh perspective?
#neuroskyence
mitpress.mit.edu/978026254460...
Hope to see more of this in dev psychology!
New OA journal launching with the same editorial team & board = same high standards. Excellent news for accessible, rigorous scholarship.
We’re excited to announce the launch of Philosophical Logic at the Open Library of Humanities.
This follows another mass editorial resignation at Springer Nature (open letter linked in the announcement).
Read more:
This follows another mass editorial resignation at Springer Nature (open letter linked in the announcement).
Read more:
December 19, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Hope to see more of this in dev psychology!
Highly recommended place to do your phd esp if interested in early neurodiverse development!
🚨New PhD studentship🚨
Do you want to know what everyday play really looks like to young children? Are you interested in how children’s daily experiences shape early development? Click on the link below to find out more!
📅Closing date: February 13, 2026
📅Start date: October 2026
Do you want to know what everyday play really looks like to young children? Are you interested in how children’s daily experiences shape early development? Click on the link below to find out more!
📅Closing date: February 13, 2026
📅Start date: October 2026
December 15, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Highly recommended place to do your phd esp if interested in early neurodiverse development!
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"During the final, run-off round of the election in June, Nawrocki sought to win over the voters of eliminated candidate Grzegorz Braun, a far-right leader who attacked a Hanukkah celebration in parliament, putting out the candles with a fire extinguisher." 🤔
notesfrompoland.com/2025/12/13/n...
notesfrompoland.com/2025/12/13/n...
New Polish president has not organised Hanukkah celebration, breaking with tradition
notesfrompoland.com
December 14, 2025 at 10:16 AM
"During the final, run-off round of the election in June, Nawrocki sought to win over the voters of eliminated candidate Grzegorz Braun, a far-right leader who attacked a Hanukkah celebration in parliament, putting out the candles with a fire extinguisher." 🤔
notesfrompoland.com/2025/12/13/n...
notesfrompoland.com/2025/12/13/n...
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It's not just social media. Looks like visitors to the US from Europe and other countries that are part of the visa waiver program will have to submit an enormous amount of data about themselves and their families, including DNA, if proposed new rules are accepted
December 12, 2025 at 12:24 PM
It's not just social media. Looks like visitors to the US from Europe and other countries that are part of the visa waiver program will have to submit an enormous amount of data about themselves and their families, including DNA, if proposed new rules are accepted
High time for the US admin to recognise the EU as an entity that makes own decisions which may not be aligned with the US policy. I encourage every European to make this known to @state-department.bsky.social and the Trump admin! @eucopresident.consilium.europa.eu @radek-sikorski.bsky.social
Allies must act as allies.
We must respect each other's sovereignty.
Europeans do not share the same vision as the Americans on various issues. This is natural. What we cannot accept is the threat of interference in Europe’s democratic life.
We must respect each other's sovereignty.
Europeans do not share the same vision as the Americans on various issues. This is natural. What we cannot accept is the threat of interference in Europe’s democratic life.
December 8, 2025 at 7:07 PM
High time for the US admin to recognise the EU as an entity that makes own decisions which may not be aligned with the US policy. I encourage every European to make this known to @state-department.bsky.social and the Trump admin! @eucopresident.consilium.europa.eu @radek-sikorski.bsky.social
Polecam uwadze decydentow od edukacji w tym cyfrowej. Dawanie dzieciom laptopow nie poprawia ich wynikow szkolnych, a moze nawet je pogarszać @lewica.org.pl @barbaranowacka.bsky.social @kobywatelska.bsky.social @ppiechna-wiec.bsky.social @cyfragovpl.bsky.social @men-gov-pl.bsky.social
One Laptop Per Child, 10 years later: "we find no significant effects on academic performance but some evidence of negative effects on grade progression... computer access significantly improved students’ computer skills but not their cognitive skills" www.nber.org/papers/w34495
Laptops in the Long Run: Evidence from the One Laptop per Child Program in Rural Peru
Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...
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December 7, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Polecam uwadze decydentow od edukacji w tym cyfrowej. Dawanie dzieciom laptopow nie poprawia ich wynikow szkolnych, a moze nawet je pogarszać @lewica.org.pl @barbaranowacka.bsky.social @kobywatelska.bsky.social @ppiechna-wiec.bsky.social @cyfragovpl.bsky.social @men-gov-pl.bsky.social
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Seems like a good time to remind my fellow Europeans that there are alternatives to US oligarch technology
european-alternatives.eu
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December 7, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Seems like a good time to remind my fellow Europeans that there are alternatives to US oligarch technology
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european-alternatives.eu
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The Russian government represents Putin and his cronies. Musk represents himself.
Elon Musk and his Russian friends call for the abolishment of the EU
December 6, 2025 at 8:28 PM
The Russian government represents Putin and his cronies. Musk represents himself.
Byloby wspaniale zorganizować taki portal w Polsce pod auspicjami @polskaakademianauk.bsky.social @jemielniak.bsky.social
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 6, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Byloby wspaniale zorganizować taki portal w Polsce pod auspicjami @polskaakademianauk.bsky.social @jemielniak.bsky.social
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Zestresowani rodzice częściej udostępniają dziecku urządzenia ekranowe. To jednak może prowadzić w przyszłości do nadużywania tych urządzeń przez samo dziecko – przekonuje dr Magdalena Rowicka z APS im. M. Grzegorzewskiej www.edunews.pl/badania-i-de...
#badania #ekrany #dzieci #rodzice #uzależnienia
#badania #ekrany #dzieci #rodzice #uzależnienia
Rodzice, dzieci i urządzenia ekranowe
Doświadczanie stresu przez rodzica powoduje, że częściej udostępnia on dziecku urządzenia ekranowe
www.edunews.pl
December 4, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Zestresowani rodzice częściej udostępniają dziecku urządzenia ekranowe. To jednak może prowadzić w przyszłości do nadużywania tych urządzeń przez samo dziecko – przekonuje dr Magdalena Rowicka z APS im. M. Grzegorzewskiej www.edunews.pl/badania-i-de...
