International Congress of Infant Studies
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The International Congress of Infant Studies is a not-for-profit organization devoted to the promotion of research on the development of infants
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(1/3) Welcome, new followers, to the official International Congress of Infant Studies Bluesky account. Here, we share research findings from the Infancy journal and blog posts written by esteemed researchers from all over the world. #AcademicSky #DevPsySky #PsychSciSky #infancypapers
Meet the members of #ICIS, Connecting w/ our Community series #10: Prof Ana M. Carmiol shares her work on maternal book reading and child vocabulary development, advises all to stay curious and looks forward to welcoming you to #ICIS026! Full video: youtu.be/_LtochdpRRY #infantstudies
ICIS Interview with Dr. Ana M. Carmiol.
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November 13, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Meet the members of #ICIS, Connecting w/ our Community series #10: Prof Ana M. Carmiol shares her work on maternal book reading and child vocabulary development, advises all to stay curious and looks forward to welcoming you to #ICIS026! Full video: youtu.be/_LtochdpRRY #infantstudies
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My lab is accepting students for the ICIS summer fellowship program. Send your interested undergrads my way!
#infantstudies undergraduate students, apply to the Founding Generation Summer Fellowship! Over 25 international faculty are proposing exciting projects. Visit the website for more information and apply by November 25.
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November 11, 2025 at 2:09 PM
My lab is accepting students for the ICIS summer fellowship program. Send your interested undergrads my way!
#infantstudies undergraduate students, apply to the Founding Generation Summer Fellowship! Over 25 international faculty are proposing exciting projects. Visit the website for more information and apply by November 25.
infantstudies.org/founding-gen...
infantstudies.org/founding-gen...
November 10, 2025 at 3:50 PM
#infantstudies undergraduate students, apply to the Founding Generation Summer Fellowship! Over 25 international faculty are proposing exciting projects. Visit the website for more information and apply by November 25.
infantstudies.org/founding-gen...
infantstudies.org/founding-gen...
Abstract Submissions for #ICIS2026 is now open till 1 December 2025! The XXV Biennial Congress will be held on July 6-9 2026 in Panama City, at the RIU Hotel Riu Plaza Panama. infantstudies.org/abstracts/ #infantstudies
November 7, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Abstract Submissions for #ICIS2026 is now open till 1 December 2025! The XXV Biennial Congress will be held on July 6-9 2026 in Panama City, at the RIU Hotel Riu Plaza Panama. infantstudies.org/abstracts/ #infantstudies
Hermesch et al. (2025) find that naps can boost infants’ memory for live & video content. Results highlight sleep’s role in early memory, but also show that learning from digital sources poses greater challenges to infants than learning from social interactions doi.org/10.1111/infa... #infancypapers
Sleep and Selective Memory Consolidation in Infants: Exploring the Impact of Learning Contexts
Post-encoding sleep facilitates memory consolidation from early infancy. Learning from digital content might also benefit from post-encoding sleep. However, infants find it more difficult to learn an...
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November 5, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Hermesch et al. (2025) find that naps can boost infants’ memory for live & video content. Results highlight sleep’s role in early memory, but also show that learning from digital sources poses greater challenges to infants than learning from social interactions doi.org/10.1111/infa... #infancypapers
#infantstudies Founding Generation Summer Fellowship now open for student applications! The program pairs promising students with researchers from around the world who conduct cutting-edge science. Apply by November 25.
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October 31, 2025 at 3:59 PM
#infantstudies Founding Generation Summer Fellowship now open for student applications! The program pairs promising students with researchers from around the world who conduct cutting-edge science. Apply by November 25.
infantstudies.org/founding-gen...
infantstudies.org/founding-gen...
