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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Training in rigorous + joyful science. The undergraduates in my lab are as delightful as they are smart.
February 10, 2024 at 1:44 AM
Training in rigorous + joyful science. The undergraduates in my lab are as delightful as they are smart.
My undergraduates are insanely smart and productive and looking to me for high-quality training while I’m like, “wait, why did I walk into this room again? Was I coming to get something?”
February 2, 2024 at 8:06 PM
My undergraduates are insanely smart and productive and looking to me for high-quality training while I’m like, “wait, why did I walk into this room again? Was I coming to get something?”
Sometimes my lab meets up with celebrities.
December 14, 2023 at 12:10 PM
Sometimes my lab meets up with celebrities.