#badania #ekrany #dzieci #rodzice #uzależnienia
#badania #ekrany #dzieci #rodzice #uzależnienia
Wow! EU scientists can feel proud about it!
COS has initiated the process of incorporating as an International Non-Profit Organization in Brussels. We are excited to strengthen our partnerships with mission-aligned individuals and organizations in the EU. See the blog post for more information.
Over the past decade, COS has worked closely with partners across Europe. We’re now starting the process of establishing a formal presence in the EU to deepen that collaboration while continuing to support researchers worldwide.
Read more: www.cos.io/blog/expandi...
Read more: www.cos.io/blog/expandi...
December 4, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Wow! EU scientists can feel proud about it!
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Live - EU High-Level Conference on Reforming Research Assessment with @EU2025dk.
Starting 15.30!
Plenary: ‘Research assessment as a driver for change’
With ERC President Maria Leptin among the panellists.
livestream: www.cerra.aau.dk/program
#CeRRA2025
🇪🇺
@aau.dk @christinaegelund.bsky.social
Starting 15.30!
Plenary: ‘Research assessment as a driver for change’
With ERC President Maria Leptin among the panellists.
livestream: www.cerra.aau.dk/program
#CeRRA2025
🇪🇺
@aau.dk @christinaegelund.bsky.social
December 3, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Live - EU High-Level Conference on Reforming Research Assessment with @EU2025dk.
Starting 15.30!
Plenary: ‘Research assessment as a driver for change’
With ERC President Maria Leptin among the panellists.
livestream: www.cerra.aau.dk/program
#CeRRA2025
🇪🇺
@aau.dk @christinaegelund.bsky.social
Starting 15.30!
Plenary: ‘Research assessment as a driver for change’
With ERC President Maria Leptin among the panellists.
livestream: www.cerra.aau.dk/program
#CeRRA2025
🇪🇺
@aau.dk @christinaegelund.bsky.social
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W sprawie reformy @polskaakademianauk.bsky.social są dwie wiadomości. Dobra jest taka, że to pierwszy projekt, który ma szanse na wejście w życie. Zła - że w budżecie państwa nie zaplanowano na ten cel ani złotówki.
@ministerstwonauki.bsky.social
wyborcza.pl/7,75398,3244....
@ministerstwonauki.bsky.social
wyborcza.pl/7,75398,3244....
Bezkosztowe porządki w PAN. Z projektu wykreślono "trzynastki" dla naukowców
W sprawie projektu reformy PAN są dwie wiadomości. Dobra jest taka, że to pierwszy projekt, który ma szanse na wejście w życie. Zła - że w budżecie państwa nie zaplanowano na ten cel ani złotówki.
wyborcza.pl
December 2, 2025 at 4:43 PM
W sprawie reformy @polskaakademianauk.bsky.social są dwie wiadomości. Dobra jest taka, że to pierwszy projekt, który ma szanse na wejście w życie. Zła - że w budżecie państwa nie zaplanowano na ten cel ani złotówki.
@ministerstwonauki.bsky.social
wyborcza.pl/7,75398,3244....
@ministerstwonauki.bsky.social
wyborcza.pl/7,75398,3244....
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"Autorytet naukowy jest dobrem publicznym" - przypomina Rada Upowszechniania Nauki @polskaakademianauk.bsky.social. Odnosi się wprost do wywiadu Bogdana Rymanowskiego z prof. Grażyną Cichosz.
Tłumaczy, że środowisko naukowe ma obowiązek reagować na dezinformację.
wyborcza.pl/7,75398,3243....
Tłumaczy, że środowisko naukowe ma obowiązek reagować na dezinformację.
wyborcza.pl/7,75398,3243....
"Skutki dezinformacji prowadzą do realnych zagrożeń". Naukowcy o wypowiedziach prof. Cichosz
'Autorytet naukowy jest dobrem publicznym' - przypomina Rada Upowszechniania Nauki PAN. Tłumaczy, że środowisko naukowe ma obowiązek reagować na dezinformację.
wyborcza.pl
December 1, 2025 at 3:04 PM
"Autorytet naukowy jest dobrem publicznym" - przypomina Rada Upowszechniania Nauki @polskaakademianauk.bsky.social. Odnosi się wprost do wywiadu Bogdana Rymanowskiego z prof. Grażyną Cichosz.
Tłumaczy, że środowisko naukowe ma obowiązek reagować na dezinformację.
wyborcza.pl/7,75398,3243....
Tłumaczy, że środowisko naukowe ma obowiązek reagować na dezinformację.
wyborcza.pl/7,75398,3243....
All very exciting BUT the popular reporting of this work fails to emphasise that the analysis did not include any infants aged 1-11 months. Only neonates and 12mo+ were included so we still cannot conclude anything about the infancy period from this analysis.
Open access link to new study in Nature Communications:
Topological turning points across the human lifespan.
🧪🧠 #neuroskyence
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Topological turning points across the human lifespan.
🧪🧠 #neuroskyence
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Topological turning points across the human lifespan - Nature Communications
Researchers discovered five phases of brain rewiring across the lifespan. The eras of childhood, adolescence, adulthood, early aging, and late aging each have characteristic rewiring of structural con...
www.nature.com
December 1, 2025 at 8:56 AM
All very exciting BUT the popular reporting of this work fails to emphasise that the analysis did not include any infants aged 1-11 months. Only neonates and 12mo+ were included so we still cannot conclude anything about the infancy period from this analysis.