Abstract Submissions for #ICIS2026 is now open till 1 December 2025! The XXV Biennial Congress will be held on July 6-9 2026 in Panama City, at the RIU Hotel Riu Plaza Panama. infantstudies.org/abstracts/ #infantstudies
October 30, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Abstract Submissions for #ICIS2026 is now open till 1 December 2025! The XXV Biennial Congress will be held on July 6-9 2026 in Panama City, at the RIU Hotel Riu Plaza Panama. infantstudies.org/abstracts/ #infantstudies
- @joscelinrocha.com, Ostlund et al. (2025) assessed infants pre-/post-pandemic onset. Negative affect ⬆️ as expected pre-pandemic but ⬇️ afterward. Yet contextual risk (maternal anxiety, neighborhood disadvantage) still predicted ⬆️ neg affect #EarlyYears #infancypapers doi.org/10.1111/infa...
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October 28, 2025 at 3:43 PM
- @joscelinrocha.com, Ostlund et al. (2025) assessed infants pre-/post-pandemic onset. Negative affect ⬆️ as expected pre-pandemic but ⬇️ afterward. Yet contextual risk (maternal anxiety, neighborhood disadvantage) still predicted ⬆️ neg affect #EarlyYears #infancypapers doi.org/10.1111/infa...
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And this year, ICIS 👶🧠 will be followed by the annual meeting of the FIT'NG society @fitngin.bsky.social 🥳 I'm looking forward to seeing you all in Panama 🌴☀️ #FTNG2026
Abstract Submissions for #ICIS2026 is now open till 1 December 2025! The XXV Biennial Congress will be held on July 6-9 2026 in Panama City, at the RIU Hotel Riu Plaza Panama. Click here for submission guidelines: infantstudies.org/abstracts/ #infantstudies
October 24, 2025 at 6:30 PM
And this year, ICIS 👶🧠 will be followed by the annual meeting of the FIT'NG society @fitngin.bsky.social 🥳 I'm looking forward to seeing you all in Panama 🌴☀️ #FTNG2026
Abstract Submissions for #ICIS2026 is now open till 1 December 2025! The XXV Biennial Congress will be held on July 6-9 2026 in Panama City, at the RIU Hotel Riu Plaza Panama. Click here for submission guidelines: infantstudies.org/abstracts/ #infantstudies
October 24, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Abstract Submissions for #ICIS2026 is now open till 1 December 2025! The XXV Biennial Congress will be held on July 6-9 2026 in Panama City, at the RIU Hotel Riu Plaza Panama. Click here for submission guidelines: infantstudies.org/abstracts/ #infantstudies
New on the Baby Blog - Why Dad’s Voice Matters for Premature Brains – and Why Public Support for Research Does, Too by Efthymios Papatzikis infantstudies.org/why-dads-voi... #infantstudies #EarlyYears #Parenting #Research #Dads #science
October 21, 2025 at 3:51 PM
New on the Baby Blog - Why Dad’s Voice Matters for Premature Brains – and Why Public Support for Research Does, Too by Efthymios Papatzikis infantstudies.org/why-dads-voi... #infantstudies #EarlyYears #Parenting #Research #Dads #science
Passionate about fostering the next wave of infant researchers? Be a mentor for the ICIS Founding Generation Summer Fellowship! Share your insights, support young minds, and leave a lasting impact. LAST DAY TO SIGN UP!
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October 20, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Passionate about fostering the next wave of infant researchers? Be a mentor for the ICIS Founding Generation Summer Fellowship! Share your insights, support young minds, and leave a lasting impact. LAST DAY TO SIGN UP!
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Attention ICIS members! Here's your chance to guide and inspire emerging talents in infant studies. Join us as a mentor for the Founding Generation Summer Fellowship. Together, let's build a brighter future for #InfantResearch. Sign up now.
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October 17, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Attention ICIS members! Here's your chance to guide and inspire emerging talents in infant studies. Join us as a mentor for the Founding Generation Summer Fellowship. Together, let's build a brighter future for #InfantResearch. Sign up now.
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- @aimeetheyer.bsky.social and @drswijeakumar.bsky.social (2025) found that temporo-parietal function in caregivers & infants during episodes of joint attention in play interactions was linked to visual short-term memory in infants #EarlyYears #JointAttention #infancypapers doi.org/10.1111/infa...
