Motor abilities in young infants were genetically linked to self-care/symbolic actions in older infants, and, independently, self-care/symbolic actions were linked to infant/toddler language, consistent with ‘gateway’ theories where motor achievements provide social learning opportunities.

As part of our meta-regression GWAS (preprint doi.org/10.1101/2025...), our PGS predict variation in social context, across outcomes, informants, and, largely, developmental stages, allowing for contextual correlations screens, giving new insight into shared trajectories with mental health.

The strongest signal found within our social behaviour meta-regression GWAS (doi.org/10.1101/2025...) resided within the CADM2 gene, associated with self-reported (low) prosocial behaviour at ages 9-14 years.

Our genome-wide meta-regression of social behaviour is out as a preprint! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... Wonderful @eagle-genetics.bsky.social work with first author @luciadehoyos.bsky.social!
We model and predict genetic variation according to social context: outcomes, informants and age!

We show that preschool musicality is related to school-age speech-related communication and is partially captured by PGS for rhythmicity. Without claiming causality, the identified links are directionally consistent with development and unrelated to cognition/proxies of EA.

Our SFARI-funded work “Structural models of genome-wide covariance identify multiple common dimensions in autism” is just out in Nat Commun! Congratulations to the first author @luciadehoyos.bsky.social, THANK YOU to all co-authors, participants and @simonsfoundation.org! tinyurl.com/yuy6465x

Our study identified genetic associations between children’s early vocabulary size and later-life ADHD, literacy, and general cognition. However, these associations changed dynamically across the first three years of life.
tinyurl.com/bdzxbxv8

Everytime I come back here my mind unfolds ... my mental garden