Brain‐Behavior Associations During Interactions Between Caregivers and Infants
Previous research has shown that infants' abilities to sustain attention are influenced by caregivers' attentional behaviors. Here, we inquired whether brain function in infants was linked to brain f...
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October 16, 2025 at 3:50 PM
- @aimeetheyer.bsky.social and @drswijeakumar.bsky.social (2025) found that temporo-parietal function in caregivers & infants during episodes of joint attention in play interactions was linked to visual short-term memory in infants #EarlyYears #JointAttention #infancypapers doi.org/10.1111/infa...
Calling all ICIS members! Make a difference this summer by becoming a mentor for the Founding Generation Summer Fellowship. Share your expertise, inspire budding researchers, and help shape the future of #InfantResearch. Sign up here:
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October 14, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Calling all ICIS members! Make a difference this summer by becoming a mentor for the Founding Generation Summer Fellowship. Share your expertise, inspire budding researchers, and help shape the future of #InfantResearch. Sign up here:
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Are you passionate about nurturing young minds in #InfantResearch? Volunteer as a mentor for the ICIS Founding Generation Summer Fellowship Program! Be a guiding light for the next generation of infant researchers. Sign up now:
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October 10, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Are you passionate about nurturing young minds in #InfantResearch? Volunteer as a mentor for the ICIS Founding Generation Summer Fellowship Program! Be a guiding light for the next generation of infant researchers. Sign up now:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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- @rachelralbert.bsky.social et al. (2025): Infants’ directed & mature vocalisations predict ⬆️ educator convos in ECE classrooms. Group size did not predict convo length ➡️ educators skillfully maintain multi-turn convos w/ multiple infants #DevPsySky #PsySciSky #infancypapers doi.org/10.1111/infa...
Beyond the Dyad: Infant Vocal Cues Organize Conversational‐Turn Taking in Infant‐Toddler Classrooms
Conversations with caregivers scaffold infant language development. The importance of conversational turn-taking is widely demonstrated in dyadic interactions, particularly in home environments. Less...
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October 7, 2025 at 3:46 PM
- @rachelralbert.bsky.social et al. (2025): Infants’ directed & mature vocalisations predict ⬆️ educator convos in ECE classrooms. Group size did not predict convo length ➡️ educators skillfully maintain multi-turn convos w/ multiple infants #DevPsySky #PsySciSky #infancypapers doi.org/10.1111/infa...
New on the Baby Blog - A funny thing happened in the infant lab: What humour can teach us about how infants think by Gina Mireault infantstudies.org/a-funny-thin... #infantstudies #EarlyYears #DevPsySky #PsychSciSky #science #research #Laughter
October 2, 2025 at 3:59 PM
New on the Baby Blog - A funny thing happened in the infant lab: What humour can teach us about how infants think by Gina Mireault infantstudies.org/a-funny-thin... #infantstudies #EarlyYears #DevPsySky #PsychSciSky #science #research #Laughter
Zhang & Yu (2025) eye-tracking study: 12mos selectively focus on only a few objects at naming moments while viewing cluttered scenes; gaze highly constrained by visual saliency of scenes➡️highlights perception’s role in early word learning #EarlyYears #DevPsySky #infancypapers doi.org/10.1111/infa...
Selective Attention in Early Word Learning: An Eye‐Tracking Study on Viewing Naturalistic Egocentric Scenes
To learn a word from an everyday context, infants need to be able to link the heard word with the correct object perceived. A prevailing view of the early learning environment is that infants' world ....
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October 1, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Zhang & Yu (2025) eye-tracking study: 12mos selectively focus on only a few objects at naming moments while viewing cluttered scenes; gaze highly constrained by visual saliency of scenes➡️highlights perception’s role in early word learning #EarlyYears #DevPsySky #infancypapers doi.org/10.1111/infa...
- @annamzhou.bsky.social, @drkoraly.bsky.social, Lobue & @kabuss.bsky.social (2025): The Infant Behavior Questionnaire’s 3-factor structure varies across sociodemographic groups, highlighting the need for alternative approaches in diverse samples #PsySciSky #infancypapers doi.org/10.1111/infa...
The Infant Behavior Questionnaire Factor Structure Varies With Sample Characteristics
The Infant Behavior Questionnaire (IBQ) has been widely used to assess infant temperament traits, though there is limited empirical support for the recommended three-factor structure. The present stu...
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September 23, 2025 at 4:09 PM
- @annamzhou.bsky.social, @drkoraly.bsky.social, Lobue & @kabuss.bsky.social (2025): The Infant Behavior Questionnaire’s 3-factor structure varies across sociodemographic groups, highlighting the need for alternative approaches in diverse samples #PsySciSky #infancypapers doi.org/10.1111/infa...
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While this research is important and this blog post a good read (imo), the real hero here is the funding that supported the work in the first place. Props to @infantstudies.bsky.social for helping to highlight the work!
New on the Baby Blog - Language learning in a digital world: How screen time impacts children’s language development by Sarah Kucker @skucker.bsky.social infantstudies.org/language-lea... #infantstudies #EarlyYears #DevPsySky #PsychSciSky #science #research #LanguageLearning
September 20, 2025 at 11:13 PM
While this research is important and this blog post a good read (imo), the real hero here is the funding that supported the work in the first place. Props to @infantstudies.bsky.social for helping to highlight the work!
Roberti, @stefaniehoehl.bsky.social (2025): By 10 months, infants link emotions to actions: seeing happiness prepares them for positive rather than negative actions, showing early brain sensitivity to social cues #EarlyYears #DevPsySky #PsychSciSky #Emotions #infancypapers doi.org/10.1111/infa...
September 18, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Roberti, @stefaniehoehl.bsky.social (2025): By 10 months, infants link emotions to actions: seeing happiness prepares them for positive rather than negative actions, showing early brain sensitivity to social cues #EarlyYears #DevPsySky #PsychSciSky #Emotions #infancypapers doi.org/10.1111/infa...
New on the Baby Blog - Language learning in a digital world: How screen time impacts children’s language development by Sarah Kucker @skucker.bsky.social infantstudies.org/language-lea... #infantstudies #EarlyYears #DevPsySky #PsychSciSky #science #research #LanguageLearning
September 16, 2025 at 3:19 PM
New on the Baby Blog - Language learning in a digital world: How screen time impacts children’s language development by Sarah Kucker @skucker.bsky.social infantstudies.org/language-lea... #infantstudies #EarlyYears #DevPsySky #PsychSciSky #science #research #LanguageLearning
Quezada-Ugalde et al (2025) studied early childhood devt & family adaptation during COVID in Latin Am: quant results showed devt delays esp fine motor skills, qual findings showed coping strategies parents used to navigate new challenges #DevPsySky #PsychSciSky #infancypapers doi.org/10.1111/infa...
Early Childhood Development and Family Adaptation During the COVID‐19 Pandemic: A Mixed Methods Study
The COVID-19 pandemic caused significant disruptions in daily life. This mixed-methods study aimed to connect the developmental levels of children aged 1–3 years in 2020–2021 who grew up during the p...
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September 11, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Quezada-Ugalde et al (2025) studied early childhood devt & family adaptation during COVID in Latin Am: quant results showed devt delays esp fine motor skills, qual findings showed coping strategies parents used to navigate new challenges #DevPsySky #PsychSciSky #infancypapers doi.org/10.1111/infa...
Ossmy & Serinos (2025) reviewed embodied cogn during infant play and argue that the next step must be testing causality which is essential for the future of early education, policy, and intervention programmes #EarlyYears #DevPsySky #PsychSciSky #infancypapers doi.org/10.1111/infa...
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September 10, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Ossmy & Serinos (2025) reviewed embodied cogn during infant play and argue that the next step must be testing causality which is essential for the future of early education, policy, and intervention programmes #EarlyYears #DevPsySky #PsychSciSky #infancypapers doi.org/10.1111/infa...